Stockfest18 has over 40 events between 12th to 19th August.
Which will you attend?
To download the Stockfest18 brochure click HERE
Grand Opening Fete On The Glebe Field
Sunday 12th August 12 noon to 6pm
Dog Show sponsored by Oscar’s Dog Food
Date: 12th August
Time: 12 noon
Venue: Glebe Field
Tickets: £2 per category. To purchase your entry click HERE.
We are honoured to have Judge Karen Lincoln to judge our Dog Show.
Our pop-up pub Inn On The Glebe is open today from 12 noon to 6pm
Live Music from 12 noon
Raspo Steel Band – started in 1997 as a community project in Reading. This lively band has played at Womad, Olinda carnival Brazil and Notting Hill carnival.
Kennet Accordion Orchestra – a Kennet valley based band, An enthusiastic group of accordionists from Marlborough, Hungerford, Newbury and Swindon.
2pm Balloon Competition – £1 entry, pay on the day
3pm Tug Of War – £5 per team, pay on the day
Fun Fair, Hog Roast
Come and join the fun!
Monday 13th August
Ramble
Monday 13th August, 10am – 11am
Venue: The Inn On The Glebe, Glebe Field, Stockcross, RG20 8LP
Meet at the Inn On The Glebe for a 3 mile easy walk.
FREE EVENT
Gospel Choir
Date: 13th August
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: Stockcross Church, Stockcross, RG20 8LP
Tickets: £10 per adult. £5 Under 15s. To purchase your entry click HERE.
Limited tickets available so booking in advance is highly recommended!
Tickets on the door £12. £5 for children under 15 years.
The DMU Gospel Choir from Leicester sing gospel music. The choir consists of students, staff and alumni, You might have seen this talented choir on Songs Of Praise and the semi final of 2018 Britain’s Got Talent.
Our pop-up pub Inn On The Glebe is open today from 6pm to 10pm
Tuesday 14th August
Mural Painting
Tuesday 14th August, 10am – Noon
Venue: Post Office garden, Stockcross, RG20 8LP
Drop in and help paint a mural of the village with Simon Jardine.
FREE EVENT
Kids’ Pizza Making
Tuesday 14th August, 10am – Noon
Venue: The Sutton Hall, Church Raod, Stockcross, RG20 8LP
A chance for children to get ‘stuck in’ then take home their delicious pizza for tea..
FREE EVENT
Stockcross House Garden Tours
Book your ticket to tour this delightful two acre garden set around a Grade II listed former rectory (not open), with an emphasis on naturalistic planting. With romantic wisteria and clematis covered pergola, reflecting pond with folly, rich variety of roses, vegetable and cutting garden. Enjoy the Orangery with vines,pond with cascade and duck house and sculptural elements by local artists.
Pub Quiz
Date: 14th August
Venue: The Inn On The Glebe, Glebe Field, Stockcross, RG20 8LN
Time: 7.30pm
Tickets: £5 per team (teams of 4 max). To purchase your entry click HERE.
The Inn On the Glebe will be open from 6pm to 10pm. The Quiz starts at 7.30pm. Join the fun and pit your wits against the other quizzers!
Our pop-up pub Inn On The Glebe is open today from 6pm to 10pm
Wednesday 15th August
Come and Try Pilates
Date: 15th August
Time: 10.30am
Venue: The Sutton Hall, Stockcross, RG20 8LP
Tickets: £10. To purchase your entry click HERE. Hurry only 50 tickets available.
Your purchase price will be offset against any course purchased.
Gillian Frost is a qualified instructor of pure Pilates and been teaching classes in West Berkshire and South Oxfordshire for the past 16 years. Men and women of all ages are welcome. Pilates is practised by many sportsmen, dancers and singers.
The benefits include: Improved sleep: Better posture and balance: Leaner stronger muscles: A flatter tummy:Increased flexibility and mobility
Booking online and then phone confirmation is essential. Contact Gillian on 07981 362867.
Dogs Trust Tour, Talk & Tea
Date: 15th August
Venue: Dog’s Trust Reception, Dogs Trust, Plumb’s Farm, Hamstead Marshall, Newbury, RG20 0HR
Time: 11am
Tickets: £10 per adult. £5 Under 15s. To purchase your entry click HERE. Only 20 tickets available.
Time: 3pm
Tickets: £10 per adult. £5 Under 15s. To purchase your entry click HERE. Only 20 tickets available.
The ticket price includes a £5 donation to the Dogs Trust.
Founded in 1891 The Dogs Trust (formerly the NCDL) is the UK’s largest dog welfare charity and cares for over 15,000 dogs each year through its network of 20 rehoming centres in the UK.
Gardeners’ Question Time
Date: 15th August
Time: 2pm
Venue: The Sutton Hall, Stockcross, RG20 8LP
Tickets: £5. To purchase your entry click HERE. Limited tickets available so booking in advance is highly recommended!
