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The Stylistics
TIME 7.30PM DATE FRIDAY 26 JANUARY
LOCATION CHELTENHAM TOWN HALL PRICE £31.50
With instantly-recognisable hits such as Betcha by Golly Wow, I Can’t
Give You Anything (But My Love), Funky Weekend, Sing Baby Sing ,
plus many more. The group features two original members, Herbert
Murrell and Airrion Love, and is fronted by the brilliant Eban Brown,
former singer with Wilbur Hart’s Delfonics. The Philadelphia group
recorded a remarkable 10 straight top ten hits during the early 70s!
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Cheltenham Symphony
Orchestra – An English
Celebration 1 
TIME 7.30PM
DATE SATURDAY 27 JANUARY
LOCATION PITTVILLE PUMP ROOM
PRICE £14, £17; CONC AVAILABLE
In this first concert of the CSO’s
Spring Series hear Vaughan
Williams’ A London Symphony
and Britten’s violin concerto –
with soloist Fenella Humphreys.
No English celebration would
be complete without Holst,
Cheltenham’s famous son,
represented by his Somerset
Rhapsody.
10 Jan - May 2018
Cheltenham
Philharmonic Orchestra:
Winter Concert – Jazz
and Blues 
TIME 3PM
DATE SUNDAY 28 JANUARY
LOCATION PITTVILLE PUMP ROOM
PRICE £12; CONC AVAILABLE
Cheltenham Philharmonic Orchestra
presents their winter concert
influenced by jazz and blues
featuring Gershwin’s Rhapsody in
Blue, Shostakovich’s Jazz Suites
Florence Price’s unjustly neglected
Symphony No. 1 in E Minor. The
orchestra is led by Sue Belinfante
and conducted by Stephen Belinfante.
Visit www.cheltenhamphilharmonic.
co.uk for details.
WWW.CHELTENHAMTRUST.ORG.UK
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Sinatra, Sequins & Swing:
The Capitol Years Live! 
TIME 3PM
DATE SUNDAY 28 JANUARY
LOCATION CHELTENHAM
TOWN HALL
PRICE £6, £18, £22.50, £23,
£23.50; CONC AVAILABLE
This high-octane, critically
acclaimed concert celebrates the
famous songs and Hollywood
glamour of Frank Sinatra’s golden
era at Capitol Records, 1953-61.
Enjoy the highly entertaining,
world-class Big Band (ft. players
from Ronnie Scott’s Big Band/BBC
Big Band) backing UK’s new swing
vocal stars as they deliver the best
from Sinatra’s Capitol songbook.
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GRMG presents: An
Evening with Helen
MacDonald  Islands in the Stream –
The Music of Dolly Parton
& Kenny Rogers
TIME 7.30PM
DATE WEDNESDAY 31 JANUARY
LOCATION CHELTENHAM
TOWN HALL
PRICE £15; £5 CONC
Helen MacDonald’s “H is for
Hawk” won the Costa Award
in 2014, providing a blow-by-
blow account of how a falconer
exerts her will over a goshawk.
Helen is honorary president
of Gloucestershire Raptor
Monitoring Group. She will talk
about her books and her recent
BBC film about goshawks in
Gloucestershire. TIME 7.30PM
DATE THURSDAY 1 FEBRUARY
LOCATION CHELTENHAM
TOWN HALL
PRICE £24
Leave your 9 to 5 worries at the
door and get ready for a night in
the company of country music
royalty! This thigh-slapping show
brings together the beloved
glamour of Dolly Parton along
with Kenny Rogers’ charisma.
Enjoy a superb score and
supreme musicianship as we
bring the house down with the
ultimate tribute to two country
music legends.
The Kast Off Kinks
TIME 7.30PM
DATE FRIDAY 2 FEBRUARY
LOCATION CHELTENHAM
TOWN HALL
PRICE £22
Former members of the
legendary band The Kinks are
back to re-live the good times
and keep the songs alive that
made them a household name.
Featuring original drummer
Mick Avory, John Dalton, Ian
Gibbons and with Dave Clarke,
expect all the classic hits such
as You Really Got Me, Sunny
Afternoon, Waterloo Sunset
and much more. A great night
out not be missed!
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Stuart Maconie – Jarrow: Road to the Deep South
TIME 7.30PM DATE SUNDAY 4 FEBRUARY
LOCATION CHELTENHAM TOWN HALL PRICE £17 AGE OVER 14
In October 2016, writer and broadcaster Stuart Maconie walked 300
miles from Jarrow to London retracing the famous Jarrow Crusade
eighty years on, through a divided and complex country. From choral
evensong to curry house, from austerity to affluence, from Wearside
to Westminster, join him on an entertaining, impassioned, enlightening
journey describing Britain then and now.
WWW.CHELTENHAMTRUST.ORG.UK
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