Programme of Events

Celebrating 350 years

of Falmouth’s Royal Charter

1661—2011

Sept 20th 1.00pm Falmouth v Helston Falmouth Bowling Club. Free All welcome. Sept 24

th to (10 - 5 Monday - Saturday) Falmouth Art Gallery Exhibition

October 8th Historical Falmouth -Artist’s Views”.Free All welcome October 2nd - 29th (10 - 5) Pendennis Castle Education Centre .Exhibition of the Siege October 2nd - 8th 10.00 am Come and join in to help build two Heritage boats. Events Square. October 2nd 3.00 pm Band of the H.M.Royal Marines on the Moor Free 3.30 pm Civic parade to Falmouth Parish Church. 4.00 pm Church Service 5.00 pm Parade to Events Square. 6.00 pm Civic reception by invitation. October 3rd 12.30 pm at NMMC Lunchtime lecture “Then and Now” by David Barnicoat. 7.30 pm VIP reception at the World Premiere of the play “Remember” October 4th 12.00 - 3.00 pm Falmouth Water Sports Centre „Bar-b-Que’. 7.30 pm second performance of the play “Remember” at the Poly price £3.00 October 5th 350TH ANNIVERSARY DAY of the signing of the Town Charter by King Charles II

10.00 am & 1.00 pm “For King and Kernow” an enactment of street theatre between the Royalists and Parliamentarians through the town from the Moor and Prince of Wales Pier to Events Square. Free

October 5th 10 - 5) Pendennis Castle open Free to residents of TR10 & TR11 October 5th 12.30 Falmouth Methodist Church Free Paupers lunch (dress reflecting 1661) October 5th 7.00 pm Charter Dinner Lia Ditton & Falmouth’s around the world. (sold out) October 6th 7.30 pm Last chance to see the play “Remember” October 6

th 7.30 pm Atheneum Club - Falmouth Camera Club. Free All welcome .

October 6th - 29th (1000 hrs - 1700 hrs Mon - Sat) Time Line Exhibition. The Poly Free October 7th 4.30 pm Princess Pavilion “Blues in the Bay” Price £20 October 7th 7.00 pm Falmouth Karate & Sandoki Club Free self-defence lessons (aged 16+) at Falmouth Sports club. October 7th 8.00 pm - 2.00 am Falmouth Rugby Club “Skank n Stomp” presents Kormac Electric Swing October 8th 11.00 am - 3.00 pm Tours of Arwenack House grounds (Charity donation) October 8th 12.00 - 9.00 pm Skinners 350 Shanty Saturday (details below) 12.00 - 4.00 pm The Front Roger Bryant with Rum & Shrub 5.00 pm - 6.00 pm Shipwrights Falmouth Shout 5.00 pm - 6.00 pm The Front Aberfal Oggymen 8.00 pm - 9.00 pm Shipwrights Aberfal Oggymen 8.00 pm - 9.00 pm The Front Falmouth Shout October 8th 2.30 pm Falmouth v Liskeard Falmouth Rugby Ground. October 8th 3.00 pm Princess Pavilion “Blues in the Bay” Price £25 October 8th 4.00 pm Launch and race of the two Heritage boats (sponsored by Tim Light) October 8th 7,00 pm The “BIG SING” “All the Kings Men”, Cornish songs & Hallelujah Chorus. Falmouth .Methodist Church Price £6 (children Free with adult) October 9th 2.00 pm - 8.00 pm Falmouth Rugby Club Jive-a-Thon Charity dance event October 10th 7.00 pm Falmouth Poetry Group. The Poly library. Free All welcome October 14th 10.00 am - 4.00 pm Falmouth & District Philatelic Society . WI Hall. Exhibition. Free. October 14th 8.00 pm “From Squirearchy to Digital Democracy” - 350 years of Parliamentary representation in Falmouth” Sarah Newton MP at the Poly £3.00 October 15th 10.30 am - 3.30 pm Family fun day. Story telling and activities at the Poly Free October 16th 10.30 am - 3.00 pm. Dracaena Centre. Family Fun Day .Free October 17th to “On the Waterfront” tapestry NMMC June10th 2012 October 22nd & 23rd NMMC Children’s workshops celebrating Falmouth October 24th - 28th NMMC “Pirates and Packets” Exhibition. October 26

th 6.30 pm “Falmouth Then and Now” David Barnicoat.

November 9th to “Falmouth Days of Sail” Exhibition March 25th 2012 Spring 2012 Falmouth Football Club special 350 event

3:00pm 3:30pm 4:00pm 5:00pm 5:15pm 6:00pm

Royal Marine Band on The Moor Civic Parade to Parish Church Church Service Civic Parade to Events Square Salute—Trago Mills Civic Reception at NMMC

Falmouth Art Gallery

Historic Falmouth Artists‟ Views exhibition

and Original Charter Display

24th September to the 8th October

Sunday 2nd October

Picture courtesy of the West Briton

Events Square 10:00am

Help !

Rory MacPhee needs help to build

two boats to be launched on

Saturday 8th October

Sunday 2nd October

Monday 3rd October

Falmouth Then and Now

12:30pm

Set lunch and lecture £14.50 (members £12.50)

Join Falmouth‟s senior pilot David Barnicoat as he traces the town‟s history from Tudor times to the present day. Through historic photographs compare „then and now‟ and see how Falmouth has developed into a major port. Relive the memories of Falmouth‟s role in the Flying Enterprise incident, Robert Manry‟s crossing of the Atlantic and Sir Robin Knox-Johnson‟s and Dame Ellen MacArthur‟s solo circum-navigations of the globe.

