Monlife

FREE Swim
2023-11-10 - 2023-11-12, 2023-11-03 - 2023-11-05 | Caldicot Leisure Centre, Mill Lane, Caldicot, Monmouthshire, NP26 4BN, United Kingdom
Under-16’s can also enjoy a free swim at your local MonLife Active Leisure centre during the following times:

Chepstow Leisure Centre:Fridays from 6:00pm – 7:00pm
Abergavenny Leisure Centre: Fridays between 8.00pm – 9:00pm
Monmouth Leisure Centre: Saturdays between 3:00pm – 4:15pm (Free to 16’s & under with a MonLife card)
Caldicot Leisure Centre: Saturdays between 11.30am – 12.45pm

Find out more: https://www.monlife.co.uk/monactive/swimming/

Creative Drinks in Chepstow
2023-11-06 18:30 - 20:30 (Europe/London) | The Drill Hall, The Drill Hall, Lower Church Street, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, NP16 5HJ, United Kingdom
A meeting to explore expanding the opportunities for artists and craftspeople in Monmouthshire with an introduction from Ned Heywood
The Drill Hall, Lower Church Street Chepstow NP16 5HJ
FREE
To book click here Creative Drinks in Chepstow Tickets, Mon 6 Nov 2023 at 18:30 | Eventbrite

Nest
2023-11-02 13:30 - 14:00, 2023-11-02 11:00 - 11:30 | Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, Town Hall, Cross St, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, NP7 5HD, United Kingdom
Take a bird’s eye view of the humans in a brand-new family show from M6 Theatre.
Filled with clowning, original song and beautiful shadow play, this highly physical show uses minimal language to tell a tale about taking care, discovering what’s important and learning how to fly.
Suitable for ages 3+
“Fail to engage small children for even a second and you’ve lost them completely. It is a real art – as M6 demonstrated with aplomb” – Lyn Gardner
“Leaders in their field”- Children’s Theatre Reviews
£8.50 (£8 for groups of 4 or more)
E-trailer link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKlkpZF_aTs

Stories & Crafts with the wonderful author, Susan Wilsher!
2023-11-02 11:00 - 12:00 | Caldicot Community Hub, Woodstock Way, Caldicot, Monmouthshire, NP26 5DB, United Kingdom
Join us this half-term for a morning of Stories & Crafts with the wonderful author, Susan Wilsher!

Susan will be reading some of her book, Zeeglit’s Quest, followed by some drawing and crafts.

Thursday 2nd November – 11am-12pm

Suitable for ages 8-12

No booking is required.

Stories & Crafts with the wonderful author, Susan Wilsher! - Chepstow Community Hub
2023-11-01 14:00 - 15:00 | Chepstow Community Hub, Manor Way, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, NP16 5HZ, United Kingdom
Join us this half-term for a morning of Stories & Crafts with the wonderful author, Susan Wilsher!

Susan will be reading some of her book, Zeeglit’s Quest, followed by some drawing and crafts.

Wednesday 1st November – 2-3pm

Suitable for ages 8-12

No booking is required.

Owl Story and Craft
2023-11-01 11:00 - 12:00 | Usk Community Hub, 35 Maryport St, Usk, Monmouthshire, NP15 1AE, United Kingdom
Owl Story & Craft
Wednesday 1 November, 11:00-12:00
For children aged 3 – 7.
*Please note all children must be accompanied by an adult

Halloween Stories & Crafts
2023-11-01 10:30 - 11:30 | Monmouth Community Hub, Rolls Hall, Whitecross St, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, NP25 3BY, United Kingdom
Halloween Stories & Crafts at Monmouth Community Hub

Wednesday 1st November,
10:30 – 11:30

Booking required.

Halloween at The Zone
2023-10-31 16:00 - 21:00 | The Zone, Caldicot Youth Centre, 1 Chepstow Road, Caldicot, Monmouthshire, NP26 4XY, United Kingdom
You are invited to Halloween at The Zone, Tuesday 31 October, 4-9pm – Treats, games and more!

Halloween at The Cabin
2023-10-31 16:00 - 21:00 | The Cabin, Abergavenny Youth Centre, Old Hereford Road, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, NP7 6EL, United Kingdom
You are invited to Halloween at The Cabin, Tuesday 31 October, 4-9pm – Treats, games and more!

