Event Calendar
Here is our full calendar of upcoming events (excluding private hires) - we update the calendar regularly so please check back or join our mailing list to stay up-to-date!
Event Listings
BINGO NIGHT!
📣 BINGO NIGHT – But Make It Musical! 🎶🎤
Join the FRIENDS OF HORNINGSHAM PRIMARY SCHOOL for an unforgettable Musical Bingo Night packed with hits from the 1990s to 2010s! Get ready to sing, dance, and play along for a night of nostalgia and fun.
⏰ Doors Open: 7 PM | Games Start: 8 PM
💷 Entry: 4 Rounds for £10 (Table Snacks Included!)
👗 Dress Code: Vintage outfits optional – but highly encouraged!
🎟 Plus, enjoy a Bar & Raffle with exciting prizes!
Hosted by Ryan Widdows, this is a night you won’t want to miss. Grab your friends, bring your best music knowledge, and let’s play some Musical Bingo! 🎶✨
BOOK NOW: pay.sumup.com/b2c/QO6IUS5T
Swiss Ball Exercise Class
Want to get fit?
Suffer from poor core strength, balance or back pain? Want to do something fun and social at the same time? Join Sam’s new weekly ‘Swiss Ball Exercise Class’ at 9am at Horningsham Village Hall.
The class costs £5 and lasts 45min. All levels welcome as I can tailor/adjust the exercises to people’s individual capabilities.
WELLBEING TUESDAYS
Community exercise and yoga classes - open to all. Part of our Tuesday wellbeing focus - GET HORNINGSHAM MOVING!
RURAL VOICES - Katie Hastings (the Gaia Foundation)
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Welcome to Rural Voices, our new monthly series of carefully curated talks served with a full cooked breakfast!
Get your weekend off to a fantastic start - arrive at 9am for a delicious home-cooked breakfast made with locally sourced produce from September House smallholding, Till Valley Eggs and more (vegetarian/vegan/gluten free options available). Then, whilst you drink a cup of fresh-ground coffee, enjoy a talk exploring our theme of Rural Creative Communities. We are inviting a range of fascinating speakers including farmers, writers, artists, historians and much more - many of them local - who all share an interest in rural communities and the many varied ways we can find collective strength and resilience.
In April, we'll be joined by the Gaia Foundation who will bring members of their Seed Sovereignty team - hot on the heels of opening an incredible exhibition about food and farming in Bristol as part of their We Feed the UK project. Heading up the talk will be the Wales Seed Sovereignty coordinator Katie Hastings. Katie has been working with her rebel grain network Llafur Ni over several years, to rediscover and grow rare oat seeds across a patchwork of Welsh farms. This project connects modern farmers to ancient grains, in collaborations that include herbalists, chefs, musicians and more, all committed to preserving and nurturing biological and cultural (bio-cultural) diversity which is one of the core aims of the Gaia Foundation. We are over the moon to be welcoming these stories and conversations to Rural Voices.
Please arrive promptly at 9am for breakfast, the talk will begin at 9.45am.
N.B. Our original speaker for April, Merlin Labron-Johnson, has had an urgent situation come up and unfortunately needed to postpone his talk until the summer months. When we confirm the revised date we will share this with everyone who has booked for this talk before advertising it more widely!
BOOK NOW!
Use the booking form below. Tickets are just £12.50 (discounted to £10 for Horningsham residents - use the discount code 'horningsham' at check out).
All profits go to the Village Hall Regeneration Fund.
If you need any help with booking please contact cherry@horningshamvillagehall.com
Swiss Ball Exercise Class
Want to get fit?
Suffer from poor core strength, balance or back pain? Want to do something fun and social at the same time? Join Sam’s new weekly ‘Swiss Ball Exercise Class’ at 9am at Horningsham Village Hall.
The class costs £5 and lasts 45min. All levels welcome as I can tailor/adjust the exercises to people’s individual capabilities.
WELLBEING TUESDAYS
Community exercise and yoga classes - open to all. Part of our Tuesday wellbeing focus - GET HORNINGSHAM MOVING!
Swiss Ball Exercise Class
Want to get fit?
Suffer from poor core strength, balance or back pain? Want to do something fun and social at the same time? Join Sam’s new weekly ‘Swiss Ball Exercise Class’ at 9am at Horningsham Village Hall.
The class costs £5 and lasts 45min. All levels welcome as I can tailor/adjust the exercises to people’s individual capabilities.
WELLBEING TUESDAYS
Community exercise and yoga classes - open to all. Part of our Tuesday wellbeing focus - GET HORNINGSHAM MOVING!
Swiss Ball Exercise Class
Want to get fit?
