Welcome to our Leisure Events Diary

This diary is a guide to some of the leisure events held in and around the Local area including shows, conferences, sporting events and meetings. With hundreds of event listings, you'll never be at a loss for things to do. Every effort is made to ensure the information is correct at time of publishing. We cannot be held responsible for any changes occurring. To avoid disappointment please check with the organisers before setting out.

• Event Date/Time: Tue 6th January

  Arts

  
  

  The Heart of the Sahara

  
  

  John Pilkington tells the Bray Society all about his desert expedition. 8pm. Bray Village Hall, Bray. Further information 01628 625355.

• Event Date/Time: Tue 6th January

  Arts

  
  

  Film: W. (15) - Norden Farm

  
  

  Until Wednesday. W. is a biographical film based on the presidency and life of George W. Bush.  Whether you love him or hate him, George W. Bush is one of the most controversial public figures in recent memory.  In an unprecedented undertaking, acclaimed director Oliver Stone brings the life of the 43rd president of America on screen.  W. takes viewers through Bush’s eventful life, through his struggles and triumphs. 8pm. £5-£7.25
  Details: 01628 788997 or www.nordenfarm.org

• Event Date/Time: Thu 8th January

  Music

  
  

  Salena Jones - Norden Farm

  
  

  Salena Jones, the queen of jazz and swing has had an illustrious career on the world stage of swinging popular music with nearly 40 solo albums to her credit.  Salena has appeared on every continent in concert halls, festivals and premier clubs. 8pm. £17.50 (£15 conc). This concert is for the benefit of the Alzheimer`s Society.
  Details: 01628 788997 or www.nordenfarm.org

• Event Date/Time: Thu 8th January

  Community Events

  
  

  Are you married or do you live in Maidenhead? - Maidenhead Heritage Centre

  
  

  Centuries of gossip and scandal. Lunchtime talk, 12.45pm,  Maidenhead Heritage Centre, 18 Park Street, Maidenhead
  Details: 01628 780555

• Event Date/Time: Thu 8th January

  Community Events

  
  

  Shopping in Maidenhead - Heritage Centre

  
  

  Exhibition at Maidenhead Heritage Centre.
  Open 10am-4pm, Tuesday to Saturday, until 14 February

• Event Date/Time: Thu 8th January

  Community Events

  
  

  Stoke Poges Singers Open Evening - Stoke Poges

  
  

  The Singers are holding an open evening at St Andrews Centre, Rogers Lane, Stoke Poges on Thursday 8th January starting 8pm. Come along for some cheese and wine and perhaps join in the singing. Rehearsals start in January for the next concert on 9/10 May – a performance of Puccini’s Messa di Gloria.
  Stoke Poges Singers are a friendly four part choir of about forty members, with a  varied repertoire, New members are always welcome and there are no auditions.
  To enquire about joining the choir contact Naomi (07831 217575) or Anthea (01753 662355) or come along to rehearsals which are held on Thursdays at St Andrews centre, starting 8pm.
  www.stoke-poges-singers.org.uk

• Event Date/Time: Thu 8th January

  Community Events

  
  

  German Stammtisch - Maidenhead

  
  

  The Stammtisch is a chance for German Speakers to meet up and chat over a beer or two. This is the monthly Stammtisch in Maidenhead organized by the Thames EuroClub. The Bear, High Street, Maidenhead. Free entry. 6pm
  Details: 0870 321 8050 or http://www.meetup.com/Thames-EuroClub

• Event Date/Time: Thu 8th January

  Music

  
  

  Singers and Musicians Night - Knowl Hill

  
  

  Maidenhead Folk Club. The Seven Stars Inn, Knowl Hill. 8.30pm start. Hat passed round at the break, suggested fee £2.
  Details: 0118 944 8269, 01628 629117

• Event Date/Time: Thu 8th January

  Music

  
  

  Singers' Night

  
  

  Maidenhead Folk Club. Come along. 8.15pm. The Seven Stars, Knowl Hill. Details 01628 629117 www.redadmiral.freeserve.co.uk

• Event Date/Time: Fri 9th January

  Music

  
  

