Monlife

Halloween at the Old Station Tintern
2024-10-30 10:30 - 14:30, 2024-10-31 10:30 - 11:30 (Europe/London) | 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 spooktacular crafts. Create monster crowns, spooky jars, hanging bats and bony arms to take home with you.
Join us if you dare!
Event details :
Date – Wednesday 30th October and Thursday 31st October
Times – Three sessions options. 10:30 – 11:30 & 13:30 – 14:30 on the 30th. 10:30 – 11:30 on the 31st.
Cost – £3.50 per child. Each booking for one child. All materials included.
Ages – Suitable from ages 3+.
Where to go – Craft activities will be under the stretch tent and signposted on the day. Please make sure the children wrap up warm and wear suitable footwear.
Terms & Conditions
Pre-booking required.
Tickets are non-refundable unless the event is cancelled.
Parental supervision required at all times.

Halloween Stay and Play October 2024
2024-10-30 13:00 - 14:30
Our Halloween themed Stay and Play is Back! Join in and dress up in your favourite fancy dress and get into the spirit of Halloween with face painting!
Permission will be needed for face painting and this can be given on the day.
Please note that parental supervision is required for children under the age of 11!
If you have any queries regarding the play schemes please email play@monmouthshire.gov.uk.

Caldicot Castle Guided Tour
2024-10-30 14:00 - 15:00 | Caldicot Castle & Country Park, Church Rd,, Caldicot, Monmouthshire, NP26 4HU, United Kingdom
About
Caldicot Castle Guided Tour
Come and join us at Caldicot Castle for a unique insight into the fascinating and chequered history of one of Wales most beautiful castles.
Please note that due to popularity, tickets must be booked beforehand.
Our tour is led by local expert Pauline Heywood who has spent years studying the castle and its remarkable family history. Pauline will take you on a journey into the past and share with you some of the fascinating facts that are unique to Caldicot Castle. The tour will also point out some of the most interesting features in the castle buildings and may even tell you where you are most likely to see our resident ghost!
Duration: Tour lasts 1 hour
When: The last Wednesday of every month (except May), at 2pm.
Where : Tours start under the marquee within the castle grounds.
Cost: £2 per person
Suitable for: Adults and children of school age (accompanied by adults). Most of the tour is on flat ground, but there are some grass areas and chippings in parts.

Halloween at the Attik!
2024-10-30 15:00 - 21:00 | The Attik, Monmouth Youth Centre, Whitecross Street, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, NP25 3XR, United Kingdom
Join us for our Spooky Halloween party at the Attik!

FANCY DRESS TREATS GAMES

30/10/24
3-9pm

Escaped Alive - Coming to Caldicot Castle!!
2024-10-30 18:30 - 21:30, 2024-10-31 18:30 - 21:30, 2024-11-01 18:30 - 21:30, 2024-11-02 18:30 - 21:30 | Caldicot Castle & Country Park, Church Rd,, Caldicot, Monmouthshire, NP26 4HU, United Kingdom
Coming to Caldicot Castle!! We are taking the fear factor to the next level in 2024 and you can expect to get your adrenaline racing!? Expect a terrifying experience packed with scary surprises and terror lurking around every shadowy corner. ?With ….

EXTREME ACTORS
SCARE MAZES
HORROR FILMS
GREAT FOOD AND MUCH MORE! ?

We are inviting you to take a risk to see if you can ESCAPE ALIVE! ?

23rd October – 2nd November
From £17.50pp

There will be family friendly and adult slots.

TMG: Autumn Half Term
2024-10-31 08:30 - 16:30, 2024-11-01 08:30 - 16:30
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

ABERGAVENNY HORROR SERIES - YOUTH THEATRE PROGRAMME
2024-10-31 10:00 - 15:00 | The Melville Centre, 4 Pen-Y-Pound, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, NP7 5UD, United Kingdom
ABERGAVENNY HORROR SERIES
A 4-day programme focusing on the darker side of life. Based in a horror theme, young people will have the chance to express their wild sides and delve into the unexplained and mysterious. Using costume, music and the element of surprise, this series of sessions will be about having fun and exploring the genre of horror, and using it as a way of building performance, making friends and celebrating the time of year where we all begin to embrace the dark nights!

