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Events are listed below. There’s only room on the screen for the first three events of each day, so please use the ‘scroll right’ button below each date to see all the other events. Events aren’t yet listed in time order. They will be soon, but for now, please bear with us.
Starts: 8pm
Club night run by people with learning disabilities. Open to all. Volunteer, £3
In celebration of fifty years of official twinning between Lewes and Blois, Lewes Twinning Association is arranging a coach trip for Lewesians to join in the French festivities. From Thursday to Monday. £120 per person. Accommodation is with hosts. Contact jackie@apasecretarial.co.uk, 473568
Starts: 7pm
The annual skittles tournament is one of the unmissable events of the Lewes calendar. Knock-outs all week, with the final on Saturday. It's organised by the Rotary Club, and raises money for good causes. And it's a tip-top laugh. To enter a team, email johnwburfoot@internet.com. Grange Gardens, Pic by Emma Chaplin
Starts: 6.30pm
Following her Brighton festival success, popular local pianist Rachel Fryer is providing another opportunity to hear Bach’s extraordinary Goldberg Variations in their entirety, as made famous by Glenn Gould. Plus pre-concert talk. Performing Arts Centre at Sussex Downs College (Mountfield Road), £7/£5 /£3, 336793 to reserve a ticket
Starts: 12.30pm Ends: 2.30pm
Last day of this exhibition of the work of Ann Johnson. Hop Gallery, 10.30-5pm, free Starts: 7pm
The annual skittles tournament is one of the unmissable events of the Lewes calendar. Knock-outs all week, with the final on Saturday. It's organised by the Rotary Club, and raises money for good causes. And it's a tip-top laugh. To enter a team, email johnwburfoot@internet.com. Grange Gardens, Pic by Emma Chaplin
Starts: 5pm
Swimming, bar and BBQ, and rumours of a hog roast. Starfish bands from 5pm, and evening entertainment with the always enjoyable Tongue and Groove from 7.30pm. Pells Pool, tickets £6 adults, £3 children, and family (2+2) £15, from Pells Pool kiosk and Union Music store.
Starts: 11am Ends: 10.30pm
Seventeenth annual beer and cider festival, organised by CAMRA. Over 70 real ales plus cider, perry, country wines, snacks and food. Town Hall, 11am-3pm £4; 5-10.30pm £6. Tickets from Harveys shop and Gardeners Arms. Ticket includes free souvenir glass and programme.
Starts: 7.30pm
This illustrated talk will be given by Malcolm Kitch. Anne of Cleves House, £5, 472527, jjvokins@sky.com
Starts: 7pm
An enchanted evening of live improvised music. Hypnotic Indian drones, vintage moog synthesizers and dark fairy tales. Café des Artistes, Phoenix, £12/£10 plus booking fee, tickets from Union Music or wegottickets.com
Starts: 8pm Ends: 10.45pm
Take a walk over the Downs from Glynde to Lewes, looking for glow-worms and other wildlife along the way. Led by Michael Blencowe. Photo of Mount Caburn by Sue Fasquelle. Meet at Lewes Railway Station for the 8.09pm train to Glynde. Please bring a torch, suitable footwear and warm clothing. Suggested donation of £3 to Sussex Wildlife Trust
Starts: 8pm
Revisionist, plot-weaving Dickensian story written by Lewes writer Jonathan Brown. It's set in Brighton in 1862, where Jack is digging a 1200 foot well. But there’s no water...
All Saints, £10/£8, tickets from Union Music, 07879 832857
Starts: 3pm
Americana. We inadvertently listed this in the handbook as being on the 26th - apologies for the error. Union Music Store, free Starts: 7pm
The annual skittles tournament is one of the unmissable events of the Lewes calendar. Knock-outs all week, with the final on Saturday. It's organised by the Rotary Club, and raises money for good causes. And it's a tip-top laugh. To enter a team, email johnwburfoot@internet.com. Grange Gardens, Pic by Emma Chaplin
Starts: 7.30pm
With the Esterhazy Chamber Choir. St John Sub Castro, £10 Starts: 11am Ends: 8pm
Seventeenth annual beer and cider festival, organised by CAMRA. Over 70 real ales plus cider, perry, country wines, snacks and food. Town Hall, 11am-5pm £4; 5-8pm free. Tickets available from Harveys shop and Gardeners Arms. Ticket includes free souvenir glass and programme.
Starts: 2pm Ends: 4pm
Afternoon tea, homemade cakes and preserves, plant stall, lucky dip, face painting, books, toys and bric a brac stalls, and at 3.45pm a wildlife walk in the churchyard with Sussex Wildlife Trust. Glebe Cottage, Church Lane, Malling (in church if wet), free entry, 475930 Starts: 8pm
Revisionist, plot-weaving Dickensian story written by Lewes writer Jonathan Brown. It's set in Brighton in 1862, where Jack is digging a 1200 foot well. But there’s no water...
All Saints, £10/£8, tickets from Union Music, 07879 832857
Starts: 6.30pm
Guitarist Richard Durrant will be playing Rodrigo's Aranjuez concerto, with keyboard accompaniment, plus the Vivaldi Violin Concerto rearranged for guitar. Bring picnics, blankets and chairs.
