What's On
Below is a list of all the exciting events and activities we have coming up. From gigs and films to creative workshops for children and adults, there's something for everyone at The Hive.
Nov
14
Fri
10:30
Buzzy Beats Autumn Term 2025
Tickets from £7
Fridays during term time @ The Hive Shrewsbury
There will be NO sessions from Friday 3rd October 2025 until Friday 7th November 2025. Please see all confirmed dates below.
Sessions start promptly at 10:30am.
Tickets priced at £7 per child.
Set your children off on a creative, music-filled journey in this engaging weekly workshop for children aged 5 years and under. There are lots of things to bang, crash and chime to create beautiful music. Fun for little ones and grown-ups too!
Please book for EACH child attending, and we recommend booking in advance wherever possible. We can take bookings on the door, however we cannot always guarantee there will be space due to capacity constraints.
Nov
15
Sat
19:00
James Allsopp Group
Tickets from £12
Saturday 15th November
NEW JAZZ START TIME - Doors open at 6:30pm for a 7:00pm start.
£25/£12 U22
Seated gig
James Allsopp (tenor saxophone and mellotron) returns to SJN at the Hive with a new and exciting project featuring some of London's most in demand musicians. Chris Batchelor (trumpet), Tom Herbert (electric bass), Zands Duggan (percussion) and Dave Storey (drums).
The band is on tour to promote their new album “Stars and Sand”. Expect deep grooves inspired in equal parts by traditional North African music, Soul Jazz and Berlin in the 70s. This is joyous, life affirming music. Deceptively simple, deeply melodic and with a healthy dose of the other worldly
Nov
21
Fri
10:30
Buzzy Beats Autumn Term 2025
Tickets from £7
Fridays during term time @ The Hive Shrewsbury
There will be NO sessions from Friday 3rd October 2025 until Friday 7th November 2025. Please see all confirmed dates below.
Sessions start promptly at 10:30am.
Tickets priced at £7 per child.
Set your children off on a creative, music-filled journey in this engaging weekly workshop for children aged 5 years and under. There are lots of things to bang, crash and chime to create beautiful music. Fun for little ones and grown-ups too!
Please book for EACH child attending, and we recommend booking in advance wherever possible. We can take bookings on the door, however we cannot always guarantee there will be space due to capacity constraints.
Nov
21
Fri
20:00
The Promised Land
Tickets from £6
Denmark, 2023, rated 15, 122 mins
Danish, subtitled
In 18th-century Denmark, a poor soldier embarks on an ambitious quest to cultivate unclaimed land. Battling harsh nature and class prejudice, “The Promised Land” is an epic tale of endurance, obsession, and the cost of ambition. Based on a true story, it’s a stirring historical drama.
Presented by Shrewsbury Film Society.
Nov
28
Fri
10:30
Buzzy Beats Autumn Term 2025
Tickets from £7
Fridays during term time @ The Hive Shrewsbury
There will be NO sessions from Friday 3rd October 2025 until Friday 7th November 2025. Please see all confirmed dates below.
Sessions start promptly at 10:30am.
Tickets priced at £7 per child.
Set your children off on a creative, music-filled journey in this engaging weekly workshop for children aged 5 years and under. There are lots of things to bang, crash and chime to create beautiful music. Fun for little ones and grown-ups too!
Please book for EACH child attending, and we recommend booking in advance wherever possible. We can take bookings on the door, however we cannot always guarantee there will be space due to capacity constraints.
Nov
29
Sat
19:45
Good Habits
Tickets from £15
Doors open at 7:00pm (gig starts at 7:45pm)
Tickets priced at £15
Being ‘happily stranded’ in New Zealand in 2020 launched Good Habits’ full-time musical adventure, and their joyous genre-fusion has received international critical acclaim, cementing them as rising stars in the UK indie-folk scene. Including performances at Glastonbury and WOMAD; tours throughout the UK, EU and Australasia; and a Top 40 Folk Charts album.
“Pinpoint precision vocals, hard-rocking accordion, and great acoustic grooves. English folk musicianship at its 21st-century best.” - Tom Robinson, BBC Radio 6 Music
Originally a duo composed of Bonnie Schwarz (cello + vocals) and Pete Shaw (accordion + synths + perc), Good Habits mix revved-up virtuosity, harmony, and vivid storytelling into an action-packed narrative of genre-bending goodness. In 2025, Good Habits evolve into a trio, welcoming drummer Jenny Walinetski (Miles Kane) into the band. This addition brings a high-energy, full-band sound, pushing their indie-folk fusion into dynamic new territory.
After bringing Good Habits home to the UK at the end of 2021, the band has built an ever-growing, loyal fanbase through award-winning performances and a relentless touring schedule. Their latest album Quarter-Life (2024), charted in the Top 40 Official Folk Charts and received multiple 5* reviews and radio play across BBC Radio, Songlines, and internationally.