Halloween at the Old Station Tintern
2023-10-31 11:00 - 16:00 | Old Station Tintern, Tintern Heights, Catbrook, Brockweir,, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, NP16 7NX, United Kingdom
This Halloween let your children enjoy a ghoulish time at the Old Station Tintern, with a pumpkin trail, Halloween mask making and craft activities.
Event details :
Date – Tuesday 31st October.
Times – Two ‘drop in’ sessions (you can arrive at any time during the sessions). Morning : 11am – 1pm. Afternoon: 2pm-4pm.
Cost – £3.50 per child. Each booking for one child.
Ages – Suitable from ages 3+.
Where to go – Craft activities will be under the stretch tent and signposted on the day
Terms & Conditions

Pre-booking required.
Tickets are non-refundable unless the event is cancelled.
Parental supervision required at all times.
The sessions are ‘drop-in’, meaning you can arrive at any time during the sessions.

Football fun day at Chepstow Leisure Centre
2023-10-31 09:00 - 15:00 | Chepstow Leisure Centre, Welsh St, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, NP16 5LX, United Kingdom
Join us at Chepstow Leisure Centre where we will be having a fun filled day of football.
Includes lots of fun drills and games. Please remember to bring a hat, lunch, water and sunscreen.
31/10/2023 : 9am-3pm
Ages 5-9
Book via reception or call : 01633 644 800

Halloween Candle Holder craft - Usk Community Hub
2023-10-30 10:00 - 11:00 | Usk Community Hub, 35 Maryport St, Usk, Monmouthshire, NP15 1AE, United Kingdom
Join us at Usk Community Hub this half term to create Halloween Candle holders!
Monday 30th October, 10:00-11:00am
*Please note all children must be accompanied by an adult.

TMG: Autumn Half Term
2023-10-30 08:00 - 2023-11-03 17:00 | Monmouthshire
With over 30 different sports, each day will be action-packed with a full range of sporting activities that children and young people aged 5-11 years can enjoy.
Taking place at:

Abergavenny Leisure Centre
Monmouth Leisure Centre
Caldicot Leisure Centre
Chepstow Leisure Centre

Welsh Museums Festival
2023-10-28 11:00 - 2023-11-05 16:00 | Monmouthshire
Welsh Museums Festival is back this coming October, with a whole week of special events and activities for all ages at museums across our sites.
This year’s Festival runs from Saturday 28 October until Sunday 5 November, and we’re ready to welcome you during the half term holidays for a truly #historichalfterm, with plenty of Halloween hullabaloo too!
There will be games, puzzles, activities and much more; plenty to entertain the little ones so the big ones can enjoy what our museums have to offer!
At Abergavenny, Chepstow and Shire Hall Museums you can get into the Halloween spirit with make and take crafts including Bat Bunting, Twirly Ghosts and Black Cat masks. No need to book, just drop in. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
These will be available at Abergavenny and Chepstow Museum every day 11am-4pm except Wednesday and at Shire Hall every day 11-4 except Wednesday and Sunday.
Also, have fun with friends and family at our half-term craft afternoon for kids led by the creative MonLife Heritage Museums Volunteers, Thursday 2 November 2-4pm, The Drill Hall, Lower Church Street Chepstow

Halloween at Caldicot Castle
2023-10-28 10:00 - 2023-10-31 17:00 | Caldicot Castle & Country Park, Church Rd,, Caldicot, Monmouthshire, NP26 4HU, United Kingdom
This Halloween enjoy a ghoulish time at Caldicot Castle with our family-friendly one hour Halloween sessions. There’ll be Halloween crafts and games in the banquet hall, followed by a scary scarecrow pumpkin trail through our courtyard and towers.
(Please note the banquet hall is only accessible via stairs, and the pumpkin trail will also involve stairs)
Event details :
Dates – Saturday 28th, Sunday 29th, Monday 30th, Tuesday 31st October.
Times – One hour sessions from 10am – 1pm & 2pm – 4pm (last session ending at 5pm). Approx. 40min arts crafts and games, 15-20 min pumpkin trail (activity sheet included in cost),
Cost – £3.50 per child. Each booking for one child.
Ages – Suitable from ages 5+.
Where to go – Sessions will start in the banquet hall and will be clearly signposted on the day. Please ensure you arrive for the start of the session.
Terms & Conditions
Pre-booking required.
Tickets are non-refundable unless the event is cancelled.
Parental supervision required at all times.
Crafting sessions are being held in the banquet hall which is only accessible via stairs, pumpkin scarecrow trail is in the courtyard and towers – including open spaces and area’s accessible via stairs.
Tea / gift shop open as usual.

