EVENTS CALENDAR
Here we list events in the halls which are open to the public, free or by ticket sales. To be listed here please email events@harwellvillagehall.co.uk
For details of all other bookings please see our bookings calendar, and our list of regular users.
Orchard Film Club – Three Thousand Years of Longing (15)
Orchard HallDr Alithea Binnie (Tilda Swinton) is an academic - content with life and a creature of reason. While in Istanbul attending a conference, she happens to encounter a Djinn (Idris Elba) who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom. This presents two problems. First, she doubts that he is real and second, because … Continue reading Orchard Film Club – Three Thousand Years of Longing (15)
Orchard Film Club – The Unlikely Pilgrimmage of Harold Fry (12)
Orchard HallOne morning, pensioner Harold Fry (Jim Broadbent) takes a stroll to the postbox, but can’t bring himself to post the letter. It’s a reply to his old friend and former work colleague Queenie (Linda Bassett), who, he learned recently, has terminal cancer. Then a chance encounter in a petrol station gives Harold a new purpose: … Continue reading Orchard Film Club – The Unlikely Pilgrimmage of Harold Fry (12)
SOLD OUT – Big Ginger Tom Music Present Show of Hands
Orchard HallWe are thrilled to welcome Folk Legends Show of Hands, aka Steve Knightley & Phil Beer to Harwell Village Hall. After thirty remarkable years of non-stop touring Show of Hands, comprising Steve Knightley and Phil Beer, have announced that they will no longer tour together as Show of Hands for the foreseeable future. Whilst Phil … Continue reading SOLD OUT – Big Ginger Tom Music Present Show of Hands
Big Ginger Tom Music Presents Ninebarrow with support from Wednesday’s Wolves
Orchard HallNinebarrow (Jon Whitley and Jay LaBouchardiere) are a multi-award-winning folk duo, who are impressing audiences across the country with their innovative and captivating take on the folk tradition. Described by Mark Radcliffe as sounding ‘like two halves of one voice’ and by Mercury Music Prize nominee Kate Rusby as ‘absolutely amazing’, Jon and Jay combine … Continue reading Big Ginger Tom Music Presents Ninebarrow with support from Wednesday’s Wolves
Big Ginger Tom Music Presents Ranagri with support from Natalie Holmes
Orchard HallWe are pleased to welcome back Ranagri to Harwell for the third time. Ranagri is an award winning folk band from Ireland and England. With a unique blend of instruments that includes voices, guitar, bouzouki, flutes, whistles, harp/electric harp, and bodhrán/drums, they create a sound that is both mesmerising and unforgettable. The band has recorded … Continue reading Big Ginger Tom Music Presents Ranagri with support from Natalie Holmes
Big Ginger Tom Music Presents Jacob & Drinkwater with support TBC
Orchard HallWe are pleased to welcome back Jacob & Drinkwater to Harwell as part of their 10th Anniversary Tour. UK alt-folk duo Jacob & Drinkwater have been called “stand out new folk” by BBC6 Music and “inventive and thrilling” by R2 Magazine. Jacob's sweeping vocals never fail to captivate, delivering many a spine-tingling moment; the fluidity … Continue reading Big Ginger Tom Music Presents Jacob & Drinkwater with support TBC
Big Ginger Tom Music presents The Dunwells with special guest Lucy May Walker
We are pleased to welcome back The Dunwells, a successful Leeds based indie-folk-pop band with strong vocals, powerful melodies and heartfelt lyrics. Their debut album ‘BLIND SIGHTED FAITH’ was released to much global acclaim and spawned the singles ‘I COULD BE A KING’, ‘FOLLOW THE ROAD’ (performed on the NBC Jay Leno show) and the … Continue reading Big Ginger Tom Music presents The Dunwells with special guest Lucy May Walker
Big Ginger Tom Music Presents Man The Lifeboats with support from Corrie Shelley
Orchard HallMan The Lifeboats began life in a shanty-punk folk moshpit in 2016. Skinny Lister and Holy Moly & the Crackers were the two bands that lit the fire and blew the roof of the Garage that night. Fast forward 6 years and 100 gigs and counting and Man The Lifeboats are an established band ploughing … Continue reading Big Ginger Tom Music Presents Man The Lifeboats with support from Corrie Shelley
Big Ginger Tom Music Presents Merry Hell with support from Elsi
Orchard HallWe are pleased welcome back Merry Hell to Harwell Village Hall. The sound of dreams realised, joy unconfined, your favourite yesterdays returning and the promise of tomorrow. Merry Hell are all this and more. Founded in their native North West of England, Merry Hell is an eight-piece folk-rock band with a history, a pedigree and … Continue reading Big Ginger Tom Music Presents Merry Hell with support from Elsi