The Arts Society Arun Monthly Talk: Decoding Contemporary Art
The Arts Society Arun, Rustington
Our talk this month is by Jackie Klein. Many of us find contemporary art challenging, strange, provocative or downright silly. This lecture unravels the step changes in art since the 1870s, exploring how we got from impressionist paintings to the interactive, immersive, ephemeral, and postmodern art of today.
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]
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]
16 Jun 2026
09:30 - 12:00
Witches, Warlocks and Wellingtons - The ritual protection of the home
Sussex Family History Group : Worthing Meeting Centre, Worthing
Janet Pennington
This talk examines some of the ways people in the past protected themselves and their homes from evil. Protective items will also be on display and can be handled. There will hopefully be no witches or warlocks present, but a wellington may appear!
Dr Janet Pennington is a popular speaker and historian talking on local topics. She is the former archivist at Lancing College.
This talk examines some of the ways people in the past protected themselves and their homes from evil. Protective items will also be on display and can be handled. There will hopefully be no witches or warlocks present, but a wellington may appear!
Dr Janet Pennington is a popular speaker and historian talking on local topics. She is the former archivist at Lancing College.
18 Jun 2026
19:15 - 21:00
Wadars Charity Golf Day
Henry Heard, Worthing
Perched along the ridges of the South Downs National Park, Worthing Golf Club’s Vardon Course enjoys panoramic views of the Sussex coastline from Beachy Head to the Isle of Wight.
The event format will be a Scramble with Shotgun Start, and additional competitions include ‘Nearest the pin’, ‘Nearest the Pin in Two’, and ‘Bottle Putting Challenge’.
Teams of up to four are invited to take part at just £85 per player for the 18 holes plus two-course lunch and refreshments on arrival – (£50pp for Worthing Golf Club members), a saving of almost £30 on usual green fees for the Vardon course. If you don’t have a team of 4, tell us how many players you do have, and we will create teams of 4.
Additional Competition Bundles consisting of one Mulligan, entry into one Nearest the Pin and the Bottle Putting Challenge, plus a strip of five raffle tickets can be purchased for £20.
What’s included in the day:
- Tea/coffee and bacon roll on arrival
- 18 holes on the Club’s Vardon Course – with shotgun start
- Soft drinks and snacks available to purchase out on the course
- Two-course lunch in the Club House following the competition
- Prize giving, charity auction and raffle
Planned timings:
- 8am arrival for tea/coffee & bacon roll and registration
- 9am shotgun start for 18 holes (if numbers don’t allow a shotgun start, then tee off times will be eight minutes apart)
- Two-course meal afterwards at approx. 2.15/2.30pm
- Presentations to follow the meal
- Event to finish at around 4pm
25 Jun 2026
08:00 - 16:00
SUMMER CONCERT by Edwin James Festival Choir
Edwin James Festival Choir and Orchestra, Littlehampton
A choir concert with a theme of “An English Country Garden” featuring songs that celebrate the love of the Rose.
A Fundraiser for the charity “Marie Curie”.
Doors open at 6:45pm
Box office: 01243 584920 / 01243 582330. £10 adults/ £5 children
Some ticket availability on the door.
Doors open at 6:45pm
Box office: 01243 584920 / 01243 582330. £10 adults/ £5 children
Some ticket availability on the door.
27 Jun 2026
19:30 - 21:45
Worthing Philharmonic Orchestra Concert
Worthing Philharmonic Orchestra, Worthing
The WPO joins forces with the Brighton16 chamber choir, to present Brahms's powerful and moving masterpiece, 'Ein Deutsches Requiem' (Sung in German). The orchestra completes the programme with Beethoven's gripping 'Coriolan Overture' and Mozart's Symphony No. 35 ('Haffner').
Soloists:
Emily Wenman, Soprano
Matthew Jelf, Baritone
Conductor - Dominic Grier
Soloists:
Emily Wenman, Soprano
Matthew Jelf, Baritone
Conductor - Dominic Grier
28 Jun 2026
15:00 - 17:00
Summer Flower Show
Goring Gardening Society, Worthing
Visit our Summer Show and view classes for flowers, vegetables, hobbies and floral art. Vote for your favourite floral arrangement and enjoy tea and homemade cakes. Buy a raffle ticket and browse our plant stall. Entry for visitors is just £1 and children are admitted free.
