TODAY

Nativity Festival, Salisbury Methodist Church, St Edmunds Church Street, 10am-5pm. Runs until Saturday. Free. Info: salisburymethodist.org.uk

Stonemasonry Works Yard Tour, Salisbury Journal, 2pm-3pm. Also Tuesday. Info: salisburycathedral.org.uk

Late Night Opening, Salisbury Cathedral, 6.30pm-8pm. Free.

Fastlove - A Tribute to George Michael , City Hall, Salisbury, 7.30pm. Info: cityhallsalisbury.co.uk or 01722 434434.

TOMORROW

Chris Jones: Key Board Magic Concert, Ringwood Meeting House, 7pm. Info: info@ringwoodmeetinghouse.org or 01425 480656.

The Chicago Blues Brothers, City Hall, Salisbury, 7.30pm. Info: cityhallsalisbury.co.uk or 01722 434434.

SATURDAY

Salisbury City Band of The Royal British Legion, outside Waitrose, Salisbury, 10am-midday.

Christmas Tree Festival, St Laurence Church, Downton, 10am-4pm. Also Sunday.

Christmas Delights, Songs, Carols and Poems with St Thomas’s Choir, St Thomas’s Church, Salisbury, 12.15pm. Free, retiring collection.

Christmas Carols & Cheer, Ringwood Brewery, Christchurch Road, 3pm. Free entry.

Handel’s Messiah, Salisbury Cathedral, 7pm.

Christmas Concert, St John’s Place, Lower Bemerton, 5.45pm for 6.30pm.

That’ll Be The Day 2018 Christmas Show, City Hall, Salisbury, 7.30pm. Info: cityhallsalisbury.co.uk or 01722 434434.

Fordingbridge Choral Society: Noel - A Christmas Celebration, St Mary’s Church, Fordingbridge, 7.30pm.

SUNDAY

Christmas at Grace Church, Sarum Academy, Salisbury, 11am.

Salisbury Cancer Research UK Annual Carol Concert, St Thomas’s Church, 2pm.

The Albion Christmas Band Concert, Ebbesbourne Wake Village Hall, Salisbury, 7.05pm.

Kate Rusby At Christmas, City Hall, Salisbury, 7.30pm. Info: cityhallsalisbury.co.uk or 01722 434434.

Carols, St Paul’s Church, Salisbury, 6pm.

MONDAY

Life Drawing, Young Gallery, inside Salisbury Library, 6pm. Info: info@younggallerysalisbury.co.uk

TUESDAY

Meet a Medieval Manuscript, Salisbury Cathedral, 10.30am-11am & 11.30am-12pm. Free.

Stand-up Christmas Comedy Nights, featuring Jay Foreman, The Pun Man & Dana Alexander, Salisbury Arts Centre, 8pm. Runs until December 20. Info: wiltshirecreative.co.uk or 01722 320 333.

The Overtones Christmas, City Hall, Salisbury, 7pm. Info: cityhallsalisbury.co.uk or 01722 434434.

WEDNESDAY

All Star Superslam Wrestling, City Hall, Salisbury, 7.30pm. Info: cityhallsalisbury.co.uk or 01722 434434.

Magic of Christmas Concert by St John Singers, St Thomas’s Church, Salisbury, 7.30pm.Tickets: Musicroom,Catherine Street or 01722 328181.

Poetika, spoken word/poetry & acoustic music open mic, 7.30pm, The Pheasant, Salisbury.

Sarum U3A Lecture: An Entertainer’s Life, St Francis Church, Salisbury, 10am.

THEATRE

Beauty & the Beast, Salisbury Playhouse. Starts Saturday and runs until January 13. Info: wiltshirecreative.co.uk or 01722 320 333.

Rumpelstiltskin – Christmas Show, Forest Forge Theatre, Ringwood. Runs until January 19. Info: forestforgetheatre.co.uk or 01425 470188.

The Night Before Christmas, Salisbury Playhouse, The Salberg. Runs until December 30.

A Christmas Carol, Salisbury Playhouse, The Salberg. Runs from Tuesday until December 22.

EXHIBITIONS

Arabella Dorman - Stateless, Young Gallery, above Salisbury Library. Runs until December 29.

WW2 – War pictures by British artists, Young Gallery Salisbury. Runs until December 29.

Salisbury Group of Artists’ Annual Winter Exhibition, Salisbury District Hospital. Runs until January 4.

Heart, Head & Hand - Winter Craft Exhibition, Salisbury Arts Centre. Runs until January 5.

Salisbury Group of Artists: Annual Winter Exhibition, Salisbury District Hospital. Runs until January 4.

From Darkness to Light Illuminations, art installations on the Cathedral lawns, Cloisters and Spire Crossing. Runs until late January. Free.

Bemerton St Michael’s Art Group Exhibition, Five Rivers Health and Wellbeing Centre, Salisbury.

Anello Flow: An Exhibition by Almuth Tebbenhoff, Salisbury Museum. Runs until February 16.

Hoards: A Hidden History of Ancient Britain, Salisbury Museum. Runs until January 5.

Making Connections: Stonehenge in its Prehistoric World, Stonehenge Visitor Centre. Runs until April 21.

Great Benefactors of Salisbury, Young Gallery, Salisbury. Runs from Saturday until December 29.

GIGS

TODAY

Sarum Live Open Mic & Jam Christmas Special, The Duck Inn, Laverstock, 7.30pm.

SATURDAY

Strange Crew, Five Bells, Salisbury, 8.45pm. Free.

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