Priory Arts Presents – ‘Threads Through Creation’
‘Threads through Creation’ is a community festival based around 12 amazing embroidered panels by Jacqui Parkinson.
Organised by Priory Arts on behalf of Leominster Priory, the celebration seeks to be inclusive, inviting those who visit to develop their own response to the art work and supporting activities.
The programme has been developed in collaboration with a wide variety of local community groups, institutions and schools from Leominster and the surrounding area.
Listed below are a selection of concerts, workshops and events in Leominster that you can join in with.
You can now book for our events by following the links to Ticketsource or by purchasing tickets from the Tourist Information Centre in Corn Square, Leominster. So scroll down and see if there’s anything that inspires you to be a part of this great celebration of creativity in our community.
Craft Workshop with ECHO
6th June 2024 ‘Let’s Create’ Café with ECHO – 10.30-12.30 Location: The Priory Church, Leominster Free, no booking necessary, donations welcome, refreshments available. In the beginning..... Free craft workshop on circular weaving with the weavers from ECHO. ECHO is an independent, Herefordshire-based charity with 230 members and
Birmingham Philharmonic
9th June 2024. Leominster Festival presents the Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra– 7.30pm Location: The Priory Church, Leominster Booking is done through the Leominster Festival website. Refreshments available. Conducted by Michael Lloyd the BPO presents a programme that will include Scottish Dances by Arnold, Irish Rhapsody by Stanford, Land
Craft Workshop with ECHO
13th June 2024 ‘Let’s Create’ Café with ECHO – 10.30-12.30 Location: The Priory Church, Leominster Free, no booking necessary, donations welcome, refreshments available. Free craft workshop with ECHO. Let There Be Light - Use shadow puppets and light to make a stop motion film. ECHO is an
‘Celebrating Creation’ Schools Concert
13th June 2024. Schools Concert – 4.30pm Location: The Priory Church, Leominster Free. Refreshments available. 250 children from local schools will present a performance of dance and song ‘Celebrating Creation’ with acclaimed violinist, Julia Bishop, organist and pianist, Hilary Norris, and choreographer, Enid Gill. The performance will
Talk & Workshop with Janelle Quitman
14th June 2024 Talk and Workshop with Janelle Quitman – 11.00-12.30Location: The Priory Church, Leominster£5.00, refreshments included. Book your tickets online at Ticketsource.Bringing nature into your home, short talk and workshop with Janelle Quitman (expert flower-arranger). Learn how to make a bouquet garni and how to use common garden
Creative Collaborations Concert
14th June 2024 Creative Collaborations Concert – 7pm Location: The Priory Church, Leominster Tickets: Click here to book your tickets for this event ‘Creative Collaboration’ Concert celebrating the work of local folklorist Ella Mary Leather and Ralph Vaughan Williams featuring acclaimed violinist Julia Bishop, Hilary Norris playing the
The Big Stitch Up
15th June 2024 Leominster Fun Day and Big Stitch Up – 10-4pm Location: The Priory Church, Leominster Free, no booking necessary, donations welcome, refreshments available. Stitching and weaving activities on the theme of creation for all age groups, in collaboration with Leominster Quilters, the Stitched Atlas Group
Craft Workshop with ECHO
20th June 2024 ‘Let’s Create’ Café with ECHO – 10.30-12.30 Location: The Priory Church, Leominster Free, no booking necessary, donations welcome, refreshments available. Free craft workshop with ECHO. Water of Life. Join us for oil painting on water to make a bookmark or a sensory bottle filled
Border Voices Concert
23rd June 2024 Border Voices Concert – 7pm Location: The Priory Church, Leominster More information to follow soon
Craft Workshop with ECHO
27th June 2024 ‘Let’s Create’ Café with ECHO – 10.30-12.30 Location: The Priory Church, Leominster Free, no booking necessary, donations welcome, refreshments available. Free craft workshop with ECHO. Earths Garden. Plant seeds, make your own bug hotel, make patterns in our Zen Garden. ECHO is an independent,
Talk on People & Permaculture
28th June 2024 Talk with Chris Evans – 7 - 8.30pm Location: The Priory Church, Leominster Tickets: £5.00, refreshments available. Click here to book your tickets on Ticketsource Looby Macnamara and Chris Evans, of Applewood Permaculture Centre, have dedicated their lifetime's work to developing and sharing regenerative
Family Creations on the Green
29th June 2024 Family Activities – 12.30 - 3.30pm Starting Point: The Priory Church, Leominster Free event. Bring the whole family and join community artist Olivia Mabey in creating a collaborative artwork to hang alongside the Threads Through Creation exhibit. Come with your picnic in tow and
Riverside Walk
