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Summer Saturday

Private Hospitality in the Trackside Pavillions

Sat 1 AugNewmarket Races Owners & Trainers(4.9mi)

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Community

Around £21.00

Summer Saturday

Join us for the Summer Saturday on the July Course on Saturday 1 August 2026 at Newmarket Racecourses. Enjoy family entertainment, exciting racing & kids go

Sat 1 Aug12:59Newmarket Races Owners & Trainers(4.9mi)

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Holiday Family Printmaking Day – Reduction printing & Drypoint

Children & Family

Around £55

Holiday Family Printmaking Day – Reduction printing & Drypoint

An opportunity for the whole family to spend a fun day together exploring printmaking in a professional studio. Learn drypoint etching – how to use the different tools to make your image, how to apply ink and how to print using a press. Add Chine collé for colour and new shapes. Bring a drawing or photo (approx. A5) to trace draw for your print. Using polystyrene tiles, print by hand to create a multi coloured layered reduction print – a technique you can repeat at home. Bring an A5 2 or 3 coloured image to use for inspirations. Adults and children work together learning printmaking skills, print individually and collaboratively. Go home with lots of original prints, and maybe discover a hidden talent for printmaking! Course structure • Explanation of the technique and looking at examples. • Introduction to the tools and equipment. • Demonstrations of how to scratch a drypoint acetate. • Making your printing plates. • How to use scrim to ink up your drypoint plate. • How to print with the presses. • Demonstration of reduction printing with polystyrene tiles • Print by hand with your polystyrene sheet to build up a multi layered image • Take home your work as a memory of the day together. • Suitable for all abilities aged from 8 years. • Bring a picnic lunch. Experience level Suitable for everyone over the age of 8 years old Maximum 16 places

Mon 3 Aug11:00Curwen Print Study Centre(4.2mi)

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Drawing through to Print - 3-day Summer School with Charles Shearer RCA

Community

Around £375

Drawing through to Print - 3-day Summer School with Charles Shearer RCA

An opportunity to develop ideas directly from observations and drawings of the immediate area around the studios. The landscape in the village of Great Thurlow offers quaint cottages, old stable and farm buildings, the Hall and church, and open fields where a fine herd of horned cattle may be grazing... lots to inspire you. A full demonstration will be given at every stage. Course structure Day 1 • After a brief talk on the print processes you will use spend the morning and early afternoon out drawing and gathering material in the area • Back in the studio mid afternoon, to start building up an early body of work by developing a selection of ideas and drawings through simple stencil & mono-print processes with inked rollers, acetates and cut newsprint Day 2 • Using card cutting (collagraph), continue to build on your develop your work using a range of tools, some adapted or adopted specifically for this purpose • Add the application of textured material that gives this process its unique character • Learn about and use a variety of inks and papers • Print by hand and use presses Day 3 • Continue developing and combining ideas and images through the day • At the end of the day we will view and discuss work and the processes used Pre course information Please bring a sketchbook/notebook. If you wish to draw on a large scale, please bring a large drawing board. Do bring any reference material you would like such as books, magazines, photographs, postcards etc.

Tue 4 Aug11:00Curwen Print Study Centre(4.2mi)

via Curwen Print Study CentreLocal gem

Children & Family

Around £28.50

Family session Leopard - Felixstowe Ark

Paint this with me at the Ark.

Wed 5 AugPookieRee Art(2mi)

via PookieRee ArtLocal gem

Children & Family

Around £28.50

Family session Leopard - Felixstowe Ark

Paint this with me at the Ark.

Wed 5 Aug18:00PookieRee Art(2mi)

via PookieRee ArtLocal gem

Community

Thursday Afternoon Racing - 6 Aug

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Thu 6 AugNewmarket Races Owners & Trainers(4.9mi)

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Thursday Afternoon Racing

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Thu 6 AugNewmarket Races Owners & Trainers(4.9mi)

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Community

Around £15.00

Thursday Afternoon Racing

Just us for a fantastic Thursday Afternoon of racing on the July Course at Newmarket Racecourses on Thursday 6 August 2026. Buy official tickets here.

