Jazz night, symphony orchestra and the beer will be flowing!
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Chichester Jazz Club are promising a fascinating insight into the jazz of Dudley Moore through the playing of The Chris Ingham Quartet on Friday, March 15.
The quartet features Chris Ingham – piano, Paul Higgs – trumpet, Geoff Gascoyne – bass and George Double – drums.
Club spokeswoman Melissa Hauffe said: “The beloved comic actor Dudley Moore (1935-2002) was also one of the UK’S most dazzling, swinging jazz pianists and a composer of wit and depth.
“Following their acclaimed Hoagy project, the Chris Ingham Quartet revisit Moore’s Music on their own new CD Dudley, with sounds from the fabulous 1960s Decca jazz albums, the TV show Not Only But Also (196570) and the brilliant movie soundtracks for Bedazzled and 30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia.”
The club meets at The Pallant Suite, Freemason’s Hall, 7 South Pallant, Chichester, PO19 1SY. Admission £15 for guests, £8 for members. Students enjoy a special entry price of £5, but this reduces to £3 for student members. Student membership costs £5. For guests only, advance tickets can be bought at Chichester Tourist Information Centre, The Novium, Tower Street – 01243 775888 or www. novium.org/boxoffice.
More information about the Club can be found at www. chichesterjazzclub.co.uk. Doors open 6.45pm, music starts at 7.45pm. Licensed bar. Free parking nearby.
First Bognor Beerfest
Bognor Beerfest – the firstever large-scale beer festival to be held in Bognor Regis – is being organised by residents Jamie Boyle, Jason Dalton and Darren Judd.
They hope it will become an annual event to promote cask real ales and ciders within the town.
The inaugural 2019 event is taking place from March 29-31 at the Gordon Centre, Canada Grove and will comprise five sessions in total, the first four of which are by ticket entry: Friday afternoon 12-5pm; Friday evening 6-11.30pm; Saturday afternoon 12-5pm; Saturday evening 6-11.30pm; Sunday afternoon from 12 noon (drink-up session, free entry).
There will be approximately 32 different cask ales and ten different ciders to be enjoyed with some live music. Food will also be available.
For further information and tickets: Dog & Duck
Ale & Cider House, Norfolk Street (running from the west end of the High Street to the seafront) Bognor Regis. Telephone: 01243 827963.
Or visit the Facebook page: https://en-gb.facebook.com/ dogduckbognor/
Tickets can also be bought online at Eventbrite: Bognor Beer Festival: https://www. eventbrite.co.uk/e/bognorregis-beer-festival-2019tickets-54760017687
Climate change
Chichester Skeptics will be tackling the topic of climate change at Chichester’s Chichester Inn on March 19 at 7.30pm (entry £3).
Group spokesman Andrew Edmondson said: “Our March event should fill the house.
“Scientists predict unprecedented climatic changes over the next 100 years and a British landscape which will be significantly altered. Despite this many people remain sceptical of the underlying science and even of scientists themselves.
“In this talk, Mark
Hardiman attempts to bust common climate change myths and misunderstandings and considers how scientists may improve the public communication of future climate change.
“Mark Hardiman is a physical geographer who researches past environmental and climatic change, including specialisms in wildfire and volcanic histories. Although Mark’s research is focused on the past, he is very much interested in the unprecedented climatic changes likely to occur in the near future, and in particular how the British landscape which will be altered.”
Symphony Orchestra
Chichester Symphony Orchestra offer a spring concert on March 23.
Spokeswoman Jill Hooker said: “Our family concert back in January was a great success. It was well attended at Westbourne House School, and the audience was totally engaged with their Afternoon at the Movies.
“Our next concert is completely different, with a programme of Mozart La Clemenza Di Tito Overture, Handel Concerto Grosso op 3 No.1, and Dag Wiren’s String Serenade in the first half, and then Bach’s Wachet Auf Chorale Prelude and Haydn’s Clock Symphony (no. 101) in the second half.
“The concert is at St Paul’s Church in Chichester at 7.30pm and tickets are available from the Novium box office, Ticket Source, or on the door on the night for £12, with students £5 and under-16s free.”
Sussex Beer Festival
The 29th Sussex Beer and Cider Festival will be held at Brighton Racecourse, Freshfield Road, Brighton on March 22 and 23.
Spokesman Peter Mitchell said: “There will be an excellent selection of nearly 140 real ales from local breweries plus others from around the country.
“Cider and perry lovers are not forgotten with an interesting range available.
“Tickets are on sale from Evening Star, Brighton; Brewery Shades, Crawley; Eagle, Eastbourne; Beer Essentials, Horsham; Brewers Arms & Gardeners Arms, Lewes; Duke of Wellington, Shoreham by Sea; Tower,
St. Leonards; Selden Arms, Worthing or by post from SCBF 16 Con-nell Drive, Woodingdean, Brighton BN2 6RT. For more information go to www.sussexbeerfestival. co.uk.”