Special Events, Talks and Concerts
Throughout the Year

Provisional Programme Below

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• January 12th – Service of Thanksgiving for Nine Centuries

• February – erection of a timeline around the east end of the church, showing national and local events over the 900 years

  April 3rd – Talk by Philip Heath, 7.30: “The chequered history of Melbourne Parish Church over 900 years”

• May 3rd to 5th – Flower Festival celebrating 900 years

• June 14th – Medieval Fayre and Hog Roast

• July 4th – Evening Medieval Banquet

• July 19th - An architectural and historical tour of the church and surroundings by Philip Heath, 2pm

• August 16th - An architectural and historical tour of the church and surroundings with Philip Heath, 2pm

• September 25th – Chamber music from Graham Oppenheimer and Friends (A Friends’ event)

• September 20/21st – Melbourne Festival

• September 28th – Patronal Festival

• October 2nd – Talk by Philip Heath, 7.30pm: “The chequered history of Melbourne Parish Church over 900 years”.

• October   16/17th - St Michael’s Players – a humorous look at Melbourne over 900 years

• December 5th – Jazz night: A Christmas Carol with Alan Barnes (A Friends’ event)

• December 13/14th – Christmas Tree Festival

Dates not yet fixed:

• A Choir’d Taste – coffee concert during the day – probably late August

• Michael Cook and other artists – an exhibition named “Wild Saints”

• Joint Performance by the various music groups in Melbourne

• Talk by Rachel Askew about the years leading up to 1125 and the religious milieu in which the Church was conceived – probably early September

• Talk by William Bates on the contentious restoration of Melbourne Parish Church in the 1860s

• Fun quiz in and about Melbourne Parish Church