Pendennis Castle

Exhibition of the Siege (from Sunday 2nd through October Free Quiz Trail 5th Free Entry for Residents of TR10 & TR11

At the RCPS

„The Poly‟

World Premiere

by Steph Haxton

Tickets £3

3rd, 4th and 6th October

4th, 5th and 6th October

Wednesday 5th October

Falmouth Water Sports Centre

12:00pm to

3:00pm

BBQ

Charter 350

Anniversary Day

Anniversary Day

Tuesday 4th October

F r e e

Wednesday 5th October

Falmouth Methodists Church Paupers Feast @ 12:30pm

Dress to reflect 1661

On Wednesday 5th October 2011 entry to the National Maritime Museum

is reduced to only £3.50 for the whole day.....

Sold

Out

Charter 350

Celebratory Dinner

Falmouth Hotel

from 7:00pm

Talk by Lia Ditton

Artist and Adventurer

‘Falmouth’s around the world’

Thursday 6th October

Major Time-Line Exhibition

6th to the 29th October

The Gallery

Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society

Church Street

F R E E

Friday 7th October

Last Chance

Falmouth Camera

Club

Atheneum Club

7:30pm

ALL WELCOME

Falmouth Karate and Sandoki Club

FREE self defence lessons (aged 16+)

7:00pm at Falmouth Sport Club

Princess Pavilion 4:30pm

Tickets £20

Wilko Johnson plus Ian Siegal,

Louis Elliot and Blues Connection.

Wilko Johnson, the phenomenal guitarist and founding member of Dr. Feelgood, who has influenced everyone from Joe Strummer, Mick Jones to Steve Albini, brings his solo band featuring Blockheads‟ Norman Watt-Roy (bass guitar), and Dylan Howe (drums). With very special guests including, Ian Siegel, rated by Mojo

magazine as “the cleverest writer and most magnetic performer of Blues in the UK.” In 2009, Mojo commended Siegal for recording the blues album of the year. Last year Siegal won Band of the Year at the 2010 British Blues Awards

Friday 7th October

Armed to the teeth with AV DJ technology, his patented blend of junk-jive, Charleston-funk and lindy-drop beats swept audiences into an ecstatic frenzy at Glastonbury and Electric Picnic and this night will be no exception. Join us to

celebrate the start of the 2011/12 Skank n Stomop rosta with our monochrome, bass-drop riot. “Taking the best 1930‟s and 1940s Bebop and Swing and fattening it up for the floor with crunching hip hop and breakbeats.” Club Pick of the Week, The Guardian.

Support form Skank n Stomp DJ‟s

A show to remember from TRIFLE GATHERING www.djkormac.com

Falmouth Rugby Club

Skank n Stomp Presents KORMAC

Electro Swing Fancy Dress

8:00pm to 2:00am

SKINNERS 350 Shanty Saturday

Midday to

4pm The Front Roger Bryant with

Rum and Shrub

5—6 pm Shipwrights Falmouth Shout

5—6 pm The Front Aberful Oggymen

8—9 pm Shipwrights Aberful Oggymen

8—9 pm The Front Falmouth Shout

Saturday 8th October

As part of the Falmouth 350 celebrations, residents have agreed to open the gardens to the public on October 8. On that day, be-tween 11am and 3pm, there will be several guided tours of the garden and people can just turn up - no pre-booking is necessary.

Arwenack House and Gardens

Falmouth Rugby Club

Falmouth -v-

Liskeard—Looe

Kick Off 2:30pm

Picture courtesy of the West Briton

Saturday 8th October

Princess Pavilion 3:00pm

Tickets £25

Robin Trower plus The Hamsters, Larry Miller, Bucket Boys and Blue on Black.

Formely of Truce, (featuring

Jack Bruce) Procol Harum and the

Fender Stratocaster's best

friend Robin Trower, one of the

greatest blues & rock guitarists, is

headlining Saturday. Joined by a

medley of talents including crowd

favourites, The Hamsters for

their final ever gig at the Pavilion

after much success on the road

(they're retiring!).

Events Square 4:00pm

„ Race On „

The Launch and Race of the two

boats built earlier in the week

THE BIG SING Falmouth Methodists Church

7:00pm £6 (children free with adult)

Plus Community Singing of Popular Cornish Songs and

the HALLELUJAH Chorus

“ All the King’s Men “

9th, 10th and 13th October

Sunday 9th October 2:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Falmouth Rugby Club

JIVE-A-THON

Charity Dance in aid of Neonatal Ward 6 hours of sponsored live dance

Free

Monday 10th October 7:00pm

The Poly Library

Poetry Group

ALL WELCOME

Free

14th October

10:00am to 4:00pm

WI Hall

Exhibition of Stamps

And Postcards

Everyone Welcome

SARAH NEWTON M.P

“From Squirearchy to Digital Democracy”

350 Years of

Parliamentary Representation

Tickets £3

The Poly 7:30pm

14th October

Sunday16th October

Ongoing Events

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Programme Design: Ruth Thomas Falmouth Town Council With Thanks to Anthony Robinson

Thanks to Our

Partners

Falmouth Town Council Falmouth Art Gallery

National Maritime Museum Cornwall

Sarah Newton MP(Con)

English Heritage at Pendennis Castle

Rory MacFee

Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society

Falmouth Karate

Falmouth Ambassadors All Falmouth Schools

Falmouth Methodists Church

Parish Church of King Charles the Martyr

Rotary Club of Falmouth Falmouth Town Centre Forum

Dracaena Centre Falmouth Rugby Club

Transition Falmouth King Harry Ferry Co.

Xgraphica Skinners Brewery

Falmouth Water Sports Centre

West Briton

Tim Light Killigrew Singers