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Rainy Day Picks This Weekend in West Dean (Test Valley)

10 picks around West Dean (Test Valley), from 9 local venues. The map pin is doing actual work here.

25–26 July Near West Dean (Test Valley)

Not every listing gets a golden ticket

We check the usual frankly silly number of local websites, then look for events that feel rainy-day friendly: cinemas, theatres, talks, workshops, galleries, concerts, cosy venues, and anything less likely to involve standing in a muddy field making brave weather noises.

Happening Saturday 25 July to Sunday 26 July.
Picked for West Dean (Test Valley), not somewhere halfway across the county.
Only Local Gems and Curated venues make the cut, because standards are still a thing.
Listings with proper descriptions get bumped up the list. Three words and a shrug will not do.

Our 10 picks near West Dean (Test Valley)

Three Bad Men (1926) With live piano score by Meg Morley1

Three Bad Men (1926) With live piano score by Meg Morley

at VisitWiltshire

About A new series of silent-era classics arrives at The Pound Arts Centre, all accompanied by live piano score performed by BFI Southbank's resident pianist Meg Morley. Since performing for her first silent film in 2016, Meg has quickly become one of the UK's pre-eminent silent film accompanists, performing at various international film festivals and playing reguarly at the London Cinema Museum. In the 1870s, gold is discovered in the Dakota Territory, and wanted men Bull Stanley (Tom Santschi) and Mike Costigan (J. Farrell MacDonald) join thousands of other pioneers on a westward journey in search of wealth. Soon, Bull and Mike see a gang of thugs attacking Lee (Olive Borden), a young woman. They rescue her, but her father is killed during the assault, so Mike and Bull become her guardians. Before long, Bull and Mike leave their criminal pasts behind and devote themselves to Lee.

7.1 milesSat 25 Jul
Local gemSee the details→
Community
John Challenger's Organ Recital [Summer of Music '26]2

John Challenger's Organ Recital [Summer of Music '26]

at Avon Valley Churches

John Challenger (concert organist and Assistant Director of Music at Salisbury Cathedral) will give an organ concert at St Mary's Church, Fordingbridge. His varied programme will include well known works such as Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring by Bach, and Crown Imperial by Walton. Please join us for refreshments afterwards - an opportunity to meet this international concert organist!

9.9 milesSat 25 Jul£12.50
Local gemSee the details→
Live Music

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Hot 8 Brass Band3

Hot 8 Brass Band

at The Wardrobe

The Wardrobe is a Bar & Kitchen and Live Music & Comedy Venue in Leeds. We serve a main menu, lunch menu, bottomless brunch, Sunday lunch, Supper Club and Children's Menu. We put on live music and comedy performers from around the world.

7.3 milesSun 26 Jul20:30
Local gemSee the details→
Food & DrinkLive Music
Summer Circus10

Summer Circus

at Winchester Heights Care Home

Step right up and join us at Southampton Manor for our Summer Circus, a fun-filled afternoon of entertainment, games and summer celebrations for the whole community to enjoy. Enjoy live entertainment from Louis Bibbins singing summer classics, alongside a BBQ, summer refreshments, circus-themed games, stalls, a tombola and plenty of fun throughout the afternoon. Guests will also have the opportunity to take a personal tour of the home and discover what life is like at Southampton Manor. We will also be raising money in support of Mountbatten during the event.

13.1 milesSun 26 Jul
Local gemSee the details→
Community

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