ADUR FESTIVAL: Plenty to see and do

St Mary's Church, Shoreham, hosts the opening concert, with Vivaldi's celebrated The Four Seasons being performed tomorrow at 7.30pm by Talkestra.

The festival will be officially launched in North Road, Lancing, on Saturday, from 10am to 1pm, with live music, entertainment and arts events.

The two-day Sompting Festival and Beer Festival, part of the bigger Adur Festival, will be officially opened by MP Tim Loughton on Sompting Recreation Ground at 10am.

Shoreham's two ancient parish churches both host art exhibitions. Many local artists have signed up to take part at St Mary's, New Shoreham, and they will each make their own contribution to show what "beauty" and "holiness" mean to us in today's world.

Meanwhile, at St Nicolas' Church, Old Shoreham, the children of St Nicolas and St Mary First and Middle School are putting on their own show of amazing artwork and sculpture, all on the same theme.

Both exhibitions will be open throughout the festival fortnight and admission is free.

Shoreham Writers Group is offering a selection of members' writing, as well as its own book trail. Throughout the festival, copies of Shoreham Writers Anthology '“ produced specially for the event '“ will be placed in local venues, inviting everyone to read, enjoy and also comment.

The group will be at The Ferry Inn, Shoreham, on Tuesday at 6.30pm. Musician and writer Paul Connolly has written a song called The Ballad of Shoreham-by-Sea to celebrate the festival's 21st birthday '“ and it will be launched at the Ferry event.

The festival marquee on Beach Green, Shoreham Beach, will host a Greased Lightning evening on Monday, from 7pm.

More than 50 artists from Adur Art Club will be showing a diversity of style and subject matter in the 300 paintings entered for their summer exhibition, to be held this year in The Barn at Southwick Community Centre.

It is open 10am to 6pm on Tuesday and Wednesday, from 10am to 9pm on Thursday and 10am to 2pm on Friday. Admission is free.

The Harry Strutters Hot Rhythm Orchestra celebrates its 40th birthday with an extravaganza at the Ropetackle Centre, Shoreham, on Tuesday. There will be a matine at 2.30pm and an evening performance at 8pm.

Well-known artist Sally Cooper, a member of Adur Art Club, has been painting in all media for more than 25 years.

She will be showing a selection of original local paintings in watercolour at the offices of Fitzhugh Gates solicitors, in Shoreham High Street, from Monday to Thursday, June 12.

Sally has decided to give 20 per cent of any sales from her paintings to the RNLI Shoreham Lifeboat Station Appeal.

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