Welcome to the 17th Hungerford & District Community Arts Festival

HADCAF 2008 goes global, ranging from South to North Poles via Australia, Africa and the USA , while Richard Burton and Dorothy Squires put South Wales on the map, Malarchy play trans-European travelling roots music, and the Singing Sous-Chefs go travelling through time! To mark the 2008 National Year of Reading, the programme also has a literary flavour, contributed by Simon Brett and Charlotte Brontë. Whatever your interest, we hope you’ll find much to enjoy in the variety offered by this year’s Festival.

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Sat 5 July Open Studios & Open Gardens See separate page for artists and venues   Sat 5 July Beginners Adult Ballet Class Tara Burden 10:00am-12:00 Sat 5 July Active Music Club Pat Glover 10:00-11:30am Sat 5 July Coffee Morning & Cream Teas Hungerford Royal British Legion (Women’s Section) 11:00am-1:00pm Sat 5 July Music Matinee Piano Recital Martyna Jatkauskaite 2:30-3:30pm Sat 5 July Strawberry & Cream Teas 3:30-4:30pm Sat 5 July The Kentwood Choir directed by Sheila Harrod 7:00-10:00pm Sat 5 July ‘Just’ Pete Allen - A Clarinade of Music 8:00pm Sun 6 July Open Studios & Open Gardens See separate page for artists and venues   Sun 6 July Marsh Walk Rob Starr, Town & Manor of Hungerford River Keeper 6:30am Sun 6 July Early Birds Full English Breakfast 8:00am Sun 6 July Hungerford Big Wheel Sponsored Bike Ride for Children in Distress 10:00am Sun 6 July Playing Burton Performed by Josh Richards with post-show talkback 7:45pm Mon 7 July Round the Town Quiz and Chicken & Chips Supper in aid of United Reformed Church 7:00pm Mon 7 July Down at the Old Bull & Bush The Community of Hungerford Theatre Company 7:45pm Tue 8 July Harvey’s Meadow Walk Robin Tubb (courtesy of The Town and Manor of Hungerford) 11:00am-12:30 Tue 8 July The Other Boleyn Girl (film) Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson & Eric Bana 7:30pm Tue 8 July Down at the Old Bull & Bush The Community of Hungerford Theatre Company 7:45pm Tue 8 July Jazz at The Bear David Newton 8:00pm Wed 9 July Open Studios See separate page for artists and venues   Wed 9 July Hannah Medlam (soprano) and Lukas Medlam (violin) 7:30pm Thu 10 July Harvey’s Meadow Walk Robin Tubb (courtesy of The Town and Manor of Hungerford) 2:00-3:30pm Thu 10 July The Dream Tree Tam Tam Theatre 4:00-4:45pm Thu 10 July La Vie en Rose (2007) Great Bedwyn Moviola 7:30pm Thu 10 July Fancy Feathers Talk on millinery by couture milliner Jane Corbett 7:30pm Thu 10 July Music for a 21st Century Summer’s Evening Jelena Jancic and Leverton Fox 8:00pm Fri 11 July Singing for the Brain 10:30am-12:30 Fri 11 July Truly Yours, C.B. The Story of Charlotte Brontë Written & performed by Alison Neil - Directed by David Collison 7:30pm Fri 11 July Jazz at The Bear Mark Smith and Becky Dale 8:00pm Sat 12 July Open Studios & Open Gardens See separate page for artists and venues   Sat 12 July Bird Watching Walk Richard Barker 6:30am Sat 12 July Art, Craft & Photography Exhibition and Children’s Art Exhibition 10:00am-6:00pm Sat 12 July Coffee Morning in aid of the United Reformed Church 10:00am-12:00 Sat 12 July Mr Mozart and Friends Family Concert with Irby Newland Ensemble and friends 11:00am-12:00 Sat 12 July Ploughman’s Lunches, Tea, Coffee & Cake Methodist Church 11:30am-4:00pm Sat 12 July Inkpen Fete 2:00-4:00pm Sat 12 July HEAT (Hungerford