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We are a small group of trustees tasked with ensuring the smooth running of this busy community hall and would very much welcome the support of anyone...

Save the date in your diary, Friday 19th September 2025. This exciting quartet of crack musicians breathe new life into well known and not so well know...

​The Townsend Hall in Shipston-on-Stour has an exciting lineup of jazz events scheduled for early spring 2025 including a screening of Paddington in Peru...

Happy New Year from everyone at Townsend Hall! As we welcome another year of community gatherings and memorable events, we’d like to thank you for your...

We are pleased to announce that Jazz is back at the Townsend Hall for 2024.   Our first event is The Harlem Jazz Orchestra on 23rd February at 8pm (doors...

The AGM was held in July and David Squires, the Chair of the trustees, reported on the year to 31st March 2023. David noted that it has been a...

It’s been two sell-outs back-to-back for our Traditional Jazz events: Tenement Jazz Band, followed by Tom “Spats” Langham’s Hot Fingers. It looks like...

Maintenance never stops and in the hall trustees committee meeting this month we reviewed the long list of items that need to be done to keep the hall in...

Lots of great things were on at the hall in February! Everyone that made the Treasure Island pantomime staged by the Shipston Amateur Dramatic Society...

After a busy run-up to Christmas, with some great events, including our own Carl Sinclair Quartet booking that was a lot of fun, we took a breather from...

We’re really looking forward to welcoming the Carl Sinclair Quartet to the hall on Saturday December 17th for our Christmas Cracker! Don’t miss this one!...

So much going on in the countdown to Christmas! Get your tickets and the dates in your diary! Friday 18th November, we have booked Washington Whirligig –...

Amidst the welcome one-off bookings we take for the hall, we also have some great regular clubs and sports. These include Pilates, Dance, Knitting &...

After the summer holiday season, we’re back in the groove with our jazz events kicking back off. On Friday, September 30th, we’re really looking forward...

Well, as expected, the “Bateman Brothers Jazz Band” did indeed go down a storm with a close to a sell-out crowd, standing ovations for the musicianship,...

So much going on at the hall. “Richard Leach’s Street Band” were an absolute treat – photos and video are now available on our Facebook page. When this...

Well, as reported last time, we knew ticket sales were going well for the Cotswold Events booking for the “Just Take That” tribute band and our own...

We’ve been busy through the winter updating our facilities to make the hall an even more attractive proposition for our hirers whatever the size of the...

it’s encouraging to see the hall diary filling up with our regular clubs, societies, and sports bookings getting back up and running. Check out our...

Challenging times still, unfortunately, but we were able to honour our bookings for a fabulous weekend of live music over the first weekend of December....

Events at the hall keep on coming! This will go out after the James Bond themed evening; Lions Cinema evening; and the Small Business Gift Fair; but...

One of our regular hall event hirers has recently put on a Beatles tribute band, originally booked for April 2020! It’s so good to get back to a level of...