Mettle Studios and Wood Design Christmas Open Workshop
Fleur Grenier, Angmering
Christmas Open Workshop – Exhibition and sale of Contemporary Crafts
12th December 10-5pm – 13th December 10-4pm
Free Entry
Mettle Studios & Wood Design Workshop
Roundstone Bypass
Angmering
W. Sussex
Exhibition and Sale of Contemporary Crafts.
There will be a wide range of beautiful handmade pieces such as: Jewellery, wood turned bowls and decorative pieces, gingerbread gifts, ceramics, collectable textiles, glass, furniture, pewter tableware, garden sculptures, pewter journals, embroidered textiles, cards, gingerbread and paintings.
All items can be taken at the time of purchase, or you may like to speak to one of the artists about commissioning a bespoke piece to make that Christmas present even more special.
Perfect opportunity to do your Christmas shopping in a more relaxed environment, while enjoying a glass of mulled wine and mince pie.
Mettle Studios
Fleur Grenier – Pewter Homeware & Sculpture
Lorraine Gibby – Jewellery
Paul Cox – Garden Sculpture
Allie Bond – Pewter Journals and Cards
Anna Cates – Woodturning
Kate Hackett – Ceramics
Christine Twitchen – Gingerbread
Lara Sparks – Embroidered textiles
Jane Balfour – Jewellery
Sophie Cadogan - Knitted Accessories
Sophie Cadogan - Knitted Accessories
Incy Wincy Studio – Felt accessories
Wood Design Workshops
Brendan Devitt-Spooner – Furniture
Deborah Timperley – Glass
Kevin Hutson – Woodturning
Paul Kirnig – Ceramics
Sam Wilson - Metalsmith
Sarah Dudley – Collectible Textiles
Jan Wood – Watercolours
Andy Ball – Wood Homeware & Gifts
Contact: [email protected] for further information
12 Dec 2026
10:00 - 17:00
Worthing Philharmonic Orchestra Christmas Concert
Worthing Philharmonic Orchestra, Worthing
Christmas At The Movies
The WPO offers its hugely popular annual Christmas Concert, including favourite carols, popular Christmas music and festive fun!
This year, the concert has a cinematic twist. Still giving you a chance to sing some of your favourite carols and hear seasonal classics, we also present some blockbuster film scores for all the family to enjoy.
With:
The Worthing Choral Society
The Angmering Chorale
Sompting Village Primary School Choir
Conductor: Dominic Grier
The WPO offers its hugely popular annual Christmas Concert, including favourite carols, popular Christmas music and festive fun!
This year, the concert has a cinematic twist. Still giving you a chance to sing some of your favourite carols and hear seasonal classics, we also present some blockbuster film scores for all the family to enjoy.
With:
The Worthing Choral Society
The Angmering Chorale
Sompting Village Primary School Choir
Conductor: Dominic Grier
13 Dec 2026
15:00 - 17:00
Christmas Carol Concert
Arun Choral Society, Arundel
Arun Choral Society presents an evening of festive choral music, readings and traditional congregational carols in the stunning surroundings of Arundel Cathedral.
13 Dec 2026
19:30 - 21:30
Shepherds Arise! at St Nicholas Church - a concert of traditional carols and music
Arundel Museum Manager, Arundel
Shepherds Arise! will be giving a concert at St Nicholas’ Church, Arundel on Sunday 13 December at 2:30pm.
This is the first time that they will have been to Arundel – come and join us for a special afternoon in the run up to Christmas…
This is the first time that they will have been to Arundel – come and join us for a special afternoon in the run up to Christmas…
Their repertoire includes carols such as ‘Blow ye the Trumpet’, an anthem from a book belonging to John Bailey of Ringmer (1842), ‘Shepherds Arise’, from The Copper Family of Rottingdean, ‘The Ditchling Carol’, written by Peter Parsons, shoemaker of Ditchling (1825 – 1901), and the aforementioned ‘Falmer Carol’. Between the carols are readings about Christmas in Sussex in the past, and the musicians play lively dance tunes from old Sussex manuscripts.
The first half finishes with the ever popular, and evolving, Ovingdean Mummers’ Play (1870). Our merry band is currently formed of twenty-six singers and eight instrumentalists, comprising flute, fiddles, clarinet, English concertinas, bassoon and last, but by no means least, the serpent. And there will be opportunities for the audience to learn and join in the carols and become part of the enjoyment of singing in the ancient St Nicholas Parish Church.
