Lyme Regis Events

Start 2020 by treating yourself to an affordable piece of art created by members of Lyme Bay Arts on show this month at The Gallery and The Space Symondsbury

Alvorada are the UK’s leading performers of choro, a genre of instrumental music with rich melodies and infectious rhythms from Rio de Janeiro.

This exhibition highlights Trisha Hayman's more contemporary approach to still life: simple clean lines in graphite that complement the richly detailed subject matter. Also pieces by Mark Swan, creator of delicate Japanese Shoji screens.

A trip to this 10 acre snowdrop garden and arboretum. Over 300 snowdrop cultivars, many for sale. Family and head gardener on hand to answer questions.

The fifth annual Printmakers Open taking place for the first time at The Gallery and The Space, Symondsbury: all welcome!

Beyond left/right party politics and Brexit, Geoff Norcott has realised the main thing that motivates his political persuasion is that he hates being told what to do.

Talk: ‘The Great Bindon Landslide of 1839’ by Richard Edmonds, a local geologist. Extensive measurements by Plymouth Coastal Observatory have led to a new model to explain what may have happened.

The Golden Age of Jazz Reborn Let the Devon based Neil Maya Quartet take you back to 1959 and the cool sounds of one of the greatest jazz bands in existence, the Dave Brubeck Quartet, playing such classics as Blue Rondo Ala Turk.

Talk: ‘Black and British in the 16th and 17th Centuries’ by Peter Lacey, a local historian. Peter will focus first on pre-colonial Tudor England and then on Lyme Regis and West Dorset.

Minterne has stunning rhododendrons and azaleas in a Capability Brown style garden. National Trust Max Gate was designed by Thomas Hardy for himself and is surrounded by a beautiful garden.

Suzi has made a name for herself by turning tragedy and anxiety into big laughs. Now, all of a sudden, she is actually happy. This show answers the question: are all stand-ups at their best when they are miserable? Fingers crossed no!