events archive
St Matthias Patronal Festival 12 May
On Sunday May 12th 2025, St Matthias Church will be celebrating 172 years of Christian worship with its annual Patronal Festival. The afternoon starts at 2.30pm with a garden party in the church garden with bunting and barbeque (weather permitting) then from 5pm the Patronal Mass with special guest and preacher the Rt Rev Joanne […]
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Wordsworth’s Supper Club
Meet April, May’s cheeky young sibling!! Our April Supper Club event puts Summer firmly on the agenda with the most seasonal of post-Easter menus, cooked by Linda for an astonishingly good value £45pp. Mr Weston (without the ironing) headlines the after-dinner entertainnment, with the Gagas in support along with other performers tbc. Menu Bread and […]
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Chorus of Dissent 12 April 2025
Chorus of Dissent and the Elastic Band proudly present their Easter concert on Saturday 12 April. As with every Dissenters event, the programme leads the theme, and the programme this time around is one of Baroque mastery. Music can convey so many emotions. We will explore a wide landscape in this next concert, starting with […]
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Wordsworth’s Supper Club Fri 22 November
With the generous sponsorship of Ruth Whitehead Associates our supper club evenings are all about delicious food by North London chef Linda Galloway, alongside that essential Dissenters N16 element of musical surprise and fabulous entertainment. Join us on Friday 22 November for a cosy winter evening of laughter and seasonal food with an accompanying wine list to pair with […]
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Wordsworth’s Harvest Supper Club
The poet John Keat’s would have loved our supper clubs, because both Keats and Chef Linda Galloway both think of autumn as a ‘season of mists and mellow fruitfulness’. Making the most of the annual crop of ripened orchard fruits and earthy roots like celeriac which are at their peak. And all are perfect for […]
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Wordsworth’s Supper Club
Every second month at St Matthias Hall. It’s the food that set’s our Supper Clubs apart, and the entertainment ... oh and the company. With the generous sponsorship of Ruth Whitehead Associates our Supper Club evenings offer a cheerful and sociable space with delicious food and wines, and the essential Dissenters N16 element of musical surprise. [...] Continue Reading
St John Passion Easter 2024
On Saturday 23 March 2024, we presented a very 21st century take on this 18th century towering masterpiece. Chorus of Dissent once again went where no choir has gone before, with a semi-staged version of Bach’s dramatic setting of the Easter story, featuring Chorus of Dissent, members of the congregation of St Matthias, and supported, [...] Continue Reading
Wordsworth’s community cafe
Wordsworth community cafe open on Mondays 11am-1.30pm (NOT Bank Holidays)
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The Walton Songbook
Sunday 26 November 2023 at St Matthias Church Our charity, Dissenters Arts loves working with young musicians and Krystal Tunnicliffe and Siân Dicker have enhanced our lives since they were students. They are now working on songs from the William Walton Songbook. You will hear songs about nudity, nonsense rhymes, and unbridled eccentric genius. For [...] Continue Reading
Stokebourne Festival
Stokebourne Festival is celebrating the 170th birthday of St Matthias Church with a series of concerts from 27 June-1 July. Sponsored by Ruth Whitehead Associates.
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