What's On 2013
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Winchelsea has an extremely active local community.
Some of the largest societies include the
Winchelsea Singers (choral and light opera works),
Winchelsea Garden Society (Spring and Summer shows,
visits to gardens etc), Literary Society (events on
Friday evenings once/month), the 2nd Wednesday Society (talks on the second Wednesday of each month - £3.50 for non-members, 50p for members) and the Friends of the Ancient Monuments &
Museum (fund raising events, such as CELLAR TOURS, to
support the work of the Corporation in maintaining the
ancient buildings). There are Quiz nights on Thursday
evenings in the New Inn. In all there are 30+ societies
of various sizes. For more information and contact
details please select Clubs
& Societies. See also the newNational Trust facebook page
For cricket fixtures please select CRICKET
| DATE | TIME | ORGANISATION | TOPIC | LOCATION | NOTES |
| Saturday 8 June | 1:00 PM | Winchelsea Garden Society | Open Gardens, NGS Yellow Book | Throughout the town | Closes at 5:30pm |
| Saturday 8 June | 10:30 AM | FOAM/NGS | Cellar tours (2) | Meet at Town Well | |
| Sunday 9 June | 2:30 PM | Winchelsea Cricket Club | Northiam (A) | ||
| Sunday 9 June | 2:00 PM | FOAM | Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Walk | Meet in the carpark at Rye Harbour | Led by Barry Yates. Donations to Pipewell Gate appeal |
| Monday 10 June | 11:00 AM | FOAM/Rye Memorial Hospital | Cellar tour | Meet at Town Well | |
| Monday 10 June | 2:00 PM | Winchelsea Garden Society | Open Gardens, in aid of Rye Memorial Hospital | Throughout the town | Closes at 5:30pm |
| Wednesday 12 June | 2:30 PM | 2nd Wednesday Society | Monet's Gardens - Julia Raquin | New Hall | Talk and tea |
| Saturday 15 June | 10:30 AM | Winchelsea Garden Society | Rose and Sweet Pea Show | Lower Court Hall | |
| Sunday 16 June | 2:30 PM | Winchelsea Cricket Club | Ibis (H) | ||
| Friday 21 June | 7:30 PM | Winchelsea Literary Society | British Literature in the 1940s - A talk by Professor Gill Plain of the University of St Andrews | Lower Court Hall | From 7pm: |
| Saturday 22 June | 6:30 PM | St Thomas' Church | Tom Harris - Solo piano concert | St Thomas' Church | |
| Sunday 23 June | 2:30 PM | Winchelsea Cricket Club | Lydd (H) | ||
| Sunday 30 June | 2:30 PM | Winchelsea Cricket Club | Pett (H) | ||
| Tuesday 2 July | 7:00 PM | Winchelsea Corporation | Corporation meeting 4 | Lower Court Hall | |
| Friday 5 July | 6:00 PM | St Thomas' Church | Cantatrice Concert | St Thomas' Church | In aid of Church funds and Pipewell Gate appeal |
| Sunday 7 July | 11:00 AM | St Thomas' Church | Patronal Festival - Corporation parade | Service in St Thomas' Church | |
| Sunday 7 July | 2:30 PM | Winchelsea Cricket Club | Bodiam (H) | ||
| Wednesday 10 July | 2:30 PM | 2nd Wednesday Society | Leonard Cheshire - Roger McKinna | New Hall | Talk and tea |
| Sunday 14 July | 2:00 PM | Winchelsea Cricket Club | Rolvenden (A) | ||
| Sunday 14 July | 12:00 | FOWC | FOWC AGM | St Thomas' | |
| Saturday 20 July | 11:00 AM | FOAM | Cellar tour | Meet at Town Well | |
| Sunday 21 July | 11:00 AM | FOAM | Cellar tour | Meet at Town Well | |
| Sunday 21 July | 2:30 PM | Winchelsea Cricket Club | Seddlescome (H) | ||
| Saturday 27 July | Pett CC | Match at Winchelsea | |||
| Sunday 28 July | 2:00 PM | Winchelsea Cricket Club | Newenden (H) | ||
| Wednesday 31 July | 2:00 PM | Winchelsea Garden Society | Winchelsea Community Open Garden Event | 10-12 small gardens open | Entrance fee to Charity |
| Saturday 3 August | 10:30 AM | St Thomas' Church | Church Market | ||
| Sunday 4 August | 2:30 PM | Winchelsea Cricket Club | FI Fenboys XI (H) | ||
| Saturday 10 August | 1:30 PM | Summer fete Committee | Winchelsea Summer Fete and Fun Dog Show | Cricket Ground | Stalls and games, BBQ, Pimms bar |
| Sunday 11 August | 2:30 PM | Winchelsea Cricket Club | Pett (A) | ||
| Thursday 15 August | Winchelsea Literary Soc | Summer Party | Rye View | Outdoor theatre production | |
| Friday 16 August | 6:00 PM | Cleveland House | Comedy of errors | Cleveland House Garden | Outdoor theatre production |
| Sunday 18 August | 2:00 PM | Winchelsea Cricket Club | Icklesham (A) | ||
| Saturday 24 August | 11:00 AM | FOAM | Cellar tour | Meet at Town Well | |
| Sunday 25 August | 11:00 AM | FOAM | Cellar tour | Meet at Town Well | |
| Sunday 25 August | 2:30 PM | Winchelsea Cricket Club | Vacant (H) | ||
| Monday 26 August | August Bank holiday | August Bank holiday | |||
| Sunday 1 September | 2:00 PM | Winchelsea Cricket Club | R Merricks XI (H) | ||
