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WEBB CITY (Black Mountain Jazz)

            Webb City 20th April 2022: 8pm Melville Centre, Abergavenny We are back with our first club LIVE GIG in two years!!   Webb City celebrates the early piano trio style with rhythm guitar in place of drums. It features Dave Archer on rhythm guitar,  Will Sach on double bass and Joe Webb on piano. They play respect to jazz giants such as Oscar Peterson, Fats Waller, Art Tatum and Hank Jones. Click here for some clips from their “Art of Tatum” tour. Some of you may have seen Joe Webb at the recent wall2wall Jazz [...]

Embellish with Embroidery

Join Ginn, one of The Big Skill tutors, to breathe new life into your clothes by embellishing with embroidery - no previous experience needed, suitable for ages 12+   Runs from 10 - 11.30 and 12 to 1.30, brig packed lunch if staying for both sessions. Refreshments provided. £5 per person, book via www.thebigskill/workshops

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Youth Theatre Group

                    Introducing a new youth theatre group - the Future is Us! A seat at the table. We are welcoming everyone aged 12-17 to a series of free and exciting workshops, for 10 weeks, run by experienced professionals from the world of theatre, drama and dance, encouraging you to express yourselves creatively and have your voice heard! Sound like fun? RSVP your spot here = asa.malmsten@coachcreate.co.uk to join us every Tuesday from 6-8pm for the 10 weeks... you can join in late if you miss the first session!   Delivered in partnership [...]

Free

Volunteer Coffee Morning

      Join us for an informal chat over coffee and discover how your donation of time will help transform what we offer here at The Melville Centre, and what we can offer you in return.   11am - 1pm, drop in for the whole session or just for 5 minutes

SOLD OUT! Poetry, Myth, and Paint

Welcome to Poetry Upstairs, at The Melville Centre! - please join us on Tuesday 10th May 7 - 9 pm for the inaugural event... We are now taking names for the reserve list as we are full.   Ric Hool has 10 collections of published poetry and will be reading from his new collection, Personal Archaeology    He was the Welsh Academy poet for the Abergavenny Food Festival 2009, also Academy poet representative for the London South Bank London Global Poetry System 2009. His poetic themes are the psychological and geographical impact of place, time and space on the human experience. Water [...]

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Willow Birdfeeders Workshop (free workshop)

Willow Birdfeeders Workshop (free taster workshop) You will be learning how to weave a willow birdfeeder for you to take home - with Helen Munday, experienced and fun willow tutor. This is a free taster workshop to all abilities, running from 10am until 2pm. All tools and materials provided, just book your place and have a fun morning weaving a bird feeder to take home with you. Bring a packed lunch, teas and coffees are free.

Free

Wednesday Workshops for Volunteers

      A day to connect, receive free training, meet new friends, and share skills and ideas over a complimentary lunch and refreshments. Organised by The Melville Centre and GAVO, with training provided by MCC and Cwtch Angels, this day is open to current or future volunteers! You can choose from: Food & Hygiene Certificate, Customer Care or basic Health & Safety certificate (other days will be available to take all options) To register, please click here to fill in the form for your free ticket: https://bit.ly/WorkshopWednesdayforVolunteers Any issues, please email Chris: chris.irving@gavo.org.uk  

Free Creative Workshops for Youth

  Meet the team behind the Future Is US Project. The Melville Centre for the Arts is opening their doors for a day of creative workshops - this is the place to have your voice heard. This is an open house, free event, aimed primarily at 10 to 24 year olds and their families - do join us for an afternoon of fun!                  

Bass12 – New Orleans come to town (Black Mountain Jazz)

LIVE JAZZ NEW ORLEANS STYLE... PURE ENERGY and FUN. A visit by the Bass12 brass band will take BMJ back to basic good-time jazz in highlighting the early days of the music, when the streets and clubs of New Orleans marched and danced and jumped to raw, brassy sounds. Bass12 hails from Cardiff and performs a mixture of New Orleans street grooves and upbeat covers, featuring lots of improvisation. The band is made up of graduates of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and Cardiff University who now perform and teach across the UK. As well as performing, the [...]

Poetry Evening May 31st

Welcome to the second Poetry Upstairs at The Melville Centre! Tuesday  31st May 7pm            £5 Entry   Norman Jope (Plymouth)            Melisande Fitzsimmons  (Plymouth)                Mike Jenkins (Merthyr)   Please contact us to register your place (you must book in advance), then pay on the door as usual. To register, email info@melvillecentre.org.uk and send your full name/s and telephone contact numbers, or call Emma on 01873 853167. We regret we cannot admit anyone who has not registered beforehand, as we need to know numbers ahead of the evening.   Norman Jope was born in 1960 in Plymouth, where [...]

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