THE GOOD AFTERNOON CHOIRS

Congratulations to all our choirs for their fantastic concerts and performances in the run up to Christmas.
The Good Afternoon Choirs support and raise money for local organisations/charities that they themselves choose. Over the years the choirs have raised in total £95,727.81.
In 2025 the choirs raised £20,659.86 - well done everyone!

The photos above show some of our Good Afternoon Choirs at their intergenerational Christmas concerts with local school children:
Bath, Frome, Keynsham, North Somerset, Norton Radstock and West Wilts.

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!

EXMOUTH BIG SING - TUESDAY 17th FEBRUARY 2026

We are all really looking forward to our exciting Big Sing in Exmouth on 17th February!

All Good Afternoon Choir members are very welcome to join us at Holy Trinity Church, Exmouth to take part in an afternoon workshop and evening concert with our very special guests, the Exmouth Shanty Men (pictured below).

Please e-mail [email protected] or telephone 01761 472468 to book your place for the very special price of £5.

Audience tickets for the evening concert which starts at 7.00pm at Holy Trinity Church, Exmouth cost £10
and can be purchased on-line at Ticketlight or on the door (subject to availability).

Buy tickets at gac.ticketlight.co.uk

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 Dan Pate
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
PAUSED Truro Good Afternoon Choir from 1-3pm at Truro Methodist Church with Barry Hawken
West Wickham Good Afternoon Choir from 12.30-2.30pm at The Assembly Halls with Steve Urie

TUESDAYS
Bodmin Good Afternoon Choir from 2-4pm at St Petroc's Parish Centre with Martin Palmer
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
Exmouth Good Afternoon Choir from 12.30-2.30pm at Holy Trinity Church, Exmouth with Craig Northway
PAUSED South Bristol Good Afternoon Choir from 2-4pm at St Paul's Church with John Hare
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 Rob Tribe
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 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
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 John Hare
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 with Barry Hawken
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 Hare
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 with Martin Palmer
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) Corrie Darker, Craig Northway & Dana Jane Phoenix
(third row) Daniel Pate, Grenville Jones and John Hare
(fourth row) John Sandford, Jon Rawles and Maria Thorne
(fifth row) Martin Palmer, Matt Finch and Paula Boyagis
(sixth row) Rob Tribe, Ruth Jenkins and Sam Chara
(sixth row) Sarah Summers, Sian Walters and Steve Urie
(bottom row) Tanya Davidson