Jazz Jam
Second Tuesday of the month
Next event – Tuesday 9 June 2026 – 8pm
Join us for a fun and friendly jam session with the Valley Arts House Band!
This is an open and inclusive event where audience members, singers, and instrumentalists of all levels are encouraged to participate. Feel free to perform solo or bring a friend or two along to play with you.
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PLEASE NOTE WE HAVE MOVED THIS EVENT TO ST ANDREW’S CHURCH, CHEW MAGNA
Bristol Ensemble’s Summer Serenade
Wednesday 10th June – 7.30pm
With the weather looking uncertain for Wednesday, we’ve made the call to move our hotly anticipated evening with Bristol Ensemble into St Andrew’s Church, Chew Magna.
Treasure in Plain Sight – Community Writing Invitation
Valley Arts, in partnership with South West Heritage Trust, is collecting a new kind of hoard for the Chew Valley Hoard Project: a hoard of stories, poems and memories.
Inspired by the silver coins buried in a Chew Valley field nearly a thousand years ago, we’re asking: What are the treasures in your life that might look ordinary to others, but mean everything to you?
Open Mic
Fourth Tuesday of the month
Next event – Tuesday 23 June 2026 – 7.45pm
Calling all Chew Valley musicians!
Dust off that guitar, banjo or whatever you play – or sing, and share your talents in front of a really supportive audience; solos, duos, small groups – all genres, instruments and voices welcome, learners or pros.
Pirates of Penzance – Opera in a Box
Friday 26th June – 7pm
Celebrated for its sparkling score and razor-sharp wordplay, the operetta delights in its own absurdity while delivering one memorable tune after another.
If you’re looking for a summer outing that redefines opera, this is sure to be a memorable highlight for both opera and operetta enthusiasts and newcomers alike.
“A Play in a Week” Youth Theatre Summer Camp
Monday 10th & Friday 14th August 2026 – 10am – 4pm
Our fabulous “A Play in a Week” Youth Theatre Summer Camp is back!
Throughout the week they will learn a range of theatre skills, including improvisation, storytelling and devising, in order to create their own play from scratch, which they will then perform to an audience on the final day!
Treasure Island – Quantum Theatre
Tuesday 11th August – 7pm
Ahoy there me hearties! Long John Silver and his crew of salty old sea dogs are weighing anchor at Yeo Valley Garden this summer
Bursting with buccaneers, brouhaha and dastardly double dealings, an action-packed adventure for the whole family
Valley Arts Presents Finders Keepers
A Chew Valley Community Production
Saturday 18 July – 2pm & 7pm • Sunday 19 July – 1.30pm & 6pm
One hoard, 2,584 coins, six suspects. Take your place at the round table and vote to discover… who is the treasure traitor?
A thrilling comedy of deception, double-crossing, and dodgy French accents, presided over by the suspiciously glamorous Clawdia Twinkleclaw.
As You Like It – Illyria
Wednesday 26th August – 7pm
International award-winning Illyria promises a memorable night of sparkling wit, laughter and romance under the stars.
Four pairs of soulmates meet in the mysterious Forest of Arden. But playful flirting becomes more pain than pleasure and Love itself is pushed to the limit of its endurance.
Watch our Fringe Festival 2023 wrap film
It was an absloute blast, and we’re so proud to have brought the Fringe Festival back to the Chew Valley, bigger and better than ever!
Thanks if you joined us, thanks if you performed, and special heartfelt thanks to our hard working team of volunteers, as non of it could happen without you.