  The Houserockers and D J Jivin George - Hedsor

  
  

  Hedsor Rock'n'Roll Jukebox at Hedsor Social Club, Hedsor Rd ,Bourne End , Bucks, SL8 5ES. 8pm-late 
  Details: George 07721842142

• Event Date/Time: Fri 9th January

  Arts

  
  

  Film: Linha de Passe (15) - Norden Farm

  
  

  In Portugese with English subtitles. Set in San Paulo, one of the toughest, most chaotic cities in the world.  At the heart of one of the most poverty-stricken and football-crazy areas of São Paulo, we find a family of four fatherless brothers being raised by their mother (Sandra Corveloni) on the poverty line.  Each brother is trying to reinvent themselves in different ways, looking for a way out of their preordained lives. 8pm. £5-£7.25
  Details: 01628 788997 or www.nordenfarm.org

• Event Date/Time: Fri 9th January

  Music

  
  

  The Nash Ensemble - Eton

  
  

  Playing Beethoven, Martinu, Mozart, Ravel and Janacek. Eton School Hall. 8.15pm. £20.
  Details: 01753 864653

• Event Date/Time: Fri 9th January

  Music

  
  

  Eton Jazz Club - Thames Valley Athletics Centre

  
  

  Eton Jazz Club is set to begin 2009 with a bang when the Sussex Jazz Kings take to the stage.

  The relatively new band on the circuit, already in demand for their driving New Orleans style, will be led by Dave Stradwick on trumpet in Pococks Lane on Friday.

  Pay on the door at the Thames Valley Athletics Centre venue. The session starts at 8.30-11pm. Food, drink and dancing will be available.

  The evening will raise money for the Windsor, Slough, Eton and Hounslow Athletic Club.

  For further information contact Dennis Daly on 01753 686169.

• Event Date/Time: Sat 10th January

  Community Events

  
  

  Charity Book Sale - Maidenhead

  
  

  Sales of secondhand books in aid of Thames Hospicecare; hundreds of books in excellent condition covering all subjects. 31A Furze Platt Road, Maidenhead, SL6 7NE. 10am-12.30pm. No charge.
  Details: John and Leila Clarke 01628 638652

• Event Date/Time: Sat 10th January

  Arts

  
  

  Film: How to Lose Friends and Alienate People (15) - Norden Farm

  
  

  Until Sunday, various times. Simon Pegg joins an all-star cast, including Kirsten Dunst, Gillian Anderson and Jeff Bridges in this adaptation of Toby Young's best-selling book.  Sidney Young is a disillusioned intellectual who both adores and despises the world of celebrity, fame and glamour. His alternative magazine, Post Modern Review, pokes fun at the media obsessed stars and bucks trends, so when offered a job at the diametrically opposed conservative New York based Sharps magazine its something of a shock.  Thus begins Sidney’s descent into success. 8pm. £5-£7.25
  Details: 01628 788997 or www.nordenfarm.org

• Event Date/Time: Sat 10th January

  Community Events

  
  

  Marlow FC Home Match

  
  

  Marlow Football Club Home Game versus Bury Town, kick-off 15.00, Oaktree Road.

• Event Date/Time: Sun 11th January

  Community Events

  
  

  Shopping in Maidenhead - Heritage Centre

  
  

  Special opening for Farmers' Market Day. 10am-1pm. Exhibition at Maidenhead Heritage Centre.
  

• Event Date/Time: Sun 11th January

  Community Events

  
  

  The Grovefield House Hotel Wedding Fayre - Burnham

  
  

  In association with Berks and Bucks Wedding Magazine. The Grovefield House Wedding Fayre is a perfect opportunity to view this private and intimate venue set in over 7 acres of grounds. At the same time you can meet 25 companies offering a range of Wedding services to help you plan your big day.
  The Grovefield House Hotel, Taplow Common Road, Burnham, Slough, Berks, SL1 8LP. 11am – 4pm.
  Details: Stacey Walker 01628 603131 or www.classiclodges.co.uk

• Event Date/Time: Tue 13th January

  Community Events

  
  

  Maidenhead's Aviation History - Heritage Centre

  
  

  Seven week lecture series in aid of Maidenhead Heritage Centre. 7.30pm. Park Street. Maidenhead
  Details: 01628 780555

• Event Date/Time: Tue 13th January

  Community Events

  
  

  A talk by Bill Bossom

  
  

  Doing it my way - For Marlow & District Horticultural Society. 8-10pm at Liston Hall, Liston Road, Marlow. Entry £1 for members and £2 for guests. Contact no. 01628 486206.

