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• Falklands Air War 40 – Tangmere Military Aviation Museum

  02/04/2022 to 31/08/2022  at 10:00 to 17:00

  Location:

  Tangmere Military Aviation Museum

  Website:

  https://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/events/falklands-air-war-40-exhibition

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  A temporary exhibition to mark the 40th anniversary of the Falkland’s War will be held at the Museum between 2 April and 31 August. The exhibition will include a ‘Falkland’s Day’ on Sunday 1 May during which the Museum will invite aircrew who participated in the war to join us.
  

  

  Exhibitions 

• Watercolour classes

  04/05/2022 to 30/09/2022  at 12:30 to 15:30

  Location:

  Roussillon Park Community Hall

  Website:

  http://johnhillwatercolour.com/

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  Watercolour classes in Chichester, every Wednesday and Friday at Roussillon Park Community Hall.
  

  

  Workshops / courses 

• Chichester Festival Theatre: The Unfriend

  21/05/2022 to 09/07/2022

  Location:

  Chichester Minerva Theatre

  Website:

  https://www.cft.org.uk/

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  After twenty years of marriage, Peter and Debbie are enjoying a cruise as a break from their annoying teenagers. Peter can’t resist exchanging views on Donald Trump with an American fellow passenger. There’s something slightly unsettling about the eagerly friendly Elsa Jean Krakowski – but there’s no point in rocking the boat when you’re about to get off it. Starring Amanda Abbington, Frances Barber and Reece Shearsmith. Directed by Mark Gatiss. 
  

  

  Performances 

• Jubilee Window Competition

  01/06/2022 to 30/06/2022

  Location:

  Chichester

  Website:

  https://chichesterbid.co.uk/summer-celebrations-in-chichester/

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  Judging for the Jubilee Window Competition will take place on 7th June at 2pm by Tom Brown, Head Gardener at West Dean and Gary Shipton, Editor In Chief at The Observer Series. The public can also vote for their favourite via the LoyalFree App so be sure to encourage your customers to vote for you if you have entered! 
  

  

  Nature 

• Chichester Festival Theatre – The Southbury Child

  13/06/2022 to 25/06/2022

  Location:

  Chichester Festival Theatre

  Website:

  https://www.cft.org.uk/

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  Alex Jennings stars in a darkly comic new play, directed by Nicholas Hytner, about a vicar who finds himself dangerously isolated from public opinion as his own family begins to fracture.
  

  

  Performances 

• Peregrine Open Day

  13/06/2022 to 03/07/2022

  Location:

  Chichester Cathedral

  Website:

  https://www.chichestercathedral.org.uk/events/peregrine-open-days

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  Series of free drop-in open days to observe and learn about Peregrine Falcons. Taking place on the South West Lawn, Chichester Cathedral (weather permitting), from 13 June - 3 July (excluding 16 June).  
  

  

  Children / family  Nature  Workshops / courses 

• Chichester City Band 125th Anniversary Concert

  25/06/2022  at 19:30

  Location:

  St Paul's Church, Chichester

  Admission price:

  £10.00

  Website:

  https://chichestercityband.co.uk/diary/

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  Celebrating 125 years of the Chichester City Band with a special anniversary concert. 
  

  

  Concerts  Performances 

• The Art of Chichester: 60 years of creativity

  25/06/2022 to 25/02/2023

  Location:

  The Novium Museum

  Website:

  https://www.thenovium.org/artofchi

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  The Art of Chichester: 60 Years of Creativity will explore the arts, culture and heritage of Chichester city centre and the district from 1962, when Chichester Festival Theatre opened, to the present day, embracing professional and amateur work across all art forms. Curated by David Elliott, the exhibition tells the story of how the arts have put Chichester and surrounding areas on the map.
  

  

  Exhibitions 

• Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde: Isosceles Theatre Company

  25/06/2022

  Location:

  St Johns Chapel, Chichester

  Website:

  https://www.isosceles.biz/performance-dates

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  An experiment to separate virtue from wickedness in his own nature results in the respectable Doctor Jekyll releasing the demon within; a malevolent force which will eventually possess him body and soul.

  
  

  Tickets from the festival of Chichester box office: www.novium.org/boxoffice

  
  

  Written by Patrick Prior

  Directed by Jim Dunk

  Performed by Pat Abernethy & Dave Marsden

  
  

  
  

  

  Performances 

• Shakespeare on the Green

  26/06/2022  at 19:00

  Location:

  Chichester Cathedral

  Website:

  https://www.chichestercathedral.org.uk/music

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  The Lord Chamberlain’s Men – with a history stretching back to William Shakespeare himself – invite you to join them this summer for the sparkling comedy, As You Like It. One of the UK’s finest touring theatre companies present this great play as Shakespeare first saw it performed – in the open air, by an all male cast and with Elizabethan costumes, music and dance. Tickets to be made available via the Cathedral website soon.
  

