Events calendar - July 2016

Events beginning

• WWI: Cathedral connections guided tour

  1st July 2016 at Worcester Cathedral

  Telling the poignant stories of the WWI soldiers commemorated in the cloister windows and in the Cathedral.

• Battle of the Somme – Cathedral service

  1st July 2016 at Worcester Cathedral

  A service to commemorate the centenary of the Battle of the Somme, all welcome

• Bromsgrove and the Somme

  1st July 2016 - 9th July 2016 at Bromsgrove Library

  Part of the Worcestershire Libraries project remembering the men of Worcestershire who gave their lives through the Battle of the Somme. Part of the Bromsgrove Festival 2016.

• Droitwich and the Somme

  1st July 2016 - 31st July 2016 at Droitwich Library

  Part of the Worcestershire Libraries project remembering the men of Worcestershire who gave their lives through the Battle of the Somme.

• Worcestershire Regiment Battle of the Somme

  1st July 2016 - 1st November 2016 at Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum

  Worcestershire Regiment at the Battle of the Somme

• Malvern and the Somme

  1st July 2016 at Malvern Library

  Research your WW1 ancestors at Malvern Library

• Whistle for the Somme: An Act of Remembrance

  1st July 2016 at Worcester Cathedral

  At 7.30am on 1st July 1916 whistles blew along the front line as a signal to troops to go over the top. Remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice in the Battle of the...

• Service of Remembrance

  1st July 2016 in Broadway

• Flo of the Somme - Chatterbooks

  2nd July 2016 at Droitwich Library

  Flo of the Somme Chatterbooks session, focus on war poetry and animals in World War One.

• The Battle of the Somme Film

  2nd July 2016 at Droitwich Library

  Film screening to launch ‘Droitwich’s Sacrifice on the Somme’ exhibition.

• Battle of the Somme film

  3rd July 2016 at The Hive

  UNESCO listed film The Battle of the Somme, shot and screened in 1916, it was the first feature length documentary reaching approx 20 million people in the year of its...

• WWW100 Bell Tent at St Peter's Festival

  3rd July 2016 at St Peters Power Park

  Annual St Peter's festival, activities for all the family

• The Battle of the Somme Film

  6th July 2016 in Worcester

  UNESCO listed film The Battle of the Somme, shot and screened in 1916, it was the first feature length documentary reaching approx 20 million people in the year of its...

• The Battle of the Somme Film

  9th July 2016 in Worcester

  UNESCO listed film The Battle of the Somme, shot and screened in 1916, it was the first feature length documentary reaching approx 20 million people in the year of its...

• Flo of the Somme – Rat-a-tat Tales

  9th July 2016 at The Hive

  Listen to the rat-a-tat in the children's library.

• Flo of the Somme Chatterbooks Session

  11th July 2016 at The Hive

  Join us for book chat, fun literary games and activities and to discover new books and authors both on the shelves and online! For young people aged 7 – 12 years.

• The Battle of the Somme

  13th July 2016 in Worcester

  UNESCO listed film The Battle of the Somme, shot and screened in 1916, it was the first feature length documentary reaching approx 20 million people in the year of its...

• Battle of the Somme film

  14th July 2016 at The Hive

  UNESCO listed film The Battle of the Somme, shot and screened in 1916, together with a talk on The Battle of The Somme by Michael Stedman, a World War One Historian and...

• The Battle of the Somme film and talk

  16th July 2016 in Worcester

  UNESCO listed film The Battle of the Somme, shot and screened in 1916, with a talk by Dr Paul Elliott which introduces the film and looks at its place as an early...

• Cine Concert: The Battle of the Somme

  17th July 2016 at Number 8

  A performance of Laura Rossi's new score to accompany the 1916 film The Battle of the Somme. Performed by Chandos Symphony Orchestra. To include an exhibition in the Foyer

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  In Dear Old England's Name

  20th July 2016 in Worcester

  Inspired by true stories, In Dear Old England's Name follows the lives of Kitty and Percy, a couple enjoying a wartime romance. Recently married, they head out for an...

  Family friendly

Events ending

• Vesta Tilley Exhibition

  28th May 2016 - 17th July 2016 at Bewdley Museum

  An exhibition exploring the life of Vesta Tilley (1864 - 1952), a hugely popular music hall performer who toured England dressed as an army officer and was given the nickname...

• WWI Worcestershire's Somme

  28th June 2016 - 3rd July 2016 at Worcester Cathedral

  An exhibition of personal memorabilia from local people about the Somme.

Events spanning

• Malvern Museum of Local History

  25th March 2014 - 31st October 2018 at Malvern Museum

  Malvern Museum has begun its programme of exhibitions and activities to commemorate the momentous years of the Great War as it affected the inhabitants of the Malvern area...

  Family friendly

• Voluntary Aid Detachment Hospital

  12th March 2016 - 1st December 2018 at Worcestershire County Museum

  Exhibition based on its role as a Voluntary Aid Detachment Hospital during the First World War. Objects and documents from the county museum, the archives and the George...

• A Happy Convalescence

  12th March 2016 - 1st March 2018 at Worcestershire County Museum

  Discover the stories of fun, friendship and romance that offered a brief respite from the frontlines for injured soldiers sent to recover at Hartlebury Castle Hospital. Piece...

• Worcestershire & World War One

  6th May 2016 - 31st December 2016 at Worcester Cathedral

  Three touch screens and a mobile App tour to download and follow are available for visitors to access covering Woodbine Willie and Worcester; Worcestershire Soldier...