11 – 19-year-olds
Monday 28th October – Thursday 31st October
FREE
The Melville Theatre, Abergavenny

To sign up, scan the QR code or visit HERE:
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Witch Stories & Crafts
2024-10-31 10:30 - 11:30 | Usk Community Hub, 35 Maryport St, Usk, Monmouthshire, NP15 1AE, United Kingdom
No booking required.
Come and join us for a spooky afternoon filled with stories that will send shivers down your spine and crafts to get you into the Halloween spirit! Perfect for ages 2 – 5, so bring your friends and family along for some Halloween fun. Don’t forget to dress up in your best costume! We can’t wait to see you there!
All children must be accompanied by an adult.

FREE Swim
2024-11-01 - 2024-11-03, 2024-11-08 - 2024-11-10, 2024-11-15 - 2024-11-17 | 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/

Drop-in Art Workshop!
2024-11-01 10:00 - 13:00 | Abergavenny Community Hub/Library, Town Hall, Cross Street, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, NP7 5HD, United Kingdom
Suitable for ages 4+
No booking required.
All children MUST be accompanied by an adult.

Guided Walk - “Abergavenny to Govilon”
2024-11-03 10:00 - 12:30
Sunday 3rd November – “Abergavenny to Govilon”
10.00am (Approx. 2.5 hours)
On this 4.5 mile (7 km) walk you will cross the Castle Meadows on the edge of Abergavenny before following fields close to the River Usk towards Govilon. Return via sections of old railway line and the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal. A few stiles but no steep gradients. One flight of steps.
Bring your own refreshments and a drink. Assistance dogs only please. There is no charge for this activity. Wear stout shoes or boots and bring waterproof clothing.
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Park in the Byefield Lane car park off Tudor Street in Abergavenny. Meet in the bottom right corner of the main car park near to the entrance to Castle Meadows. OS grid reference- SO 296 140. Postcode- NP7 5EF. What3Words- copycat.intervene.napkins. Or , if you have an internet connection, click on the following link or paste it into your internet browser, and GoogleMaps will offer to direct you to the start. https://goo.gl/maps/1B3bXoutB52ccLGt8
The timings for each walk is only an approximate guide. The actual time may vary depending on the weather, the terrain, the number of stiles as well as the number and ability of the walkers.
Please email marklangley@monmouthshire.gov.uk if you find out on the day of the walk that you cannot make it.
Terms and conditions
Booking is essential. Anyone not on the list will not be able to join the walk.
Cancellation. Please let us know as soon as possible if you have to cancel so that we can offer the places to other walkers. MonLife Countryside Access Team reserve the right to cancel the walk due to adverse weather, illness of leaders or any other unforeseen reason.
Please supply the names, email addresses and telephone numbers of participants so that contact can be made in case of cancellation.

Art History In Person - Facing the Past : The Art of Portraiture
2024-11-04 14:00 - 16:00, 2024-11-18 14:00 - 16:00 | The Drill Hall, The Drill Hall, Lower Church Street, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, NP16 5HJ, United Kingdom
Join MonLife Heritage Museums’ exciting new art history course. From van Eyck to van Dyck, Raphael to Reynolds and Pissarro to Picasso, explore how artists’ portrayal of their sitters reflected the art, politics and religion of their era.
Course Length – 10 weeks of two hour afternoon lectures (one week off on Monday 11th November)
Course Dates – Monday 30th September – Monday 9th December (no class Monday 11th November)
Time – 2:00pm – 4:00pm
Medium – In person at the Drill Hall Chepstow (with the option to catch up on any missed session with recorded online lectures available for a limited period). Click here to book the online version of this course.
Course fee – £110

