Stevenage Symphony Orchestra
An amateur orchestra based in Stevenage who perform 3-4 concerts a year at venues across Hertfordshire.
New players welcome.
Stevenage Ladies Choir
Repertoire includes classical and light music, including selections from many musicals
Stevenage Locomotive Society
Holds monthly meetings at the Community Arts Centre with exhibitions and speakers from across the country
Stevenage Choral Society
A mixed voice choir of about 90 members of all ages. Performs 3-4 concerts a year. New members welcome
Stevenage Lytton Players
Specialise in both musical theatre and drama productions. Also has an extremely strong and active youth theatre.
Stevenage Male Voice Choir
The choir gives about 12 concerts a year at venues ranging from OAP homes to the Gordon Craig Theatre
Stevenage Underwater Photography Society
A group of qualified sports divers who share a common interest in photography.
Meets each month at Community Arts Centre.
Jubilee Celebrations

The Arts in Stevenage
The Stevenage Arts Guild was founded in the 1950's to encourage, to sustain and to co-ordinate the artistic endevours of the people of Stevenage.
The Arts Guild has a wide range of members -from the performing arts, choirs and orchestras to floral arts, photographic societies and locomotive societies.
This web site aims to provide information on the services that the Arts Guild provides and listings of events and contact details for the various groups.
More details of all the arts guild member groups are
available on the Activities
page.
Welcome Back to 2022
After the challenges of Covid-19, the Arts Guild is delighted
that the Community Arts Centre is now fully open for lettings,
and most of our member groups have been able to restart full
programmes of activities.
See the full list of member groups
here under the "Activities"
menu above. From there you can find links to the websites
for the various groups with details of how to get involved.
What's On
The latest information on events from the Arts Guild
groups can be found on their websites - which are listed
under Activities menu above.
See complete events listings
Jubilee Celebrations
Film Screening
Saturday 4th June
As part of the celebrations for the Queen's platinum jubilee
which are being held on Saturday 4th June, the Arts Guild is
screening the film "Serious Charge".
This was filmed in Stevenage in the 1950s, starring Anthony
Quayle, and the screen debut of Cliff Richard.
The screening will be held in Stevenage Community Arts
Centre, Roaring Meg
SG1 1XN on Saturday 4th June from 7pm.
Click
here for a map.
Free tickets to the screening are available from the
Arts Guild via email to
hilaryspiers9@gmail.com.
Arts Guild Award winner
Daniel's US Debut
Young musician, Daniel Garvin, who received one of the 2018 Arts
Guild Talented Young People awards, has recently returned from a trip to New York after being the only UK musician selected to play in the
'High School Honours Instrumental Performance' at the Carnegie Hall
in New York.
See photos of Daniel's performance
here.
Edward Gordon Craig - 50 Years On
Our theatre is named after him… but who was Edward Gordon Craig?
50 years after his death, Stevenage Arts Guild, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund,
created a series of exhibitions and events throughout to celebrated the life and work of the town’s forgotten son who became a radical and visionary theatrical pioneer
of the "art of theatre".
To learn more, visit the website that was created with information on the man and his work and videos from leading academics and people who worked alongside Craig
www.edwardgordoncraig.co.uk.
Arts Centre Hire
The Stevenage Community Arts Centre is available once more for hire to individuals or organisations.
See here for more details.
Meetings
2021/22 committee meeting dates available
here
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