Inspire Create Enjoy - Wrexham County Borough Council

MICHAEL BURKS BAND IN
CONCERT @ OVERTON-ON-DEE
VILLAGE HALL
2 September, 9pm - 11pm
Overton-on-Dee Village Hall
American Michael Burks, one of the top blues
guitarists in the world, was a sell out at his first
British club gig in Overton last year. He will
bring his full American band with him and,
whilst there will be 250 fans at Overton, he
regularly plays to audiences of 20,000 plus. This
is one of the biggest gigs in north Wales this
year. Doors open 8pm.
£15. Tickets from 01948 770215,
www.hookerblues.co.uk, or from the corner
shop in Overton-on-Dee.
MICHAEL BURKS
AN EVENING WITH THE LONDON
WELSH MALE VOICE CHOIR
3 September, 7.30pm - 10pm
William Aston Hall, Glynd r University
In this, the third in a series of Choral Events, we
welcome one of the most famous choirs in the
World - The London Welsh Male Voice Choir.
The programme will include a variety of choral
pieces sung in both Welsh and English. All
proceeds to Wrexham Rotary Club. Doors open
at 6.45pm.
£12 / £8 (concessions). Tickets from: The Box
Office, Glyndŵr University, Mold Road,
Wrexham, LL11 2AW, 01978 293293, or email
boxoffice@glyndwr.ac.uk. www.glyndwr.ac.uk
THE LONDON WELSH MALE VOICE CHOIR
ART EXHIBITION
9 - 19 September, 11am - 4pm
St Dunawd’s Church, Bangor is y Coed
Art exhibition by Wrexham Artists, featuring
local scenes, flowers, seascapes and more.
Free event, all welcome. i 01978 844360
THE CRUSADERS
IT’S DELOVELY - COLE PORTER
9-10 September and 16-17 September, 7.30pm
Wrexham Musical Theatre, Riverside Studio
Theatre, Salop Road, Wrexham
A compilation of music from various Cole Porter
shows including ‘High Society’, ‘Kiss Me Kate’
and ’Anything Goes’. www.wmts.co.uk
£8. For tickets please call 01978 356094 / 261148
SCARECROW FESTIVAL
Harvest Celebrations at
Wrexham’s World Heritage Site
11 September, 1pm – 5pm
Trevor Basin
Come and help us to scare the crows at Trevor
Basin! Make a traditional scarecrow yourself
and enter the competition, or just come and
have a look. Lots of fun for all the family with
activities, stalls, fairground rides, face-painting,
boat rides across the Aqueduct and lots more.
For an entry form for the competition or an
application form for a stall, contact the
Wrexham Year of Culture team on
01978 667320 or glen.lloyd@wrexham.gov.uk
BILL BASEY BIG BAND CONCERT
12 September, 8.30pm - 10.30pm
The Club House (ex BICC), Oak Road,
Wrexham Industrial Estate, LL13 9RG
A concert of big band music from the 1930s -
1960s, in the style of Glen Miller, Count Basie,
Benny Goodman and others of their ilk.
£3. Pay on the door. i 01978 751487 (Bill Basey),
01978 662266 (Club House)
LIVING THE HISTORY
An evening with medieval novelist
Elizabeth Chadwick
14 September, 7pm
Wrexham Library
Author of First Knight (and of the script of the
film featuring Sean Connery and Richard Gere),
winner of the Betty Trask award, the 2011
Historical Novel Prize and shortlisted 5 times for
the Romantic Novelists Association Award,
Elizabeth Chadwick has written 20 popular
historical novels. Her latest, ‘Lady of the English’,
was published earlier this year. She is renowned
for being able to transport readers to another
time and place - come and find out why.
£4 / £3 (concessions). Tickets from Oriel
Wrecsam, 01978 292093
Principal Sponsor Eagles Meadow
THE CRUSADERS’ END OF
SEASON BALL
17 September, 7pm till late
Ramada, Wrexham
The Crusaders would like to welcome fans,
friends, families, local businesses and all who
support them, to celebrate the end of what has
been an extraordinary 2011 season in Super
League. Join them for a night to remember at
the Ramada Plaza hotel in Wrexham, with great
food, great fun and great friends. Crusaders
squad members will be in attendance and
presentations will be made to the players by the
Crusaders’ Supporters Club. Dress code: black tie.
Ticket price to be confirmed. Tickets from
Crusaders, The Racecourse Ground, Mold Rd,
Wrexham, LL11 2AH, 0844 2723232.
www.crusadersrfl.com
ELIZABETH CHADWICK
www.yearofculture.co.uk
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