• Event Date/Time: Tue 13th January

  Gigs

  
  

  Anthony Kerr - Marlow Jazz Club

  
  

  Marlow Jazz Club's first gig of the new year sees a much requested return of Britain's Number One vibraphone player. The award winning Anthony Kerr will be at the British Legion Hall in company with the resident Frank Toms Trio. More details on www.marlowjazz.co.uk or Michael Eagleton  01628 486571.

• Event Date/Time: Tue 13th January

  Arts

  
  

  Film: The Romance of Astrea and Celadon (12A) - Norden Farm

  
  

  In French with English subtitles. In an enchanted forest the shepherd Céladon and the shepherdess Astrée share a pure and chaste love. Fooled by a suitor, Astrée dismisses Céladon who throws himself into a river out of despair and while she believes he is dead, he has been secretly rescued by nymphs. Céladon must overcome many obstacles if he wishes to make himself known to her without breaking his oath. 8pm. £5-£7.25
  Details: 01628 788997 or www.nordenfarm.org

• Event Date/Time: Wed 14th January

  Arts

  
  

  Film: Gomorra (15) - Norden Farm

  
  

  Gomorra follows five separate stories through the slums and streets in the provinces near Naples. Don Ciro is the local clan bagman, dispensing payouts to families affiliated with the clan. Marco and Ciro are young, dumb and eager to be independent criminals.  Totò is 13, eager to take up opportunities offered by low-level drug dealers. Pasquale works as a tailor, helping businesses make couture knockoffs.  He is offered an opportunity that will leave him set for life or marked for death. 8pm. £5-£7.25
  Details: 01628 788997 or www.nordenfarm.org

• Event Date/Time: Wed 14th January

  Community Events

  
  

  Berkshire Ornithological Club Talk - Reading University

  
  

  Birds of the Atlantic Forest of Brazil  President,  Andy Swash makes a welcome return to tell the Club about this imperilled habitat and its birds. Lecture Theatre 109 of the Palmer Building, Reading University. Doors open at 7.15 for 8.00pm. Members admitted free, non-members £2.00.  Visitors Welcome. www.berksoc.org.uk

• Event Date/Time: Thu 15th January

  Music

  
  

  Maidenhead Folk Club Showcase - Knowl Hill

  
  

  Kitty Vernon and Derek Burgess plus Dave and Alison Fenner and Simon Diegan. 8.30pm start. Hat passed round at the break, suggested fee £4.
  Details: 0118 944 8269, 01628 629117

• Event Date/Time: Thu 15th January

  Community Events

  
  

  Hebridean Journey - Maidenhead

  
  

  An RSPB illustrated talk. Gordon Langsbury entertains us with his superb photographs and experiences of the Scottish islands. Meet local birdwatchers from beginners to experts. Open to all. Admission £2.
  Methodist Church Hall, High Street, Maidenhead. 7.30pm
  Contact: Gerry Studd   01494 715609 or www.eastberksrspb.org.uk

• Event Date/Time: Thu 15th January

  Arts

  
  

  Film: Unrelated (15) - Norden Farm

  
  

  Childless and in a deteriorating marriage, Anna fears she is condemned to a life on the periphery of events.  Having drifted apart from her husband, a summer holiday with the family of an old school friend becomes a reminder of a life she has not lived.  Anna finds herself caught between the obligations to her contemporaries and the exhilarating mischief of the children.  As events slowly unravel and the strains within this bourgeois clique are revealed Anna finally confronts her inner turmoil. 8pm. Also Parent and Baby screening 10.30am. £5-£7.25
  Details: 01628 788997 or www.nordenfarm.org

