Welcome to September in Barry and Penarth. There’s deals, Welsh film celebrations, a potato festival and the last day of a costume exhibition!
It’s International Overdose Awareness Day 🎗
Monday 31st August
🏋 4 Week At Home Workout Challenge
Prima X Fitness · Message on IG for prices and to join!
🥋 Karate Squad Fun Day
Fundraising day to get the team to Europe! Barry Athletic Cricket Club 12.30pm-3.30pm📝 Followed by a Family Quiz
Barry Athletic Cricket Club 4pm-5.45pm
🚶 Hwb Walk and Talk Group for fresh air and a chat
Meet at Health Hwb on High Street · 3.45pm · Free🧘 Slow Flow Yoga
Balance Medspa on Broad Street · 6pm-7pm · £10 · Book here🤠 Learn to Line Dance
Kynance Hall in Dinas · 6.30pm-7.30pm · Contact Mel on 07891607778
♠ Join a Whist Club (4 player card game)
Victoria Park Barry 6.30pm Call 07967151731 to book
✍ Deadline today for Ajuda Foundation Creative Writing Competition
See more info and submit your story here - Creative Writing Competition | Ajuda Foundation
🎤 Open ‘Mike’ Night with Open Mike 72
The Gallery on Broad Street · 7pm · Free drink for performers👗 Seen The Other Bennet Sister on Netflix?
Today is the last day of their costume exhibition at Dyffryn Gardens · 12pm-3pm · £14 (free to National Trust members) · No booking needed🍿 A Celebration of Welsh Film | To mark 130 years of Cinema in Wales
Showing Madfabulous at 11.30am / Effi O Blaenau at 2.15pm / On The Sea at 4.30pm / A Surprise Film at 7.30pm
It’s World Letter Writing Day 📝
Tuesday 1st September
🩰 Tiny Tots Ballet (Ages 2-7)
Penarth Leisure Centre 5pm-5.30pm💬 A Leitmotif of Loss: A Talk by Artist, Mary Husted
By Art Central Friends St Francis Millenium Centre 7.30pm £5 on the door
🧘 Yoga for Strength and Mobility
Vale CrossFit with Noue Yoga · 6.30pm-7.30pm🤝 It’s Good to Talk
Cadog’s Corner Victoria Park Community Centre · Between 9am and 7pm · Free sessions to have a good chat!💃 Fitness with Stacey
A group class by Feel and Flow Fitness · Barry Leisure Centre · 5pm
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Uncle Bryn’s House
Do you want to recreate the gym scene? How about Christmas at Bryn’s? Or even better the bachelor pad for the boys? Well now you can in the brand new Airbnb taken Barry by storm. Read on!
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It’s World Coconut Day 🥥
Wednesday 2nd September
🥦 Vale Food Bank
The Pod, Golau Caredig (Barry Cinema) · 4pm-6pm🧘 Wellbeing Wednesday Yoga at the Beach
Barry Island Beach · 6.15pm · Info to book here🔮 Mediums
Cadoxton Spiritual Church · 7pm · £4📝 Quiz night
Goodsheds · 7pm · Free Winners get a sweet treat🧘 Les Mills Pilates
Snap Fitness Gym · 7.30pm-8.30pm
🍿 In Penarth Pier Cinema This Week:
Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie
& Sons
On The Sea
Tony
The End of Oak Street
Trainspotting (30th Anniversary)
Gif by TheFourOnFox on Giphy
It’s National Welsh Rarebit Day 🏴
Thursday 3rd September
📸 The Way I See It Exhibition by Lens Friends
Rhoose Community Library and Activity Centre · From 10am
🧶 Sock Knitting 3 Week Course Starts Today
Knitty Knutty at Goodsheds · 6pm · £75pp for the 3 sessions · Book here✍ Monthly Quiz Night
Brynhill Golf Club · 7pm · £2pp🎷 Live Jazz | Mark Sambell Trio
Small Space Theatre · 7pm · £15 Tickets🎤 Open Mic Night
Academy Coffee · 7pm🎷 The History of Soul Music Show
Barry Memo · 7.30pm · £27 Tickets
🎤 Karaoke with Davey Sheppard
Bierkeller Barry Island · 8pm
What a Lush Community!
Here’s some lush stories:
🥐 Lovi is a new cafe opening on Holton Road
🏏 There is a new all women's Cricket Team held every Sunday at Barry Island Cricket Club. Contact Aimee Todd on facebook for more info.
🎨 Barry has its very own Banksy! The mysterious artist has created a new Barrybados sculpture over the island under the shelter!
👞 Preloved Project on Holton Road have fill a bag for a fiver school uniform sale. They have many Vale of Glamorgan uniforms, PE kits, book bags, lunch boxes, guides, school shoes, and coats under £4.
🥧 Greggs autumn menu is back including the Steak and Stilton Bake!
🎨 After a successful Graffiti Workshop by paintworx, the History of Graffiti exhibition is now open in Barry Library
👏 Congratulations to Jo Ferriday who is a finalist for Excellence and Innovation in Medical Aesthetic Nursing
It’s International Taekwondo Day 🥋
Friday 4th September
🎨 New Horizons Art Exhibition
A day service for people with physical disabilities Dinas Powys Library Call 0292051556 for more info🎸 Vince Lee and Sophie Lord | Live Music
Cubanas Barry · Doors at 7pm · £12 a ticket
🇪🇬 Belly Dance Class
Cemetery Approach Community Centre Barry · 7.30pm-8.30pm · Every Friday🎮 Drop In and Play
Lost and Found Society on Holton Road · 7pm-10pm · £3 for first hour then £1 per hour
It’s International Day of Charity
Saturday 5th September
🥔 The Great Crisp and Potato Festival
Fonmon Castle · 11am-6pm · £15 a ticket (includes a free packet of crisps on arrival)
🏖 90s On The Beach by Barry Pride
View 62 · 12pm-7pm · £10 a ticket
📚 Rhoose Community Library Anniversary Event
Rhoose Library · 12pm🏉 An Evening with Andy Powell | Hosted by Mike Bubbins
Stories, laughs and Q&A · Barry Rugby Club · Doors at 7pm
💬 Robert Harris: Agrippa Author Talk by Griffin Books
Paget Rooms, Penarth · 7.30pm · Tickets from £5
🎮 Social Gaming
Lost and Found Society on Holton Road · 7pm-10pm · £3 for first hour then £1 per hour
🏋 6 Week Transformation Challenge
by Cardio Core Fitness starts today!
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It’s National Read a Book Day 📚
Sunday 6th September
🧽 The Big Barry Litter Pick
No equipment needed · Meet at Barry Docks Train Station · 10am
🎤 Sticky Bingo and Karaoke
DJ Matt at Finnegan’s Inn · Eyes Down at 7pm · £5 a game
That’s your fill.
See you tomorrow for the September Round-Up and next Monday as usual. Thanks for reading :)
- The It’s Occurring Team x