Sat 9 Jul | Love-Essex Free Festival Sun Corner, Billericay CM12 9JZ Love-Essex is a new and exciting free festival that will challenge the way you think about our county and the Christian faith. A fast-moving rolling programme features dynamic speakers, live music and creative arts including dance, drama, mime and rap. Food and drink available; please bring your own chairs or blanket. Parking is limited so please walk or cycle to the event if you can. 2pm - 7.30pm. More details: https://www.love-essex.com Brass On The Grass The Rectory Garden, Church Road, Kelvedon Hatch CM14 5TJ Back for the 12th time - Fairlop Brass will be playing a selection of popular music. Bring your own picnic plus folding chair or blanket. Strawberries and cream and a limited range of alcoholic and soft drinks will be available. Gate opens 2.30pm, concert starts 3pm. £10 adults, £5 children. Call Chris Jardine on 01277 373816 for tickets. More details: https://www.fairlopbrass.co.uk/events.html |
Sun 10 Jul | Songs For A Summer's Day The Church Lawn, St Edmund and St Mary's Church, High Street, Ingatestone CM4 9EE A free concert on the church lawn, starting 3.30pm. Bring a picnic and enjoy the music from Ingatestone Choral Society. More details: https://www.ingatestonechoral.org/events.htm Reach RDA Open Day Crown Farm Stables, Crown Road, Kelvedon Hatch CM14 5TB The day will feature demonstrations from Reach riders as well as a very special guest performance and meet and greet from the Metropolitan Police Mounted Division. 10am start. Reach RDA is a charity specialising in riding for the disabled, hippotherapy and equine-facilitated learning. More details: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/crown-farm-stables-crown-road-kelvedon-hatch/reach-crown-farm-stables/reach-open-day-2022/e-mzopzp |
Mon 11 Jul | and every Monday Phoenix FM Open Mic Night Essex Arms, 10 Warley Hill, Warley, Brentwood CM14 5HA Hosted by Jon Good. From 8pm to 10pm. All tracks are recorded and a selection played on Jon's Sunday Sessions show every Sunday from 10am. More details: https://www.facebook.com/phoenixfmopenmic/ |
Thu 14 Jul | until Saturday 16th July The Blackmore Players present All My Sons Blackmore Village Hall, 166 Nine Ashes Rd, Blackmore CM4 0QR Blackmore Players are performing All My Sons at Blackmore Village Hall (CM4 0QR) on Thursday 14th to Saturday 16th July at 7.30 PM. It’s the summer of 1946 and Joe and Kate Keller are living a relatively comfortable life with their son Chris in suburban America. However, the shadow of their missing son Larry looms over the family, especially Kate, as they try to come to terms with the inevitability of his loss. Their thin veneer of their respectability is about to be tragically shattered as ghosts from the past resurface, consequences must be faced and the scales of justice balanced. Arthur Miller, the great American playwright and social commentator, creates a tense narrative of greed, lies, love and suspense in this gripping masterpiece. A talented cast have come together bring this classic to life on a local stage. If you love great theatre this is one not to be missed. Tickets are £10 for Thursday and £12.50 for Friday and Saturday. More details: https://www.blackmoreplayers.co.uk |
Sat 16 Jul | Men 2 Sing - summer concert St Thomas's Church, Shonks Mill Road, Navestock RM4 1EX The Men 2 Sing choir present a concert including songs from Queen, Michael Buble, Elton John and ELO along with stirring anthems from hit musicals and the warmth of choral classics. Doors open 7pm for 7.30pm start. Tickets £12.50 from Jan Savill on 01708 688649 or Suzanne O'Shea on 01277 372766 More details: https://men2sing.org.uk |