Suffer from poor core strength, balance or back pain? Want to do something fun and social at the same time? Join Sam’s new weekly ‘Swiss Ball Exercise Class’ at 9am at Horningsham Village Hall.
The class costs £5 and lasts 45min. All levels welcome as I can tailor/adjust the exercises to people’s individual capabilities.
WELLBEING TUESDAYS
Community exercise and yoga classes - open to all. Part of our Tuesday wellbeing focus - GET HORNINGSHAM MOVING!
Swiss Ball Exercise Class
Want to get fit?
Suffer from poor core strength, balance or back pain? Want to do something fun and social at the same time? Join Sam’s new weekly ‘Swiss Ball Exercise Class’ at 9am at Horningsham Village Hall.
The class costs £5 and lasts 45min. All levels welcome as I can tailor/adjust the exercises to people’s individual capabilities.
Thai Night
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An evening of Thai Food cooked by the legendary Puk Oborne of the Thai Kitchen
Saturday 26th April
6:30 for 7pm at Horningsham Village Hall
3 courses for £25 (£15 for children)
with a bar serving wine, beer and soft drinks
All profits will be shared between Horningsham Village Hall, Horningsham News and Cricket Club
WELLBEING TUESDAYS
Community exercise and yoga classes - open to all. Part of our Tuesday wellbeing focus - GET HORNINGSHAM MOVING!
Rural Voices with Kate Genever
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RURAL VOICES with Kate Genever - "A Farmer and An Artist: drawing on the land"
31st May 2025
Welcome to Rural Voices, our monthly series of carefully curated talks served with a full cooked breakfast!
Get your weekend off to a fantastic start - arrive at 9am for a delicious home-cooked breakfast (vegetarian/vegan/gluten free options available) made with locally sourced produce. We work with what is seasonally available, so alongside bacon & sausages from Horningsham’s own September House smallholding, we have also used produce from Pythouse Farm, Till Valley Eggs, Moonacre Farm, Vallis Veg, White Row Farm and Ivy House Dairy. Whilst you enjoy a cup of fresh-ground coffee, we will lay on a talk exploring our theme of 'creative and resilient rural communities'. We are inviting a range of fascinating and eclectic speakers including farmers, writers, artists, historians and much more - many of them local - who are collectively weaving an amazing narrative tapestry about rural life and resilience.
This month's speaker is farmer and artist Kate Genever, an artist and farmer based in South Lincolnshire but with family roots in Frome and Longleat. As a farmer, alongside her family, she runs a traditional mixed farm of suckler cows, sheep and combinable crops.
For Rural Voices, Kate invites you to join her in a conversation about how drawing can be central to both art and farming. Kate uses drawing to try to make sense of the world. She sees it as more than a technique – rather a way of revealing our deep connections with the world of materials, nature and each other. With rural and coastal communities, Kate has used drawing and creativity as a way of envisioning responses to immediate problems, supporting people, communities and organisations to imagine and shape the future
Please arrive promptly at 9am for breakfast, the talk will begin at 9.45am.
BOOK NOW! Tickets are £12.50 or £10 for Horningsham residents (use discount code 'horningsham' at checkout) - All profits go to the Village Hall Regeneration Fund.
If you need any help with booking please contact cherry@horningshamvillagehall.com
Rural Voices with Merlin Labron-Johnson
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RURAL VOICES with Merlin Labron Johnson
5th July 2025
Welcome to Rural Voices, our monthly series of carefully curated talks served with a full cooked breakfast!
Get your weekend off to a fantastic start - arrive at 9am for a delicious home-cooked breakfast (vegetarian/vegan/gluten free options available) made with locally sourced produce. We work with what is seasonally available, so alongside bacon & sausages from Horningsham’s own September House smallholding, we have also used produce from Pythouse Farm, Till Valley Eggs, Moonacre Farm, Vallis Veg, White Row Farm and Ivy House Dairy. Whilst you enjoy a cup of fresh-ground coffee, we will lay on a talk exploring our theme of 'creative and resilient rural communities'. We are inviting a range of fascinating and eclectic speakers including farmers, writers, artists, historians and much more - many of them local - who are collectively weaving an amazing narrative tapestry about rural life and resilience.
This month's speaker is chef and owner of Michelin-starred restaurant Osip (Bruton), Merlin Labron Johnson. He will be in conversation with food artist Cherry Truluck about locally sourced food and the 'farm-to-table' ethos.
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ABOUT MERLIN LABRON JOHNSON:
Raised in Devon, England, Merlin worked in Michelin starred restaurants all over the world before becoming sous chef to Kobe Desramaults at legendary restaurant 'In de Wulf' in rural Belgium. While Merlin was there, In de Wulf was voted 'Best restaurant in Europe' by OAD and also featured on numerous 'world's best restaurant' lists.
