ASHTON-IN-MAKERFIELD FESTIVAL 2008

20th September to 4th October

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Saturday 20th September

11.00 am - 1.00 pm
Town Crier
Market Square and Environs

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Saturdays 20th September and 27th September

10.00 am - 2 .00 pm
Fairground Organ Music
Market Square

Childrens' gifts - animal masks, toys, balloons.

 

Day Event Time Venue Tickets
Saturday 20th September The Arrowsmith Singers and Friends St Thomas’s Church, Warrington Road 7.30 pm £5 Adult
£4 Concession
Sunday 21st September Rangers’ Guided Walk Heybrook Corridor 10.00 am - 3.00 pm Free
Monday 22nd September Organ and Cornet Recital St Oswald’s Church, Liverpool Road 7.30 pm Retiring Collection
Tuesday 23rd September ‘Chatterbox’ Coffee Morning St Thomas’s Church Hall, Warrington Road 10.00 am - 12 noon Refreshments available
Tuesday 23rd September Active Living Festival Health Walk Viridor Woods, Bolton Road, Bamfurlong 11.00 am - 12 noon Free
Tuesday 23rd September Local History Talk, Walter Carney R L Hughes Primary School, Mayfield Street,Off Old Road 7.30 pm £4 Adult
£3 Concession
Wednesday 24th September Floral Demonstration, Makerfield Florist St Thomas’s Church Hall, Warrington Road 3.00 pm £3 All Classes
Wednesday 24th September ‘Five in Harmony’ St Thomas’s Church, Warrington Road 7.30 pm £5 Adult
£4 Concession
Thursday 25th September Silent Movies Charlie Chaplin Night * St Thomas’s Church Hall, Warrington Road 7.30 pm £5 Adult
£4 Concession
Friday 26th September Author’s Visit Ashton Library 2.00 pm Free
Friday 26th September Songs of Praise Holy Trinity Church, Rectory Road, North Ashton 7.15 pm Retiring Collection
Saturday 27th September Haydock Male Voice Choir St Thomas’s Church, Warrington Road 7.30 pm £5 Adult
£4 Concession
Sunday 28th September Rangers’ Guided Walk An Afternoon Stroll - Three Sisters and Wigan Flashes 1.00 pm - 4.00 pm Free
Monday 29th September Wigan Seagulls Acrobatic Club The New Place, Bryn Road South 7.15 pm £3 Adult
£2 Concession
Tuesday 30th September ‘Chatterbox’ Coffee Morning St Thomas’s Church Hall, Warrington Road 10.00 am - 12 noon Refreshments available
Tuesday 30th September Active Living Festival Health Walk Three Sisters Recreation Area 11.00 am - 12 noon Free
Tuesday 30th September Ashton Young Musicians Congregational Church, Hilton Street 7.15 pm Retiring Collection
Wednesday 1st October ‘The Cake Boutique’ - ‘Ideas for Hallowe’en‘ St Thomas’s Church Hall, Warrington Road 3.00 pm £3 All Classes
Wednesday 1st October Pemberton Old Wigan Bands St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Rookery Avenue 7.30 pm £5 Adult
£4 Concession
Thursday 2nd October Trouble at t’Mill St Thomas’s Church Hall, Warrington Road 8.00 pm £5 Adult
£4 Concession
Friday 3rd October ‘Another Irish Night’ The Brian Boru Club, Bryn Street 8.00 pm £3 Adult
£2 Concession
Saturday 4th October Wigan Choral Society St Thomas’s Church, Warrington Road 7.30 pm £5 Adult
£4 Concession
* Jointly organised with WFA Film Society, inclusive of temporary membership at the door
 

TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM MONDAY, 1st SEPTEMBER

HOW TO BOOK

Ashton Library

Normal opening hours

Festival Stall - Market Square

Saturdays, 20th and 27th September
Tuesdays, 23rd and 30th September

Chatterbox Coffee Mornings

10.00 am - 12 noon
Tuesdays, 16th, 23rd and 30th September