The Ship Inn Arts Centre – at Ashford Hill
Ship Inn Country Hotel RG19 8BD
Welcome everyone!
Our Website: https://shipinnarts.org/ has links to our events, under Events 2025 – or you can pick up a leaflet with all our events when you visit Shipinnarts.
Early Booking is Advised
Purchase Tickets: Tickets from Eventbrite.
You can also reserve tickets directly by ringing The Ship: 01189 814504 – then pay on the door when you come – please bring cash if you can.
All tickets are non-refundable – tickets may be exchanged for another performance providing it is within 48 hours of the advertised start time of the event. If we have to cancel an event for any reason then refunds will be issued.
If you would like to be put on our Mailing List, please email shipinnarts@gmail.com – you will receive an email monthly about events coming up for the next month.
Open Mics
Open Mics will be relocating in 2025 and still under Jon Whitfield, if you are interested in Open Mics, please do email us on the above email address. Jon will then be able to let you know where they are.
The Ship venue is available for hire at a reasonable cost: if you would like to hold a workshop of your own, or a concert, or hire The Ship for rehearsals/recording, please ring The Ship on 01189 814504. Please see information below, scroll down and it will appear after December events.
Food Allergy Notice!
Please be advised that the food may contain allergies. Ring us a week before the event you are attending, if you have a special food requirement, so we have enough warning – thank you.
Recorder Choir (18 years and up) – come and join us! 7.30pm start – Bring your recorder if you have one, Alison has some to lend if not. Alison hopes to build the full range of recorders. Please bring £5 cash each practise. Contact Alison Pickering, email: alisonjpickering30@gmail.com
These pages list our upcoming events in 2025
SEPTEMBER
Friday 5th 12th 19th & 25th Sept Recorder Choir (18 years and up) – come and join us! 7.30pm start – Bring your recorder if you have one, Alison has some to lend if not. Please bring £5 cash each practise. Contact Alison Pickering, email: alisonjpickering30@gmail.com
The Ship is available to hire The Ship for Workshops/events
Friday 3rd 10th & 17th October Recorder Choir (18 years and up) – come and join us! 7.30pm start – Bring your recorder if you have one, Alison has some to lend if not. Please bring £5 cash each practise. Contact Alison Pickering, email: alisonjpickering30@gmail.com
NOVEMBER
Friday 7th 14th 21st & 28th November Recorder Choir (18 years and up) – come and join us! 7.30pm start – Bring your recorder if you have one, Alison has some to lend if not. Please bring £5 cash each practise. Contact Alison Pickering, email: alisonjpickering30@gmail.com
DECEMBER – The Ship is available to hire for any Workshops/events
Friday 5th & 12th December Recorder Choir (18 years and up) – come and join us! 7.30pm start – Bring your recorder if you have one, Alison has some to lend if not. Please bring £5 cash each practise. Contact Alison Pickering, email: alisonjpickering30@gmail.com
Shipinnarts reserves the right to change artists or programmes as necessary. Find us on Facebook©2024 ShipInnArts Last updated 4/11/2024
The Ship Inn Country Hotel
You can book an event/ practise/rehearsal/play on the baby grand piano at The Ship by ringing 01189 814504/ email: ginaselby@hotmail.com
Would you like to have a professional recording of yourself singing or playing an instrument? Contact: jamie@jamiehowell.co.uk or ring Jamie on: 0777 989 3767
If you are interested to hire the venue for practise/recording/meetings/workshops, please contact Georgi Selby on 01189 814504 or email (above)
The Ship is a flourishing and welcoming London College of Music (LCME) centre for examinations for the Newbury and Basingstoke areas– we hold them 3 times a year and we have good facilities for warming up.
For more information about the London College of Music, please see their website: https://lcme.uwl.ac.uk/home/ Our centre is listed under the Information tab, click on Centres. All the dates for exams in 2025 and 2026 are listed there and contact details of the Rep. for this centre.