  

  Performances 

• As You Like It

  26/06/2022  at 19:00

  Location:

  Chichester Cathedral

  Admission price:

  £17.00

  Website:

  https://www.chichestercathedral.org.uk/events/you-it-william-shakespeare

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  The Lord Chamberlain's Men - with a history stretching back to William Shakespeare himself - invite you to join them for this sparkling comedy. Bring a chair and a picnic and prepare to be entertained and transported!

  
  

  Adults: £17 Children £10

  
  

  

  Children / family  Performances 

• Together We Rise

  27/06/2022 to 06/09/2022

  Location:

  Chichester Cathedral

  Website:

  https://www.chichestercathedral.org.uk/

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  27 Artists from the Royal Society of Sculptors present an exhibition of sculptural works, displayed within Chichester’s 940 year-old Cathedral and across its grounds.

  
  Curated by Visual Arts Advisor Jacquiline Creswell, the exhibition reflects upon this turbulent episode in our collective history, our resilience throughout the pandemic, and our shared hope – Together We Rise.
  

  
  

  

  Exhibitions 

• Tale of Two Lancasters

  27/06/2022  at 19:30

  Location:

  Chichester Park Hotel

  Admission price:

  £7.00

  Website:

  http://www.bitcloud.org.uk/airaces/

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  Mike Chatterton, Lancaster pilot for the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight talking about these iconic aircraft.

   
  At Chichester Park Hotel PO19 7QL. 7.30 pm Admission £7. Visit www.airaces.org.uk or call 01243 823007
  

  
  

  

  Talks 

• Still Quiring: An evening of choral music pieces

  27/06/2022  at 19:30

  Location:

  St George's Church, Whyke, Chichester

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  St Richard Singers presents an evening of beautiful choral music including pieces by Vaughan Williams, Parry, Elgar and Becky McGlade. 

  
  

  Conductor Sachin Gunga. 

  Venue: St Georges Church, Cleveland Road, Chichester PO22 7AD. 

   Time: 7.30pm 

  Tickets from the Festival of Chichester Box Office 01243 816525 or on the door. £12 / students £5 / children FREE.

  
  

  

  Concerts 

• London Mozart Players & Jess Gillam

  30/06/2022  at 19:30

  Location:

  Chichester Cathedral

  Website:

  https://chichesterboxoffice.ticketsolve.com/shows/873624606

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  23-year-old saxophone superstar Jess Gillam has wowed audiences with her dazzling virtuosity ever since the 2016 BBC Young Musician competition. She joins the London Mozart Players in Chichester for an evening that balances Mozart and Haydn with Marcello’s baroque trills and Glazunov’s lyricism. Don’t miss an extraordinary night of music making!
  
  Symphony No. 44 in E minor (‘Trauer’)
  
  Marcello Concerto in C minor for soprano saxophone
  
  Glazunov Concerto in E flat major for alto saxophone Op. 109
  
  Mozart Symphony No.29 in A, K.201
  

  

  Concerts  Performances 

• Glorious Chichester

  01/07/2022 to 31/07/2022

  Location:

  Chichester

  Website:

  https://chichesterbid.co.uk/summer-celebrations-in-chichester/

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  We have partnered up with Goodwood to bring the glamour of Glorious into the city with...
  - A Glorious City Trail on the LoyalFree App giving participants the chance to receive a special 2-for-1 offer on tickets to the annual Qatar Goodwood Festival
  - A Glorious themed window competition around the city. Goodwood's world-class interior designer Cindy Levison will be judging the windows and once again, the public can vote for their favourite via the LoyalFree App. 
  
  

  

  Exhibitions  Fetes / fairs 

• Weald & Downland - Historic Life Weekend, Sheep, Shepherding & Shepherd's Huts

  02/07/2022 to 03/07/2022  at 10:30 to 18:00

  Location:

  Weald & Downland Museum

  Website:

  https://www.wealddown.co.uk/events/sheep-shepherding-shepherds-huts/

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  This weekend will explore the different breeds of sheep in the Southdowns region and how this has developed over time as well as look at the daily lives of shepherds from the tools, clothing to the huts they lived in. The weekend will include a range of craft skills demonstrations related to wool, along with displays and a chance to learn from historic experts.
  

