Theatre

May

Until 20 Fish Out Of Water, Conquest Theatre, Bromyard.

Until 27 'In the beginning' medieval mystery play, Dore Abbey Church, Abbeydore.

Until-27 Hay Fever, Ledbury Market Theatre. Details: 01885 490669.

26-27 Magna: Last Tango in Whitby, The Courtyard Theatre.

30-June 3 Dracula, The Courtyard Theatre, Edgar St, Hereford.

June

2 Chris Lynam +support, The Courtyard Comedy Club, Edgar St.

4 The Shakespeare Revue, The Courtyard. Details: 01432 359252.

Musical events

May

25-29 BBC Music Live Festival, Hereford High Town.

26 Orquesta Huracan, Wyeside, Builth Wells.

26 May 2000 Country Music Dance with Jane Ryan, Hope-under-Dinmore village hall. Details: 01568 616908.

26 Country, folk, blue and skiffle music at Hellens Country House, Much Marcle. Details: 01531 660504.

27 The Artemis Trio, Ledbury Parish Church.

28 The Mississippi Joy Makers (jazz), The Imperial, Widemarsh St, Hereford. Details: 01432 273646.

28 Mid Border Arts Recital of French and English music, Assembly Rooms, Presteigne.

28-29 Music through history, Avoncroft Museum, Stoke Heath.

29 Musicians in Leominster town centre and the Priory Church.

30 Concert by the Midsummer Ensemble, Bosbury Church.

30 Duncan Lamont and Rod Kelly Trio, The Imperial Hotel, Widemarsh St, Hereford.

June

3 Jon Watson, The Courtyard, Hereford. Details: 01432 359252.

4 Country Company, The Richmond Club, Edgar St, Hereford. Details: 01432 357131.

Festivals and special Events

May

Until 27 Medieval Mystery Plays-Bible Stories, Dore Abbey. Details: 01981 570251.

26-29 The Pyons Millennium Celebrations, Canon Pyon, Westhope, Kings Pyon and Bush Bank.

26-June 4 Hay-on-Wye Festival of Literature.

27 Kingsland Show.

27 Fete organised by the Alzheimer's Society, at Holy Trinity Church Hall, Whitecross Rd, Hereford.

27-29 Millennium Flower Festival, St Mary's Church, Burford, Tenbury Wells.

27-29 Flower Festival, St Peter's Church, Bromyard.

28-29 Open day in-steam, The Waterworks Museum, Hereford.

28-29 Medieval Living History, Goodrich Castle.

29 Steam Fair and Country Show, Eastnor Castle.

29 Colwall Funday 2000, The Downs School, Colwall.

31 The Giant's Trail. Details: 01594 833057.

June

1-4 Bishopswood Church Flower Festival.

2-4 Millennium Festival of Flowers and village celebrations at Fownhope.

3 Thornbury Fete, Netherwood Manor, Kyre, nr Bromyard.

3-11 Leominster Festival. Details: 01568 612874.

4 Wonderful World of Wood, Beechenhurst Lodge. Details: 01594 833057.

Talks and Demonstrations

May

Ongoing: Stop Smoking groups throughout Herefordshire, optional acupuncture, Health Promotion. Details: 01432 352243.

Ongoing: Fine Fettle Ceramics for children. Details: 01432 890383.

Ongoing: Transactional Analysis Therapy Group, Tuesday evenings, central Hereford. Details: 01432 342789.

Ongoing: T'ai Chi Ch'uan (Mon & Wed). Details: 01568 797310.

Ongoing: Mosaic and ceramics work sessions. Details: 01981 240273.

Ongoing: Seasonal herbal remedies, Ledbury Natural Health Centre. Details: 01432 820148.

Until 19 Coopering, Hereford Cider Museum.

28 Coopering demos, Hereford Cider Museum.

31 Gardeners Question, with BBC Hereford and Worcester's Mike George and Reg Moule, at Mordiford Church.

Exhibitions

May

Through May: Photographic exhibition of Leominster Shows and Carnivals ('59-'77), Leominster Folk Museum.