30th June 2024 Riverside Walk – 2.30pm Starting Point: The Priory Church, Leominster Walk is 4 miles long and will last approximately 2.5 hrs and will be led by Pete Blench and Felicity Norman of Walkers are Welcome. There are just 20 places for this walk and
Haydn’s Creation Concert
30th June 2024 Haydn's Creation Concert – 7pm Location: The Priory Church, Leominster Tickets: Available from the Leominster Choral Society Website. Haydn’s Creation with Leominster Choral Society and Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra Leominster Choral Society perform Haydn’s Creation with the Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra in Leominster’s stunning Priory church. Jacqui
Celebrating Creation Walk
2nd July 2024 Creation Walk – 10am Starting Point: The Priory Church, Leominster Walk will last approximately 1 hr and will be led by Pete Blench and Felicity Norman of Walkers are Welcome. Free. donations to Walkers are Welcome Starting at the Priory Church porch, the walk
David Briggs Organ Recital
3rd July 2024 David Briggs Organ Recital – 7pm Location: The Priory Church, Leominster Tickets: £15.00 Click here to book tickets on Ticketsource. Celebrity Organ Recital featuring David Briggs' transcription of Mussorgsky’s ‘ Pictures at an Exhibition’ and improvisations inspired by plainchant sung by Leominster Priory Choir
Craft Workshop with ECHO
4th July 2024 ‘Let’s Create’ Café with ECHO – 10.30-12.30 Location: The Priory Church, Leominster Free, no booking necessary, donations welcome, refreshments available. Free craft workshop with ECHO. Reflections in Nature. Celebrate reflections in nature by making symmetry paintings and nature collages. ECHO is an independent, Herefordshire-based
Herefordshire Folk Now
5th July 2024 – 7pm Location: The Priory Church, Leominster Tickets: Click here to book your tickets for this event In collaboration with the Leominster Museum a concert A celebration of the living folk traditions in Herefordshire featuring Leominster Morris, Fetch Theatre and the Mummer’s Boys celebrating
Deanery Choral Evensong
7th July 2024 Celebrating Creativity in our Community – 6pm Location: The Priory Church, Leominster Evening service with the Rural Dean Revd Mark Long and featuring local choirs. Free Join us for a beautiful choral service including Stanford’s Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in C, Joubert’s O Lorde, the
Workshop: Practical Introduction to the Gamelan
8th July 2024 Workshop: Practical Introduction to the Gamelan – 7pm Location: The Priory Church, Leominster Tickets: £10.00 Click here to book your tickets on Ticketsource 'A practical introduction to the Javanese Gamelan Orchestra' led by Pete Smith. Pete Smith discovered gamelan as a music student at York University.
Craft Workshop with ECHO
11th July 2024 ‘Let’s Create’ Café with ECHO – 10.30-12.30 Location: The Priory Church, Leominster Free, no booking necessary, donations welcome, refreshments available. Free craft workshop with ECHO. Animal Patterns - Make your own ink stamper with animal patterns and travel over our floor art to show
Talk & Workshop with Janelle Quitman
12th July 2024 Talk and Workshop with Janelle Quitman – 2.00-3.30pm Location: The Priory Church, Leominster £5, refreshments included. You Click to book your tickets for this event on Ticketsource Bringing nature into your home, short talk and workshop with Janelle Quitman. Learn how to attract pollinators
Gamelan Concert
13th July 2024 Gamelan Concert – 7pm Location: The Priory Church, Leominster Tickets: £15.00 More info on booking coming soon. Gamelan; Music and Dance from the palaces and villages of Java with the Oxford Gamelan Society and dancer, Andrea Rutkowski. The Oxford Gamelan set used for this concert
Celebratory Service
14th July 2024 Celebrating Creativity in our Community – 4pm Location: The Priory Church, Leominster Celebrating Creativity in Our Community – a service of thanksgiving for all. Join members of local choirs including Choral Diversity, Leominster Priory Choir, Lion Choir, Leominster Choral Society, Birchpole Singers, and Leominster Community
Stained Glass Workshop with Rob Walker
15th July 2024 ‘Patches of Light’ Workshop – 7pm Location: The Priory Church, Leominster Tickets: £8 refreshments available. Click here to book your tickets on Ticketsource Patches of Light – Stained-glass expert Rob Walker will give a short talk (30 mins) about the depiction of Creation in
Reforesting the Soul
16th July 2024 Reforesting the Soul 9.30-12.30 Location: The Priory Church, Leominster Free, no booking necessary, donations welcome. Reforesting the Soul, Quiet Morning Local writer and priest Canon Dr Andrew Mayes leads a reflective walk in the Priory churchyard and environs, with meditations beneath significant trees. 9.30am -
Craft Workshop with ECHO
18th July 2024 ‘Let’s Create’ Café with ECHO – 10.30-12.30 Location: The Priory Church, Leominster Free, no booking necessary, donations welcome, refreshments available. Free craft workshop with ECHO - Make an angel – choice of designs and materials, with plenty of scope for your own ideas. ECHO