Thu 6 Aug12:59Newmarket Races Owners & Trainers(4.9mi)

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Community

Jessie J

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Fri 7 AugNewmarket Races Owners & Trainers(4.9mi)

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Community

Around £95

Customise your clothing with Lino

Using softcut lino, cut creative shapes and motifs to print onto items of your clothing. Images can be repeated, to cover large areas or placed creatively to add interest to print onto items of your clothing. Use presses and hand print – depending on the item to be printed onto. Course structure • Introduction to technique and view examples • Use your images to design your lino cuts • Cut two lino shaped tiles • Ink up and print using a press or by hand Pre course information Bring your items of clean, ironed clothing to print onto and images for your linocut. Experience level Suitable for beginners and those wishing to refresh their skills. Maximum 8 places

Fri 7 Aug11:00Curwen Print Study Centre(4.2mi)

via Curwen Print Study CentreLocal gem

Community

Around £40.32

Jessie J

Join us for Jessie J Live after evening racing on the July Course on Friday 7 August 2026.

Fri 7 Aug12:59Newmarket Races Owners & Trainers(4.9mi)

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Community

The Greatest Raceday

Private Hospitality in the Trackside Pavillions

Sat 8 AugNewmarket Races Owners & Trainers(4.9mi)

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Community

Around £23.00

The Greatest Raceday

Join us on the July Course for The Greatest Raceday on 8 August 2026.

Sat 8 Aug12:59Newmarket Races Owners & Trainers(4.9mi)

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Religion & Spirituality

Evensong

A traditional service of Evensong.

Sun 9 Aug16:00St Mary (Great Bradley Parish Church)(2.9mi)

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Religion & Spirituality

Evensong

A traditional service of Evensong.

Sun 9 Aug16:00All Saints (Little Bradley Parish Church)(3.6mi)

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Religion & Spirituality

Evensong

A traditional service of Evensong.

Sun 9 Aug16:00Saint Peter, Little Thurlow(3.8mi)

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Venues with events near Brinkley

A few local places from the listings above, all within three miles.

PookieRee Art2.0 miles away St Mary (Great Bradley Parish Church)2.9 miles away

More about Brinkley

Cambridgeshire, England

Brinkley has nearby local names including St Augustine of Canterbury, PookieRee Art and St Mary in Great Bradley. We gather the dates around them, because a small local calendar can still have a few different colours. Near Here brings event details around Brinkley together so you can browse what's on without a grand search. Check the organiser's latest information before you set off.

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Summer Saturday

Summer Saturday

Holiday Family Printmaking Day – Reduction printing & Drypoint

Drawing through to Print - 3-day Summer School with Charles Shearer RCA

Family session Leopard - Felixstowe Ark

Family session Leopard - Felixstowe Ark

Thursday Afternoon Racing - 6 Aug

Thursday Afternoon Racing

Thursday Afternoon Racing

Jessie J

Customise your clothing with Lino

Jessie J

The Greatest Raceday

The Greatest Raceday

Evensong

Evensong

Evensong

Venues with events near Brinkley

More about Brinkley

Enjoyed the look of Brinkley?

What's on near Brinkley, in your inbox

Summer Saturday

Summer Saturday

Holiday Family Printmaking Day – Reduction printing & Drypoint

Drawing through to Print - 3-day Summer School with Charles Shearer RCA

Family session Leopard - Felixstowe Ark

Family session Leopard - Felixstowe Ark

Thursday Afternoon Racing - 6 Aug

Thursday Afternoon Racing

Thursday Afternoon Racing

Jessie J

Customise your clothing with Lino

Jessie J

The Greatest Raceday

The Greatest Raceday

Evensong

Evensong

Evensong