Roy, Josie, Liz and Andrew with ‘Friendly FESTIVA Singers’ welcome all folks and families to Guernsey’s Christmas Choir, the new ENCORE Children’s group and instrumentalists. Our Festive and traditional Christmas programme of your favourite carols and songs will convince you Mary, Joseph and Jesus arrived in Bethlehem one evening – and the rest is history! It will be seasonal fun and music.

This year Guernsey Choral Society present Handel’s sparkling Utrecht Te Deum, -with excerpts from The Messiah, and Bach’s Cantata BMV 140 Wachet auf, under the direction of their new conductor Daniel Madden. Join them for an evening of traditional Christmas music and carols, with local soloists Debbie Bideau, Sally Surcombe and Tina James, also featuring a fabulous children’s choir from the Guernsey Music Service.

This year Guernsey Choral Society present Handel’s sparkling Utrecht Te Deum, -with excerpts from The Messiah, and Bach’s Cantata BMV 140 Wachet auf, under the direction of their new conductor Daniel Madden. Join them for an evening of traditional Christmas music and carols, with local soloists Debbie Bideau, Sally Surcombe and Tina James, also featuring a fabulous children’s choir from the Guernsey Music Service.

A Christmas Reflection

This customary concert draws the seasonal carol concerts to a close and will give you the opportunity to recharge your batteries, providing the perfect lead into the festive period. Prepare to relax and enjoy a varied programme of music that encompasses the true meaning of Christmas. This concert has become a hallmark of the choir at this time of year which is renowned for its fine a capella singing

Save the Date for our annual Winter Beach Party. Guaranteed Christmas Free and with not one bauble in sight.
Bands and DJs tbc

The Friends of Guernsey Music Service present an evening of Jazz and Popular classics performed by the Training Jazz Orchestra – directed by Polly Fenn and the Youth Jazz Orchestra directed by Neill Hadden. From Jazz staples Sing Sing Sing and Inside Out to Starsky and Hutch via Sesame Street this concert is sure to entertain. Also featuring the Music Centre Electric Quartet, and including a light supper this is a great opportunity to see other genres of music from the talented Guernsey Music Centre musicians.

A wonderfully adventurous story with heart-warming lessons to learn along the way as our hand-made boy Pinocchio journeys through the world discovering just what it takes to be a real human. From villains and vagabonds to fairies and giant fish, Pinocchio meets adversity and adventure with equal measure and a jolly good dose of humour.

Will Pinocchio listen to the talking cricket? Will his father regret creating him? Will the Whale swallow them whole? Find out when Oddsocks breathe fresh air into this magical tale.

The Oddsocks troupe tell a lively tale with imagination, music and skill and the story provides ample opportunity for our trademark style of madcap humour to have the audience rolling in the aisles and really getting involved.

A wonderfully adventurous story with heart-warming lessons to learn along the way as our hand-made boy Pinocchio journeys through the world discovering just what it takes to be a real human. From villains and vagabonds to fairies and giant fish, Pinocchio meets adversity and adventure with equal measure and a jolly good dose of humour.

Will Pinocchio listen to the talking cricket? Will his father regret creating him? Will the Whale swallow them whole? Find out when Oddsocks breathe fresh air into this magical tale.

The Oddsocks troupe tell a lively tale with imagination, music and skill and the story provides ample opportunity for our trademark style of madcap humour to have the audience rolling in the aisles and really getting involved.

Roy, Josie, Liz and Andrew with ‘Friendly FESTIVA Singers’ welcome all folks and families to Guernsey’s Christmas Choir, the new ENCORE Children’s group and instrumentalists. Our Festive and traditional Christmas programme of your favourite carols and songs will convince you Mary, Joseph and Jesus arrived in Bethlehem one evening – and the rest is history! It will be seasonal fun and music.

This year Guernsey Choral Society present Handel’s sparkling Utrecht Te Deum, -with excerpts from The Messiah, and Bach’s Cantata BMV 140 Wachet auf, under the direction of their new conductor Daniel Madden. Join them for an evening of traditional Christmas music and carols, with local soloists Debbie Bideau, Sally Surcombe and Tina James, also featuring a fabulous children’s choir from the Guernsey Music Service.