Got a gardening question? Come along and ask our panel of experts.
Pop-Up Puccini
Date: 15th August
Venue: The Sutton Hall, Stockcross, Newbury, RG20 8LN
Time: 6pm
Tickets: £10 per adult. £5 Under 15s. To purchase your entry click HERE. £12 on the door. Limited tickets available so booking in advance is highly recommended!
As part of the Stockfest season, Kennet Opera’s chorus and soloists present a concert of great songs and choruses from Puccini’s masterpieces, including Tosca, Madame Butterfly, La Boheme and many more. (yes, of course, Nessun Dorma!)
A wonderful way to spend a summer evening!
The Inn on the Glebe is closed today but there will be a bar selling beers and wines at the Village Hall open 6pm – 10pm.
Thursday 16th August
Art Workshop With Max Hale: Build Your Creative Vision Using Mixed-Media
Date: 16th August
Venue: The Sutton Hall, Stockcross, Newbury, RG20 8LN
Time: 10am – 4pm
Tickets: £30. To purchase your entry click HERE. Hurry there are only 14 places.
Art workshop with Max Hale: Build your creative vision using mixed-media.
For adults of all abilities including beginners, booking essential.
An exciting day for artists to try more than one medium in their paintings. Almost any combination of medium can be used – acrylic paint, watercolour, crayon, soft pastel (not oil paint or oil pastels) ink, pen, pencil, charcoal. It will be a very useful session for those looking to break free from conformity or for beginners who wish to try out different mediums with expert tuition.
Further details and materials to bring click here.
Make Your Own Fascinator
Date: 16th August
Venue: Stockcross House Pavilion, Stockcross House, Stockcross, Newbury, RG20 8LN
Time: 10am
Tickets: £40. To purchase your entry click HERE. Hurry there are only 10 places.
Taught by Milliner Emma Moscow, in this workshop you will learn how to design and create your own Fascinator using various millinery techniques, such as sewing, rolling, steaming, shaping and trimming.
There will be a variety of materials available from which to make and trim your Fascinator but if you have any trimmings such as feathers or flowers that you particularly want to use then please bring them along.
Hurry – there are only 10 places so book soon!
Table Tennis
Thursday 16th August, 2pm – 4pm
Venue: The Sutton Hall, Church road, Stockcross, Newbury, RG20 8LP
Try your hand against a table tennis robot! Suitable for all ages.
FREE EVENT
Singing for the Terrified
Date: 16th August
Venue: The Sutton Hall, Church Road, Newbury, RG20 8LN
Time: 8pm
Tickets: £5 per adult. £2 Under 15s. To purchase your entry click HERE. Limited tickets available so booking in advance is highly recommended!
Jim MItchell has loved singing from choirboy days, and later led a double life with the BBC West of England singers on weekdays and as a cabaret artiste over weekends. He has taken leading roles (including Figaro) in most Mozart operas and in other repertoire, appearing with Bristol Opera School, Chameleon Opera and Opera Exchange. He is now Artistic Director of Opera Unmasked, a new organisation which aims to promote enjoyment and understanding of opera especially amongst younger people. Last year he directed his first production for the company, Hansel and Gretel.
Jim also appears regularly in a comedy duo ‘Two Blokes and a Piano’ and leads Singing for Fun groups.
Jim Mitchell will lead this fun session with everything from Gospel to West End Shows. No need to be able to read music,
Our pop-up pub Inn On The Glebe is open today from 6pm to 10pm
Friday 17th August
Tour of Benham Estate
A tour of Sutton Estates’ operations in and around Stockcross, by tractor and (covered) trailer. The morning will begin with tea and coffee at Richens Lodge, the Estate’s events venue on the bank of the River Kennet. The Estate Manager and team will then lead the tour around the Estate, outlining the challenges and opportunities associated with running a substantial and diverse rural business. The tour will include the topics of river management, arable and livestock farming, and commercial forestry.
There are two tours xxxx and xxx. Booking essential. Hurry as places are limited.
Acupuncture Talk
Date: 17th August
Venue: The Sutton Hall, Church Road, Newbury, RG20 8LN
Time: 10am
Tickets: £5. To purchase your entry click HERE. Limited tickets available so booking in advance is highly recommended!
Acupuncturist Carolyn Sykes talks about acupuncture, acupressure massage, mind and calm meditation
Picnic With Harps
Friday 17th August, 12.30pm – 2pm
Venue: The Croquet Lawn, Stockcross House, Stockcross, RG20 8LP
What better way to spend a summer day than to picnic on the croquet lawn of Stockcross House, listening to harp music. Wessex Harpers have appeared regularly at Stockfest and love playing in beautiful surroundings.
