Theatre

May

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

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

19 An Evening with Pam Ayres, The Courtyard Theatre, Edgar St, Hereford.

20 Geoffrey Durham: The Magical One Man Show, Courtyard Theatre.

23 Die Fledermaus, Swan Theatre, Worcester, by Great Witley Operatic Society. Details: 01905 27322.

23-27 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.

Musical events

May

18 English String Orchestra, The Courtyard Theatre, Edgar St, Hereford. Details: 01432 359252.

19 Blue Horses Hot Climate, Wyeside, Builth Wells.

19 Janet Dowsett in Concert, Bartestree Village Hall, for Hereford Electronic Organ & Keyboard Club.

20 The Counterfeit Stones, Hereford Leisure Centre.

20 The Grantham Singers, Gorsley Chapel. Details: 01989 720312.

20 Hereford Big Band Swing Time, St Michael and All Angels Church, Bodenham. Details: 01568 797546.

20-21 Festival of Dance, Wyeside, Builth Wells.

21 Liturgy, Orthodox Church of St Antony The Great, Llangrove.

21 Pete Cresswell Duo plus Montana Red, The Richmond Club, Edgar St, Hereford.

21 Piano Recital with Roger Nichols, Lion Ballroom, Leominster.

23 Tewkesbury Abbey Choir, The Priory Church, Leominster.

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

26 Orquesta Huracan, Wyeside, Builth Wells.

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

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

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.

Festivals and special Events

May

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

18 Llangattock School with Monmouth Montessori Evening Reception. Details: 01600 772213.

20 Terrific Trees. Details: 01594 833057.

21 Hereford Marathon.

23 RNCB Open Evening, The Woollard Room, RNCB, Venns Lane. Details: 01432 265725.

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.

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.

18 'Nepal', New Radnor Community Centre.

23 'Two houses - one family', Great Hall, RNCB, College Rd, Hereford, organised by Herefordshire and Marches Assoc. of the National Trust.

28 Coopering demos, Hereford Cider Museum.

Exhibitions

May

Daily 'Time Team search for King Offa's Palace at Sutton', exhib of archaeological excavations at Sutton St Nicholas, at Hereford Museum. Details: 01432 260692.

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.

19-20 Millennium exhibition, Kington Baptist Church.

20 Art Exhibition, St David's Hall, Castle St, Hereford.

20-July 26 Artists to the Fore, Courtyard Theatre. Details: 01432 359252.

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

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

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

Clubs and societies

May

18 Ledbury Naturalists Field Club: Brotheridge Green.

18 Manic Depression Fellowship meeting, Mental Health Resources Centre, 27a St Owens St, Hereford. Details: 01981 550736.

19 Hereford Buddhist Group meeting, Friends Meeting Hse, Hereford.

19 AGM Herefordshire Family History Society, St Thomas Cantilupe Sch, Coningsby St, Hereford.

19 AGM Le Cercle Francais de Hereford, 1 Castle St, Hereford.

19 Hereford Arts Appreciation Soc: Hereford Cathedral's stained glass. Details: 01432 341669.

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

19 Herefordshire Family History Soc: 'To Dymock for a Bag of Smoke Local Folklore and Poets', St Thomas Cantilupe Sch, Coningsby St, Hereford.

20 Herefordshire Nature Trust: Ross-on-Wye outdoor meeting. Details: 01432 356872.

21 Wye Valley Miniaturists: 'Casting in Miniature'. Details: 01432 264927.

21 Falconers Country Dance Club: end of season party with Garth Reynolds, Bromyard Leisure Centre.

21 Herefordshire Ornithological Club: Bringsty Common. Details: 01886 821368.

22 Woolhope Gardening Club garden visit. Details: 01432 860637.

24 Hereford Computer Group beginners meeting, 41 Widemarsh St, Hereford.

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.

30 Worcs Locomotive Society meeting: Eastern European Steam, GWRSA Club, Tolladine Rd, Worcs.

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

Bazaars, fayres, markets

May

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

18 RJ Neil Fairs, Holmer Church Hall. Details: 01873 854688.

19 Spring Fayre, Luston School. Details: 01568 615318.

20 St Francis of Assisi Church, Goodrich Grove May Fayre,

20 Madley School Auction. To offer lots and for details: 01981 500500.

21 Antique and Collectors Fair, Abergavenny Market.

24 Ledbury Farmers' Market, High St.

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

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

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

Walks

May

18 Leominster Ramblers Group: Frome Valley. Details: 01432 268268.

20 RA North Herefordshire Group: Clun Valley. Details: 01568 780503.

20 Herefordshire Ramblers: Wye Valley Walk. Details: 01989 564878.

20 Brecon Beacons Park Soc: Fforest Fawr and Carreg Cadno. Details; 01792 405166.

21 Lingen garden guided walks, Lingen Nursery and Garden.

21 Brecon Beacons Park Soc: Three Churches. Details: 01633 668234.

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.

Houses and gardens

May

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

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

(NGS) Abbeydore Court Gardens. Open daily except Mondays and Wednesdays (open Bank Holidays). Details: 01981 240419.

(NGS) Penpergwym Lodge, Abergavenny, open Thurs-Sun. Details: 01873 840208.

Weir Garden, Brecon Road, Swainshill. National Trust.

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

Moors Meadow, Collington, Bromyard. Details: 01885 410318.

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

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

(NGS) Stockton Bury Gardens. Open Wed-Sun. Details: 01568 613432.

18 (NGS) Overcourt Garden Nursery, Sutton St Nicholas.

21 (NGS) Lingen Nursery and Garden, Lingen, Stone House, Scotland, Wellington.

21 (NGS) Priors Court, Long Green, nr Tewkesbury.

21 (BRC) Woodfield Garden, Shucknall, Hereford.

21 (NGS) Priors Court, Long Green. 3-acre garden, with stunning views.

22 (NGS) Darkley House, Norton Canon.

25 (NGS) Overcourt Garden Nursery, Sutton St Nicholas.

25 (NGS) Barnard's Green House, 10 Poolsbrook Rd, Malvern.

27 (NGS) Arrow Cottage, nr Weobley.

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

28 (NGS) Ivy Croft, Ivington Green, Leominster.

28 (NGS) Lower Hope, Ullingswick.

28 (NGS) Clytha Park, Abergavenny.

28 (BRC) Lewstone Mill, Whitchurch, Ross-on-Wye.

28-29 (NGS) Stone House Cottage Gardens, Stone.

29 (NGS) The Nest, Moreton, Eye.

29 (NGS) The Cockshoot, Castlemorton Common, nr Malvern.

BRC = British Red Cross.

NGS = National Gardens Scheme.

Places of interest

May

Broadgreen Open Farm Park, Madley. 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.

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.

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