Lewes Castle, gates 6.30pm, music 7.30pm, £20/accompanied under-14s free, tickets from the Castle, richard-durrant.com, 453422
Starts: 7.30pm Ends: 10.30pm
The clothes-optional outdoor swim of the season. Bring a picnic and drink. Pells Pool, £5/£3/accompanied under-16s free, tickets from Union Music, skinny_dip_pells@onetel.com
Starts: 8.30pm
Edinburgh 2013 acts perform their comedy club sets. Phoenix Theatre Studio, free, donations at end, primecutscomedy.com
Starts: 4pm
Corelli Ensemble with Nathaniel Nathan-Frank. St Pancras Church, £10/£12
Starts: 12pm Ends: 5pm
Last day to see this exhibition. A retrospective of the work of Harvey Daniels and Judy Stapleton. Foundry Gallery, North Street, free, artemis-arts.co.uk, 486595/07752557335
Starts: 12pm Ends: 5pm
Exhibition of five Sussex painters - Sue Barnes, Angela Perrin, Sheila Marlborough, Kate Penoyre and Lesley Robertshaw. Hop Gallery, to Thursday 4 July, Tuesday to Saturday 10.30 - 5pm, Sunday 12 noon to 5pm, closed Monday
Starts: 2pm Ends: 5pm
This free festival, which celebrates the many aspects of water, offers a great variety of events, including children's puppet show, a preview of a collaboration between artist Mary Anne Aytoun-Ellis and writer Clare Best, a 'digital fly through' showing sea levels in the Ouse valley, refreshments, raffle, and much more. Linklater Pavilion, free, info@railwaylandproject.org
Starts: 5.30pm
Following the Festival of Water, this acoustic gig will celebrate the Ouse. The show will feature Small Shipwrecks, Stella Homewood and Guy Hayes. Harveys and food from Pleasant Stores, Linklater, £5, tickets from Union Music or on the door
Starts: 4pm
As Doug Devaney lay in hospital awaiting the results of his angiogram, he thought, “This would make a damn good play. I certainly know what I’d call it.” His one-man comic play has quotes from Carry On movies, a tribute to Olivia Newton John and a song about black pudding. Sounds ace. Phoenix Theatre Studio, free, donations welcome
Starts: 2pm
Free preview of Gary Colman’s new stand-up comedy show about the joyous banality of family life. “The best deadpan act since Jack Dee” says GQ. Phoenix Theatre, free, 07879881345, primecutscomedy@gmail.com
Starts: 1pm Ends: 10pm
A new show every hour of Edinburgh previews. Phoenix Theatre Studio, free, donations at end, primecutscomedy.com
Starts: 7.30pm
A presentation for Refugee Week of Pam Hughes’s prize-winning poetry, read by Ralph Taylor with flute interludes by Sue Jappie. Organised by Lewes Group in Support of Refugees and Asylum Seekers. Photo by Ralph Taylor. Friends Meeting House, free, donations welcome, lgsraslewes@gmail.com Starts: 10am Ends: 11.30am
Pells Paddlers is a splash and play group for under fives and their families. It starts today and then is on every Tuesday, whatever the weather. Bring a rug to sit on. £2 per family, 07758728236, twitter @PellsPaddlers
Starts: 2.30pm
Dr John Kay will be speaking about the historical security systems put in place by ‘untrained amateurs’ running each town or parish. Organised by U3A. Town Hall, free, all welcome
Starts: 6.45pm
Delicious meal with wine and readings from two best selling authors - Simon Toyne and Kate Mosse The Barn, Ditchling, £20, 709709 Starts: 7.30pm
Presentation and discussion introduced by Dr Tony Law Christ Church, Prince Edwards Road, free
Starts: 9.29am Ends: 4.15pm
Take a stroll with Lewes Footpath Group, from Patcham back to Lewes. Bring a picnic. Meet at the bus station for the 9.29 bus to Brighton. Tel 472678
Starts: 6pm Ends: 8.30pm
This walk takes in the Lewes Organic Allotment Project, the Downs and Landport Bottom. Led by Colin Tingle, Michael Blencowe and others. Meet at 6 pm at the Gate into Landport Bottom Reserve near the junction between the A275 and the lane up to the Race Course. Free. 484408
Starts: 7.45pm
The readers are Sasha Dugdale, Clare Best and John O'Donoghue. Photo of Sasha Dugdale by Paul King. Needlemakers Cafe, £5/£3, doors at 7pm if you want to order food.
Teresa Winchester is a printmaker creating images from an imagined world, while Karen Potter paints scratchy, colourful landscapes. Image is 'Explorers' by Teresa. Pelham House Gallery, free. From today to 13 August, open every day
Starts: 8pm
One of the most established and respected duos on the folk scene, Nancy Kerr and James Fagan are winners of the 2011 BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for Best Duo. Royal Oak, £8, 478124
Starts: 7.30pm Ends: Midnight
An evening of getting on down to 70s and 80s sounds. DJs, cocktail bar, prizes for best dressed male and female, 80s photo booths and more. Raising money for PATINA.
