Chester Summer Music Festival 2012

30^th June – 12^th July – throughout Chester city centre

Visit www.chesterfestivals.co.uk

A truly international music festival with an exciting range of music, ideas and extraordinary artistic talent, with over 30 events in 13 days this festival is not to be missed.

As a Festival of the Voice, we have wonderful singers and choral groups including our own Chester Festival Chorus performing across a whole spectrum of music. But we’ll also showcase the explosion of talent from the Far East; we’ll revel in the music of the Great Romantics; we’ll showcase masters of their art in a wide range of musical genres. We’ll even have a festival within a festival; Let’s Hear It! – a weekend of non-stop music designed for music lovers, casual listeners, the young, the old and the curious from the bite size to the full length concert. It’s a total immersion for the musical spirits, a gourmet experience for the musical taste buds, and it is all served up in the glorious historic City of Chester. Tickets go on sale from the 1^st April.

Quote from Andrew Cornall, Artistic Director:

“Whether it is choral, cabaret, chamber music, folk or glorious orchestral concerts, I believe there is something to enjoy and something to discover for everyone.”

MBNA Chestival 2012

2^nd June – 15^th July, throughout Chester City Centre

Unique.  Creative.  Exciting. A truly remarkable 44-day festival spiralling around Chester’s City Centre providing breath- taking entertainment for all ages.

Don’t hide away in the dark!  Longer days and shorter nights will soon be upon us. Embrace the light and get involved with Chestival’s action-packed schedule for the summer.
Feel the hairs on your back scream as The Midsummer Watch Parade enters town;
Watch your eyes pop out as you get transported back in time as the Romans invade Chester for one weekend;
Let your ear drums rejoice during our Chester Summer Music Festival and jump with glee that your favourite films are all available to watch at the outdoor cinema.

It’s honestly a summer festival not to be missed. Don’t hesitate.

Tickets are on sale NOW so click HERE and book. You won’t want to be disappointed.

Pop yours over to us at support@directoryofchester.net

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Event	Start Date	Contact
New Year's Day Holiday	03/01/2011
World Braille Day	04/01/2011
Farmhouse Breakfast Week	23/01/2011	shakeupyourwakeup.com
Food Allergy and Intolerance Week	24/01/2011	allergyuk.org
Burns Night	25/01/2011
Australia Day	26/01/2011
Holocaust Memorial Day	27/01/2011	hmd.org.uk/
National Storytelling Week	29/01/2011
Chinese New Year	03/02/2011
National Marriage Week	07/02/2011	marriage-week.org.uk/
Valentine's Day	14/02/2011
Cancertalk Week	15/02/2011	macmillan.org.uk/GetInvolved/CancertalkWeek/CancertalkWeek.aspx
National Chip Week	21/02/2011	lovechips.co.uk/
Fair Trade Fortnight	28/02/2011	fairtrade.org.uk/get_involved/fairtrade_fortnight/fairtrade_fortnight_2011/default.aspx
St David's Day	01/03/2011
World Book Day	03/03/2011	worldbookday.com/
British Pie Week	07/03/2011	britishpieweek.co.uk/
Shrove Tuesday - Pancake Day	08/03/2011
International Women's Day CENTENARY	08/03/2011	internationalwomensday.com/
Ash Wednesday - Lent Begins	09/03/2011
No Smoking Day	09/03/2011	nosmokingday.org.uk
National Science and Engineering Week	11/03/2011	britishscienceassociation.org/web/NSEW/
Commonwealth Day	14/03/2011	commonwealthday.org/
St Patrick's Day	17/03/2011
Comic Relief - Red Nose Day	18/03/2011	comicrelief.com/get-involved
National Salt Awareness Week	21/03/2011	actiononsalt.org.uk/awareness/awareness/index.html
BST Begins	27/03/2011
April Fool's Day	01/04/2011
International Children's Book Day	02/04/2011
National Pet Month	02/04/2011	nationalpetmonth.org.uk/
Mothering Sunday	03/04/2011
World Health Day	07/04/2011	who.int/world-health-day/en/
Palm Sunday	17/04/2011
Good Friday	22/04/2011
Earth Day	22/04/2011	un.org/en/events/motherearthday/
St George's Day	23/04/2011	stgeorgesholiday.com/
easter Sunday	24/04/2011
Easter Monday	25/04/2011
Royal Wedding 2011	29/04/2011
National Windsurfing Week	30/04/2011	nationalwindsurfingweek.org/
Early May Bank Holiday	02/05/2011	bank holiday
Deaf Awareness Week	02/05/2011	deafcouncil.org.uk/daw/index.htm
International Firefighters' Day	04/05/2011
National Doughnut Week	07/05/2011	thechildrenstrust.org.uk/events.asp?section=217&itemid=1046
Europe Day	09/05/2011
Limerick Day	12/05/2011
British Sandwich Week	15/05/2011	sandwich.org.uk/
Walk to School Week	16/05/2011	walktoschool.org.uk/
Spring Bank Holiday	30/05/2011
Volunteers' Week	01/06/2011	volunteersweek.org.uk/About+the+Week/Preparing+for+2011
World Environment Day	05/06/2011	unep.org/wed/2010/english/flash_2010/intro.html
World Blood Donor Day	14/06/2011	wbdd.org/
National Bike Week	18/06/2011	bikeweek.org.uk/index.php
Fathers' Day	19/06/2011
Wrong Trousers Day	24/06/2011	wallaceandgromitteaparty.org.uk/pages/wtd.htm
Armed Forces Day	25/06/2011	armedforcesday.org.uk/
World Population Day	11/07/2011	un.org/en/events/populationday/
St Swithin's Day	15/07/2011
International Youth Day	12/08/2011	un.org/en/events/youthday/
International Left Handers Day	13/08/2011	lefthandersday.com/about.html
Summer Bank Holiday	29/08/2011
Organic September	01/09/2011	soilassociation.org
Heritage Open Days	08/09/2011	heritageopendays.org.uk/
British Food Fortnight	17/09/2011	lovebritishfood.co.uk/about-british-food-fortnight/british-food-fortnight-2011/plans-for-2011/
International Talk Like A Pirate Day	19/09/2011	talklikeapirate.com/piratehome.html
World Car Free Day	22/09/2011
World Space Week	04/10/2011	un.org/en/events/spaceweek/
National Poetry Day	06/10/2011	nationalpoetryday.co.uk/
National Eating Out Week	09/10/2011	nationaleatingoutweek.com/
National Curry Week	09/10/2011	nationaleatingoutweek.com/
Trafalgar Day	21/10/2011
BST Ends	30/10/2011
Hallowe'en	31/10/2011
Guy Fawkes Night	05/11/2011
Remembrance Day	11/11/2011	britishlegion.org.uk/remembrance/the-nation-remembers/two-minute-silence
Remembrance Sunday	13/11/2011	britishlegion.org.uk/remembrance/the-nation-remembers/remembrance-sunday
BBC Children In Need	18/11/2011	bbc.co.uk/pudsey/
St Andrew's Day	30/11/2011
World AIDS Day	01/12/2011	un.org/en/events/aidsday
Christmas Day Holiday	26/12/2011
Boxing Day Holiday	27/12/2011

