Bath Good Afternoon Choir joined forces with Norton Radstock Good Afternoon Choir to entertain at a Goldies Charity event at the Bath Pavilion. Their audience were Goldies members and the teachers and children from five local schools. They particularly enjoyed being joined in a rendition of the Mary Poppins medley by pupils from Wellsway School.
COME AND JOIN US IN 2024!
No Auditions - Great Music - Make New Friends - See You Soon!
Hello - We are the Good Afternoon Choirs – 26 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!
Three New Good Afternoon Choirs - Starting Soon!
We will be starting three new Good Afternoon Choirs in the coming months:
Beckenham Good Afternoon Choir will be launching on June 5th
Chepstow Good Afternoon Choir will be launching on August 28th
Tyldesley with Leigh Good Afternoon Choir will be launching on September 17th
Please click on the above links (in red) for further information.
Singing in the afternoon - the best way to spend an afternoon!
Beckenham Good Afternoon Choir will be launching on June 5th
Chepstow Good Afternoon Choir will be launching on August 28th
Tyldesley with Leigh Good Afternoon Choir will be launching on September 17th
Please click on the above links (in red) for further information.
Singing in the afternoon - the best way to spend an afternoon!
Two Big Sings in 2024!
As the numbers in our choirs increase it becomes increasingly difficult (if not impossible) to find venues to fit in all of our members! There are therefore two Big Sings already being organised this year 2024 and the first one will be held at:
Malmesbury Abbey on Wednesday July 24th
Everyone in these choirs has been told about this special day and should have received booking forms in the post. If you are in one of these choirs and have not seen a form then please contact the Good Afternoon Choir office:
E-mail gac@grenvillemusic.co.uk or Tel 01761 472468.
Our second Big Sing of 2024 will be held at:
E-mail gac@grenvillemusic.co.uk or Tel 01761 472468.
Our second Big Sing of 2024 will be held at:
Taunton Minster Church on Tuesday October 8th
and in the next couple of weeks full information will be going out to the members of these Good Afternoon Choirs who will be taking part – watch this space!
Devizes GAC Frome GAC Mid Devon GAC North Somerset GAC South Somerset GAC Taunton GAC Wells GAC Westbury with Warminster GAC For those Choirs not included above you can rest assured that Grenville and the team are working on your next Big Sing event! |
Here's Your Weekly Guide to a 'Good Afternoon' of Singing
There are now 26 Good Afternoon Choirs across the South West with 3 more launching soon ... please click on their individual pages for more info:
MONDAYS
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
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 with Andy Farris
TUESDAYS
Chippenham & Calne Good Afternoon Choir from 1-3pm at Pewsham Community Centre Association, Pewsham, with Matt Finch
Churchdown (N.Glos) Good Afternoon Choir from 12.30-2.30pm at Churchdown Community Centre with Laurie Jones
Cirencester & Stroud Good Afternoon Choir from 2-4pm at Cirencester Baptist Church with John Sandford
Mid Devon Good Afternoon Choir from 2-4pm at Crediton Congregational Church with Jon Rawles
Taunton Good Afternoon Choir from 2-4pm at Temple Methodist Church with Chris Grabham
COMING IN SEPTEMBER! Tyldesley with Leigh Good Afternoon Choir from 1-3pm at Tyldesley Methodist Church with Rachel Abbott
Wells Good Afternoon Choir from 1-3pm at St Thomas Church, Wells with Grenville Jones
WEDNESDAYS
COMING IN JUNE! Beckenham Good Afternoon Choir from 1-3pm at St John's Church Hall with Bev McGarey
COMING IN AUGUST! Chepstow Good Afternoon Choir from 1-3pm at Chepstow Baptist Church with Andrew Kirk
Highworth with Shrivenham Good Afternoon Choir from 1-3pm Highworth Community Centre with Jessie Thompson
Keynsham Good Afternoon Choir from 2-4pm at Keynsham Methodist Church / Victoria Centre with Grenville Jones
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 Ruth Jenkins
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 Grenville Jones
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
Newquay Good Afternoon Choir from 1-3pm at St Michael’s Church, Newquay with Andy Farris
Thornbury Good Afternoon Choir from 1-3pm at Thornbury URC, Thornbury with Brendan Casey
NEW! 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 Andy Farris
Westbury with Warminster Good Afternoon Choir from 2-4pm at Leigh Park Community Centre, Westbury with Tanya Davidson
NEW! 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: gac@grenvillemusic.co.uk 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.
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, Andy Farris, Bev McGarey, Brendan Casey
(second row) Chris Grabham, Corrie Darker, Grenville Jones, Jessie Thompson
(third row) John Sandford, Jon Rawles, Laurie Jones, Matt Finch
(fourth row) Rachel Abbott, Ruth Jenkins, Sam Chara, Sarah Summers
(bottom row) Corrie Darker, Tanya Davidson
(second row) Chris Grabham, Corrie Darker, Grenville Jones, Jessie Thompson
(third row) John Sandford, Jon Rawles, Laurie Jones, Matt Finch
(fourth row) Rachel Abbott, Ruth Jenkins, Sam Chara, Sarah Summers
(bottom row) Corrie Darker, Tanya Davidson
Supporting local Charities and Organisations
Here are some of the charities which the Good Afternoon Choirs have chosen to support with their concerts and fundraising in 2024:
Here are some of the charities and community groups we have supported with donations of over £50,000 - just in the past two years:
Make friends - enjoy singing? Have a Good Afternoon!
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