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What's on in Whimple
If you would like to add any events to this diary, please send an email to walmsley_louise@yahoo.co.uk
October 2024
Sun 20th: Quiz Night. New Fountain Inn. 7.30pm
Mon 21st: Parish Council meeting. Victory Hall. 7pm. Public welcome.
Tue 22nd: HMS Pinafore rehearsal. Whimple Cricket Club. 7.30 – 9pm.
Wed 23rd: Whimple Community Choir. St Mary’s Church. 6.30 – 8.30pm.
Sat 26th: Soup n’ Sarnie in the Victory Hall. 12md to 1.30pm
Sat 26th: Live music at The New Fountain. Club Classics experience
Sun 27th: Apple Pressing - 11am - 2pm in the Pressing Room behind the Heritage Centre
Mon 28th: Botanical Pumpkin Workshop at New Fountain. 11.30. Ticketed event.
Tue 29th: HMS Pinafore rehearsal. Whimple Cricket Club. 7.30 – 9pm. (TBC)
November 2024
Fri 1st: The Commonwealth War Graves Commission, a HS talk at the Victory Hall. 7.30pm
Sat 2nd: Bonfire Night at the Cricket Club.
Sun 3rd: Open Mic Night. New Fountain. From 7pm
Mon 4th: Heritage Centre - Volunteers' get-together at the New Fountain 11am-12noon
Tue 5th: HMS Pinafore rehearsal. WCC. 7.30 – 9pm.
Sat 9th: Front Row Club at the Victory Hall. 7 for 7.30pm.
Tue 12th: HMS Pinafore rehearsal. Whimple Cricket Club. 7.30 – 9pm
Wed 13th: Whimple Community Choir. St Mary’s Church. 6.30 – 8.30pm.
Sat 16th: Live Music at the New Fountain Inn: Leon Oxenham
Mon 18th: Parish Council meeting. Victory Hall. 7pm. Public welcome.
Tue 19th: HMS Pinafore rehearsal. Whimple Cricket Club. 7.30 – 9pm
Wed 20th: Whimple Community Choir. St Mary’s Church. 6.30 – 8.30pm.
Tue 26th: HMS Pinafore rehearsal. Whimple Cricket Club. 7.30 – 9pm
Wed 27th: Whimple Community Choir. St Mary’s Church. 6.30 – 8.30pm.
Fri 29th: History Society - The Lady Katherine's Tudor Christmas, a talk by Rosemary Griggs with songs by “the peasant" David at
the Victory Hall. 7.30pm
Sat 30th: Soup and Sarnie in the Victory Hall. 12md to 1.30pm
Sat 30th: Christmas Fayre - 1.30pm - 3.30pm at the Heritage Centre
December 2024
Sun 1st: Christmas Wreath Making in the VH. 11am and 2.30pm. Ticketed event.
Mon 2nd: HS volunteers' get-together at the New Fountain 11am-12noon
Sat 14th: Front Row Club at the Victory Hall. 7 for 7.30pm.
Sat 14th: Live Music at the New Fountain Inn. Nikita
Sat 14th: Xmas Special Soup n’ Sarnie in the Victory Hall. 12md .
Mon 16th: Parish Council meeting. Victory Hall. 7pm. Public welcome.
Thurs 19th: Community Film and Coffee morning. Victory Hall
Tue 24th: Christmas Eve Carols in the Square. 7.00pm
Tue 31st: NYE at the New Fountain with Livvy Hilton-Smith
2025
January 2025
Mon 6th: HS volunteers' get-together at the New Fountain 11am-12noon
Tue 14th: HMS Pinafore rehearsal. Whimple Cricket Club. 7.30 – 9pm
Fri 17th: Whimple Wassail
Tue 21st: HMS Pinafore rehearsal. Whimple Cricket Club. 7.30 – 9pm
Sat 25th: Soup and Sarnie in the Victory Hall 12md to 1.30pm
Tue 28th: HMS Pinafore rehearsal. Whimple Cricket Club. 7.30 – 9pm
Fri 31st: HS talk - Times of Change: A Brief History of English New Towns by Alan Lascelles. 7.30pm in the Victory Hall.
February 2025
Mon 3rd: HS volunteers' get-together at the New Fountain 11am-12noon
Tue 4th: HMS Pinafore rehearsal. Whimple Cricket Club. 7.30 – 9pm
Tue 11th: HMS Pinafore rehearsal. Whimple Cricket Club. 7.30 – 9pm
Tue 18th: HMS Pinafore rehearsal. Whimple Cricket Club. 7.30 – 9pm (TBC)
Sat 22nd: Soup and Sarnie in the Victory Hall. 12md to 1.30pm
Tue 25th: HMS Pinafore rehearsal. Whimple Cricket Club. 7.30 – 9pm
March 2025
Mon 3rd: HS volunteers' get-together at the New Fountain 11am-12noon
Tue 4th: HMS Pinafore rehearsal. Whimple Cricket Club. 7.30 – 9pm
Fri 7th: HS talk – Devon in the 1920s: Sunshine and Shadows by Dr Julia Neville in the Victory Hall. 7.30pm.
Tue 11th: HMS Pinafore rehearsal. Whimple Cricket Club. 7.30 – 9pm
Tue 18th: HMS Pinafore rehearsal. Whimple Cricket Club. 7.30 – 9pm
Tue 25th: HMS Pinafore rehearsal. Whimple Cricket Club. 7.30 – 9pm
Sat 29th: Soup and Sarnie in the Victory Hall. 12md to 1.30pm
Sat 29th: Race Night in aid of Whimplefest. Victory Hall.
April 2025
Tue 1st: HMS Pinafore rehearsal. Whimple Cricket Club. 7.30 – 9pm
Mon 7th: HS volunteers' get-together at the New Fountain 11am-12noon
Tue 8th: HMS Pinafore rehearsal. Whimple Cricket Club. 7.30 – 9pm (TBC)
Tue 15th: HMS Pinafore rehearsal. Whimple Cricket Club. 7.30 – 9pm (TBC)
Tue 22nd: HMS Pinafore rehearsal. Whimple Cricket Club. 7.30 – 9pm
Sat 26th: Soup and Sarnie in the Victory Hall. 12md to 1.30pm
Tue 29th: HMS Pinafore rehearsal. Whimple Church. Time TBC.
May 2025
Fri 2nd: HMS Pinafore performance. Whimple Church. Time TBC
Sat 3rd: HMS Pinafore performance. Whimple Church. Time TBC
Mon 12th: HS volunteers' get-together at the New Fountain 11am-12noon
Fri 30th: The Bar Steward Sons of Val Doonican. Whimple Victory Hall. 8pm
Sat 31st: Soup and Sarnie in the Victory Hall. 12md to 1.30pm
June 2025
Mon 2nd: HS volunteers' get-together at the New Fountain 11am-12noon
Sat 28th: Soup and Sarnie in the Victory Hall. 12md to 1.30pm
July 2025
Sat 5th: Whimplefest
Mon 7th: HS volunteers' get-together at the New Fountain 11am-12noon
Sat 26th: Soup and Sarnie in the Victory Hall. 12md to 1.30pm
August 2025
Mon 4th: HS volunteers' get-together at the New Fountain 11am-12noon
We can't guarantee that any of these events will go ahead as planned so it's worth just checking beforehand.