Festival Events
Following the 2009 bicentenary year of Charles Darwin’s birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication ‘On the Origins of Species’, Shrewsbury’s annual Darwin Festival returns with a full programme of events. Scroll down and take a look.
This year the seventh annual Darwin Festival takes places over a long weekend from 12th - 14th February 2010.
The Big Mix
Taking place as part of the Darwin Festival 2010. There's life everywhere if you know where to look. Discover what you've been missing and where to find it in a series of workshops with the Field Studies Council. Sessions last approximately 75 minutes.
Location: Shropshire Wildlife Trust, Shrewsbury
Date: 13th February 2010 at 11:00
Price: Free event
Contact: 01743 284280
The Big Mix
Taking place as part of the Darwin Festival 2010. There's life everywhere if you know where to look. Discover what you've been missing and where to find it in a series of workshops with the Field Studies Council. Sessions last approximately 75 minutes.
Location: Shropshire Wildlife Trust, Shrewsbury
Date: 13th February 2010 at 13:00
Price: Free event
Contact: 01743 284280
Dance workshops for the Beagle Ball, 13th, 20th, & 29th September
6.30 to 8.00pm at The Lion Hotel
On 3rd October a Ball will be held at The Lion Hotel to celebrate the return of Charles Darwin from The Beagle in October 1836.
These professionally-led dance workshops are for anyone interested in learning and performing dances of the period at the Ball.
All tickets 25.00 GBP, including a buffet and an evening entertainment and celebration. The Beagle Ball tickets are on sale at the Lion Hotel reception and the Visitor Information Centre at Rowley's House. Alternatively contact Shrewsbury Heritage
For information about Darwin related events throughout the rest of the U.K. please click the image below:
