Join us for an evening at the races on Saturday 1 April at llmington Village Hall. Kindly hosted by Stour Valley Lions, Race Night is always popular and great fun, with races held on the flat and over the jumps.
Tickets cost £10, which includes a fish and chip supper, plus entry into a free prize draw for a bottle of bubbly. Tote betting will be 20p a ticket and in each race the wooden horses will be auctioned off, starting at £5. We suggest wearing comfortable clothes if you might fancy being a "jockey" in any race! Doors open at 7pm and we are under starter's orders at 7.30pm prompt.
Tickets on sale from 3 March at Ilmington Community Shop or from Lis on 01608 682420. Proceeds to Ilmington Village Hall's heating improvement project.
Silent movie night
On 16 December, arts platform Hand Of will arrive in Ilmington with the astonishing Zeiss’ Travelling Cinematograph in tow.
The Zeiss Travelling Cinematograph is a 1920s style travelling cinema and pictoral concert party for all the family, bringing the amazing marvel of moving pictures to Ilmington Village Hall.
The Zeiss Travelling Cinematograph will present one of the finest Christmas motion pictures of all time, brought to life by the inimitable piano virtuoso Isobel Williams, who will be providing a live and improvised score - it has to be seen to be believed!
This is cinema like you’ve never seen before – cinema as it was a hundred years ago. The mechanical whirrs of the projectors, the flickering bulbs, the jeopardy of an improvised live soundtrack. This is the magic that made the world fall in love with film.
Tickets are £10 (£8 concessions). Doors at 7pm; Concert at 8pm; Carriages at 10pm.
Whalebone return to Ilmington
The ever-popular Whalebone return to Ilmington Village Hall on Friday 14 October as part of their Seasons Tour 2016, for what is sure to be another sell-out performance. Doors open 7pm.
Tickets £8 (£5 child) available locally from Brian on 01608 682048, also from Ilmington Community Shop and online at www.ticketsource.co.uk/whalebone
For further information, or to hear and see Whalebone in action, visit www.whalebone-music.com
VJ Commemoration Concert
The excellent Stour Concert Brass will be performing at Ilmington Village Hall at 7.30pm on Friday 14 August to mark the 70th anniversary of VJ Day and the end of World War Two.
It is hoped as many local people as possible will attend this special musical event in tribute to the servicemen and women who fought in the Far East.
Admission at £4 will include tea/coffee or a soft drink. Accompanied children under-16 are welcome free of charge. For tickets (available from 22 June), please contact Brian Lighthill (682048) or Lis Ribbans (682420).
Further details will be posted here and on parish noticeboards in coming weeks.
St George's Supper & Quiz
You are invited to a St George's Night party, including sausage supper, at Ilmington Village Hall on Saturday 25 April.
Entertainment of words and music includes a stirring Shakespearean speech by Mark Currey and sweet English songs by Molly Smith, plus a prize quiz and raffle.
Please note this event is raising funds for a dishwasher at the Village Hall — the Committee have heard your pleas — so please come along and help us slay the handwash dragon!
Tickets £10 (£8 under-16s) from members of the Hall committee, or contact Brian Lighthill 682048 or Lis Ribbans 682420 or email ilmingtonvhall@gmail.com
Doors and bar open at 7pm for a 7.30pm start.
St George's Night
An evening of food, fun and entertainment — including a very English quiz — is planned for Saturday 25 April at Ilmington Village Hall. Please check back for further details.
A Christmas Carol
Actor James Hornsby (star of West End theatre and TV) presents Charles Dickens' festive family story, A Christmas Carol, at Ilmington Village Hall on Friday 12 December at 7.30pm. Doors/bar open from 7pm.
Tickets, priced £7.50 (£5 for under-16s), are available from Village Hall Committee Members and Brian Lighthill (01608 682048). Alternatively, you can reserve tickets online by clicking here and using the contact form (please type Christmas Carol in the subject field).
Thank you to Cotswolds.info for advertising this event in their What's On list of local events this December.
Barn Dance - Ceilidh night!
Come to Ilmington Village Hall on Friday 14 November for an evening of live folk music, the chance to dance (not compulsory!) and a tasty ploughman's supper. All for £10 (£6 for under 16s).
Featuring the fabulous "A Sortuva Kaylee Band".
Tickets available from members of the Village Hall Committee or call Lis Ribbans on 01608 682420.
8pm-11pm. Doors open 7.30pm.
