These are some of our upcoming events - open to all u3a members to attend. (They are in addition to our weekly Horizons coffee meetings and, of course, the many regular Group Meetings.)
Here you will spot notification of our monthly Speaker Meetings and our Drama and Music Performances, in addition to an occasional Outing, Workshop or Short Course. Social activities such as the annual Christmas Lunch, Summer Dance and Quiz also appear and some Group events when open to all members, not just their "regulars".
So don't miss out! Keep a regular eye on this page!!
Forthcoming events
5th December 2024
Philharmonic
(Group: Philharmonic Visits)
Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No 1: Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker (Excerpts): Simon Trpceski - Piano. Domingo Hindoyan - Conductor. Please access this link for a copy of the Programmes Notes.
Venue: Liverpool Philharmonic
Booking Required
6th December 2024
12:00 pm
Social
A few Returned Tickets may now be available Note the change of venue for this year's Christmas Social.
Venue: Aughton Village Hall
Cost: £28, non-returnable
20th December 2024
Meeting
(Group: Geology)
Bring a Pebble(s) from the beach or elsewhere to compare, discuss and identify!
Venue: Scout & Guide HQ
24th January 2025
11:00 am
Meeting
(Group: Health & Wellbeing)
Social Prescribing and Wellbeing
Professor Michelle Howarth, Health & Social Care, Edge Hill University, talking about Social Prescribing to reduce social isolation.
Venue: St. Michael's Church Hall
26th January 2025
2:30 pm
Philharmonic
(Group: Philharmonic Visits)
Leeds International Piano Competition
Winner - Jaeden Izik Dzurko - will play Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 4: Bruckner - Symphony No 9: Domingo Hindoyan - Conductor.
Venue: Liverpool Philharmonic
Booking Required
27th January 2025
2:00 pm
Film
(Group: Film Appreciation)
The film, winner of seven academy awards, follows the true life story of Karen Blixen, who moves from Denmark to Kenya to run a coffee plantation with her problematic husband. […]
Venue: Scout & Guide HQ
Cost: £2
4th February 2025
2:00 pm
Local History
(Group: Local History)
Ormskirk's Famous and Infamous
Dot Broady-Hawkes' talk will reveal something about the people whose names may be well known to us. S&G HQ, 2pm for 2:15pm start All members welcome
Venue: Scout & Guide HQ
13th February 2025
Philharmonic
(Group: Philharmonic Visits)
Missy Mazzoli – River Rouge Transfiguration: Brahms – Violin Concerto: Shostakovich – Symphony No 6: Alena Baeva – violin. Lidiya Yankovskaya – Conductor
Venue: Liverpool Philharmonic
Booking Required
13th February 2025
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Speaker Meeting
Roger Browne, professional raconteur, writer, director and pianist, talks about the roots of blues, music hall, ragtime, operetta, variety shows, minstrel music, jazz, classical music.
Expect hilarious anecdotes, incredible facts, and superb piano playing.
Venue: Scout & Guide HQ
20th February 2025
Philharmonic
(Group: Philharmonic Visits)
Jose Pablo Moncayo – Huapango: Stravinsky – Petrushka (1947): Sarasate – Zigeunerweisen: Daniel Freiberg – Historias de Flores y Tangos: Pacho Flores – trumpet. Domingo Hindoyan – Conductor.
Venue: Liverpool Philharmonic
Booking Required
24th February 2025
2:00 pm
Film
(Group: Film Appreciation)
Film Monday: The Theory Of Everything
The film stars Eddie Redmayne as Stephen Hawking, the renowned scientist. Following an earth-shattering diagnosis, Hawking embarks on his most ambitious scientific work in the time he has left in […]
Venue: Scout & Guide HQ
Cost: £2
20th March 2025
Philharmonic
(Group: Philharmonic Visits)
Beethoven – Violin Concerto: Beethoven – Symphony No 3 ‘Eroica’: Veronika Eberle – violin. Domingo Hindoyan – Conductor.
Venue: Liverpool Philharmonic
Booking Required
3rd April 2025
Philharmonic
(Group: Philharmonic Visits)
Mathilde Wantenaar – Prelude a une nuit Americaine: Shostakovich – Piano Concerto No. 1: Dvorak – Symphony No. 9, ‘From the New World’: Anna Tsybuleva – piano. Erina Yashima – Conductor
Venue: Liverpool Philharmonic
Booking Required
17th May 2025
Philharmonic
(Group: Philharmonic Visits)
Roberto Sierra – Fandangos: Elgar – Cello Concerto: Rachmaninov – Symphonic Dances: Pablo Ferrandez – cello. Domingo Hindoyan – Conductor.
Venue: Liverpool Philharmonic
Booking Required
5th June 2025
Philharmonic
(Group: Philharmonic Visits)
Strauss – Don Juan: Grace-Evangeline Mason – new work (world premiere): Mahler – Symphony No. 4: Sophie Bevan MBE – soprano: Ryan Wigglesworth – conductor.
Venue: Liverpool Philharmonic
Booking Required
3rd July 2025
Philharmonic
(Group: Philharmonic Visits)
Put the date in your diary - Vasily Petrenko returns!!!!!! Weinberg – Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes: Shostakovich – Suite for Variety Orchestra: Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 4: Vasily Petrenko – conductor
Venue: Liverpool Philharmonic
Booking Required