THE MIDLANDS ESSENTIAL ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE

Events LISTINGS
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Family fun & games in
the cottage gardens, Fri
14 June, Izaak Walton’s
Cottage, Stafford
BACK WITH MODS
SCOOTER RALLY AND
MOD FESTIVAL Fri 14 -
Sun 16 June, Santa
Pod Raceway,
Northampton
INTERNATIONAL MODEL
AIR SHOW Fri 14 - Sun
16 June, Weston Park,
Staffordshire
CHOLMONDELEY
PAGEANT OF POWER Fri
14 - Sun 16 June,
Cholmondeley Castle,
Malpas, Cheshire
GLASS ENGRAVING
COURSE One-day workshop
where participants
learn the basics
of hand-engraved
glass. Pre-book only!
Sat 15 June,
Black Country Living
Museum, Dudley
JOHN GRAYSON MAKING
LIVE: AUTOMATA DEMON-
STRATION Watch local
metalsmith and
automata-maker John
Grayson create a new
mechanical artwork
inspired by a tale from
the Storytelling: Once
Upon A Time in the
Midlands exhibition, Sat
15 June, Bilston Craft
Gallery
WELLESBOURNE ON
WHEELS View a collection
of old, new and
retro bikes, including
Bill Chedham's very
own bike. Part of
National Bicycle Week,
Sat 15 June,
Chedham's Yard,
Warwickshire
MEDIEVAL DANCING Try
out your dance skills
and have fun dressing
in medieval costume,
Sat 15 June, Greyfriars
House, Worcester
BASKET WEAVING WORK-
SHOP Sat 15 June,
Shropshire Wildlife
Trust, Shrewsbury
SEWING SEEDS FOR
CHANGE An inspiring
creative day of making
change happen, led by
the Craftivist Collective,
Sat 15 June,
Wolverhampton Art
Gallery
MEET THE HORSES Find
out more about the
town's horses, chat to
their keepers and enjoy
shoeing and grooming
demonstrations, Sat 15
June, Blists Hill,
Ironbridge, Shropshire
SHREWSBURY CARNIVAL
& SHOW Parade through
Shrewsbury town centre,
followed by family
fun in the town’s Quarry
Park, Sat 15 June,
Shrewsbury
CELEBRATING
SANCTUARY Birmingham
launch event for the
Celebrating Sanctuary
World Music Festival,
featuring a day of live
music, children's entertainment
and art activities,
Sat 15 June, mac -
Midlands Arts Centre
PLEIN-AIR PAINTING
WORKSHOP Artist Brian
Steventon facilitates a
plein-air sketching
/painting workshop
suitable for all abilities,
Sat 15 June, Black
Country Living
Museum, Dudley
VINTAGE MOTOR CYCLE
CLUB BANBURY RUN The
world’s largest gathering
of pre-1931 motorcycles
& three wheelers,
Sat 15 - Sun 16
June, Heritage Motor
Centre, Banbury
NEWCOMEN ENGINE The
only full-sized working
replica of the world's
first steam engine billows
into life!, Sat 15 -
Sun 16 June, Black
Country Living
Museum, Dudley
ENGLISH CIVIL WAR SOCI-
ETY FATHER’S DAY EVENT
Sat 15 - Sun 16
June, Avoncroft.
Bromsgrove
VINTAGE VEHICLE &
CRAFT SHOW Sat 15 -
Sun 16 June, Oswestry
Showground, North
Shropshire
FATHER'S DAY
CELEBRATIONS Treat
your dad to a trip back
in time on a vintage
tram, see the vintage
cars and bikes on display,
and then kit him
out with a new flat cap
or outfit at Morralls’, the
1930s Gentlemen’s
Outfitters, Sun 16 June,
Black Country Living
Museum, Dudley
FALCONRY DAY Free
event which sees falcons,
hawks & owls
take to the air, Sun 16
June, Blakesley Hall,
Birmingham
FATHER'S DAY
STEEPLECHASE Sheep &
goat racing followed by
a dad's egg & spoon
race, Sun 16 June, Hoo
Farm Animal Kingdom,
Telford, Shropshire
RACE FOR LIFE,
WORCESTER This year
the race route will go
around The Hive’s footpaths,
making the
venue a great place to
cheer on all the participants,
Sun 16 June,
The Hive, Worcester
LAUNCH OF BIRMINGHAM
REP AUDIO WALK Sun 16
June, Sarehole Mill,
Birmingham
A STITCH IN TIME A display
of embroidery
inspired by the
Staffordshire Hoard,
Sun 16 June, The
Potteries Museum & Art
Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent
FATHER'S DAY
CELEBRATIONS Featuring
have-a-go archery,
wood sculpting &
Feather Perfect Hawk
Display, Sun 16 June,
Hawkstone Park &
Follies, North
Shropshire
YSART One-day event
organised by the
Paperweight Society
which features items on
loan from many of its
members, Sun 16 June,
Broadfield House Glass
Museum, Stourbridge
WINDY ACTIVITIES Learn
how to design and
make a kite and where
to fly it safely, Sun 16
June, Forge Mill Needle
Museum, Redditch
ANTIQUE FAIR Sun 16
June, Centennial
Centre, Birmingham
24TH CLASSIC CAR &
TRANSPORT SHOW Sun
16 June, Trentham
Gardens, Stoke-on-
Trent
FATHER’S DAY FALCONRY
Find out more about
birds of prey with
Worcestershire falconry
expert Trevor Hill, Sun
16 June, Hanbury Hall
& Gardens,
Worcestershire
GAMEKEEPERS OF THE
PAST Learn about a day
in the life of a falconer,
ferreter or archer, and
meet the people who
uphold these ancient
skills, Sun 16 June,
Dudmaston Estate,
Bridgnorth
Week Commencing
MON 17 JUN
HERBERT ILLUMINATION:
STORYTELLING FROM THE
CROSSFIRE Tues 18
June, Herbert Art
Gallery & Museum,
Coventry
ETHICS IN CONVERSATION
COURSE A one-day
course with Robert
Child which looks at
the aims of conservation
and preserving the
integrity of an object
without changing it too
much. Pre-book only.
Wed 19 June, Black
Country Living
Museum, Dudley
DRIFT WHAT YA BRUNG A
chance to learn or
practise drifting in safe
and legal conditions on
some of the Pod’s thirty
acres of open tarmac,
Wed 19 June, Santa
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