Sun 17 Jul | Open Garden 262 Hatch Road, Pilgrims Hatch CM15 9QR Open Garden participating in the National Garden Scheme. An eclectic rear garden of around an acre divided into 'rooms' with themed borders, several ponds, three greenhouses, fruit and vegetable plots and oriental garden. Plenty of seating to enjoy the views. Open between 11.30am and 4.30pm. Entrance fee £5 in aid of charity, refreshments available. More details: https://ngs.org.uk/view-garden/32229 A screening of "Battleship Potemkin" Brentwood United Reformed Church, New Road, Brentwood CM14 4GD Brentwood Arts Cinema Club present a screening of "Battleship Potemkin", a classic 1925 film from the USSR. The crew of a Russian vessel named Potemkin are served rancid meat and treated cruelly. They decide to stage a mutiny and thus ignite the wrath of the police. 7.30pm start. Annual membership £42 or guest price £6 per film. More details: https://brentwoodartscinemaclub.wordpress.com/ Gig In The Garden 2022 Emmanuel Church, 66-68 Laindon Rd, Billericay CM12 9LD Reverend Paul Carr's 11th annual Gig In The Garden welcomes three great artists to enjoy with a mixture of Blues/Rock/Soul/Americana and classic songs - Connor Selby, Joe Slater and Gen Johnson. Doors 3pm, first act 4pm. Tickets cost £22 for adults, £11 for under 16s if bought in advance, or £25/£15 if available on the door. More details: https://www.wegottickets.com/event/539476 |
Fri 22 Jul | until Sunday 24th July Nostalgia Festival of Flowers Ingatestone Hall, Hall Lane, Ingatestone CM4 9NR Enjoy many ‘Nostalgic themed’ floral art designs created by floral art designers and showcased throughout this beautiful house. Discover the floral artwork designs in the competition area and be entertained by floral art demonstrators who will talk through their live presentations. Tickets £10 - early bird tickets £8 (before 7th July). Email tickets@flowerarranginglondon.org.uk or call 07943 329962 More details: https://www.flowerarranginglondon.org.uk/events/event/nostalgia-festival-of-flowers/ |
Fri 29 Jul | Lunchtime Live @ St Thomas' St Thomas of Canterbury Church, St Thomas Road, Brentwood CM14 4DF Lunchtime concert featuring St Thomas' musicians. 1pm start. Admission free with a retiring collection in aid of St Thomas' Music Foundation More details: https://www.stmf-brentwood.org.uk/events |
Sun 7 Aug | The Pantaloons: The War of the Worlds Emmanuel Church, 66-68 Laindon Rd, Billericay CM12 9LD The critically-acclaimed Pantaloon Theatre Company proudly present a madcap and crazily inventive version of the H G Wells science fiction classic "The War of the Worlds". Doors 4pm, start 5pm. Tickets cost £16.50 for adults, £9.90 for under 16s if bought in advance, or £18/£12 if available on the door. More details: https://www.wegottickets.com/event/536723/ |
Fri 26 Aug | Lunchtime Live @ St Thomas' St Thomas of Canterbury Church, St Thomas Road, Brentwood CM14 4DF Lunchtime concert featuring Tom Hodgkinson on guitar. 1pm start. Admission free with a retiring collection in aid of St Thomas' Music Foundation More details: https://www.stmf-brentwood.org.uk/events |
Fri 30 Sep | Lunchtime Live @ St Thomas' St Thomas of Canterbury Church, St Thomas Road, Brentwood CM14 4DF Lunchtime concert featuring Samantha Christopher on clarinet and Mary Blanchard on piano. 1pm start. Admission free with a retiring collection in aid of St Thomas' Music Foundation More details: https://www.stmf-brentwood.org.uk/events |
Tue 11 Oct | Live at Emmanuel: Ricky Ross (Short Stories Vol.2) Emmanuel Church, 66-68 Laindon Rd, Billericay CM12 9LD Deacon Blue singer Ricky Ross will be presenting songs from across his entire career and sharing stories from his autobiography. Doors 6.30pm, start time 7.30pm. Tickets £29.98 including booking fee. More details: https://www.wegottickets.com/event/537756 |
Thu 20 Oct | The Pantaloons: Great Expectations Emmanuel Church, 66-68 Laindon Rd, Billericay CM12 9LD The critically-acclaimed Pantaloon Theatre Company proudly present an affectionately anarchic adaptation of Charles Dickens’ captivating coming-of-age chronicle. Join Pip the orphan on a journey through his eventful life via hilarious turns and tragic twists; filled with escaped convicts, eccentric spinsters, mysterious benefactors and gut-wrenching heartbreak. Doors 4pm, start 5pm. Tickets cost £16.50 for adults, £9.90 for under 16s if bought in advance, or £18/£12 if available on the door. More details: https://www.wegottickets.com/event/537424/ |