Spooky Party
2023-10-27 18:00 - 20:00 | Monmouth Leisure Centre, Old Dixton Rd, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, NP25 3DP, United Kingdom
Join us for our annual spooky spectacular party at Monmouth Leisure Centre this Halloween.
Get ready for a spine-tingling, ghostly adventure as Monmouth Leisure Centre transforms into a magical haunted wonderland for our youngest ghouls and goblins this Halloween. The night is set to be a hair-raising night of tricks, treats, and tons of fun at our Kids’ Spooky Party, designed especially for children under 11.

War Art with Eddie Redmayne
2023-10-19 19:30 - 21:30 | The Drill Hall, The Drill Hall, Lower Church Street, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, NP16 5HJ, United Kingdom
Film directed by Margy Kinmoth
Screening at The Drill Hall, Lower Church Street, Chepstow
Thursday October 19 7.30pm
Tickets £10 online at www.drillhallchepstow.co.uk
or at the door on the night from 6.45pm
In support of MonLife Heritage Museums
In association with the exhibition at Chepstow Museum, Discovering Hidden Herstories, the Red Cross nurses who worked at Gwy House Hospital Chepstow in World War I, MonLife Heritage Museums will be staging a number of events this year and next.
The first to be held also in the lead up to Remembrance Day, is a film on War Art which will be screened at the Drill Hall Chepstow on Thursday October 19 at 7.30pm.
In this compelling film Oscar winning actor Eddie Redmayne takes an intensely emotional journey to shine a powerful light into the abyss of warfare, where War Artists have left a unique legacy. As an actor his preparation for his role in the dramatization of the Great War novel Birdsong might have been qualification enough, but he also read art history at Cambridge, so he brings to the role of presenter some deep and perceptive insights.
Says Redmayne “You try and imagine what it was like to be living like that, to be on the ground. But with that period I have always found it impossible – not photography, nor accounts could really ever capture that horror. But for me it was the Art and all sides of that Art, people trying to depict the undepictable that perhaps came closest.”
The First World War had more serving artists than any other war in history. Redmayne explores the iconic canvasses of the Great War – Paul Nash, Stanley Spencer, John Singer Sargent and Henry Tonks, as well as the modernists C.R.W. Nevinson and David Bomberg. Redmayne travels behind the scenes to see war art hidden away from public view – some censored, some never seen on film before. He also explores how artists’ inventiveness played a part in battle, with the innovative dazzle camouflage for shipping to confuse German submarines – and here women played a part – we see images of young women from the Royal Academy Schools, preparing the designs which were then applied in the wartime shipyards, (which included Chepstow)
Redmayne meets historians and soldiers and travels to battlefield locations as well as visiting artists studios to meet contemporary war artists to see how this art form is as vital now as it ever was, including George Butler (Syria) and Graeme Lothian (Afghanistan), reportage artist Julia Midgley and official war artist Peter Howson (Bosnia), whose work was censored.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Open Air Theatre
2023-08-17 19:00 - 21:00 | Abergavenny Museum and Castle, Castle Street, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, NP7 5EE, United Kingdom
Follow the critically-acclaimed Pantaloons down the rabbit hole for their own hilarious take on Lewis Carroll’s nonsensical novel.

All the unusual suspects are here: the mirthful Mad Hatter, the perpetually late White Rabbit, the quarrelsome Queen of Hearts and, of course, the adventurous Alice herself.

A delightfully anarchic show that gets curiouser and curiouser with live music and audience interaction.

Bring a picnic and something to sit on!
Suitable for all ages awake in the evening!
