2025/6 Concert and Rehearsal Dates

See Forthcoming Events Page For Future Programme Details

• Sunday 14th September, 6.30-9.30pm, Chesterfords Community Centre, CB10 1NS
• Sunday 21st September, 6.30-9.30pm, Chesterfords Community Centre, CB10 1NS
• Sunday 28th September, 6.30-9.30pm, Chesterfords Community Centre, CB10 1NS
• Friday 3rd October, 7.30-9.30pm, Chesterfords Community Centre, CB10 1NS
• Sunday 5th October, 10.00am-1.00pm, Saffron Hall (Concert 3.00pm)

• Sunday 2nd November, 6.30-9.30pm, Chesterfords Community Centre, CB10 1NS
• Sunday 9th November, 6.30-9.30pm, Chesterfords Community Centre, CB10 1NS
• Sunday 16th November, 6.30-9.30pm, Chesterfords Community Centre, CB10 1NS
• Sunday 23rd November, 6.30-9.30pm, Chesterfords Community Centre, CB10 1NS
• Friday 28th November, 7.30-9.30pm, Chesterfords Community Centre, CB10 1NS
• Sunday 30th November, 10.00am-1.00pm, Saffron Hall (Concert 3.00pm)

Concert – Sunday 8th February 2026, Saffron Hall

• Sunday 11th January, 6.30-9.30pm, Chesterfords Community Centre, CB10 1NS
• Sunday 18th January, 6.30-9.30pm, Chesterfords Community Centre, CB10 1NS
• Sunday 25th January, 6.30-9.30pm, Chesterfords Community Centre, CB10 1NS
• Sunday 1st February, 6.30-9.30pm, Chesterfords Community Centre, CB10 1NS
• Friday 6th February, 7.30-9.30pm, Chesterfords Community Centre, CB10 1NS
• Sunday 8th February, 10.00am-1.00pm, Saffron Hall (Concert 3.00pm)

Concert – Sunday 3rd May 2026, Saffron Hall

• Sunday 22nd March, 6.30-9.30pm, Chesterfords Community Centre, CB10 1NS
• Sunday 12th April, 6.30-9.30pm, Chesterfords Community Centre, CB10 1NS
• Sunday 19th April, 6.30-9.30pm, Chesterfords Community Centre, CB10 1NS
• Sunday 26th April, 6.30-9.30pm, Chesterfords Community Centre, CB10 1NS
• Friday 1st May, 7.30-9.30pm, Chesterfords Community Centre, CB10 1NS
• Sunday 3rd May, 10.00am-1.00pm, Saffron Hall (Concert 3.00pm)

Concert – Sunday 14th June 2026, Saffron Hall

• Sunday 17th May, 6.30-9.30pm, Chesterfords Community Centre, CB10 1NS
• Sunday 24th May, 6.30-9.30pm, Chesterfords Community Centre, CB10 1NS
• Sunday 31st May, 6.30-9.30pm, Chesterfords Community Centre, CB10 1NS
• Sunday 7th June, 6.30-9.30pm, Chesterfords Community Centre, CB10 1NS
• Friday 12th June, 7.30-9.30pm, Chesterfords Community Centre, CB10 1NS
• Sunday 14th June, 10.00am-1.00pm, Saffron Hall (Concert 3.00pm)

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• For events in Saffron Walden including Saffron Hall – Saffron Walden Tourist Information Centre, 1 Market St, Saffron Walden, Essex CB10 1HR, tel. 01799 524002
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Member subscriptions and gift aid

Please submit your subscription to our treasurer – £60/yr (first concert free for newcomers), or by electronic payment to “Saffron Walden Orchestral Society – SWSO”, at Barclays Bank Plc, sort code. 20-00-87, Acct. 90850217.

A new member that joins the orchestra during the season such that there are two or fewer concerts remaining will be entitled to a 50% reduction in the subscription payable for that year.

Payment is due on 1st August. To save on admin for the committee, please set up a standing order. 

If you are a taxpayer, you can make your subscription worth 25% more to the orchestra at no cost to yourself, by making it under the Gift Aid scheme. You can also help the orchestra minimise its administration costs by paying your subscription annually by standing order. Download the Gift Aid (.doc), and return it completed to our treasurer.

Please don’t regard subscriptions as optional; the orchestra does have significant costs to cover. 

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