15 MAY PRESTWICH CLOUGH DAY
12.00 - 17.00 : St. Mary's Flower Park, Bury New Road
Come and enjoy FREE countryside fair for all the family. Brass Bands, New Orleans Jazz Band, Punch & Judy, Childrens Arts & Crafts, Falconry Display, Circus Skills, Face Painting … and lots more!!
More information at www.prestwichclough.co.uk
15 MAY THE LONGFIELD SUITE BRIDAL FAYRE
11.00 - 16.00 : The Longfield Suite, Prestwich
Getting married in the near future, come along to The Longfield Suite's Bridal Fayre. Over 25 stalls including a performance from a local pianist, a dance demonstration and fashion show for Brides, Grooms, Bridesmaids and Mothers of the Bride at 1pm. Free Entry and a glass of bubbly on arrival!
Phone: 0161 253 7227 or email r.gallacher@bury.gov.uk
15 MAY - 19 JUNE PRESTWICH AT PLAY EXHIBITION
The Heritage Museum, Prestwich Library (1st floor)
A fascinating exhibition exploring various pleasure pursuits in wich the people of Prestwich have engaged from the 19th Century to the present day.
Phone: 0161 253 7214 for opening hours.
17 MAY ECCLES SINGERS COMMUNITY CHOIR
19.30 : St Margaret's Church, Prestwich
Eccles Singers are delighted to be returning to the Festival. The choir will bring a wide variety of music from Purcell to Britten including some to join in with. Entrance £5 £4 concessions. (Proceeds to Rowley Projects' work in Kenya).
Phone: 0161 440 9091 angelarowley@ntlworld.com
17 MAY FESTIVAL CONCERT SERIES 2011 FELDSPAR
19.30 : St. Mary's Church, Church Lane, Prestwich
Manchester band, Feldspar provided one of the most
talked about concerts amongst the audience of the first
Concert Series. Comprising guitar, vocals, keyboard, cello
and kit they held the audience spellbound with a medley
of their own songs in a folk-bluesy idiom and bringing out
their own CD.
Tickets cost £7.50 (£6 advance purchase) free under 18s
Tel 0798 009 2311 or 0161 773 6320 white548@btinternet.com or www.feldsparmusic.wordpress.com
19 MAY PRESTWICH HAS JUNIOR TALENT
19.30 : Prestwich Arts College 'The Paragon', Heys Road
Come and see the final of the best variety and talent show
for under 11's in Prestwich.
Tickets: £2 concessions £4
adults.
Box office 0161 772 4405.
20 MAY FRIDAY NIGHT DANCE FEVER
19.30 - Midnight : The Longfield Suite, Prestwich
Join Gibbon's Dance and The Lancashire Diners Club for
a night of Sequence, Ballroom, Rock and Roll and Line
Dancing. Singles and Couples Welcome. Entry £6.00.
Phone: 0161 253 7227 or email info@gibbonsdance.co.uk
21 MAY GORDON WRIGHT AND THE WRIGHT SOUND
19.30 - 23.30 : The Longfield Suite, Prestwich
Join Gordon for a night of 50/50 Dancing from Old Thyme
to Rock and Roll. Come along to meet new friends and
have a great time in a relaxed and fun atmosphere.
Entry only £6.00.
Phone: 0161 253 7227 or email Long.suite@bury.gov.uk
22 MAY FESTIVAL CAR BOOT SUNDAY
with Prestwich Lions
06.00 gates open : St. Mary's Park Prestwich
£10 per car. Contact: Pete 0161 205 5261.
22 MAY PRESTWICH VILLAGE
FESTIVAL FARMERS MARKET
09.30 - 14.30 : Longfield Centre, Prestwich
Sample our quality, locally sourced produce., plus the big
raffle & Barry the town cryer.
Phone: David 07875 596 713 or email d-curtis2@sky.com
22 MAY PREMIER CUP COMPETITION
13.00 : The Heys' off Heys Road Prestwich
Play Denton St Lawrence. Straight k/o 50 over's each. Bar with refreshments available at the Tea break.
Phone: 0161 773 2524 or 07850 947 534.
22 MAY BESSES O' TH' BARN BRASS BAND
14.00 - 16.00 : St Mary's Flower Park, Bury New Road
Come and listen to a Concert by the Besses o th Barn Band who have been entertaining audiences since 1818 one of the oldest and most famous brass bands in the world.
Admission is free. Bring your chairs and blankets and settle down to an afternoon in the Park.
OAKLEY DENTAL sponsor of THE BANDS IN THE PARK
27 MAY I.N.D.I.E. with a tribute to THE SMITHS
19.30 - 01.30 : Longfield Centre, Prestwich
Longfield LIVE! Presents A Tribute to the Smiths with a DJ Verses Set from XFM and Ex-Inspiral Carpet's Clint Boon and Mani from the Stone Roses and Primal Scream.
Only £10 entry.
Phone: 0161 253 7227 or email a.thomas@bury.gov.uk
28 MAY Simister Village Presents:
THE WHEEL TAPPERS & SHUNTERS SOCIAL CLUB
19.30 - 23.30 : The Lady Wilton Hall
Artists, Food & Quiz. £5 per ticket.
Phone: Frank Shatliff 0161 773 7561 or Chad 07903 780 227
28 MAY - BURY METRO MODEL FLYING CLUB 30 MAY
10.00 - 16.00 : Egypt Lane, Simister, Prestwich
(weather conditions permitting). Radio controlled models and areobatic and scale model flying displays.
Trial flights on club training aircraft.
For more information go online www.bmmfc.com
29 MAY MAY BESSES BOYS BAND
14.00 - 16.00 : St Mary's Flower Park, Bury New Road
Our very own Besses Boys Band fresh from their first in the third section at the Preston, Brass at the Guild contest.
The new kids on the black at 68 years old. Admission free.
Bring your chairs and blankets and settle down to an afternoon in the Park.
OAKLEY DENTAL sponsor of THE BANDS IN THE PARK
29 MAY LEAGUE MATCH
13.00 : The Heys' off Heys Road Prestwich
Play Glossop. Straight k/o 50 over's each. Bar/refreshments
available at the Tea break.
Phone: 0161 773 2524.
30 MAY PROCESSION OF HORSES
11.00 start : Simister
Simister and Prestwich Bridleways Association procession of Horses will leave the Same Yet Pub, Simister at 11:00am, Proceeding down Simister Lane on to Heywoood Road to
Polefield Road down to St Margaret's Road and back up to Heywood Road continuing on to Simister Lane back to The Same Yet Pub, where weather permitting some members will perform a Drill ride.
Phone: 0161 653 0575.
31 MAY FAMILY OPEN DAY
11.00 - 16.00 : Prestwich Pharmacy
Everyone welcome.
Phone: 0161 798 9932
31 MAY BOXERCISE
18.00 - 19.00 : Longfield Centre, Prestwich
A new fitness class for 2011, join Lauren for an hour of
aerobic Boxercise in a fun and relaxed environment.
£3.00
per session.
0161 253 7227 Long.suite@bury.gov.uk
31 MAY PRESTWICH FESTIVAL CONCERT SERIES 2011 CARLOS DE NOGUEIRA
19.30 : St. Mary's Church, Church Lane, Prestwich
Carlos hails from Portugal with the voice of a young
Italianate tenor in the making offering a programme of
Spanish, French & Italian complete with his own renderings
of Portugal's very own style of folk song, the fados.
Tickets cost £7.50 (£6 advance purchase) free under 18s.
Tel 0798 009 2311 or 0161 773 6320 white548@btinternet.com