30th May - 1st June 2008
Highlights will include talks and demonstrations by celebrities, inspiring room sets & show gardens & hundreds of new products for your home or garden. Held at Chester Racecourse.
For more information and tickets visit www.thehomeandgardenshow.co.uk
Chester Races, June Fixtures
Ladies Evening - (evening races) Tuesday 10th June 2008
First race starts at 6:45pm.
Midsummer Friday - (evening races) Friday 27th June 2008
First race starts at 6:45pm.
Midsummer Saturday Saturday 28th June 2008
First race starts at 2:10pm.
Vintage Sports Car Club, Historic Car Race Meeting
Oulton Park
Saturday 14th June 2008
200 Historic Racing & Sports Cars in 11 Races, including Hawthorn Trophy. ‘Cream of Cheshire’ Concours display of 70 exceptional Vintage cars. Race Practice from 9.30am. Racing from 1.30pm. Paddock Entry included.
Tickets: £15 Online, £16 by Telephone, £20 on the day. Under 12s : free visit www.oultonpark.co.uk or Tel: 0870 950 9000
The Cheshire Show
17th & 18th June 2008
The largest County Show in the North West.
Held at Tabley House, Knutsford.
Nick Harper, recognised as one of Britain’s finest and most accomplished acoustic guitarists and acerbic lyricists, makes two ventures to Cheshire in the coming weeks. On Saturday June 14 he will take part in the Middlewich Folk & Boat Festival alongside a host of international and local artists in this three-day event. Nick will play at the British Legion building, Middlewich, at 8pm. Tickets £10. www.midfest.org.uk
On Saturday July 12 he will play at Arley Hall & Gardens, Northwich, in a spectacular open-air event with firework finale. Also on the bill are rising folk artist Seth Lakeman and 3 Daft Monkeys, and veteran folk/punk band The Levellers. Tickets £27.50 advance. www.imlconcerts.co.uk
Nick Harper, son of folk legend Roy Harper, is at the forefront of a new generation of acoustic performers and widely acclaimed as one of the country’s finest guitarists. Dubbed the ‘acoustic Hendrix’, his unique style, distinctively soulful voice and passionate delivery (that place him somewhere between Rufus Wainwright and Jeff Buckley) combine for a live performance that is at one spontaneous, enthralling and emotionally-charged. Biting satire, charmingly caustic wit and covers of anything from Zappa to Zeppelin, place Harper a league apart from anyone you may have seen or heard before. "If you've never seen [Harper] live, you're missing out on one of the musical phenomenons of our age." Glasgow Herald.
Race For Life ~ Cheshire Runs
Delamere Forest
Sunday 13 July 2008 11:00am
Chester Zoo
Tuesday 03 June 2008 7:30pm
Wednesday 04 June 2008 7:30pm
Tatton Park
Saturday 21 June 2008 11:00am
Sunday 22 June 2008 11:00am
We'd love you to take part and help us smash our fundraising targets and have a great time with family and friends too! Taking part in a Race for Life event and raising money for Cancer Research UK is a fantastic way to support our life-saving work. To take part or find a race near you visit www.raceforlife.org
Orchid Festival - Tatton Park
Saturday June 7th – Sunday June 15th
Experience the delights of Orchids at Tatton’s first Orchid Festival, part of Cheshire’s Year of Gardens 08 Events. During the first weekend (June 7th and 8th) Tatton’s Tenant’s Hall will be a blaze of orchids during the magnificent two day Orchid Show. Visitors will be able to take part in workshops, watch demonstrations and browse and buy from a host of traders and exhibitors. Orchids and other botanical plants will form a spectacular display in Tatton’s Neo-classical Mansion throughout the festival. The Mansion’s exhibition room will also exhibit rare Orchid artwork and books from the Egertons of Tatton's private collection. An additional private collection of Orchid art will be on display in the Knutsford room in the Stableyard. For more info visit www.tattonpark.org.uk
In the Grounds of St John’s Church, Vicars Lane.
(Next to the Amphitheatre) 21st June 2008
To be opened at 2:00pm By Jo Sykes (Chester Mystery Plays)
featuring: The King's School Big Band. Fancy gifts, Bric a brac, Plants, Raffle, Teas, Refreshments, Strawberries and Ice Cream, Events for Children.
Performances of Medieval Music
Mummers Plays, Storytelling, Dancing, Medieval Chester Characters, Children’s Activities, Street Theatre.
From approx 1200 until 1756 the Cheshire Minstrels came on the Feast day of St John the Baptist to the Church of St John the Baptist in Chester, the oldest Church in the City and its original Cathedral to attend Holy Mass and to renew their licences to play their trade. On 21 June 2008 the Minstrels return to their ‘special’ church and enhance the Medieval Fayre of St John and recreate the ancient tradition.