Environmental Action Team) 2:00-4:00pm Sat 12 July Family Fun Run Hungerford Hares Running Club 5:00pm Sat 12 July Carnival Hungerford Round Table 6:00pm Sat 12 July Carnival Concert & Songs of Praise Hungerford Town Band 7:00-8:00pm Sat 12 July ‘X Factor’ & ‘Stars in Your Eyes’ Finalists Hungerford Football Club 7:30pm Sun 13 July Open Studios & Open Gardens See separate page for artists and venues   Sun 13 July Rock Academy for 10-18 year olds Tim Walters (guitar), John Marter (drums) and Paul Geary (bass) and special guest Doogie White 10:00am-1:00pm Sun 13 July Art, Craft & Photography Exhibition and Children’s Art Exhibition 10:00am-4:30pm Sun 13 July Elm Farm Walk led by Bob Winfield 2:00pm Sun 13 July Phoenix Brass Open Air Concert 3:00-5:00pm Sun 13 July Hook, Line and Sinker 7:45pm Mon 14 July Modern Jazz Dance Class Tara Burden 5:30pm Mon 14 July Modern Jazz Dance Class Tara Burden 6:45pm Tue 15 July As Time Goes By Patricia Godwin 7:30pm Tue 15 July Jazz at The Bear David Small and friends 8:00pm Wed 16 July Open Studios See separate page for artists and venues   Wed 16 July Concert Students of The Purcell School of Music 7:30pm Thu 17 July Senior Citizens’ Concert 1:30-2:30pm Thu 17 July Four Ferries and a Flood Illustrated talk by John Haigh 7:30pm Fri 18 July Singing for the Brain 10:30am-12:30 Fri 18 July Little Kintbury Goes Abroad St Mary’s Drama Group, Kintbury 7:00pm Fri 18 July Duet for One by Tom Kempinski New Era Theatre Club 7:30pm Sat 19 July Open Studios & Open Gardens See separate page for artists and venues   Sat 19 July Tap Dance Class Iris Lloyd AISTD 10:00am-12:00 Sat 19 July A Summer Party in aid of Save the Children 10:30am-4:00pm Sat 19 July Mr Punch and the Tea-Drinking Dragon Party Puppets present a puppet show for 3-7 year-olds 2:30-3:30pm Sat 19 July Malarchy Trans-European Travelling Roots 8:00pm Sun 20 July Open Studios & Open Gardens See separate page for artists and venues   Sun 20 July Make a Cocktail Hat Workshop with couture milliner Jane Corbett 10:00am-3:00pm Sun 20 July The HADCAF Walk (approx 2 hours) led by David Long and Neil Pike 10:30am Sun 20 July Children’s Disco for 5-8 year olds DJ Chris Ricketts 11:30am-2:00pm Sun 20 July Great Shefford Country Fayre 11:30am-4:30pm Sun 20 July Festival Concert Hungerford Town Band 7:00pm Sun 20 July A Long Way North Illustrated talk by Hannah McKeand 7:30pm   Search events

Click to view : full programme; open studios; open gardens.

More information about the town of Hungerford. Arts activities in and around Newbury.

Contact the festival organisers at or telephone 01488 684901.

BACKGROUND TO THE FESTIVAL

Hungerford & District Community Arts Festival (popularly known as HADCAF) takes place annually in July and aims to encourage, promote and celebrate the talent, expertise and skills that abound within our community.  In addition to offering a platform to local individuals, societies and organisations, the Festival brings to the community performances of music and theatre that would not otherwise be seen locally.

The Festival seeks to include something for all ages, tastes and interests, and the programme encompasses a wide range of arts- and leisure-related events and attractions:  the performing arts, visual arts, music of all kinds, exhibitions, talks, craft and dance workshops, local history, antiques, horticulture, conservation and wildlife, guided walks, plus gardens and artists' studios to visit.