insideSUSSEX Magazine Issue 07 - September 2015 | Page 20

EVENTS SussexEvents The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain: 30 Plucking Years // 2 Sep Eight ukuleles, sixteen hands, thirty-two strings, sixteen million minutes, one billion seconds, thirty years. In June 2015, the Orchestra clock up sixteen million minutes of ukulele action and by September 2016, they will have been active for one billion seconds. The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, the irresistible entertainment juggernaut, is developing even further with new tours, new audio and new video releases. Celebrate the anniversaries over the next year as ‘the Ukes’ continue touring to great acclaim, from sold out houses and happy, stomping, laughing audiences. They play ukuleles, they sing, they say funny things, they whistle, but they bring a lot more to the table than that. Ale at Amberley // 4-6 Sep Come and enjoy an amazing beer festival in the heart of the South Downs at Amberley Museum where there will be over 80 local and national beers, ciders and perries. 7.30pm. Price: £22.50 Assembly Hall, Stoke Abbott Road, Worthing BN11 1HQ www.worthingtheatres.co.uk / 01903 206206 12pm – 4.30pm and 6pm – 10.30pm. Price: £5 Amberley Museum & Heritage Centre, Station Road, Amberley BN18 9LT www.amberleymuseum.co.uk / 01798 831370 Bat Evening // 2 & 8 Sep Learn about the bats that live at Alfriston Clergy House with a bat expert from the Ecology Consultancy. 7pm. Price: £6 (children £4) Alfriston Clergy House, The Tye, Alfriston, Polegate BN26 5TL www.nationaltrust.org.uk/alfriston-clergy-house / 01323 871961 The Drifters // 4 Sep With over 65 members in over 62 years the legacy conti