The parish calendar of events
Please see below a list of services and parish events in the two parish churches. Sometimes these are subject to change at short notice, so the weekly sheets handed out on Sundays will have the most up to date information about what is happening in the week ahead. See also posters on the external noticeboards.
Please see Music for All @ SMSG website for information about musical events and concerts.
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Teddy Bears’ Picnic Family Concert
Heritage Open Days Weekend – Organ Festival. Bring your teddy bear and your family to hear Jonathan Harris play well-known songs on the organ. This free concert 3pm to 4pm and guide to the organ is especially designed for 4 to 11-year olds but all are welcome, particularly older enthusiasts who are young at heart! This is a free concert, but booking is essential as spaces are limited. A teddy bears’ picnic tea will follow in the Parish Hall at…
Find out more »Saturday Night Silent Movie
Heritage Open Days Weekend – Organ Festival. We are delighted to be welcoming back Donald MacKenzie, silent movie accompanist expert. We will be showing “Safety Last” and Donald will bring this silent movie to life with his amazing impromptu live soundtrack on the Willis Organ. Tickets are £7 (Under 18s free) or you can purchase a Weekend-Saver for the three paid concerts of the Festival Weekend. At 6:30pm there will be a pre-concert showing of the DVD of the…
Find out more »Get to know our ‘Willis’
Heritage Open Days Weekend – Organ Festival. On Sunday at 11:30am the team will be on hand to show you around the organ, explaining how it works and the wonders of this magnificent Victorian design, newly restored and refurbished, now in fine working order. Fr. Willis was the outstanding organ designer of his day, and both his son and grandson have added to his original instrument so we now have a Fr. Willis organ with additional developments that make this…
Find out more »Photo Exhibition
Free photo exhibition in the Parish Hall of scenes from Stony Stratford, St. Mary & St. Giles Church and the Willis Organ.
Find out more »Hands on our ‘Willis’
Heritage Open Days Weekend – Organ Festival. Details to be published shortly – but you may want to book the date and time now!
Find out more »Sunday Night Masterworks Recital
Heritage Open Days Weekend – Organ Festival. Well-known recitalist Roger Sayer will complete our Organ Festival Weekend with an impressive concert of Romantic music composed especially for the organ. Tickets £10 (under 18s free) or you cna purchase a Saver-Weekend ticket for all three of the paid concerts as part of the Organ Festival Weekend. Tickets available shortly. There is a pre-concert DVD showing the organ restoration project at 6:30pm in the Parish Hall.
Find out more »TT@TT
Third Thursday at Twelve-Thirty Lunchtime Concert. 45 minutes of fun music for all ages. A free drop-in concert with refreshments available. Everyone welcome, however long you can stay – bring your own lunch and take time out in a busy day to be entertained. This month SMSG Church Band will begin our third series of these events – who will be joined by St Mary & St Giles School orchestra.
Find out more »Arco Strings
Arco String Orchestra will be playing in SMSG for the first time and we are delighted they have chosen to play here. £12 (£10 concessions and Under 16s £3) Vivaldi- concerto for trumpet, violin and strings Vaughan Williams – fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis Cuellar – fantasia for trumpet, strings and piano Tippett – concerto for double string orchestra Conductor : David Knight Soloists : Jack Wilson, Celia Waterhouse & Arturo Cuellar
Find out more »Music for All @ SMSG Coffee Morning
The first in a series of ‘winter’ coffee mornings, from which the proceeds will go to maintain the organ and future music events in SMSG Church. 10am to 12 noon in the Parish hall – warm and cosy, delicious refreshments and a big welcome!
Find out more »Autumn Concert
Our 25th annual Autumn Concert is a coming together of many of the musical groups groups in our Church and Schools. Bring your family and friends of all ages to hear our Parish Singers and friends, our Church Handbell Ringers and Band, our School School Orchestra and the choirs of both SMSG Junior School and Queen Eleanor Primary School. A fun afternoon for everyone at this free concert.
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