This year Guernsey Choral Society present Handel’s sparkling Utrecht Te Deum, -with excerpts from The Messiah, and Bach’s Cantata BMV 140 Wachet auf, under the direction of their new conductor Daniel Madden. Join them for an evening of traditional Christmas music and carols, with local soloists Debbie Bideau, Sally Surcombe and Tina James, also featuring a fabulous children’s choir from the Guernsey Music Service.

A Christmas Reflection

This customary concert draws the seasonal carol concerts to a close and will give you the opportunity to recharge your batteries, providing the perfect lead into the festive period. Prepare to relax and enjoy a varied programme of music that encompasses the true meaning of Christmas. This concert has become a hallmark of the choir at this time of year which is renowned for its fine a capella singing

The Friends of Guernsey Music Service present an evening of Jazz and Popular classics performed by the Training Jazz Orchestra – directed by Polly Fenn and the Youth Jazz Orchestra directed by Neill Hadden. From Jazz staples Sing Sing Sing and Inside Out to Starsky and Hutch via Sesame Street this concert is sure to entertain. Also featuring the Music Centre Electric Quartet, and including a light supper this is a great opportunity to see other genres of music from the talented Guernsey Music Centre musicians.

The Guernsey Music Service Winter Concert showcases the hard work of its students with an evening of varied and entertaining music.

Friday features the Youth Wind Band, conducted by Dan Madden, the Youth Training Orchestra, conducted by Carmen Craven-Grew and Intermediate and Girls’ Choirs, conducted by Rachel Wright.

From music by Queen and highlights from Shrek to Hawaii 5-0 and Carl Orff’s O Fortuna via Somewhere Over the Rainbow this concert has something for every musical taste

Saturday features the Guernsey Youth Orchestra, conducted by Tim Wright, the Concert Wind Band, conducted by Elizabeth Green and Youth Choir, conducted by Rachel Wright.

Music ranges from Shostakovitch, Vaughan Williams and John Williams to Dvorak’s 9th Symphony, via music from the show Spamalot, this concert has something for every musical taste.

Alexander Panfilov

Haydn: Sonata in E-Flat major Hob.XVI:52
Schubert: Four Impromptus D899
Albéniz: Excerpts from Iberia
Schumann: Symphonic Etudes Opus 13

Alexander Panfilov is first prize winner of more than 15 international piano competitions and has performed all over the world at venues including Carnegie Hall in New York, The Wigmore Hall in London and the Philharmonies of Moscow and St. Petersburg. He is a musician of consummate skill, sensitivity and passion. His recital in Guernsey features Haydn’s last piano sonata, widely considered the composer’s greatest work in the genre, alongside the Romantic masterpieces of Schubert and Schumann. Two evocative movements from Albéniz’ Iberia provide a Spanish-infused contrast.

The Budapest Café Orchestra return to Guernsey to play their traditional folk and gypsy flavoured music. Klezmer, Romanian Doinas, Hungarian Czadas and beautiful ballads – such as the theme to Schindler’s List and Andy Statman’s beautiful Flatbush Waltz -are all featured.
Lead by jazz violin superstar Christian Garrick, the music evokes vivid images of Tzigane fiddle maestros, Budapest café life and gypsy campfires – plus a few surprises along the way.
The BCO’s performance is hugely entertaining, infectious, immensely skillful and shows off profound musicianship. Most of all though, an evening with the BCO will leave you tapping your feet and humming the tunes. An evening of cross-over music that will be enjoyed by

A special treat for all the family, featuring many of your favourite melodies that you love to hear again and again. Packed full of tunes from well-known Musicals and Films, this is a concert that is guaranteed to send you home singing and dancing (even in the rain). Featured in the concert are melodies from the great works for the stage and cinema, including: West Side Story, Chicago, A Star is Born, Mary Poppins
Returns, Jesus Christ Super Star, La La Land and much, much more.
A one hour programme with something to please all ages, so get tickets early!

