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GALLERY NEWS 2025
GALLERY NEWS - what’s on, and what COULD be on in 2025! FIRSTLY, WE WISH YOU A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR! We are handing over the Gallery for mini-residencies during January to support artists who wish to try drawing on a large scale. It can be challenging and exciting to...
Jack Bessant and Betsy Beard Play The George on Saturday May 24
Local singer-songwriter Betsy Beard will join Jack Bessant, founding member of legendary 90s alternative rock band ‘Reef’ at The George in May. Picking up the guitar during lockdown, Betsy is self-taught and quickly progressed to writing her own material. With a...
Forest Music Collective Announces April Line-up
Foist Presents are excited to announce that the next evening of original live music at The Club in Newnham-on-Severn, will feature a live set from critically acclaimed music producers, Jabu. Following positive reviews for their third album, 2024’s A Soft and...
STILL OUT – An ‘Adventure in Feeling and Form’
Touching on friendship, place and the passing of time, STILL OUT is an audio-visual collaboration between Gloucestershire-based music producers Will Cookson and Tom Haverly and filmmaker Rufus Exton. Non-narrative in form yet resonant with embedded meanings, it evokes...
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Newnham to Host New Season of Original Music from FOIST Collective
A Forest of Dean music collective is poised to launch a stellar second season of live music. The diverse events programme put together by the team of dedicated volunteers at FOIST is designed to grow a new culture of original live music in the local area. FOIST has...
Our Gallery is beautiful – YOU could show your artworks in it!
Sunlight floods through the windows, bathing the artworks in light……Newnham on Severn is a thriving village and there are other great galleries, pubs, B&B’s and shops. To ensure there is a good balance for visitors to enjoy Newnham to the full, we welcome both...
Preloved Pop Up Shop to Run at The George During ‘Second Hand’ September
We’re pleased to announce that we’ll be creating our own version of Second Hand September at The George with a pop-up preloved shop. Supporting Oxfam’s second hand shopping campaign fits well with our commitment to helping the environment and we’re sure there’s an...
George Community Pays Tribute to Former Patron and Loyal Supporter
We are very sorry to launch our news page with the sad news of the death of Mr John Bramley, a local resident in Newnham and a generous and engaged member and supporter of the project to resurrect The George for the community from very early on. John agreed to...
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