04 Jul 2026
14:00 - 16:00
Littlehampton Concert Band Presents "Music in the Park"
Littlehampton Concert Band, Bognor Regis
Come and join us for an afternoon of music.
Weather Permitting
Weather Permitting
05 Jul 2026
14:30 - 17:00
Angmering Horticultural Club
Angmering Horticultural Club, Littlehampton
Hamish MacGillivray is giving what promises to be a very interesting talk entitled 'She Sleeps on a Volcano! Dora Stafford - the forgotten plant hunter of Peru. This will be followed by tea, biscuits and a raffle. www.angmeringhorticulture.co.uk.
06 Jul 2026
19:30 - 21:00
Worthing Antique, Arts & Collectors' Club
Worthing Antique, Arts & Collectors' Club, Worthing
Established in 1968, we are a small, friendly club that meets on the first Tuesday of the month. Each month we invite a guest speaker, and for July we have Sally Botwright, a member of the Institute of Tourist Guiding & Guide London. Sally's talk is on 'London Oddities and Curiosities'.
All are welcome to attend; non-members £7.50 pp or join the club for just £35pp pa.
Each talk is approximately one hour long, with Q&A to follow and our raffle.
More information on Sally and all our speakers for the year can be found at www.worthingantiqueclub.org.uk or call Andy for more information.
All are welcome to attend; non-members £7.50 pp or join the club for just £35pp pa.
Each talk is approximately one hour long, with Q&A to follow and our raffle.
More information on Sally and all our speakers for the year can be found at www.worthingantiqueclub.org.uk or call Andy for more information.
07 Jul 2026
19:30 - 21:00
Dining With History – a talk by Jessica Thurtell
Rustington Heritage Association, Rustington
Travel back through time to discover the food and eating customs from Anglo-Saxon times to the present day – the evolution of English eating. Jessica Thurtell’s fascinating illustrated talk is not all about wealth & feasting: have a look at peasant meals of pottage, working class dinners and middle class genteel dining too. Find out about the evolution of table manners and how to eat politely - from daggers and fingers to soup spoons, fruit knives & oyster forks.
Entry to the talk is free for paid-up members of Rustington Heritage Association. Visitors £5 (cash only) payable at the door. All admissions subject to availability of seats on arrival.
Entry to the talk is free for paid-up members of Rustington Heritage Association. Visitors £5 (cash only) payable at the door. All admissions subject to availability of seats on arrival.
09 Jul 2026
14:30 - 15:50
Charms, Cures and Potions: Keeping Well in Old Sussex – a talk by Chris Hare
East Preston & Kingston Preservation Society, East Preston, Littlehampton
In an era when most people could not afford to go the doctor, and when the skills of doctors and the potency of their medicines were very limited, most people relied on folk cures and remedies. There were not only physical illnesses to contend with; many people believed in the malign presence of witchcraft and there were rituals and charms for dealing with this threat too. Some of these “old wives tales” probably did some good, others none at all, and some probably did more harm than good. Chris Hare, Worthing historian and author, explores this fascinating topic in his illustrated talk. Entry is free for EPKPS members. Visitors £3, payable on entry (cash only). All admissions subject to availability of seats on arrival.
14 Jul 2026
19:15 - 20:30
Tombstone Tourists - why cemeteries are so interesting - Ian Everest
Sussex Family History Group : Worthing Meeting Centre, Worthing
Find out about the development of the large municipal cemeteries during the 19th century and the background to their establishment. Using Newhaven Cemetery as a focus, the talk looks at how a cemetery can act as a reference library for local and family history, and a fascinating insight into Victorian social history.
Ian Everest is a popular speaker from Newhaven giving talks on Farming History, Sussex Local History, Military and Social History.
16 Jul 2026
19:15 - 19:00