Guest Conductor: Simon Over
Soloist: Martyn Jackson (violin)
Programme: Felix Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op.64, Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No.7 in A Major, Op.92

For the first concert of 2020, the Guernsey Symphony Orchestra are delighted to perform an exciting and vibrant programme under the guest baton of Simon Over. He is currently Director of Music at the Central Church of the RAF in London, having studied at the Amsterdam Conservatoire, Royal Academy of Music and Oxford University. For ten years he was a member of the music staff of Westminster Abbey, Director of Music in the Palace of Westminster and is the Founder-Conductor of the Paliament Choir. As a pianist and a conductor, Simon has toured all over the world and has performed with many internationally acclaimed artists, including Sir Thomas Allen, Sir James Galway, Dame Emma Kirkby, Dame Felicity Lott, Sir Willard White and Dame Edna Everage.

To begin this exciting programme, the GSO welcome British violinist Martyn Jackson to Guernsey to perform what is considered one of the greatest concertos of all time, the violin concerto in E minor by  Mendelssohn. Jackson has toured all over the world and has been utterly compelling. Legendary violinist Ida Haendel described him as one of the most exceptionally gifted violinists she has ever encountered. To conclude the concert the GSO will perform Beethoven’s seventh symphony composed between 1811 and 1812 while he was improving his health in the Bohemian spa town of Teplice. At the symphony  premier, Beethoven was noted as remarking that is was one of his best works so it is a concert not to be missed!

Kindly sponsored by Julius Baer

Roy, Josie, Liz and Andrew with ‘Friendly FESTIVA Singers’ welcome all folks and families to Guernsey’s Christmas Choir, the new ENCORE Children’s group and instrumentalists. Our Festive and traditional Christmas programme of your favourite carols and songs will convince you Mary, Joseph and Jesus arrived in Bethlehem one evening – and the rest is history! It will be seasonal fun and music.

This year Guernsey Choral Society present Handel’s sparkling Utrecht Te Deum, -with excerpts from The Messiah, and Bach’s Cantata BMV 140 Wachet auf, under the direction of their new conductor Daniel Madden. Join them for an evening of traditional Christmas music and carols, with local soloists Debbie Bideau, Sally Surcombe and Tina James, also featuring a fabulous children’s choir from the Guernsey Music Service.

This year Guernsey Choral Society present Handel’s sparkling Utrecht Te Deum, -with excerpts from The Messiah, and Bach’s Cantata BMV 140 Wachet auf, under the direction of their new conductor Daniel Madden. Join them for an evening of traditional Christmas music and carols, with local soloists Debbie Bideau, Sally Surcombe and Tina James, also featuring a fabulous children’s choir from the Guernsey Music Service.

A full afternoon and evening of sacred music competition, ranging from oratorio to gospel, all forming part of the music festival.
Programme details can be found on the website www.guernseyeisteddfod.com.
Tickets available on the door.

Award winning writer and comedian Mark Steel is best known for his critically acclaimed BBC Radio 4 show Mark Steel’s In Town. Now in it’s 8th series, In Town went onto to win the 2018 BBC Radio Awards Best Comedy Show. Mark also presented the BAFTA nominated Mark Steel Lectures for BBC Two, and is a regular on the BBC’s Have I Got News For You and The News Quiz. He has written several, acclaimed books and writes a weekly column for The Independent, for which he was awarded the prestigious Columnist of the Year in 2017.

After a career in health and social care, Angela Barnes took the plunge and embarked on her life-long dream to be a comedian. Within a couple of years she had won the 2011 BBC New Comedy Award and became a finalist at the 2011 Latitude Festival New Act of the Year competition. Since 2011 Angela and her witty worldview have been catapulted onto numerous radio and television shows, including appearances on BBC One’s Mock The Week, Live At The Apollo and BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz. In 2017 she took over the prestigious role as host of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s Newsjack. She is now about to host her 4th and final series of the show. Angela had a series commissioned based on her debut Edinburgh show You Can’t Take It With You which saw her write and perform four 30 minute episodes for BBC Radio 4.