Until 26 Moments Through Time, All Saints Church, Hereford.

Until June 4 Art & Archaeology, Hereford Museum. Details: 01432 260692.

Until June 4 Comic Welsh Postcards, Brecknock Museum, Captain's Walk, Brecon.

Until Jun 5 Grass Hoppers, Parkfields Gallery, Ross-on-Wye. Details: 01989 750138.

Until June 6 Ariconium 2000, Stable Gallery, Weston-u-Penyard.

Until June 24 Victoria Bryan, Claire Hodgson, Shirley Smith at the Hay Makers Gallery.

Until Sept: Look Back To The Future, Churchill House Museum.

Until Oct 31 Woodpecker exhibition, Hereford Cider Museum.

Until end November: Kathleen Freeman's 'The Spirit of Herefordshire 2000' (80 large-scale photographs), Eardisland Church.

Until Dec 17 A variety of exhibitions, The Gallery, Bleddfa Centre, Knighton. Details: 01547 550377.

Until Dec 24 Millennium Messages, Parkfields Gallery, Pontshill.

26-29 Kington Arts Society exhibition, Market Hall, Kington. Details: 01544 327679.

26-29 Inner Land Scape, The Swan, Hay-on-Wye. Details: 01873 890293.

26-June 9 Moments Through Time, St James, Wigmore.

28-June 4 Marches Artists Millennium Exhibition, Ludlow College, Castle Sq, Ludlow.

June

2-3 Inner Land Scape, The Swan, Hay-on-Wye. Details: 01873 890293.

5-10 Four Hereford Artists, The Old Mayor's Gallery, Church St, Hereford. Details: 01432 870863.

Clubs and societies

May

26 Hereford Buddhist Group meeting, Friends Meeting Hse, King St, Hereford.

26 Fownhope Garden Club 'Powis Castle Gardens', New Memorial Hall.

28 Herefordshire Gardeners' Assoc. outing. Details: 01432 341876.

31 Hereford Civic Trust 'Change in the city'. Details: 269470.

31 Hereford Accordion Club meeting, Black Swan, Leominster, beginners welcome. Details: 01432 840608.

June

1 Hereford Floral Society: Area day, Westonbirt School. Details: 01432 341876.

1 Hereford and Dist U3A 'Meanings and Place Names in England and Wales'. Details: 01432 356653.

2 Hereford Buddhist Group: 'Understanding death', Friends Meeting Hse, King St, Hereford.

2 Family social evening, Ivington village community room. Details: 01568 720458/720456.

2 Hereford Amateur Radio Society meeting, Gaol St, Hereford. Details: 01432 355155.

3 Kington & Dist Horticultural Soc: The Bannut, Bringsty visit.

Bazaars, fayres, markets

May

Every Friday (am): Hereford WI Market, St Peter's Church Hall, Hereford.

27 Golden Valley Crafts, St Katherine's Hall, Ledbury.

27-28 Handmade in Hay Craft Group, 10th annual exhibition, at the Buttermarket, Hay-on-Wye. Details: 01497 831561.

28 4th National Trust spring plant fair, Berrington Hall.

29 Golden Valley Crafts, Butter Market, Hay-on-Wye.

Walks

May

27 Leominster Ramblers: Arthur's Stone and Merbach Hill. Details: 01432 273432.

27-June 4 Hereford Mountain Club: Scotland. Details: 01432 850127.