| Tuesday 3 September | 7:00 PM | Winchelsea Corporation | Corporation meeting 5 | Lower Court Hall | |
| Friday 6 September | 7:30 PM | Winchelsea Literary Society | A Hint of Syn: Russell Thorndyke and the Doctor Syn Novels: A talk by his granddaughter, Nina Thorndyke | Lower Court Hall | From 7pm: |
| Saturday 7 September | 2:00 PM | Winchelsea Garden Society | Autumn Show | ||
| Sunday 8 September | 1:30 PM | Winchelsea Cricket Club | Crowhurst Park (A) | ||
| Thursday 12 September | 2:30 PM | 2nd Wednesday Society | The last voyage of RMS Queen Mary - David Clark | New Hall | Talk and tea |
| Saturday 14 September | 1:00 PM | Winchelsea Garden Society | Open Gardens, NGS Yellow Book | Throughout the town | Closes at 5:30pm |
| Sunday 15 September | English Heritage | Open day - Church windows 'tour' and organ recital; cellar tour(s) | St Thomas' Church | ||
| Sunday 15 September | Winchelsea Corporation | Heritage Open Day | Throughout Winchelsea | all day events | |
| Sunday 15 September | 1:00 PM | Winchelsea Cricket Club | Westfield (H) | ||
| Monday 16 September | 11:00 AM | Rye Festival/FOAM | Cellar tour | Meet at Town Well | Book via Rye Festival Office |
| Wednesday 18 September | 11:00 AM | Rye Festival/FOAM | Cellar tour | Meet at Town Well | Book via Rye Festival Office |
| Friday 20 September | St Thomas' Church | Belgian Folk Music concert (tbc) | |||
| Friday 20 September | 11:00 AM | Rye Festival/FOAM | Cellar tour | Meet at Town Well | Book via Rye Festival Office |
| Sunday 22 September | 1:00 PM | Winchelsea Cricket Club | Brede (H) | ||
| Sunday 22 September | 11:00 AM | Rye Festival/FOAM | Cellar tour | Meet at Town Well | Book via Rye Festival Office |
| Wednesday 25 September | 11:00 AM | Rye Festival/FOAM | Cellar tour | Meet at Town Well | Book via Rye Festival Office |
| Friday 27 September | 11:00 AM | Rye Festival/FOAM | Cellar tour | Meet at Town Well | Book via Rye Festival Office |
| Sunday 29 September | 1:00 PM | Winchelsea Cricket Club | Brookland (A) | ||
| Saturday 5 October | 10:30 AM | Conservation Society | Independent Archaeology Consultant Maggie Henderson - on "Conservation/discoveries in the Barn in Rookery Field", | New Hall | |
| Wednesday 9 October | 2:30 PM | 2nd Wednesday Society | Westminster Abbey and Gardens - Marion Couchman | New Hall | Talk and tea |
| Saturday 12 October | St Thomas' Church | Harvest supper | |||
| Saturday 12 October | 3:00 PM | Friends of the Ancient Monuments and Museum | Winchelsea at War: A talk by Malcolm Pratt MBE | New Hall | Tea and cakes afterwards |
| Friday 18 October | 7:30 PM | St Thomas' Church | Flossie Malavielle Solo Concert | St Thomas' Church | |
| Saturday 19 October | 7:30 PM | Winchelsea Literary Society | The Poems of Anne Ridler chosen and introduced by her daughter, Kate Wilson | Lower Court Hall | From 7pm: |
| Saturday 26 October | 2:30 PM | WAS | Richard III talk | St Thomas' Church | |
| Friday 1 November | 2:00 PM | Winchelsea Singers | Autumn Stage performance | New Hall | |
| Saturday 2 November | St Thomas' Church | Church Market | |||
| Saturday 2 November | 7:00 PM | Winchelsea Singers | Autumn Stage performance | New Hall | |
| Tuesday 5 November | 7:00 PM | Winchelsea Corporation | Corporation meeting 6 | Lower Court Hall | |
| Sunday 10 November | 11:00 AM | Remembrance Sunday | St Thomas' Church | ||
| Wednesday 13 November | 2:30 PM | 2nd Wednesday Society | Let's sail around the British Isles - David Clark | New Hall | Talk and tea |
| Friday 15 November | 7:30 PM | Winchelsea Literary Society | Robert Browning: John Davison | Lower Court Hall | From 7pm: |
| Sunday 1 December | St Thomas' Church | Advent Carol Concert | |||
| Saturday 7 December | St Thomas' Church | Sussex Brass concert | tbc | ||
| Wednesday 11 December | 2:30 PM | 2nd Wednesday Society | Bottoms Up! - Andy McConnell | New Hall | Talk and tea |
| Friday 13 December | 7:30 PM | St Thomas' Church | Steve Knightly Folk Concert | St Thomas' Church | |
| Saturday 14 December | 7:00 PM | Winchelsea Singers | Annual Carol Concert in aid of Charity | St Thomas' Church | tbc |
| Friday 20 December | 6:30 PM | Friends of the Ancient Monuments and Museum | Carols in the Court Hall - all welcome | Lower Court Hall | From 7pm |
| Sunday 22 December | 6:00 PM | St Thomas' Church | Nine Lessons and Carols | St Thomas' Church | |
| Tuesday 24 December | St Thomas' Church | Crib service (day), Midnight mass | |||
| Wednesday 25 December | Public holiday | Christmas Day | |||
| Thursday 26 December | Public holiday | Boxing Day |