In 2014 Merlin moved back to the UK to launch 'Portland' restaurant to great critical acclaim, earning the restaurant a Michelin star within 9 months of opening at the age of 24. A year later he launched 'Clipstone', a neighbourhood restaurant in Fitzrovia which won the title of 'restaurant of the year' at the GQ awards as well as numerous 5 star reviews from critics such as AA Gill, Tom Parker Bowles and Jay Rayner. In 2018 Merlin devoted his year to working with charities such as Help Refugees, Food For Soul and the Felix Project and was subsequently included in Forbes '30 Under 30' list for Europe as well the Code's '30 under 30' list for Hospitality for the UK.
Osip opened in Bruton in 2019 and moved to a larger and more rural location nearby in 2024.
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Please arrive promptly at 9am for breakfast, the talk will begin at 9.45am.
BOOK NOW! Tickets are £12.50 or £10 for Horningsham residents (use promo code 'horningsham' at checkout) - All profits go to the Village Hall Regeneration Fund.
If you need any help with booking please contact cherry@horningshamvillagehall.com
Rural Voices with Dr Tom Lewis
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A YEAR FOLLOWING THE WILDLIFE ON LONGLEAT ESTATE
After arriving at Longleat at the end of 2023 Tom spent 2024 getting to know the wildlife found all over the estate. From following a family of beavers as they create a biodiversity oasis around their incredible system of dams and pools, to surveying the estate for bats and getting familar with the birds and other animals that call the farmland, woods and parkland home it was a fasinating year. Tom will take you on a tour of all things, large and small, showing you some of the incredible wildlife that call the estate home but also some of the wildlife we are missing.
Dr Tom Lewis is a conservation biologist with a PhD in Conservation Biology from the University of Sheffield, an MSc in Endangered Species Recovery and Conservation from Nottingham Trent University and a BSc in Biological Sciences from the University of Southampton. His doctoral research focused on using bioacoustics and direct monitoring to improve assessments of threatened species in tropical regions. He started his career bird ringing with the BTO in Berkshire, but since then, he has worked on projects in Mauritius, Sao Tome, and Costa Rica. At the end of 2023, Tom moved to Frome and has been leading Longleat's Conservation and Research programmes.
Rural Voices - Teffont Archaeology
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RURAL VOICES with Teffont Archaeology - THE CHALKE VALLEY ROMAN VILLA: A COMMUNITY ARCHAEOLOGY PROJECT
4th October 2025
Welcome to Rural Voices, our monthly series of carefully curated talks served with a full cooked breakfast!
Get your weekend off to a fantastic start - arrive at 9am for a delicious home-cooked breakfast (vegetarian/vegan/gluten free options available) made with locally sourced produce. We work with what is seasonally available, so alongside bacon & sausages from Horningsham’s own September House smallholding, we have also used produce from Pythouse Farm, Till Valley Eggs, Moonacre Farm, Vallis Veg, White Row Farm and Ivy House Dairy. Whilst you enjoy a cup of fresh-ground coffee, we will lay on a talk exploring our theme of 'creative and resilient rural communities'. We are inviting a range of fascinating and eclectic speakers including farmers, writers, artists, historians and much more - many of them local - who are collectively weaving an amazing narrative tapestry about rural life and resilience.
This month's speakers are Dr Denise Wilding and Dr David Roberts, co-founders of Teffont Archeology which began in 2008 as a research project collaborating with the local community in Teffont and has grown into a major archaeological research effort. In recent years their scope has expanded to cover Roman sites across South-West Wiltshire, including widespread geophysical surveys, recording legacy metal-detected finds collections, and the excavation of Iron Age and Roman settlements at Coombe Bissett, and a Roman villa in the Chalke Valley.
Denise and David will be talking to us about the Chalke Valley Roman Villa, their most recent project in which their excavation - conducted with the support of community volunteers - uncovered the remains of an amazing main villa, a bath house and a large barn. They will be able to tell us about the history of the site, the amazing luxury that the villa and bath house afforded its Roman residents, with painted plaster on the walls and a mosaic on the villa floor and they will also talk about the process of working on a community dig!
Please arrive promptly at 9am for breakfast, the talk will begin at 9.45am.
BOOK NOW! Tickets are £12.50 or £10 for Horningsham residents (use promo code 'horningsham' at checkout) - All profits go to the Village Hall Regeneration Fund.
