There was a full house at the Unicorn for the Urban Folk Quartet – a band full of inventiveness, humour and virtuosity.
They played music with many global influences.
One of the musicians stopped the encore number to say he had dreamed that the audience in Abingdon would jump out of their seats during the encore, and on cue they did, and carried on jumping.
This was put on by Music at the Unicorn.
There will be egg and spoon races for all age ranges with medals for the winners, and of course chocolate prizes! Saturday 15th April.
Watch the rowing from the river bank on Sunday 9th April.
We may not have a cinema but we do have the ABCD Film Society who are putting on the winner of the Oscar for Best Picture. Entry £6. Thursday 6th April.
The Urban Folk Quartet are at the Unicorn on the same date. Thursday 6th April.
The Abingdon Horticultural Society have their Spring Show this coming Saturday 8th April.
There are more posters in the library or Mostly Books. So will it be Moonlight or the Urban Folk Quartet?
Cancer Research UK had their own art exhibition on Saturday morning. Their art work was on display outside the shop to raise money for the cause.
They did a good trade, and the one of the Old Gaol went very quickly.
Also on Saturday I took some pictures of the Circus Field next to Wootton Road – complete with circus for posterity.
The Circus Field is in the local plan for development. Circuses also sometimes use the Ladygrove Meadow off Drayton Road.
Abingdon Artists have their Spring Exhibition in St Nicolas Church, Abingdon, from 3-8 April. It will be open every day from 10 to 4.30 with free entry.
There are pictures for sale, and cards, and there is the usual exhibition raffle with a chance to win an original watercolour.
Abingdon Artists welcome new members. They have talks, and an indoor group on Tuesdays where people brings their own projects to work on – advice is available, and an outdoor sketching group somewhere in town on Friday.
See their website www.abingdonartists.org.uk for more information.
You may even see an artist painting at the exhibition.