Friday 18/05/2012

RUSSIAN Sacred and Folk Music by St Petersburg Blagovest Ensemble, 7.30pm, St Anthony's Roman Catholic Church, Farnham Royal. Tickets are £10- including interval drink. For more details email gldavies.organist@gmail.com or call 07845 968025.

Romans, until December 1, Wycombe Museum, Priory Avenue, High Wycombe.From tesserae to toilets, discover what life was like in Roman Wycombe and the Chilterns. Find out what Roman houses were like, what they ate and what they did for fun. This hands-on exhibition has lots to see and do for all the family. Dress like a Roman, test your Roman numeracy and piece together the past like an archaeologist. Free entry. Call 01494 421895 for details.

St Mary's Flower Festival, 10am, until May 20, St Mary's Church, Church Road, Thame. The Flower Festival theme is special occasions. More than 60 different arrangements by local groups, organisations, schools and individuals. It is open Friday and Saturday 10am - 6pm and Sunday 1pm - 6pm. Followed by a Songs of Praise Service at 6.30pm. Refreshments will be available all weekend. Go to www.stmarysthame.org.uk for details. Tickets are £1 for adults and children free.

The Beaconsfield Art Fair - spring 2012, 7-9.30pm and Saturday 10am-4pm, .The Beaconsfield School, Wattleton Road.Beaconsfield. An exhibition and sale of fine art and quality local crafts. All work is for sale. Art work includes paintings, prints, photographs, cards, sculptures and ceramics. Entry is free. For more details www.thebeaconsfieldartfair.moonfruit.com.

Saturday 19/05/2012

House Guest, 7.30pm, and on May 20 (2.30pm), May 25 (8pm) May 26 (7.30pm), The Little Theatre by the Park, Church Street, Chesham. The company are staging a revival of the thriller by Francis Durbridge. Tickets at £10 for adults £8 for concessions are available from the CBCP Box Office at WWW.C-B-C-P.ORG Tel 01494774017 for more details.

SPRING FETE in aid of Jack and Jill Pre-School, Beaconsfield, 10am,URC Church Hall, Aylesbury End, Beaconsfield. Refreshments, Usbourne books / Phoenix Cards / gifts -etc. Everyone welcome. For more information contact Suzie Knott at spknott@btinternet.com.

PLANT sale, 10:30am, Liston Hall, Liston Road, Marlow. Marlow and District Horticultural Society is holding a plant sale. There will be flowering plants, vegetable plants, organic rhubarb for sale and refreshments available in the hall. There will be a good selection of young show dahlias for sale as well as bedding dahlias.

BRITISH Cactus and Succulent Society Show, 10:30am-4pm, Great Kingshill Village Hall, Missenden Road, Great Kingshill. Free admission, plant sales, light refreshments, raffle.

An Introduction to Resolution Magic - a self-help programme for unwanted emotions and physical symptoms, 2-5pm, Liston Hall, Chapel Street, Marlow. Presented by Olivia Roberts, Master NLP Practitioner and Alternative Pain-Relief Specialist;Author of the book, ‘Chronic Pain and Debilitating Conditions Resolution: Make Unwanted Symptoms Disappear’. Discover how to begin your own programme and how you can change the rest of your life. Go to www.resolutionmagic.com or call 01202 257165. Free entry.

Sunday 20/05/2012

Rotary Club of High Wycombe Chiltern Cycle Ride, 8am, The Grange, Hearing Dogs HQ, off Haw Lane, Wycombe Road, Saunderton. The 17th annual charity ride to support South Bucks Hospice and Thomley Activity Centre and other rotary charities. Fully signed and marshalled 25 or 50 mile routes through the Chilterns and Aylesbury Vale. Sponsorship encouraged but not obligatory. Free parking at The Grange. Full details see www.pedalpush.org.uk. Entry is £15 in advance and £20 on the day. Under 17s £5.

Nancy Astor Day, 10am-5pm, Cliveden, Taplow, Maidenhead. Join a glamorous garden party in celebration of the birthday of one of its most remarkable owners - Nancy Astor. Visitors are encouraged to dress in costumes from the 1930s, from feather boas and straw boaters, to flapper dresses and flannels. There will be live music, vintage motor vehicles lining the Grand Avenue, colourful bunting decorating the Piazza, and activities in the nearby Captain’s Field. Celebrities¹ from Nancy’s heyday will stroll through the grounds. Normal admission charges apply, no booking required.

NGS Gardens Open For Charity, 2pm, The Old Sun House, Pednor, Chesham. Five acre garden abundant with wildlife with superb views over farmland. The garden is surrounded by trees with inner plantings of unusual trees and shrubs. Tickets are £3.50.

City of London Sinfonia, 7:30pm, Wycombe Swan Theatre, St. Mary Street, High Wycombe. City of London Sinfonia’ s final concert in their High Wycombe residency, with principal conductor Michael Collins returning to the Swan for a typically high energy performance. This concert celebrates some of Europe’s finest composers with Haydn’s powerful La passione, the master of the woodwind repertoire Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Mendelssohn’s fast and dramatic Symphony No.1. Call 020 76212800. Tickets are £26, £22, £17 Concessions available .

Wednesday 23/05/2012

Fourways present Much Ado About Nothing, 7.30pm, and May 24, Wycombe High School, Marlow Road. Traditional open-air Shakespeare, with BBQ and refreshments. Tickets are £14 for adults and £12 concessions from the Tourist Information Centre, High Wycombe Library or 01494 421892.

Indie band Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly are set to play The Academy 2 at Oxford on May 23. The outfit have also just launched a new album titled Maps. For more information see www.getcapewearcapefly.com or www.cookingvinyl.com

Thursday 24/05/2012

Barry and Stuart- Show and Tell, 7.30pm, The Elgiva, Chesham. Fresh from starring in the first live TV magic show in 20 years, stars of BBC One's The Magicians, Barry and Stuart, bring their show to Chesham. Tickets are £14/£12 from 01494582900 or www.elgiva.com.

Preventative Conservation of Everyday Objects, 7.30pm, High Wycombe Library, Eden Place, High Wycombe. A talk by Paul Tear MBE of Bucks. New University. Entry is £3 for members of Friends of High Wycombe Library and £5 for non-members. £2 for students with valid ID.