Dec
5
Fri
10:30
Buzzy Beats Autumn Term 2025
Tickets from £7
Fridays during term time @ The Hive Shrewsbury
There will be NO sessions from Friday 3rd October 2025 until Friday 7th November 2025. Please see all confirmed dates below.
Sessions start promptly at 10:30am.
Tickets priced at £7 per child.
Set your children off on a creative, music-filled journey in this engaging weekly workshop for children aged 5 years and under. There are lots of things to bang, crash and chime to create beautiful music. Fun for little ones and grown-ups too!
Please book for EACH child attending, and we recommend booking in advance wherever possible. We can take bookings on the door, however we cannot always guarantee there will be space due to capacity constraints.
Dec
5
Fri
20:00
La Chimera
Tickets from £6
Italy, 2023, rated 15, 126 mins
Italian, subtitled
A young archaeologist joins tomb raiders in 1980s Italy while haunted by the memory of a lost lover. “La Chimera” blends magical realism and romance with a critique of greed and longing, exploring what we dig up—literally and emotionally—in pursuit of what we’ve lost.
Presented by Shrewsbury Film Society.
Dec
10
Wed
20:00
Brief Encounter
Tickets from £6
Wednesday 10th December @ 8:00pm
Tickets £6 including a free mocktail
UK, 1945, rated A, 86 mins
This poignant British romantic drama explores the emotional turmoil of forbidden love. It follows Laura Jesson, a respectable housewife, who meets Dr. Alec Harvey by chance at a railway station. Their weekly meetings blossom into a deep, yet restrained romance, shadowed by guilt and societal expectations. A classic film that delicately captures the ache of missed opportunities and the quiet heartbreak of choosing duty over desire.
Presented by Shrewsbury Film Society as part of their Too Much: Melodrama mini season.
Dec
12
Fri
10:30
Buzzy Beats Autumn Term 2025
Tickets from £7
Fridays during term time @ The Hive Shrewsbury
There will be NO sessions from Friday 3rd October 2025 until Friday 7th November 2025. Please see all confirmed dates below.
Sessions start promptly at 10:30am.
Tickets priced at £7 per child.
Set your children off on a creative, music-filled journey in this engaging weekly workshop for children aged 5 years and under. There are lots of things to bang, crash and chime to create beautiful music. Fun for little ones and grown-ups too!
Please book for EACH child attending, and we recommend booking in advance wherever possible. We can take bookings on the door, however we cannot always guarantee there will be space due to capacity constraints.
Dec
19
Fri
10:30
Buzzy Beats Autumn Term 2025
Tickets from £7
Fridays during term time @ The Hive Shrewsbury
There will be NO sessions from Friday 3rd October 2025 until Friday 7th November 2025. Please see all confirmed dates below.
Sessions start promptly at 10:30am.
Tickets priced at £7 per child.
Set your children off on a creative, music-filled journey in this engaging weekly workshop for children aged 5 years and under. There are lots of things to bang, crash and chime to create beautiful music. Fun for little ones and grown-ups too!
Please book for EACH child attending, and we recommend booking in advance wherever possible. We can take bookings on the door, however we cannot always guarantee there will be space due to capacity constraints.
Dec
19
Fri
20:00
The Apartment
Tickets from £6
USA, 2023, rated PG, 125 mins
English
In 1960s New York, an insurance clerk lends his apartment to company execs for their affairs—until love and ethics collide. Billy Wilder’s sharp romantic comedy blends satire and heart in a story of loneliness, compromise, and quiet heroism in the corporate world.
Presented by Shrewsbury Film Society.
Dec
20
Sat
19:00
Tea & Biscuits Presents: Ho-Ho-HO!
Tickets from £8
Saturday 20th December - Doors open at 7:00pm for a 7:30pm start.
Tickets priced at £8
'twas the lead up to Christmas
And all through the Hive
Was talk of Tea & Biscuits
And when they would arrive...
Fear not gentle reader,
there's no need to worry
For T&B's Christmas Show will
Be here in a hurry.
Songs, performances
And a guest or two,
They'll stuff your stockings
With jokes old and new
This is a drag show so please be advised that content is appropriate for and enjoyed by ages 15 years and over.
Jan
9
2026
Fri
20:00
Monster
Tickets from £6
Japan, 2023, rated 12, 125 mins
Japanese, subtitled
After a school incident, a mother demands answers—but the truth morphs with each perspective. Hirokazu Kore-eda crafts a multi-layered narrative exploring bullying, misunderstanding, and identity, unraveling a tale where nothing is as it seems, and the real “monster” might surprise you.
Presented by Shrewsbury Film Society.