(Recordings of the online lecture course will be available to members of this course, so that any lectures missed can be caught within 4 weeks, on Zoom)
This series of ten lectures takes us through the history of portraiture. From the time when it became popular in the 15th century, portraiture began to emerge from providing a mere adjunct to religious paintings to become a means to demonstrate power and status. The desire to show individual character and bring sitters to life developed alongside the portrayal of a simple likeness, until we reach the 19th century when style and exploration of new ways of painting meant the sitter’s identity became increasingly subordinate to the process of making art, until we arrive at the challenge of Modernism.
‘Facing the Past’ is also a chance to look into the eyes of people from other times – were they so different from us?

Terms & Conditions
Booking is only available online, via this page. The booking must be made 24 hours before the first session starts. The booking covers all ten sessions.
By signing up to this talk you agree that your email address can be passed on to the lecturer (Eleanor Bird) for contact and session-related reasons (eg. to send out relevant course details).

Introduction to Art: The Late 19th Century into Modernism
2024-11-04 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-11-18 19:00 - 20:00
This broad ranging and absorbing course needs no background in art history, just a desire to look harder at art and understand its developments more clearly. This series of ten evening lectures takes us from 1880 and Post Impressionism through some of the first movements in Modernism.
Course Length – 10 weeks of one hour evening lectures (one week off for half term)
Course Dates – Monday 30th September – Monday 9th December (no class Monday 11th November)
Time – 7pm – 8pm
Medium – Online via Zoom (with recordings available afterwards)
Course fee – £55
(Recordings available so that any lectures missed can be caught within 4 weeks, on Zoom)
Exploring one of the most dramatic periods in the development of art history, our introductory series of ten evening lectures takes us from 1880 and Post Impressionism through some of the first movements in Modernism. Artists include Gauguin, van Gogh and Cezanne, showing how these pioneers pushed the boundaries of Impressionism to create something new; and Munch, Matisse and Picasso who explored psychology, colour and form in innovative and exciting pictures.
Terms & Conditions
Booking is only available online, via this page. The booking must be made 24 hours before the first session starts. The booking covers all ten sessions.
If you sign up to the online course then you agree to use Zoom for these webinar talks. You do not need to download the Zoom app, the link sent by the lecturer will take you to the Zoom website.
Cancellations
Custom Policy

Fibonacci Quartet – Vienna and the Bohemia
2024-11-05 19:30 | Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, Town Hall, Cross St, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, NP7 5HD, United Kingdom
PROGRAMME / RHAGLEN
BEETHOVEN: Quartet Op.18 No.6
MORAVIAN FOLK SONGS
JANACEK: String Quartet No.1
“Kreutzer Sonata”
SCHUBERT: Quartet in D minor “Death
and the Maiden”

Art History Online - Facing the Past : The Art of Portraiture
2024-11-06 10:30 - 12:30
Join MonLife Heritage Museums’ exciting new art history course. From van Eyck to van Dyck, Raphael to Reynolds and Pissarro to Picasso, explore how artists’ portrayal of their sitters reflected the art, politics and religion of their era.
Course Length – 10 weeks of two hour morning lectures (one week off for half term)
Course Dates – Wednesday 2nd October – Wednesday 11th December (no class Wednesday 13th November)
Time – 10:30am – 12:30pm
Medium – Online via Zoom (with recordings available afterwards) Click here to book the in-person version of this course.
Course fee – £110
(Recordings available to members of this course, so that any lectures missed can be caught within 4 weeks, on Zoom)
This series of ten lectures takes us through the history of portraiture. From the time when it became popular in the 15th century, portraiture began to emerge from providing a mere adjunct to religious paintings to become a means to demonstrate power and status. The desire to show individual character and bring sitters to life developed alongside the portrayal of a simple likeness, until we reach the 19th century when style and exploration of new ways of painting meant the sitter’s identity became increasingly subordinate to the process of making art, until we arrive at the challenge of Modernism.
‘Facing the Past’ is also a chance to look into the eyes of people from other times – were they so different from us?