28 Herefordshire Ramblers: Wigmore. Details: 01432 271769.

28 Brecon Beacons Park Soc: Cribarth and Henrhyd Falls. Details: 01633 667664.

29 Brecon Beacons Park Soc: Garn Felen. Details: 01497 821401.

June

1 Leominster Rambling Club: Ross-on-Wye, Harleton and Bollitree Castle. Details: 01432 273728.

3 Leominster Festival Walk. Details: 01568 614411.

3 Brecon Beacons Park Soc: Llanthony Grand Circular. Details: 01873 880380.

3 RA North Herefordshire Group: Lingen. Details: 01544 388110.

4 Herefordshire Ramblers: Teme Valley. Details: 01905 422832.

Houses and gardens

May

Until Sept: The Bannut, Bringsty. 2 acres of formal and informal gardens. (open Wed, Sun, Bank Hol Mondays) Details: 01885 482206.

Until end Sept: Lower Brockhampton house and grounds. The National Trust. Details: 01885 488099.

Until Oct 1 *Abbeydore Court Gardens. Open daily except Mondays and Wednesdays (open Bank Holidays). Details: 01981 240419.

Until Oct 1 *Penpergwym Lodge, Abergavenny, open Thurs-Sun. Details: 01873 840208.

Until end Oct: Weir Garden, Brecon Road, Swainshill. National Trust.

Until end Oct: Broadfield Court Gardens and Vineyards, Bodenham. Details: 01568 797483.

Until end Oct: Moors Meadow, Collington, Bromyard. Details: 01885 410318.

Until end Oct: Berrington Hall, Leominster, open daily except Thurs and Fridays, (open Bank Hol Mondays). Details: 01568 615721.

Until end Oct: Hergest Croft Gardens, Kington. Open daily. Details: 01544 230160.

Until end Oct: *Stockton Bury Gardens, plants for sale. Open Wed-Sun and Bank Hols. Details: 01568 613432.

25 *Overcourt Garden Nursery, Sutton St Nicholas.

25 *Barnard's Green House, 10 Poolsbrook Rd, Malvern.

27 *Arrow Cottage, nr Weobley.

27-28 Kimbolton open gardens weekend. Details: 01568 611914.

28 *Ivy Croft, Ivington Green, Leominster.

28 *Lower Hope, Ullingswick.

28 *Clytha Park, Abergavenny.

28 +Lewstone Mill, Whitchurch, Ross-on-Wye.

28-29 *Stone House Cottage Gardens, Stone.

29 *The Nest, Moreton, Eye.

29 *The Cockshoot, Castlemorton Common, nr Malvern.

+ = British Red Cross.

* = National Gardens Scheme.

June

3-4 Court of Noke, Pembridge. Plants and cream teas. Details: 01544 388535.

4 Shuttifield Cottage, Birchwood Storridge, nr Malvern.

4 +Two gardens open, Much Marcle, Ledbury.

4 *Ash Farm, Much Birch.

4 *How Caple Court, How Caple.

4 *The Nest, Moreton Eye.

4 *Whitfield, Wormbridge.

Places of interest

May

Broadgreen Open Farm Park, Madley. Open to Sept. Details: 01981 250454.

Cider Museum and King Offa Distillery.

Clearwell Caves, Clearwell, Forest of Dean.

Crime Through Time, Nicholson House, Newent. Details: 01531 821888.

Eardisland's unique Georgian dovecote, exhibition on three floors, open daily. Details: 01544 388226.

Hereford Waterworks Museum, Broomy Hill, open every Tuesday until Sept (not in steam) 11am-4pm. Details: 01432 356653.

The Judge's Lodging, Broad St, Presteigne, Powys. Details: 01544 260650. Open until end Oct.

Llangorse Riding and Rope Centre, Gilfach Farm, Llangorse. Details: 01874 658272.

Mappa Mundi and Chained Library, Hereford.

Mousetrap Cheesemaking days at The Pleck, Monkland, each Mon, Wed, Fri.

Shortwood Working Dairy Farm, Pencombe, Bromyard. Details: 01885 400205.

Small Breeds Farm Park and Owl Centre, Kingswood. Details: 01544 231109. Open until end Oct.

The Kilvert Gallery, Ashbrook House, Clyro, nr Hay-on-Wye. Details: 01497 820831.