Jan
10
2026
Sat
19:00
Bryan Corbetts Instrumental Groove Unit
Tickets from £12
Saturday 10th January
NEW JAZZ START TIME - Doors open at 6:30pm for a 7pm start
£25/£12 U22
Seated gig
Renowned Birmingham based trumpeter and flugelhorn player Bryan Corbett presents his new Instrumental Groove Unit featuring Paul Deats (Fender Rhodes & keyboards), Luke Harris (drums) and Wayne Matthews (basses)
This exciting new project introduces original material and a repertoire with emphasis on the ‘pocket’ of groove and freedom of improvisation.
The Bomb……Courtney Pine
Jan
14
2026
Wed
20:00
Far From Heaven
Tickets from £6
Wednesday 14th January @ 8:00pm
Tickets £6 including a free mocktail
USA, 2002, rated 12A, 107 mins
Directed by Todd Haynes, this is a richly stylized homage to 1950s melodramas, particularly the films of Douglas Sirk. Set in suburban Connecticut, it follows Cathy Whitaker, a seemingly perfect housewife whose life unravels when she faces a marital crisis. As Cathy seeks solace in a friendship with Raymond, her Black gardener, she faces the harsh judgement of a society unwilling to accept their relationship. The film explores themes of race, sexuality, and repression with visual elegance and emotional precision, offering a modern lens on mid-century American ideals.
Presented by Shrewsbury Film Society as part of their Too Much: Melodrama mini season.
Jan
23
2026
Fri
20:00
The Red Shoes
Tickets from £6
UK, 1948, rated PG, 133 mins
English
A young ballerina is torn between love and career when she’s cast in a groundbreaking ballet. “The Red Shoes” dazzles with vivid visuals and timeless themes of artistic passion, control, and self-destruction, marking a pinnacle in classic British cinema.
Presented by Shrewsbury Film Society.
Jan
28
2026
Wed
20:00
Julieta
Tickets from £6
Wednesday 28th January @ 8:00pm
Tickets £6 including a free mocktail
Spain, 2016, rated 15, 99 mins
For the third and final film in our melodrama mini season, we have chosen the master of the genre, Pedro Almodóvar who directs this hauntingly intimate Spanish exploration into grief, guilt, and estrangement through the lens of a mother-daughter relationship. Based on three short stories by Alice Munro, the film follows Julieta, a woman who abruptly cancels plans to move abroad after a chance encounter reveals the whereabouts of her long-lost daughter, Antía. As Julieta retreats into her past, she writes a letter chronicling the emotional events that led to their separation, including the death of Antía’s father and the silence that followed. With Almodóvar’s signature visual elegance and emotional depth, Julieta is a meditation on memory and the pain of absence.
Presented by Shrewsbury Film Society as part of their Too Much: Melodrama mini season.
Feb
6
2026
Fri
20:00
Ceddo
Tickets from £6
Senegal, 1977, rated 12, 116 mins
Wolof, subtitled
This Senegalese classic depicts resistance against forced religious conversion and European colonisation. Through the eyes of the Ceddo people, Ousmane Sembène weaves a powerful tale of identity, sovereignty, and cultural erosion, offering bold political commentary wrapped in rich historical drama.
Presented by Shrewsbury Film Society.
Feb
20
2026
Fri
20:00
Joyland
Tickets from £6
Pakistan, 2022, rated 15, 126 mins
Urdu, subtitled
In Lahore, a man secretly joins an erotic dance troupe and falls for a transgender performer. “Joyland” explores gender, tradition, and desire with tenderness and tension, breaking cinematic ground while portraying the cost of defiance in a repressive society.
Presented by Shrewsbury Film Society.
Feb
22
2026
Sun
19:45
Charm of Finches
Tickets from £15
Australian sister duo Charm of Finches delivers intricate folk-pop that is simultaneously graceful and darkly bewitching. Their seamless blood harmonies traverse melancholy and wonder in equal measure.
The sisters, Mabel and Ivy Windred-Wornes, have toured extensively throughout the UK, Europe and Canada in 2022, 2023 and 2024.
Their fourth studio album ‘Marlinchen In The Snow’ was recorded in rural Nova Scotia with acclaimed Canadian producer Daniel Ledwell (Jenn Grant, Good Lovelies), inspired by the frozen beauty of the landscape, Grimms' Fairy Tales from their childhood and their transient life on the road with their music.
Mar
6
2026
Fri
20:00
The Measure Of A Man
Tickets from £6
France, 2015, rated PG, 91 mins
French, subtitled
After losing his job, a middle-aged man takes a soul-crushing role as a supermarket security guard. This French drama exposes the quiet tragedy of economic survival, as personal integrity clashes with institutional exploitation. A quietly devastating look at modern precarity.
Presented by Shrewsbury Film Society.