Theme: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE DOWNRIGHT UGLY.

Beneficiary: THE HOSPICE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD and other local causes.

ENTRY FORMS available email: raftrace.chester@mail.com

http://www.rotary-ribi.org/clubs/page.asp?ClubID=1077&PgID=186829

You are invited on October 30th to The Gold Dust Annual Halloween Ball 2010.

It’s Burlesque Queens gone wild!

It’s HUGE!

At 8pm we unlock the crypt at the 400 year-old Chester Guildhall, a stone gothic church, to herald in Halloween burlesque style, with our biggest and best line up ever!!!!

International burlesque firecrackers, Dirty Martini Miss Exotic World 2004 and Kitten De Ville Miss Exotic World 2002, fight woman to woman with UK heavy weights, Leyla Rose and Satan In High Heels herself Missy Malone…., as the bride of Frankenstein.

As well as that giant dragons, skeleton Parade and more in the Carnival of the Undead.

Rock out to the melancholy melodies of The Harmonettes, Live Spook
Show, Vintage Horror on super 8mm and Scooby Doo with boobs from Velma Bon Bon, unearthly gyrations from Myles Away and long lost relative ‘Uncle’ Rory Del Rivo has been dug up to host the satanic spectacle.

More, more you shriek, but of course we crown Miss and Miss Halloween in the Hex factor, with amazing prizes our own haunted studio, or horror for keepsake shots is open.

Meet the stars deadly dancing till two am and more, more, more.

Limited to 200 unlucky punters book now.

It’s going to be one hell of a night…..

Visit the facebook page for ticket information

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=144936118871022&index=1

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Heritage Open Days:
A Weekend @
Stretton Watermill

Heritage Open Days 2010

A day out for the whole family.

Stretton Watermill joins in the national event, aiming to open the doors to free access to architectural and historic treasures.

Take a tour to find out the story of the watermill through the ages.

Admission is Free this weekend, as part of Heritage Open Days.

Time:
1.00pm – 5.00pm
Date:
Saturday 11th September 2010
Sunday 12th September 2010

Admission is FREE for this event.

Opening Hours:

April
Weekends only 1.00pm – 5.00pm

May to August
Tuesday to Sunday, Bank Holiday Mondays 1.00pm – 5.00pm

September
Weekends only 1.00pm – 5.00pm

For Admission Prices, please visit the Stretton Watermill Website.

Address:

Stretton Watermill

Mill Lane

Stretton

near Farndon

Cheshire

SY14 7JA

Tel: 01606 271640
This is The Cheshire Museums Service

Stretton Watermill is only 10 miles from the city of Chester