What's on in Carnkief

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Community

Wednesday Fellowship

Open to both church and non church people. Meeting in the Lychgate Schoolroom. Talk from an outside speaker, followed by tea and biscuits. Occasional outings. Everyone welcome. Click below for 2026 programme.

Wed 22 Jul15:30Kenwyn Parish Church(4.8mi)

via Kenwyn Parish ChurchLocal gem

Community

RARE Productions Summer Show 2026

Found this on The Anvil's radar. RARE Productions Summer Show 2026 — sounds promising. Click through for the director's cut.

Thu 23 Jul20:30The Anvil(3.2mi)

via The Anvil

Community

David Gray Plus Support

If you hold a membership subscription you may be eligible for discounts.

Fri 24 Jul20:00The Anvil(3.2mi)

via The Anvil

Live Music

Concert

Corineus String Quartet. Programme includes Bach, Shostakovich, Mendelsson.

Fri 24 Jul20:00Kenwyn Parish Church(4.8mi)

via Kenwyn Parish ChurchLocal gem

Community

Tour Calendar

Our full upcoming tour calendar covers fantastic destinations from all around the world, use our calendar to see trips that leave that month.

Sat 25 JulMagellan Motorcycle Tours(4.1mi)

via Magellan Motorcycle ToursLocal gem

Community

Church maintenance morning

Help with odd jobs around the church and churchyard. Light refreshments and fellowship. Running on the 4th Saturday of every month, commencing 25th July. All welcome.

Sat 25 Jul10:30Kenwyn Parish Church(4.8mi)

via Kenwyn Parish ChurchLocal gem

Community

Preaching

Seven Letters #1: Ephesus (Rev 2:1-7)

Sun 26 Jul10:30Grace Church meeting place(4.9mi)

via Grace Church meeting place

Live Music

Eric Johnson

One of the most outstanding instrumentalists in rock over the past 40 years, Texas guitarist Eric Johnson was already a legend before he recorded his first album. By the early 1980s, many celebrated guitarists were singing the praises of this skinny kid from Austin with the mind-melting chops. Comparisons were made to such guitar heroes as Jeff Beck and Jimi Hendrix and when he joined the ‘70s Austin fusion band Electromagnets they were being hailed as “the Mahavishnu Orchestra of Texas”. With the release of his highly-anticipated 1986 solo debut album Tones, the underground guitar legend finally emerged onto the scene fully-formed. It landed him on the cover of Guitar Player magazine, which hailed the album as a “majestic debut”, and earned him his first Grammy nomination for the song “Zap”. With the release of his follow up album, 1990’s platinum-selling Ah Via Musicom, which contained the Grammy Award winning song “Cliffs of Dover”, Eric Johnson became a bona fide international guitar phenomenon. The New Age Music Guide once opined that “Eric Johnson plays guitar the way Michelangelo painted ceilings: with a colorful vibrancy that’s more real than life” while Rolling Stone included him in their list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of the 21st century.

Sun 26 Jul20:30The Anvil(3.2mi)

via The Anvil

Community

PITSO Kenton — Acrylic Urban Landscapes (Night & Day)

Part of PITSO — Painting In The Style Of. A friendly day painting in the style of Paul Kenton in acrylic — dramatic, atmospheric urban landscapes.

Tue 28 Jul11:00Cornish Craft Barn(4.9mi)

via Cornish Craft Barn

Arts & Culture

PITSO Sidaway — Watercolour

Part of PITSO — Painting In The Style Of. A friendly day painting in the style of Ian Sidaway in watercolour — clean, controlled Mediterranean scenes.

Tue 28 Jul11:00Cornish Craft Barn(4.9mi)

via Cornish Craft Barn

Paint In The Style Of — David Hockney (Tribute Day)

Community

Around £49

Paint In The Style Of — David Hockney (Tribute Day)

Paint In The Style Of — David Hockney: a tribute day for one of the great colourists, who left us in June 2026, and an exercise in learning from a modern master. With Damian Sémonin we borrow Hockney’s eyes for the day and paint the way he did — bright, flat pool-and-splash acrylics: clean edges, bold colour, water you can almost hear. You’ll finish your own acrylic painting in Hockney’s style on the day. All materials provided and refreshments included; all levels welcome — small group. Tuesday 28 July · 10am–3pm · £49 · Cornish Craft Barn. Booking is on damiansemonin.art — the Book button takes you straight there.

Tue 28 Jul11:00Cornish Craft Barn(4.9mi)

via Cornish Craft Barn

Community

Bag Club - July Monthly Meet-up

Bag Club at The Cornish Craft Barn Calling all sewists, makers, and “I-need-more-pockets” enthusiasts! Whether you’re a seasoned pro or have never touched a sewing machine, we’re launching a brand new monthly Bag Club. Every month, we’ll gather at the Barn to: Work on Your Own Projects: Bring that half-finished tote or that favorite repair you’ve been meaning to get to. The Group Project: We’ll sometimes also work together on a simple, fun bag project—perfect for learning new skills in a relaxed environment. Talk Shop: Hardware, fabrics, patterns, and inspiration—all things bag-related! Access our resources, patterns, industrial sewing machine, overlocker, rivet press etc to help your bag making get that professional edge.

Tue 28 Jul11:00Cornish Craft Barn(4.9mi)

via Cornish Craft Barn

Arts & Culture

Art in Nature: Watercolour

We take the paints outside — capturing light, landscape and the feel of a place in watercolour.

Wed 29 Jul11:00Cornish Craft Barn(4.9mi)

via Cornish Craft Barn

Children & Family

Children's Book — Monthly Meet-Up

Our friendly monthly get-together for everyone working on a book — bring what you have and we will move it forward.

Fri 31 Jul11:00Cornish Craft Barn(4.9mi)

via Cornish Craft Barn

Community

Preaching

The full scoop on Preaching lives over on Grace Church meeting place's site. We're just the friendly messenger.

Sun 2 Aug10:30Grace Church meeting place(4.9mi)

via Grace Church meeting place

Wheal Treasure Stitch Club - 1st Tuesday Monthly

Community

Around £17.50

Wheal Treasure Stitch Club - 1st Tuesday Monthly

Welcome to one of our many Cornish Craft Barn Stitch Groups. We run several regular groups that meet once a month. If you’re interested in joining one everyone is welcome! All levels of skill and project are welcome. This is an all-day session where you can work on quilting projects on machines or by hand with other quilters who are looking to share ideas and experience and can provide guidance for each other – plus lots of lovely chat, cake and coffee! It is not a ‘tutored’ session but a room filled with abundant expertise from which to seek assistance. We can offer short demonstrations or mini projects from time to time if this is something the group decides they want! The session runs from 10am – 4pm but feel free to attend as much of this as you can to fit in with your other commitments. Lunch can be bought from the cafe with a 10% discount. Plenty of parking outside and we can give you a hand to get your machines upstairs to the training room if needed. We have several new Janome quilting sewing machines available to borrow for the day if you need one or find it easier than bringing one in from home. Please book ahead or let us know if you need one so we make sure we have enough available. We ask for payment quarterly in advance £17.50 per session, so £52.50 which covers three sessions for you. If you can’t make a session you can use a credit up on any of the other Wheal monthly groups we run, or carry one session over in any 6 month period.

Tue 4 Aug11:00Cornish Craft Barn(4.9mi)

via Cornish Craft Barn

Community

Coffee Time August

Gloweth Chapel, Tresawls Rd, Treliske, Truro TR1 3LT, UK

Tue 4 Aug11:00Gloweth Chapel(5mi)

via Gloweth ChapelLocal gem

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