THE GOOD AFTERNOON CHOIRS

The photo above shows Good Afternoon Choir members from Bath, Chippenham & Calne, Frome, Keynsham, Norton Radstock, South Gloucestershire, Wells and West Wilt joining forces to take part in the inaugural Bath Festival of Choirs, an extension of the popular Party in the City. The massed Good Afternoon Choir was conducted by John Sandford with accompanist Sam Warner. The beautiful weather guaranteed a successful day with over 15 choirs taking part.

COME AND JOIN US!

No Auditions - Great Music - Make New Friends - See You Soon!

Hello - We are the Good Afternoon Choirs – 34 FUN Community Choirs that sing in the AFTERNOONS across the West Country!
You do not have to worry about travelling to rehearsal in the dark, you will be home for the 6 o'clock news!

As you can see from the pictures on this website, we enjoy making music, performing at concerts and raising money for many local organisations and charities. There are NO AUDITIONS and previous singing experience is not important – if you enjoy singing in the car or at home why not come along and find out what singing in an afternoon choir is like? The music varies from unison folk songs through to popular and well loved pieces in harmony.

Everyone is welcome. You do not have to wait to join any of our choirs at the start of a new term, simply come along to ANY rehearsal - your first is always FREE and to find out more A WARM WELCOME AWAITS!

KEYNSHAM BIG SING - 23rd July

Our next Big Sing is planned for Wednesday 23rd July at St John's Church in Keynsham (on the outskirts of Bristol) and will be lead by Laurie Jones and John Hare.

Laurie Jones

John Hare

The event will consist of a workshop from 2.00-5.00pm followed by a concert at 7.00pm. The Big Sing is open to all Good Afternoon Members and costs £15.

For further details or to reserve your place please contact the office by e-mail on [email protected] or by phone on 01761 472468. Places will then be booked on receipt of your payment.

We will need the following information:

Your name
Which choir you sing with
Which part you sing
How you will send payment (cheque / bank transfer)

Tickets for family and friends to attend the evening concert cost £8 and can be purchased at https://gac.ticketlight.co.uk/

We are delighted to announced that Bath based songwriter Gavin Osborn will be our special guest for the evening - joining our very own John Hare to play his modern folk/story songs on accordion, guitar, trumpet and piano.

Familiar to listeners of BBC Radio 4 and 6Music, Gavin has released six acclaimed solo albums. The Observer called his album Echo Bridge “one of the year’s most relatable releases”. Gavin has spent fifteen years entertaining audiences across the UK, Europe and Australia with his deft lyricism, evocative heart-warming storytelling and quick wit. Gavin performs alongside his one man band, multi-instrumentalist John Hare.

You are advised to book quickly for what is sure to be a fantastic day as places are limited!

St John the Baptist, Keynsham

SOUTH BRISTOL Good Afternoon Choir

We are delighted to announced that we will be launching the South Bristol Good Afternoon Choir in Southville with Leader John Hare on Tuesday 2nd September. We hope you'll join us for the launch! Click here for further details.

SPRING CONCERTS

Our Spring concert season has got off to a fantastic start with photos above from our recent Bath with Norton Radstock, Chippenham & Calne with West Wilts, Frome, Keynsham, South Somerset, and Wells Good Afternoon Choir concerts.

The photos below show our 4 London Good Afternoon Choirs - Biggin Hill, Beckenham, Shirley Croydon and West Wickham - and members of our West Sussex Good Afternoon Choir entertaining residents at local Care Homes.

Here's Your Weekly Guide to a 'Good Afternoon' of Singing

There are now 34 Good Afternoon Choirs across the South West and further afield
..... please click on their individual pages for more info:

MONDAYS
North Bristol Good Afternoon Choir from 2-4pm at Westbury on Trym Methodist Church with John Sandford
Frome Good Afternoon Choir from 2-4pm at Trinity Hall, Frome with Matt Finch
Mid Devon Good Afternoon Choir from 1-3pm at Crediton Congregational Church with Jon Rawles
South Somerset Good Afternoon Choir from 1-3pm at Wincanton War Memorial Hall with Ruth Jenkins
Truro Good Afternoon Choir from 1-3pm at Truro Methodist Church
West Wickham Good Afternoon Choir from 1-3pm at The Assembly Halls with Steve Urie

