{"id":34689,"date":"2025-12-03T17:42:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T17:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=34689"},"modified":"2025-12-03T17:42:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T17:42:09","slug":"whats-on-in-abingdon-next-week-and-the-first-use-of-the-new-town-notice-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=34689","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s On in Abingdon Next Week, and the First Use of the New Town Notice Board"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe new notice board on the Market Place displayed its first posters today, with different notices on each side. It is hoped this will help make local events better known.
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\nThe Mayor\u2019s Christmas Party for Over-75s takes place on Thursday 4 December at the Hilton Garden Hotel, though it is probably too late now to get tickets, which were distributed through the Abingdon Information Centre.
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\nOn Saturday 6 December, there will be a Craft Market on the Market Place \u2014 one of the events that usually relies on its own lamp-post advertising rather than the town notice boards.
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\nAlso on Saturday 6 December, in the Roysse Room, Eben Lark will be selling their mix of vintage, home, and garden decorations and furnishings.
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\nAt 3.30pm on Saturday 6 December, the Abingdon Concert Band will perform Christmas Day in Concert at St Helen\u2019s Church. Tickets are \u00a310\/\u00a38, with under-12s free.
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\nAt 7.30pm on Saturday 6 December, the Thames Vale Youth Orchestra will give a concert in the Yolande Paterson Hall at St Helen & St Katharine\u2019s School. The programme includes Offenbach\u2019s Orpheus in the Underworld Overture, Rimsky-Korsakov\u2019s Capriccio Espagnole, and Tchaikovsky\u2019s Symphony No. 6 (Path\u00e9tique). Tickets are \u00a312\/\u00a310, with under-16s free.
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\nOn Sunday 7 December at 2.30pm, Pavlova Winds will perform Paul Reade\u2019s Cinderella Suite and Jim Parker\u2019s Mississippi Five as part of the Abbey Chamber Concerts series at St Nicolas Church. Tickets cost \u00a312.
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\nOn Monday 8 December at 5pm, The Abbey Cinema will show the documentary Rhino, following its collaboration with One Planet Abingdon. The film explores efforts to save one of the world\u2019s most endangered species.
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\nOn Tuesday 10 December at 7pm, the Amey Theatre will present a live screening of The Nutcracker from the Royal Opera House \u2014 the classic Christmas ballet featuring Tchaikovsky\u2019s music and Julia Trevelyan Oman\u2019s designs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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