Doors/Bar 7.00PM | Show: 7.30PM

As cheeky as he is wonderfully brutal, Matt Reed is a welcome addition to any comedy night, entertaining the crowd while skilfully destroying any heckler that crosses his path. His affable style has won him fans across the country, playing with the crowd with a natural rapport found in few comics. Not for the faint-hearted, Matt dishes out all styles of material from the delightfully perverse to unique observations and audience interaction.
The Comedy Club takes place in the more intimate, pub-style setting of the Dorey Room and features support from local outfit Band Wagon and other local comedians. There is limited seating, so come
early to secure a seat

Doors/Bar 7.00PM | Show: 7.30PM

Save the Date for our annual Winter Beach Party. Guaranteed Christmas Free and with not one bauble in sight.
Bands and DJs tbc

We are proud to have been asked to join the Independent Venue Family and are excited to be part of Independent Venue Week 2020

Beach Riot formed back in February 2017 and started playing their finely tuned alternative rock and crunchy indie pop tunes live at beach bars, parties and venues on the UK South Coast. Their singles and EP have picked up support from BBC Introducing and Radio X, which lead to a festival slot at Reading & Leeds.

Local trio track not found have recently been recording two EPs, which are due for release in early 2020. Their blend of genres, including grunge, jazz, punk and metal, is perfectly placed on this line-up.

Stone Cold Fiction played the Vale Earth Fair in 2019, and made such an impression with their cool psych influenced brand of fuzz, that they were invited back to Guernsey to play in front of their ever growing fan base over here.

The Budapest Café Orchestra return to Guernsey to play their traditional folk and gypsy flavoured music. Klezmer, Romanian Doinas, Hungarian Czadas and beautiful ballads – such as the theme to Schindler’s List and Andy Statman’s beautiful Flatbush Waltz -are all featured.
Lead by jazz violin superstar Christian Garrick, the music evokes vivid images of Tzigane fiddle maestros, Budapest café life and gypsy campfires – plus a few surprises along the way.
The BCO’s performance is hugely entertaining, infectious, immensely skillful and shows off profound musicianship. Most of all though, an evening with the BCO will leave you tapping your feet and humming the tunes. An evening of cross-over music that will be enjoyed by

2020 sees the return of Sound at St James. Over 50 musicians will perform on three stages throughout St James, with food and drink available all day.
Headlined by the amazing The Electric Shakes and The Recks, the main stage will feature many of the louder local acts, whilst other stages will see the best acoustic acts, spoken word and even a Sparkly Disco.
Sound at St James is the annual fundraiser for Sound Guernsey, a local charity supporting young music fans and musicians. The money raised will allow Sound to continue to offer free access to regular live music nights, mentor sessions and grants to young local artists and bands.
Running from midday until midnight, entry is only £10 and you can come and go as you please.

Join the Vale Earth Fair Collective and their Cosmic Friends as they treat you to an inter-stellar night of entertainment.

With a three-course meal (vegetarian of course) from the far out James Ferguson of Cooked, entertainment from light-years away (well, France) with Tranzat and MC etraordinaire Grant Sharkey teleporting in, we promise this will be nothing like any of the Space Balls you’ve come across before.

Futuristic space theme fancy dress welcome!

A wonderfully adventurous story with heart-warming lessons to learn along the way as our hand-made boy Pinocchio journeys through the world discovering just what it takes to be a real human. From villains and vagabonds to fairies and giant fish, Pinocchio meets adversity and adventure with equal measure and a jolly good dose of humour.

Will Pinocchio listen to the talking cricket? Will his father regret creating him? Will the Whale swallow them whole? Find out when Oddsocks breathe fresh air into this magical tale.

The Oddsocks troupe tell a lively tale with imagination, music and skill and the story provides ample opportunity for our trademark style of madcap humour to have the audience rolling in the aisles and really getting involved.

A wonderfully adventurous story with heart-warming lessons to learn along the way as our hand-made boy Pinocchio journeys through the world discovering just what it takes to be a real human. From villains and vagabonds to fairies and giant fish, Pinocchio meets adversity and adventure with equal measure and a jolly good dose of humour.

Will Pinocchio listen to the talking cricket? Will his father regret creating him? Will the Whale swallow them whole? Find out when Oddsocks breathe fresh air into this magical tale.