TUESDAYS
Chippenham & Calne Good Afternoon Choir from 1.30-3.30pm at Pewsham Community Centre Association, Pewsham, with Matt Finch
Cirencester & Stroud Good Afternoon Choir from 2-4pm at Cirencester Baptist Church with John Sandford
NEW! Exmouth Good Afternoon Choir from 12.30-2.30pm at Holy Trinity Church, Exmouth with Craig Northway
Shirley Croydon Good Afternoon Choir from 2-4pm at Shirley Methodist Church with Nicola Wydenbach
COMING SOON! South Bristol Good Afternoon Choir from 2-4pm at St Paul's Church with John Hare
NEW! Swansea Good Afternoon Choir from 1-3pm at St James Church with Dana Jean Phoenix
Taunton Good Afternoon Choir from 2-4pm at Temple Methodist Church with Chris Grabham
Wells Good Afternoon Choir from 2-4pm at St Thomas Church, Wells with Ruth Jenkins

WEDNESDAYS
Beckenham Good Afternoon Choir from 1-3pm at St John's Church Hall with Bev McGarey
Highworth with Shrivenham Good Afternoon Choir from 1-3pm Highworth Community Centre with Sarah Summers
Keynsham Good Afternoon Choir from 2-4pm at Keynsham Methodist Church / Victoria Centre with Grenville Jones and John Hare
Malmesbury Good Afternoon Choir from 2-4pm in The Old School Room, Malmesbury Town Hall with Corrie Darker
North Somerset Good Afternoon Choir from 1-3pm at Nailsea Methodist Church with Andrew Kirk
NEW! Sidmouth Good Afternoon Choir from 1-3pm at All Saints Church with Maria Thorne
South Gloucestershire Good Afternoon Choir from 2-4pm at Kingswood Community Centre with Matt Finch
Yate & Chipping Sodbury Good Afternoon Choir from 2-4pm at St Mary's Church, Yate with Sian Walters

THURSDAYS
Bath Good Afternoon Choir from 2-4pm at Widcome Baptist Church, Bath with Tanya Davidson
Biggin Hill Good Afternoon Choir from 1-3pm at Biggin Hill Scout Hall with Bev McGarey
Chepstow Good Afternoon Choir from 1-3pm at Chepstow Baptist Church with Andrew Kirk
Newquay Good Afternoon Choir from 1-3pm at St Michael’s Church, Newquay
North Swindon Good Afternoon Choir from 1-3pm at St John's Haydon Wick, Swindon with Sarah Summers
Norton Radstock Good Afternoon Choir from 1-3pm at Midsomer Norton Methodist Church, High Street with John Sandford
Thornbury Good Afternoon Choir from 1-3pm at Thornbury URC, Thornbury with Sian Walters
Torquay Good Afternoon Choir from 2-4pm at St John the Apostle Church with Craig Northway
West Sussex Good Afternoon Choir from 2-4pm at Regis Recital Hall, Bognor Regis with Sam Chara

FRIDAYS
Devizes Good Afternoon Choir from 1-3pm at St Andrew's Church, Long Street, Devizes with Grenville Jones
Falmouth Good Afternoon Choir from 1-3pm at Emmanuel Baptist Church, Western Terrace , Falmouth
Westbury with Warminster Good Afternoon Choir from 2-4pm at Leigh Park Community Centre, Westbury with Tanya Davidson
West Wilts Good Afternoon Choir from 1-3pm at Holt Village Hall with Matt Finch

If you live in any of these areas and want to know more, we would love to hear from you email: [email protected] or tel: 01761 472468

Concerts Coming Soon

See our concert page for a full list of what's happening and where, and who we are supporting with our singing.
We look forward to welcoming you to one of concerts in the months ahead fundraising for charities across the West of England that have been chosen by the Good Afternoon members themselves.

Our choirs are led by a group of extremely talented musicians and we would like to introduce the conductors who lead our Choirs across the South West...

Pictured from left to right
(top row) - Andrew Kirk, Barry Hawken and Bev McGarey
(second row) Chris Grabham, Corrie Darker and Craig Northway
(third row) Dana Jane Phoenix, Grenville Jones and John Hare
(fourth row) John Sandford, Jon Rawles and Maria Thorne
(fifth row) Martin Palmer, Matt Finch and Nicola Wydenbach
(sixth row) Ruth Jenkins, Sam Chara and Sarah Summers
(bottom row) Sian Walters, Steve Urie and Tanya Davidson