All Saints, £7/£6, tickets from Si’s records, Union Music Store, Kings Framers. patinalewes@gmail.com/07950 930 715
Starts: 7.30pm
Haydn's oratorio, sung by East Sussex Comunity Choir. Town Hall, £12/£6 from Tourist Info or 336770
Starts: 10am Ends: 5pm
St Anne's Galleries summer show. Includes work by Chris Knox (pictured), Alvar Petritoli, Emma Alcock and David Pearson. From June 29 to July 14. St Anne's Galleries, open Saturdays and Sundays 10am-5pm
Starts: 11am Ends: 3pm
Roll up, roll up, for the Western Road School Summer Fair. Great food, Pimms bar, live music, lots of stalls, bouncy castle, pony rides, fire engine, coconut shy, face painting, ice creams, raffle. Western Road School, Southover High Street, entry 50p/free for children
Starts: 2pm Ends: 5pm
Chalk Gallery artists invite you to come along, meet the artists, enjoy a glass of bucks fizz and listen to the Rottingdean Writers’ Group performing new pieces reacting to the art inspired by recent visits to Charleston. Pictured is ‘Downlands Way’ by Jewellery with Attitude. Chalk Gallery, North Street, free, 474477, chalkgallerylewes.co.uk
Starts: 6pm
Summer party including drinks and buffet on the Terrace (weather permitting) and live music from Supremettes. Organised jointly by Crowded Pier and Brighton Ladies Dining Club. Not for profit. Everyone welcome. Pelham House Hotel, £22 without buffet/£40 with buffet, clive@crowdedpier.co.uk, 305865
Starts: 10.30am
Illustrator Sarah Dyer will be holding a story-telling and drawing workshop. She will be reading her latest picture book Bear's Best Friend. Bags of Books, £2 per child, 479320, bagsofbooks@bagsofbooks.co.uk. Suitable for 4+
An exhibition and dance performance, on the physical experience of the anatomical body. Suitable for the whole family. Featuring Sophia Campeau-Ferman Foundry Gallery. Exhibition 11am-5pm, free. Performances 7-9pm, £5/£10 family, sophiacampeauferman@me.com
Starts: 7pm
ANNACA have had a busy 2012, performing at the Olympics as well as headlining The Emerging Icon UK Tour. Their new EP, out on 24th June, was produced by Jim Lowe who has previously worked with Stereophonics. Organised by Waterloo Bonfire Society. The Paddock, free from 5pm, waterloobonfire.co.uk. Photo by Chris Hutchison
Starts: 9.15pm
Little Theatre, £5-£7, lewescinema.co.uk, 01903 523833
Starts: 11am Ends: 6pm
Bradness Gallery Garden is a tranquil mature garden with trees, scented shrubs, a stream and two large ponds. Bradness Gallery will also be open with paintings, prints and cards for sale. Tea and cake. In aid of the National Gardens scheme charities. Spithurst Road, Barcombe, £4/under-14s free, 400606 Starts: 9.30am Ends: 4.30pm
Speakers include Bloomsbury publisher Nigel Newton (who discovered JK Rowling), Candida Lacey from Myriad Books, author Paul Bryers, and Random House designer Suzanne Dean. Goodie bags and a discount for Much Ado Books in Alfriston.
Chapel Centre, Alfriston, £20, tickets from Much Ado Books, 01323 871222, muchadobooks.com
Starts: 5pm Ends: 10.30pm
Waterloo Bonfire Society’s now traditional ‘night before’ event. Free, local bands, licensed bar and BBQ. The Paddock, free, 07949836644 Starts: 7.30pm
Songs, sketches and poetry performed by The Players Collective. 10% of profits to be donated to The Oyster project. All Saints, £5, tickets from Tourist Info
Starts: 10am Ends: 5pm
Last chance to see this exhibition by print maker Min Cooper (pictured is her 'Large Flower White’). Chalk Gallery, North Street, open seven days a week, free, 474477 An exhibition and dance performance, on the physical experience of the anatomical body. Suitable for the whole family. Featuring Sophia Campeau-Ferman Foundry Gallery. Exhibition 11am-5pm, free. Performances 7-9pm, £5/£10 family, sophiacampeauferman@me.com
Starts: 5.15pm
Little Theatre, £5-£7, lewescinema.co.uk, 01903 523833 Starts: 11am Ends: 6pm
Bradness Gallery Garden is a tranquil mature garden with trees, scented shrubs, a stream and two large ponds. Bradness Gallery will also be open with paintings, prints and cards for sale. Tea and cake. In aid of the National Gardens scheme charities. Spithurst Road, Barcombe, £4/under-14s free, 400606 Starts: 12pm Ends: 5pm
The fete kicks off with the Society’s Scottish Pipe and Drum Band marching down from the Lamb to the Paddock for this family fete. There will be stalls from other Bonfire Societies, community groups and local traders, plus games and competitions, traditional funfair rides and arena events.
The Paddock, free entry, 07949836644
