Concerts at the Town Garden’s bandstand and in Queen’s Park are back by popular demand. And they’re kicking off this Sunday, 1st May, with an extra special launch concert from the North Swindon Big Band in the Town Garden’s Bowl.
New Mural at Regent Circus
Local Business Improvement District (BID) company, inSwindon BID Co, commissioned talented local artist Tim Carroll, introduced to them by Artsite, to create an exciting mural display at Regent Circus. The mural will help enrich the Regent Circus complex in the Town Centre.
Over 1,200 Roman coins found ten years ago in a field near Malmesbury are on public display at the town’s Athelstan Museum.
Swindon-based Revolution Performing Arts (RPA) now has two accredited literacy champions to further the work of the National Literacy Trust in the Wiltshire town.
Well, I must make a very big confession; I have never been much interested in the railway. It’s not for lack of suitable breeding either. My father, uncle and grandfathers on both sides worked for the Works – a typical Swindonian family history, I imagine.
Following the success of their inaugural 2021 season, South Swindon Parish Council take great delight in announcing the return of Theatre At The Bowl in 2022 . And, this year, the season is set to be even bigger, expanding to include a diverse range of music events.
Residents campaigning for a realistic new home for Swindon’s Museum and Art Gallery gathered together today. The occasion? To mark the two-year anniversary of the closure of the previous facility at Apsley House in Bath Road
I’m late to the Sarah Harris party with this Murals by Sarah blog. I’ve had a difficult winter with my health and it kinda got in the way. Anyway – here we are. You Pay – She Sprays is a riff on the name of her website which is in fact You Pay, I Spray and you can find it here.
Revolution Performing Arts Tunes Up – Revolution Performing Arts (RPA) – one of the South West’s leading performing arts companies for children and young people – is now offering weekly 1:1 or 1:2 music lessons.
Swindon Stories has launched Storytelling Month. It combines National Storytelling Week (30 Jan – 6 Feb) with Mother Tongue Day (21st Feb), for a range of activities, events and FREE resources for families.
The Athelstan Museum has acquired an ink and wash drawing of Market Day at Malmesbury Market Cross. It’s thought the work could be by the famous English artist and caricaturist, Thomas Rowlandson.
A Swindon MAG Friends Update -edited highlights from the most recent newsletter from the Friends.