Akin to the first glass of mulled wine of the season, Shepherds Arise! provides both a warming and cheering link to the past (with some ingredients unearthed at the back of cupboards thrown in), and a treat for the audience and performers alike to look forward to the following year when ‘the trees are all bare’ (Christmas Song, The Copper Family). As Frederick Jones remarks in his reminiscence ‘A Church Choir Visits the Gentry on Christmas Eve’ (1847), “it is difficult to say who has the greater pleasure, the hosts or the guests”.
The Shepherds Arise! concert is being held with the kind assistance of Fr. David Twinley, vicar of St Nicholas’ Church, and there will be a retiring collection in aid of Arundel Museum.
13 Dec 2026
14:30 - 16:00
Rustington WI: Talk by Ben Tasker 'Slapstick, Secrets & Sausages'
PAM LOVEGROVE, Rustington
Our monthly meeting with talk above. We are a friendly WI of just under 70 ladies. Three free visits before committing to joining.
15 Dec 2026
14:00 - 16:00
Christmas Services
St John the Divine Church, Worthing
Community Carol Service Sunday 20th December 4pm
Family Crib Service Thursday 24th December 3pm
Midnight Mass Thursday 24th December 11.45pm
Christmas Day Mass Friday 25th December 9.30am
Family Crib Service Thursday 24th December 3pm
Midnight Mass Thursday 24th December 11.45pm
Christmas Day Mass Friday 25th December 9.30am
20 Dec 2026
00:00 - 00:00
Shops and Shopping: the Small Shop through the Ages – a talk by Janet Pennington
East Preston & Kingston Preservation Society, East Preston, Littlehampton
We take shopping for granted nowadays, using our local shops - if we still have them - and going to the supermarket. We can even order on-line and have a home delivery at our convenience. How different was it for our ancestors? Would we recognise a medieval shopfront in our own High Street? And what about shop signs and shop names - how have they changed? Do you remember bacon machines, cash railways and no self-service? Janet’s talk will take us back through nostalgia and beyond. Entry is free for EPKPS members. Visitors £3, payable on entry (cash only). All admissions subject to availability of seats on arrival.
12 Jan 2027
14:30 - 16:00
Sakhaline et La Péninsule de Kamtchatka
Rustington & District Anglo-French Circle, Rustington
Start the New Year with a talk on Russia's extreme eastern territory and its oil. Cold and uninviting not like us! We are a friendly group of Francophiles who meet every second Tuesday of the month. All levels of French are welcome and there will be visuals to help. Chat and social starts at 7.15 with the talk starting at 7.30. Visitors £5 a visit. Venez nombreux! Please email anglofrenchrustington@gmailcom for further information.
12 Jan 2027
19:15 - 20:45
2027 New Year Orchestral Concert
Edwin James Festival Orchestra, Littlehampton
A New Year concert to celebrate 2027. A donation from the concert will go the Samaritan charity (local branch).
Some ticket availability on the door - tickets £10 adults/ £5 children
Some ticket availability on the door - tickets £10 adults/ £5 children
16 Jan 2027
19:30 - 22:00
The Arts Society Arun Monthly Talk - The Bauhaus and Beyond
The Arts Society Arun Monthly Talk -The Bauhaus and Beyond, Worthing
Our talk this month is by Andrew Spira. The Bauhaus was one of the most innovative and influential schools of design in the 20th century, combining abstract art with a thoroughly conscientious approach to social reform and domestic living. Employing some of the most celebrated artists of the 20th century, it continues to shape art education.
Doors open 9.30am. Everyone welcome. Guests £7 on the door. Coffee & biscuits available.
Meetings are held on the third Tuesday of the month. For more information, please email [email protected]
PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF USUAL VENUE FOR THIS MONTH'S TALK
Doors open 9.30am. Everyone welcome. Guests £7 on the door. Coffee & biscuits available.
Meetings are held on the third Tuesday of the month. For more information, please email [email protected]
PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF USUAL VENUE FOR THIS MONTH'S TALK
19 Jan 2027
09:30 - 12:00
Rustington WI: talk by Louise Peskett 'Entertaining Sussex Women'
PAM LOVEGROVE, Rustington
Our monthly meeting and talk. We are a friendly group of just under 70 ladies. Three free visits before joining.
19 Jan 2027
14:00 - 16:00
Death Cafe
Corinne HUTT GREENYER & Annie HALL, Littlehampton
We meet monthly on the last Thursday of each month, 10.30-11.30am, upstairs in Establo Lounge. Join us for a relaxed and interesting discussion of matters related to death and dying, an important event in all of our lives, but one which is frequently avoided. At this time in the year, thoughts often turn to the future, but maybe not to this part of all of our futures. We would love to welcome you to our meeting; order your beverage and join us upstairs for a prompt start. This event is not appropriate for the recently bereaved.
28 Jan 2027
10:30 - 11:30