If you need any help with booking please contact cherry@horningshamvillagehall.com
WELLBEING TUESDAYS
Community exercise and yoga classes - open to all. Part of our Tuesday wellbeing focus - GET HORNINGSHAM MOVING!
Swiss Ball Exercise Class
Want to get fit?
Suffer from poor core strength, balance or back pain? Want to do something fun and social at the same time? Join Sam’s new weekly ‘Swiss Ball Exercise Class’ at 9am at Horningsham Village Hall.
The class costs £5 and lasts 45min. All levels welcome as I can tailor/adjust the exercises to people’s individual capabilities.
WELLBEING TUESDAYS
Community exercise and yoga classes - open to all. Part of our Tuesday wellbeing focus - GET HORNINGSHAM MOVING!
WELLBEING TUESDAYS
Community exercise and yoga classes - open to all. Part of our Tuesday wellbeing focus - GET HORNINGSHAM MOVING!
Swiss Ball Exercise Class
Want to get fit?
Suffer from poor core strength, balance or back pain? Want to do something fun and social at the same time? Join Sam’s new weekly ‘Swiss Ball Exercise Class’ at 9am at Horningsham Village Hall.
The class costs £5 and lasts 45min. All levels welcome as I can tailor/adjust the exercises to people’s individual capabilities.
WELLBEING TUESDAYS
Community exercise and yoga classes - open to all. Part of our Tuesday wellbeing focus - GET HORNINGSHAM MOVING!
Swiss Ball Exercise Class
Sam is back with a second community wellbeing offering!
Want to get fit?
Suffer from poor core strength, balance or back pain? Want to do something fun and social at the same time? Join Sam’s new weekly ‘Swiss Ball Exercise Class’ starting on Saturday 1st March at 9am at Horningsham Village Hall.
The class costs £5 and lasts 45min. All levels welcome as I can tailor/adjust the exercises to people’s individual capabilities.
RURAL VOICES - Dr Andrew Pickering
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Welcome to Rural Voices, our new monthly series of carefully curated talks served with a full cooked breakfast!
Get your weekend off to a fantastic start - arrive at 9am for a delicious home-cooked breakfast made with locally sourced produce from September House smallholding, Till Valley Eggs and more (vegetarian/vegan/gluten free options available). Then, whilst you drink a cup of fresh-ground coffee, enjoy a talk exploring our theme of Rural Creative Communities. We are inviting a range of fascinating speakers including farmers, writers, artists, historians and much more - many of them local - who all share an interest in rural communities and the many varied ways we can find collective strength and resilience.
Our speaker for March is historian Dr Andrew Pickering who has lived in Selwood Forest for over 30 years, initially in Frome and more recently in Bruton. He is a University of Plymouth associate lecturer and the author of a wide range of papers and books including The Witches of Selwood: Witchcraft Belief and Accusation in Seventeenth-Century Somerset (The Hobnob Press, 2023). He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the Chairman of the Bruton Museum Society.
Please arrive promptly at 9am for breakfast, the talk will begin at 9.45am.
BOOK NOW!
Use the booking form below. Tickets are just £12.50 (discounted to £10 for Horningsham residents - use the discount code 'horningsham' at check out).
All profits go to the Village Hall Regeneration Fund.
If you need any help with booking please contact cherry@horningshamvillagehall.com
WELLBEING TUESDAYS
Community exercise and yoga classes - open to all. Part of our Tuesday wellbeing focus!
WELLBEING TUESDAYS
Community exercise and yoga classes - open to all. Part of our Tuesday wellbeing focus !
WELLBEING TUESDAYS
Community exercise and yoga classes - open to all. Part of our Tuesday wellbeing focus!
WELLBEING TUESDAYS
Community exercise and yoga classes - open to all. Part of our Tuesday wellbeing focus!
THE BIG SPRING CLEAN
Please come and help out with our "Big Spring Clean". We are going empty out all the cupboards, sort through the jumble that has accumulated over the years, scrub, steam clean, mend things and generally get the hall ship shape, ready for the coming year. There will be Tea/Coffee/Soft Drinks and Cake available all day and lots of chatty tea breaks for helpful volunteers! It would be great to see you there! 🙂
Rural Voices - Breakfast Talk with Dr Olivia Chapple
A new series of talks served alongside a full English breakfast!
WELLBEING TUESDAYS
Community exercise and yoga classes - open to all. Part of our Tuesday wellbeing focus!
WELLBEING TUESDAYS
Community exercise and yoga classes - open to all. Part of our Tuesday wellbeing focus - GET HORNINGSHAM MOVING!
Become A Friend of the Hall
We are keen to grow the Horningsham Village Hall community so if you’d like to be involved, please sign up below.