Mar
20
2026
Fri
20:00
Return to Seoul
Tickets from £6
Korea, 2022, rated 15, 119 mins
Korean, French, English, subtitled
Freddie, a French woman adopted from South Korea, returns to Seoul to find her birth parents. Her journey unfolds with spontaneity and emotional turbulence in this nuanced exploration of identity, belonging, and the complexity of family across cultures.
Presented by Shrewsbury Film Society.
Apr
10
2026
Fri
20:00
The 400 Blows
Tickets from £6
France, 1959, rated PG, 95 mins
French, subtitled
François Truffaut’s seminal film follows a Parisian boy navigating neglect, misunderstanding, and juvenile justice. A landmark in French New Wave cinema, it offers a deeply personal and poetic view of adolescence and alienation, still resonant decades later.
Presented by Shrewsbury Film Society.
Apr
24
2026
Fri
20:00
Summer 1993
Tickets from £6
Spain, 2017, rated 12, 98 mins
Catalan, subtitled
After her mother’s death, six-year-old Frida moves to the countryside to live with relatives. Seen through her eyes, “Summer 1993” tenderly captures the confusion, resilience, and quiet moments of a child coping with loss and redefining family in a new world.
Presented by Shrewsbury Film Society.
May
8
2026
Fri
20:00
My Favourite Cake
Tickets from £6
Iran, 2024, rated 12, 94 mins
Persian, subtitled
A widowed woman defies social norms when she invites a charming stranger into her home for cake—and more. This warm Iranian film is a gentle yet subversive ode to companionship, joy, and the quiet rebellion of living fully, at any age.
Presented by Shrewsbury Film Society.
May
17
2026
Sun
19:45
Dan Walsh
Tickets from £15
‘The real deal, a demon picker’ – UNCUT MAGAZINE
BBC Folk Awards ‘Best Musician’ nominee Dan Walsh combines ‘virtuoso playing and winning songwriting’ (MORNING STAR). Describing what Dan does is no easy task but at the heart of it is British, Irish and American folk music delivered with a healthy dose of funky grooves – all performed with his unique and dazzling take on clawhammer style banjo helping to challenge all preconceptions about the instrument.
One of the most incredible musicians I’ve heard in years – Bruce MacGregor, BBC Radio Scotland
If one name is synonymous with the revival of interest in the banjo, it’s Dan Walsh – Living Tradition
Add to all that poignant songs, astonishing musical departures and lively humour and the result is a truly memorable live show which has wowed audiences across the world from intimate seated rooms to huge dancing crowds in festival fields.
Oct
3
2026
Sat
19:45
Dar Williams plus support Heather Maloney
Tickets from £19.5
Saturday 3rd October 2026
Doors open at 7:00pm (gig starts at 7:45pm)
Tickets priced at £19.50
Dar Williams’ lyrics contain bouquets of optimism, delivered on melodies alternating between beguiling lightness and understated gravity. Williams strongly believes that all of us possess our own power and ability to achieve, and she rejects the exceptionalism that encourages us to “admire that yonder star,” while making us feel small and insignificant; unworthy of shining on our own but hoping to catch enough distant light to inspire some tiny accomplishment. Williams has always been very interested in how to control our future and this album has to do with the fact that at some point, you just can’t.
Like everyone else, Williams spent 2020 in that state of non-control. She and longtime producer Stewart Lerman tracked most of the album, her 12th studio recording, in November of 2019. In late February of 2020, she cut the title tune in Woodstock with bassist Gail Ann Dorsey and Larry Campbell, who produced the track and played guitars, pedal steel and twangy baritone guitar. When told they had to postpone a mid-March mixing date, Campbell said he wasn’t feeling well anyway. Turns out he’d contracted a serious case of COVID-19. That was a clear sign that at some point, you have to meet life where it meets you …the common thread throughout that these songs, the willingness to meet life as it arrives.
Dar Williams was always in the right place at the right time for the success she’s had over a 25+-year career. She rose out of the vibrant mid-90’s Boston scene, inspired by the eclectic influences of alt-rockers, Berklee jazz musicians, slam poets, and folk artists, like Patty Griffith, Melissa Ferrick, the Throwing Muses, Vance Gilbert, and Jonathan Brooke. After a year of touring non-stop with her first album, The Honesty Room, in 1994, she was invited by Joan Baez to tour in Europe and The United States. “Good and bad things happen, and it’s not necessarily a reward or indictment. I’ve just got to meet it.” Williams observes. “Like, I’m bringing my whole life to this moment; it will surprise me, challenge me, show me where I was wrong, even make a fool out of me, but my job is to show up and not take adversity personally. Real happiness doesn't have to feel like Snoopy dancing with Woodstock; it can just be knowing you have the resilience to meet whatever comes to you. I will call that a good life.”