  

  Children / family  Nature  Workshops / courses 

• Marine Life Walk

  03/07/2022  at 08:00 to 09:30

  Location:

  Oval Field, Selsey

  Website:

  https://www.destinationselsey.co.uk/whats-on/guided-walk/marine-life-walk-july-3rd-2022

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  Featured in The Guardian in 2020 as one of the top ten best activities on our coasts, Mulberry Marine Experience's Life walks will introduce the marine residents of the intertidal zone, and give you insights into the daily life lived there. Led by a SSI Marine Ecology Instructor who will show you where to look, and provide information on their daily life, trails and challenges.
  

  

  Nature  Walks 

• Selsey Shanty Men

  03/07/2022  at 14:00 to 15:30

  Location:

  Selsey Lifeboat Station

  Website:

  https://www.destinationselsey.co.uk/whats-on/live-performance/selsey-shanty-men-3rd%20July

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  Weather and Operational Commitments permitting, The Selsey Shantymen will be performing on the apron of the Lifeboat Station with their brilliant and popular sea shanties.
  

  

  Charity  Performances 

• Marine Life Walk

  07/07/2022  at 10:30 to 12:00

  Location:

  Oval Field, Selsey

  Website:

  https://www.destinationselsey.co.uk/whats-on/guided-walk/marine-life-walk-july-7th-2022

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  Featured in The Guardian in 2020 as one of the top ten best activities on our coasts, Mulberry Marine Experience's Life walks will introduce the marine residents of the intertidal zone, and give you insights into the daily life lived there. Led by a SSI Marine Ecology Instructor who will show you where to look, and provide information on their daily life, trails and challenges.
  

  

  Nature  Walks 

• Stonepillow: Ladies Fashion Show

  07/07/2022  at 19:00

  Location:

  Chichester Rugby Club

  Admission price:

  £5.00

  Website:

  https://stonepillow.org.uk/stonepillow-ladies-fashion-show/

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  A charity fashion show and pop-up shop, with models wearing clothes from high-street shops. Guests can purchase the clothes after the show for a 50% discounted price! There will also be a raffle, with the chance to win some brilliant prizes. 

  
  

  Doors open at 6pm, with the catwalk starting at 7pm. 

  
  

  

  Charity  Markets / sales  Performances 

• Natures Way Foods Chichester Triathlon Series Weekend

  09/07/2022 to 10/07/2022  at 11:00

  Location:

  Chichester

  Website:

  https://www.everyoneactive.com/chichester-triathlon/

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  The Natures Way Foods Chichester Triathlon Series offers adult and junior races suitable for a complete novice through to a seasoned triathlete. Our Junior events consist of an Aquathlon (swim-run) and Triathlon (swim-bike-run). The adult events consist of both Sprint and Olympic Distance Triathlons, and Sprint Distance Aquathlon, Aquabike (swim-bike) and Duathlon (run-bike-run) events.
  
  

  For more details or to register, please visit https://www.everyoneactive.com/chichester-triathlon/
  

  
  

  

  Nature  Sports 

• 4Sight Vision Support Wellbeing Walk

  09/07/2022

  Location:

  Angmering Park

  Admission price:

  £10.00

  Website:

  http://www.4sight.org.uk/wellbeing-walk/

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  4Sight Vision Support is running three fundraising ‘Wellbeing Walks’ over the next 12 months. The charity, which provides support and specialist information to blind and sight impaired residents throughout West Sussex, is inviting everyone to sign up for one, two, or even three of these fun fundraising walks held in some delightful locations around the county.
  
  Saturday 9 July: a 5 mile rural trail on the beautiful Angmering Park Estate, which is not usually open to the public.
  
  Entry for each event costs £10 for adults and £5 for children aged over 3. The fee includes refreshments, a bespoke wooden medal and wellbeing activities along the route. The entrance fee covers the costs of putting on the event, so in addition participants are encouraged to pledge an additional £50 in sponsorship. 
  

  
  

  For more information and to register, call 01243 838001 or email fundraising@4sight.org.uk.  
  

  
  

  

  Charity  Walks 

• Chichester Chorale: Handel's Coronation Anthems

  09/07/2022  at 19:30

  Location:

  Boxgrove Priory, Boxgrove, Chichester

  Website:

  https://chichesterchorale.com/

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  Chichester Chorale presents George Frideric Handel Coronation Anthems with Organ Concerto in F Major Op. 4 No.4 accompanied by The Chichester Chamber Ensemble.
  Rupert Gough chamber organ.
  Conducted by Tom Robson.