Terms & Conditions

Booking is only available online, via this page. The booking must be made 24 hours before the first session starts. The booking covers all ten sessions.
If you sign up to the online course then you agree to use Zoom for these webinar talks. You do not need to download the Zoom app, the link sent by the lecturer will take you to the Zoom website.

Buddy Holly & The Cricketers
2024-11-07 19:30 | Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, Town Hall, Cross St, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, NP7 5HD, United Kingdom
Starring fine actors & musicians whose combined West End credits include Buddy,
Lennon, Forbidden Planet and Jailhouse Rock and was endorsed as Britain’s most
popular Buddy Holly act when the boys guested on BBC One’s Saturday night live
programme, The One and Only, hosted by Graham Norton.

Cigar Box Guitar Workshop With Howlin' Mat
2024-11-09 13:00 - 15:00 | The Melville Centre, 4 Pen-Y-Pound, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, NP7 5UD, United Kingdom
Cigar Box Guitar Workshop With Howlin’ Mat
Saturday 9th November, 1 -3pm

11 – 19 years
Held at Melville Centre for the Arts, Abergavenny.
FREE

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Ever wanted to make and own your own guitar? Now is your chance! This workshop introduces you to the Cigar Box Cigar and guides you through making your very own.
The workshop is hosted by blues guitar maestro Howlin’ Mat, a nomadic solo blues artist who has played 1000’s of gigs from The Sahara to the North Pole. His playing has received credits from legendary artists such as John Paul Jones [Led Zeppelin] and Mud Morganfield [son of Muddy Waters].
He was introduced to the Cigar Box Guitar very early on in his playing career and fell in love instantly. As with every devotee of the CBG, it wasn’t long before he started to make his own cigar box guitar and coming from a teaching background, this naturally led to the cigar box guitar workshops.
For more details about Mat see https://www.cigarboxsocial.com/

Calan
2024-11-09 19:30 | Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, Town Hall, Cross St, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, NP7 5HD, United Kingdom
The multi award-winning Welsh folk band comprise of five virtuoso musicians
who formed after they met at a folk music course in Sweden. They won
international acclaim at the world-renowned Inter-Celtic Festival in Lorient,
France, where they would eventually become the first Welsh ensemble to win
the coveted International Band Trophy. In April 2019, they were voted Best
Band at the inaugural Wales Folk Awards.

Oh What a Night
2024-11-14 19:30 | Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, Town Hall, Cross St, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, NP7 5HD, United Kingdom
A musical journey through the incredible career of Frankie Valli &
The Four Seasons.
An energetic and nostalgic evening of classics hits such as Sherry, Let’s Hang On, Big
Girls Don’t Cry, Can’t Take My Eyes Off You, My Eyes Adored You, December 63 (Oh What
A Night), Bye Bye Baby, Who Loves You and many, many more.

Lego Workshop
2024-11-16 10:30 - 11:30 | Caldicot Community Hub, Woodstock Way, Caldicot, Monmouthshire, NP26 5DB, United Kingdom
Join us for a morning of Lego building at Caldicot Community Hub!
Suitable for ages 5 – 9.
Please ensure all children are accompanied by an adult.
Click the links below to book:
Saturday 16th November
Saturday 14th December
Thursday 2nd January

Barry Steele presents The Roy Orbison Story
2024-11-16 19:30 | Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, Town Hall, Cross St, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, NP7 5HD, United Kingdom
Experience the unforgettable sound of a generation with Barry Steele
alongside an extraordinary ensemble of talented musicians and singers as
together they pay homage to the timeless music of Roy Orbison, The Traveling
Wilburys and many of The Big O’s friends. When it comes to authenticity and
true musical mastery, there’s only one name you need to know: Barry Steele!