The Oddsocks troupe tell a lively tale with imagination, music and skill and the story provides ample opportunity for our trademark style of madcap humour to have the audience rolling in the aisles and really getting involved.

A wonderfully adventurous story with heart-warming lessons to learn along the way as our hand-made boy Pinocchio journeys through the world discovering just what it takes to be a real human. From villains and vagabonds to fairies and giant fish, Pinocchio meets adversity and adventure with equal measure and a jolly good dose of humour.

Will Pinocchio listen to the talking cricket? Will his father regret creating him? Will the Whale swallow them whole? Find out when Oddsocks breathe fresh air into this magical tale.

The Oddsocks troupe tell a lively tale with imagination, music and skill and the story provides ample opportunity for our trademark style of madcap humour to have the audience rolling in the aisles and really getting involved.

A wonderfully adventurous story with heart-warming lessons to learn along the way as our hand-made boy Pinocchio journeys through the world discovering just what it takes to be a real human. From villains and vagabonds to fairies and giant fish, Pinocchio meets adversity and adventure with equal measure and a jolly good dose of humour.

Will Pinocchio listen to the talking cricket? Will his father regret creating him? Will the Whale swallow them whole? Find out when Oddsocks breathe fresh air into this magical tale.

The Oddsocks troupe tell a lively tale with imagination, music and skill and the story provides ample opportunity for our trademark style of madcap humour to have the audience rolling in the aisles and really getting involved.

Storming Utopia – More, Montaigne and Shakespeare in the Age of Brexit

The Brexit process has been accompanied by thoughts of what the best future for Britain would look like. This is just a recent case of how thoughts about Utopia, and its darker twin Dystopia, impact our lives. In this lecture, Prof. Wes Williams will explore creative responses to ancient and modern tensions between identities, ideals and islands, focusing on the history and continued relevance of the idea of Utopia. Thomas More’s fantasy of an ideal island community, first published in 1516, has served as a blueprint for writers, philosophers, explorers, town planners and politicians from Venice to Venezuela. Professor Williams is professor of French literature at the University of Oxford and a Fellow in Modern Languages at St Edmond Hall. He is currently the Knowledge Exchange Champion at The Oxford Research Centre for the Humanities (“TORCH”).

This popular annual quiz returns to St James to help raise funds for the National Trust of Guernsey celebrating its Diamond Anniversary in 2020. With generous prizes for the three top-scoring teams, the ticket price includes a delicious supper. There will be a bar and a raffle with plenty of prizes.

Doors open at 6.30pm, questions starting at 7pm.
Tickets: £75 for a table of up to 6, on sale from 01.01.2020 from Margaret Rayer, T: 727485 or email to mrayer@cwgsy.net

Planning a wedding?

Then come along and see the very best local wedding suppliers in the beautiful setting of St James. The Café will be open for the duration of the event.
For all queries, please email Angela on hello@guernseyweddingcollection.com or call 07911 778614

Storming Utopia – More, Montaigne and Shakespeare in the Age of Brexit

The Brexit process has been accompanied by thoughts of what the best future for Britain would look like. This is just a recent case of how thoughts about Utopia, and its darker twin Dystopia, impact our lives. In this lecture, Prof. Wes Williams will explore creative responses to ancient and modern tensions between identities, ideals and islands, focusing on the history and continued relevance of the idea of Utopia. Thomas More’s fantasy of an ideal island community, first published in 1516, has served as a blueprint for writers, philosophers, explorers, town planners and politicians from Venice to Venezuela. Professor Williams is professor of French literature at the University of Oxford and a Fellow in Modern Languages at St Edmond Hall. He is currently the Knowledge Exchange Champion at The Oxford Research Centre for the Humanities (“TORCH”).

Join the Vale Earth Fair Collective and their Cosmic Friends as they treat you to an inter-stellar night of entertainment.

With a three-course meal (vegetarian of course) from the far out James Ferguson of Cooked, entertainment from light-years away (well, France) with Tranzat and MC etraordinaire Grant Sharkey teleporting in, we promise this will be nothing like any of the Space Balls you’ve come across before.

Futuristic space theme fancy dress welcome!