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Butlers Wine Cellar
Christmas Wine Festival
featuring
The Hangleton Harmonies Choir

Friday 21 November, 6.30pm until  8.30pm-

Butlers are back again at St Mary's Church with their annual Christmas wine festival. This is an opportunity to try around 50 plus different wines, all perfectly suited to festive drinking.

From wines for Christmas parties to the perfect bottles for your dinner table on the big day, there will be something for all seasonal celebrations. There will be all styles of wine to try, including sparkling wines, whites, reds, sweets and ports. As well as our friends from Butlers there will be some wine makers and other friends in the business pouring alongside the Butlers team. 

The Hangleton Harmonies Choir return and will perform a few festive songs at 7:30pm.

We also have the team from Brighton and Hove Hospitals in attendance who will be running a charity raffle from 6:30-7:30pm so tickets can be purchased within this hour and prizes will be drawn at 7:30pm before the choir starts. 

Tickets available at www.butlers-winecellar.co.uk .
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Fine Music for Free
Hannah Shilvock & Viola Lenzi - 
​Saturday 22 November, 5.30(doors) for 6pm-

FREE ENTRY
Hannah Shilvock (bass clarinet) & Viola Lenzi (piano) present a programme of unusual, lyrical, and moving bass clarinet and piano repertoire—including new works and familiar arrangements! Guaranteed to make you fall in love with the instrument!​

Refreshments will be available, and donations will be requested, these will be split between St Mary's and the musicians.
Charity Fundraiser
World AIDS Day Benefit Concert - 
featuring
The Actually Gay Men's Chorus
Brighton Gay Men's Chorus
Rainbow Chorus
Resound Male Voices
Brighton Rox
with The City of Stars Choir
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Monday 1 December, 7(doors) for 7.30pm-

Brighton & Hove’s LGBT choirs and musicians are once again joining forces to put on their annual World Aids Day fundraising concert. 

We are just 2 minutes walk from the Aids Memorial and the concert is timed to start after the vigil and reading of the names.

All profits from ticket sales, interval refreshments and a raffle, as well as a bucket collection on the door, will be donated to Lunch Positive.

Tickets available at www.brightonwadconcert.info for £14.
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Young Lives vs Cancer

Virtuoso Voices

Singing for Life!
Friday 5 December, 7pm

Lisa DeSimone brings a 100-strong children's choir to St Mary's to raise money for Young Lives vs Cancer. 
Get your tickets now for an evening of joyful carols with plenty of opportunities to join in!

Tickets available at www.wegottickets.com/stmaryskemptown
for just £10.
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Fine Music for Free
Susannah Horowitz & Anya Kolesnik - 
​Saturday 6 December, 5.30(doors) for 6pm-

FREE ENTRY
Susannah Horowitz (mezzo soprano) and Anya Kolesnik (piano) bring the autumn series to a close with works for voice and piano by 20th century French and Spanish composers.​

Refreshments will be available, and donations will be requested, these will be split between St Mary's and the musicians.
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The Actually Gay Men's Chorus present
With Love Actually - 
​Friday 19 and Saturday 20 October, 7(doors) for 7.30pm-

Join Actually Gay Men's Chorus for a magical evening of festive music, laughter and Christmas spirit as they continue their 20th anniversary celebrations. 💖

Hosted by the brilliant Chris Hide and featuring a guest brass ensemble, this year's show promises beautiful harmonies, sparkling brass and all the joy of the season. 🎶 📯

👉 Book now at: ticketsource.co.uk/agmc

They won't last long... so grab yours now and let's celebrate Christmas, Actually! ❤️

Regular events

Kemp Town Talks English Conversation Classes
​Wednesday and Friday mornings, 10am - in the Church Hall
​Kemp Town Talks is a free, drop-in English conversation class, open to all, with experienced tutors, and welcomes speakers of English as a second language at all levels. Our ESOL teachers will get you talking confidently, as well as helping you to understand colloquial usage of English.

No need to book. Just turn up! Tea and coffee included. 
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Please phone 01273 698601/07434 121659 if you have any queries. 
Kemptown Koalas carer & toddler group
Tuesday afternoons 2.30-4pm


St Mary's friendly and inclusive carer & toddler group runs in our church hall on Tuesday afternoons from 2.30 to 4 pm. The entrance to the hall is in St Mary's Place, immediately to the east of the church. We welcome people of all faiths and none and hope you'll feel comfortable with us whatever your beliefs. To help cover the costs of snacks for the littlies and afternoon tea for the  grown-ups, we ask that parents pay £2 for the first child, and £1 for a second. (Card payments are possible.) But this isn't obligatory. Please speak in confidence with one of our volunteers if this would prevent you from bringing a child to the Koalas. 
To keep up-to-date with special events and holiday breaks, please see the Koalas' Facebook page.
The Young Actors Group: Drama classes for 8-15 year-olds
Thursdays, 4pm and 6pm- termtimes only
The Young Actor's Group offers superb tuition and advice for budding actors, and the classes are also a great way of growing children's confidence and self-esteem.
The classes for younger children (aged 8 to 11) are on Thursday afternoons, 4 pm to 6 pm, while the class for the older group (aged 12 to 15) runs Thursday evenings from 6 to 8 pm. Please see the Young Actors Group website for courses and information about tuition fees and scholarship opportunities.
The congregation at St Mary's sponsors two half-fee scholarships for children from financially disadvantaged backgrounds.
Bike for Life - Bicycle Maintenance Course
Dates throughout the year - 12 noon - 6pm

Bruce, from Bike for Life, holds regular three-part bicycle maintenance courses. Each session runs for six hours on a Saturday, from 12 noon, and provides intensive, hands-on tuition.
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For details and to book, please see Bike for Life's website or email Bruce via this link.
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