• Event Date/Time: Fri 16th January

  Community Events

  
  

  Eton Farmers' Market

  
  

  Wide range of locally produced meat, fish and vegetables. 3rd Friday of each month, 9am-1pm.
  Details: 0870 241 4762 or www.tvfm.org.uk

• Event Date/Time: Fri 16th January

  Arts

  
  

  Film: Of Time and the City (12A) - Norden Farm

  
  

  Until Saturday. 8pm Friday and Saturday, matinee 3pm Saturday. The British director Terence Davies shares his deeply personal musings on his relationship with Liverpool, the city where he was born and where he spent his first 28 years.  Composed largely of atmospheric archive footage, it is both a celebration and a eulogy for an iconic city.  This is a portrait of a working-class city, replete with images of factory gates, dockers in cloth caps and brawny-armed women wrestling with the laundry. 8pm. £5-£7.25
  Details: 01628 788997 or www.nordenfarm.org

• Event Date/Time: Sun 18th January

  Arts

  
  

  Film: Love Letters and Live Wires: Highlights from the GPO Film Unit (U) - Norden Farm

  
  

  In 1933, the General Post Office made history by founding its own film production unit which became internationally renowned as a centre for creative, exciting public information films.  This film is a selection of some of its greatest short films and showcases the Unit’s sheer range: from quintessential documentary (Night Mail) to avant-garde animation (Trade Tattoo). 3pm and 7.30pm. £5-£7.25
  Details: 01628 788997 or www.nordenfarm.org

• Event Date/Time: Mon 19th January

  MusicGigs

  
  

  John Tams and Barry Coope - Nettlebed Folk Song Club

  
  

  The folk multi-award winner John Tams, also known as 'Hagman' in the TV series Sharpe, combines with Barry Coope, from 'Coope, Boyes and Simpson', to deliver classic songs with passion and power accompanied by guitar and keyboard.
  There will also be a short set from BBC Young Folk Award finalist Lucy Ward.
  
  Nettlebed Village Club, High St, Nettlebed, Nr. Henley on Thames, Oxon, RG9 5DD.
  Box office 01628 636620 www.nettlebedfolkclub.co.uk

• Event Date/Time: Tue 20th January

  Arts

  
  

  Film: Blindness (18) - Norden Farm

  
  

  Until Wednesday. A city is ravaged by an epidemic of instant ‘white blindness’.  Those first afflicted are quarantined by the authorities in an abandoned mental hospital where the newly created ‘society of the blind’ quickly breaks down.  A woman whose sight is unaffected by the plague follows her afflicted husband to quarantine.  There, keeping her sight a secret, she guides seven strangers, who have become her family, out of quarantine and onto the ravaged streets of the city, which has seen all vestiges of civilization crumble. 8pm. £5-£7.25
  Details: 01628 788997 or www.nordenfarm.org

• Event Date/Time: Tue 20th January

  Community Events

  
  

  Marlow FC Home Match

  
  

  Marlow Football Club Home Game versus Barton Rovers, kick-off 7.45pm, Oaktree Road.

• Event Date/Time: Thu 22nd January

  Music

  
  

  Singers and Musicians Night: Maidenhead Folk Club - Knowl Hill

  
  

  8.30pm start. Hat passed round at the break, suggested fee £2. The Seven Stars Inn, Knowl Hill.
  Details: 0118 944 8269, 01628 629117

• Event Date/Time: Thu 22nd January

  Arts

  
  

  Film: The Baader-Meinhof Complex (15) - Norden Farm

  
  

  In German & English with English subtitles. Bomb attack and the threat of terrorism are rocking the very foundations of a fragile 1970s German democracy. The radicalised children of the Nazi generation are fighting a violent war against what they perceive as the new face of fascism: American imperialism supported by the German establishment, many of whom have a Nazi past. Their aim is to create a more human society but by employing inhuman means they not only spread terror and bloodshed, they also lose their own humanity. 8pm. £5-£7.25
  Details: 01628 788997 or www.nordenfarm.org