Wessex harpers come from all over the south-east, from Suffolk, Hertfordshire, Oxfordshire as well as Hampshire and Berkshire. They perform regularly at lunch clubs and in care homes as well as festivals and fetes. A highlight of each year is the Carols with Harps which takes place in Tadley on the first Saturday in December.
FREE EVENT
Classic Film – Hitchcock’s North By Northwest
Date: 17th August
Venue: The Sutton Hall, Church Road, Stockcross, RG20 8LN
Time: 7pm
Tickets: £5. To purchase your entry click HERE. Limited tickets available so booking in advance is highly recommended!
Tickets on the door £7
Our pop-up pub Inn On The Glebe is open today from 6pm to 10pm
Saturday 18th August
History Walk
Saturday 18th August, 10am – 11am
Venue: The Sutton Hall, Stockcross, RG20 8LP
Learn about the history of Stockcross during a gentle walk around the village
FREE EVENT
Dog Walk
Saturday 18th August, 10am – 11am
Venue: The Sutton Hall, Church Road, Stockcross, RG20 8LP
Join us for a stroll along a route suitable for well-behaved dogs.
FREE EVENT
Fun Bootcamp
Saturday 18th August, 10am – 11am
Venue: Croquet Lawn, Stockcross House, Stockcross, RG20 8LP
Run by Lee Busby of Berkshire Fitness and Wellbeing. Suitable for all ages.
FREE EVENT
The Inn on the Glebe
Saturday 18th August, 12pm – 10pm
Venue: The Inn On The Glebe, Glebe Field, Stockcross, RG20 8LN
Car Boot Sale
Date: 18th August
Venue: Glebe Field, Stockcross, Newbury, RG20 8LN
Time: 11.30pm – 2pm
Pitch: £6 per car. To purchase your pitch click HERE.
FREE EVENT FOR VISITORS
Come along a grab a bargain at our Car Boot Sale.
If you would like to book a pitch click HERE. Cost £5.00 per car. You can also pay on the day.
Ave a go with Arty
Saturday 18th August, 1.30 pm – 3pm
Venue: Glebe Field, Stockcross, Newbury, RG20 8LN
Drop in children’s art workshop with Arty Pumpkin
Tickets: £3 per child. Purchase tickets HERE.
Grand Action
Saturday 18th August, 2pm
Venue: Glebe Field, Stockcross, Newbury, RG20 8LN
Come and join Auctioneer Stewart Hofgartner, as seen on “Real Deals” in our Auction of exceptionally good quality items, hampers and vouchers.
To bid in advance visit our Auction page HERE or come along and bid in person on the day.
FREE EVENT
Jazz On The Glebe
Date: 18th August
Venue: Glebe Field, Stockcross, Newbury, RG20 8LN
Time: Doors open 5pm
Ticket: £5.00 per person. To purchase click HERE.
Tickets on the day £7
6pm-8pm Teddy White Band
8pm – 10pm Hot Swing Gentlemen
Feel free to bring your own picnic or buy food for sale from various vendors on the Glebe
Our pop-up pub Inn On The Glebe is open today from 12 noon to 10pm
Sunday 19th August
The Glebe Field will open at 11am for those who want to exhibit their classic cars or bikes and at 12 noon for visitors.
Classic Car Show
Date: 19th August
Venue: Glebe Field, Stockcross, Newbury, RG20 8LN
Time: 12 noon
Ticket: £5.00 per car or bike. To purchase click HERE.
The Rare Breed Tour is organised in association with the MG Car Club MGA Twin Cam Group and MG Car Club MGA Register. All marques and ages of car and bikes are welcome.
The event is free for visitors to attend.
Drop-In Children’s Art Workshop
Date: 19th August
Venue: Glebe Field, Stockcross, Newbury, RG20 8LN
Time: 12 noon
Ticket: £3.00 per car or bike. To purchase click HERE.
This art workshop is run by talented art workshop Simon Jardine. Open between 2pm to 4pm so come and have some fun at a time that suits you.
12 noon Afternoon Party
With the Inn on the Glebe, food stalls (hot, cold, afternoon teas), crafts and gift stalls, both on the Glebe and in the Sutton Hall. You’re welcome to picnic.
The Rare Breeds Car Tour should start returning from about 12.30pm.
12 noon – 5pm
Stockcross House. open gardens and fairy trail for children
Art exhibition in the Church
Live Music from 1.30pm
- Finisterre – an eclectic mix of genres, covers and originals
- MisSpent Ulkes – Newbury’s own fun 4-piece ukulele band
2 – 4pm
Drop-in children’s art workshop with Simon Jardine
4.30 – 5.30pm
Happy hour at the Inn On the Glebe and raffle draw
5.30 – 10pm
Farewell to Stockfest18
A welcome return to the superb Chicago 9. Come and dance the evening away till….
10pm last orders at Inn On The Glebe
Our pop-up pub Inn On The Glebe is open today from 12 noon to 10pm