ALL-DAY INDOOR FESTIVAL IN KNIGHTON – On Saturday, May 30, Knighton Community Centre hosts the Big Bash. This all-day event runs from 2pm to 2am and will feature more than 12 top live acts and DJs including Dreadzone Soundsystem, Dr Meaker, The Anomalies, Jonny Taylor, Tootinskamoon, Fight the Bear, The Ride, Kinky Wizards, Sammy Smith, Boshdog and $0 What.

The event is expected to attract about 600 revellers and the organisers are expecting the tickets to sell out quickly so advise you to buy yours as soon as possible. Advance tickets are £14 or £16 on the door if any tickets are left.

Tickets can be bought from: Hereford – Temple Records, Knighton – Bookshop, Presteigne – Lorna’s Sandwich Shop, Newtown – Fuze Records or online at ticketweb.co.uk.

Over-16s only (unless accompanied by an adult). Unaccompanied under- 18s must bring ID.

POSTMAN LEAVES – Mark Gibbs has been a postman at Knighton for the last 20 years and has decided to move on and try something else.

Nearly all Mark’s work colleagues gathered for an early morning breakfast to say farewell to him.

Delivery office manager Nigel Thomas presented him with a gift. Mark thanked everyone for their support over the years and said a special thanks to Brenda Edwards, who always brought in cakes for special occasions. He finished by telling them all he would miss them. Two other members of staff have left recently – Gwen Williams, who left after 20 years and Tracy Fowler, who left after eight years.

ROYAL BRITISH LEGION – A coffee morning organised by the women’s section of Knighton’s Royal British Legion raised £200.

CHRISTIAN AID WEEK – Churches Together in Knighton and district are holding a coffee and cake event to raise funds for Christian Aid on Saturday from 10am to noon in Knighton Methodist Church.

Admission is £1.50, which covers the cost of a cup of coffee or tea and slice of cake. There will also be stalls selling cakes, produce, books and bric-a-brac.

MACMILLAN WALK – The annual fund-raising Macmillan Walk will take place on Tuesday, May 19, starting from the Knighton Hotel Car park at 7pm. Sponsor forms are available from Spar, Knighton, the Bookshop, the library and The Offa’s Dyke Centre.

KENNETH LANGSTAFF RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION – The Tower House Gallery in Knighton provides a last opportunity to see the work of Knighton artist Kenneth Langstaff. Kenneth, who died on Christmas Eve, was a much soughtafter artist – more of his paintings hang in homes in Knighton than anywhere else. Kenneth was a lifelong artist; his commercial work included illustrating the Tufty Club annuals for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, (RoSPA). His first love was painting subjects of his own choice; landscapes, pictures of theatrical life, portraits and agricultural subjects.

John and Julia at the Tower House Gallery are showing a retrospective exhibition of Kenneth’s work, including pictures that he drew at art school in the 1930s, to paintings completed just a few days before he died. Paintings and drawings are available to buy, with a donation from every sale supporting Knighton Friends of the Samaritans and Knighton First Responders. The exhibition runs until May 22.

TREF-Y- CLAWDD WI – The May meeting discussed this year’s national resolution. The rest of the evening was then fun and games with dominoes, tipit and whist and finished with refreshments. The next meeting is on June 3, at 7.30pm, at the schoolroom in Knighton Baptist Church. The theme for the evening is “Four Corners” with a variety of things for members to do.

The June competition will be a photo of local interest.

MORE MURALS GET PAINTED – The Knighton Cub Scouts and Girl Guides have been busy painting murals for Shauna Davies’ Knighton Station project. The Cubs have been working hard on the winter one and the Guides the spring mural. Other murals have been painted by other local youth organisations, in the town including the Brownies.