• Event Date/Time: Fri 23rd January

  Music

  
  

  Matt Schofield Trio - Norden Farm

  
  

  Matt Schofield is one of the finest blues-inspired guitarist to have emerged in Europe for several generations.  He fronts the Matt Schofield Trio with stunning blues-drenched guitar and vocals.  The band’s line-up harks back to the classic organ trios of the 50s and 60s. 8pm. £12 (£10 conc)
  Details: 01628 788997 or www.nordenfarm.org

• Event Date/Time: Sat 24th January

  Music

  
  

  Raag and Kathak - Norden Farm

  
  

  Alpana Sengupta Dance Company present a double bill of Indian music and dance. Alpana is a brilliant specialist of the vivid and mesmerizing Kathak style of Indian classical dance.  Mick Taylor is one of a very few western exponents on the sitar to have excelled and reached the status of solo concert artist, not only in the West, but also in India. 7pm. £10 (£7 conc) Group of 6 £36
  Details: 01628 788997 or www.nordenfarm.org

• Event Date/Time: Sat 24th January

  Community Events

  
  

  RSPB Garden Bird Watch and Build a Bird Box - Wycombe Museum

  
  

  Help the Wycombe District Rangers count and identify the birds in the Museum garden. Find out how to build nesting boxes and other ideas to attract birds. Get to know more about our feathered friends with a range of free activities. 11am-4pm. Wrap up warm. Free drop-in event.
  Details: 01494 421895 or www.wycombe.gov.uk/museum

• Event Date/Time: Sat 24th January

  Music

  
  

  Emma Kirby with Fretwork - Eton

  
  

  Early and contemporary music. Eton School Hall. 8.15pm. £20.
  Details: 01753 864653

• Event Date/Time: Sat 24th January

  Community Events

  
  

  Marlow FC Home Match

  
  

  Marlow Football Club Home Game versus Dunstable Town, kick-off 3pm, Oaktree Road.

• Event Date/Time: Mon 26th January

  MusicGigs

  
  

  The Bully Wee Band and Phil Beer - Nettlebed Folk Club

  
  

  In the Seventies they were one of the foremost exponents of acoustic music. Ian Cutler (of Feast of Fiddles), Fergus Feely, Colin Reece and Jim Yardley are hitting the road again. Also featuring a 30 minute set from Phil Beer from ‘Show of Hands'.
  Nettlebed Village Club, High St, Nettlebed, Nr. Henley on Thames, Oxon, RG9 5DD.
  Box office 01628 636620 www.nettlebedfolkclub.co.uk

• Event Date/Time: Tue 27th January

  Arts

  
  

  Film: Silence of Lorna (15) - Norden Farm

  
  

  In French & Albanian with English subtitles. In order to become the owner of a snack bar with her boyfriend, Lorna, a young Albanian woman living in Belgium, becomes an accomplice to a diabolical plan devised by mobster Fabio. Will Lorna keep silent? 8pm. £5-£7.25
  Details: 01628 788997 or www.nordenfarm.org

• Event Date/Time: Thu 29th January

  Music

  
  

  George Papapvgeris: Maidenhead Folk Club - Knowl Hill

  
  

  An old friend of the Club and still a firm favourite. A prolific singer / songwriter,  George is ‘something special’ and sure to be popular! 8.30pm start. Hat passed round at the break, suggested fee £4. The Seven Stars Inn, Knowl Hill.
  Details: 0118 944 8269, 01628 629117

• Event Date/Time: Fri 30th January

  Music

  
  

  Martin Carthy - Folk at Norden Farm

  
  

  For more than 40 years Martin Carthy has been one of folk music’s greatest innovators and best loved figures. His skill, stage presence and natural charm have won him many admirers, not only from within the folk scene, but also far beyond it.
  Details: 01628 788997 or www.nordenfarm.org

• Event Date/Time: Sat 31st January

  Community Events

  
  

  Robin Hood - Cox Green

  
  

  Cox Green Community Centre Panto. 
  Details: 01628 6367158 or www.coxgreencommunitycentre.co.uk