  
  Tickets £15 available online (or on the door subject to availability), best to book early to avoid disappointment.

  
  

  

  Concerts 

• The Big Picnic and Sustainability Day

  10/07/2022  at 12:00 to 15:00

  Location:

  Carron Lane Recreation Ground, Midhurst, GU29 9LF

  Website:

  https://www.thegreatsussexway.org/event/the-big-picknic-sustainability-day/

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  Join Midhurst Town Council’s first Big Picnic, a Sustainability Day looking at how Midhurst is tackling our climate crisis and what we in the community can do to help. Bright New Futures Eco Roadshow will be in attendance with their woodland theatre truck, alongside music, interactive activities and demonstrations for all ages and trade stalls selling sustainable, environmentally friendly products. Bring a picnic and relax in our open green space for the afternoon. Parking not available on Carron Lane, please use The Grange Car Park.
  

  

  Children / family  Fetes / fairs  Markets / sales 

• Chichester Festival Theatre: Crazy For You

  11/07/2022 to 04/09/2022

  Location:

  Chichester Festival Theatre

  Website:

  https://www.cft.org.uk/whats-on/event/crazy-for-you

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  This hilarious, riotously entertaining musical, starring Charlie Stemp, is packed with glorious Gershwin melodies (including Someone to Watch Over Me, Embraceable You, I Got Rhythm and They Can’t Take That Away from Me), with stunning tap dance routines guaranteed to set the spirits soaring. The witty book and dialogue are written by Ken Ludwig, who also wrote this season’s Murder on the Orient Express and is the author of the Tony Award-winning Lend Me a Tenor.
  
  This brand new production, which celebrates the work’s 30th anniversary, is directed and choreographed by Susan Stroman: true Broadway royalty and winner of five Tony and two Olivier Awards for productions including The Producers, Contact and The Scottsboro Boys.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  

  Performances 

• Watercolour Classes

  13/07/2022 to 23/09/2022

  Location:

  Roussillon Park Community Hall

  Website:

  http://johnhillwatercolour.com/

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  Watercolour classes in Chichester, every Wednesday and Friday at Roussillon Park Community Hall.
  

  

  Workshops / courses 

• Marine Life Walk

  14/07/2022  at 17:30 to 19:00

  Location:

  Oval Field, Selsey

  Website:

  https://www.destinationselsey.co.uk/whats-on/guided-walk/marine-life-walk-july-14th-2022

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  Featured in The Guardian in 2020 as one of the top ten best activities on our coasts, Mulberry Marine Experience's Life walks will introduce the marine residents of the intertidal zone, and give you insights into the daily life lived there. Led by a SSI Marine Ecology Instructor who will show you where to look, and provide information on their daily life, trails and challenges.
  

  

  Nature  Walks 

• Summer Garden Party

  16/07/2022  at 10:00 to 18:00

  Location:

  Havenstoke Park, Chichester

  Website:

  https://chichestercdt.org.uk/summer-garden-party-regenerates-the-spirit-of-chichester-at-havenstoke-park/

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  Join Chichester Community Development Trust for their Summer Garden Party featuring family entertainment and activities, as well as the chance to try a range of wellbeing activities on offer in and around Chichester. 

  
  

  The event will feature stalls representing local businesses and organisations, a children’s play area and bounce park, a dog show, and live music from local young musicians thanks to Ovation Music. A touring musical production – ‘The Adventures of Florence and the Mermaid’s Tears’ – will teach young people about plastic pollution and inspire them to care for the planet.
  
  Chichester Community Development Trust will also be celebrating local primary school pupils who took part in a competition to create an artwork or sculpture using recycled materials, which will be judged by a panel of local artists.
  

  
  

  

  Children / family  Fetes / fairs  Markets / sales 

• Selsey Shanty Men

  17/07/2022  at 14:00 to 15:30

  Location:

  Selsey Lifeboat Station

  Website:

  https://www.destinationselsey.co.uk/whats-on/live-performance/selsey-shanty-men-17th-July

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  Weather and Operational Commitments permitting, The Selsey Shantymen will be performing on the apron of the Lifeboat Station with their brilliant and popular sea shanties.
  

  

  Charity  Performances 

• July Beach Clean

  17/07/2022  at 13:00 to 15:00

  Location:

  Selsey Lifeboat Station

  Website:

  https://www.destinationselsey.co.uk/whats-on/beach-clean/mulberry-marine-experiences-july-beach-clean

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  One of Mulberry Marine Experiences regular Beach Cleans.
  

  

  Nature  Walks