A Hall for All
The Hall is closed for a few more weeks but we can dance and have a few drinks just down the hill and upstairs at Circus Circus pub by Preston Circus. This fundraiser is a joint benefit for Exeter Street Hall and for domestic violence charity RISE.
Come and dance your socks off on Saturday 4th October 8pm to midnight. Tickets cost £5, £10 or £15 depending on what you want to pay.
Beer! Have we got your attention? Jolly good. The Prestonville Arms are hosting a beer festival on the 12,13 and 14 September (that’s this very weekend, people!) with 15 real ales and a cider. Twenty pence from every pint will be donated to the Hall. Love ’em. And there’s live music with The Radiokings on Saturday night too.
Putting the ‘fun’ back into ‘fundraising’. See you there!
We’re under way! Local firm SBS are working hard on our roof repair. BIG thanks too to R&M Scaffolding for providing scaffolding for free and, of course, The People’s Millions (Big Lottery Fund and ITV) for footing the bill. Perhaps inevitably, with a complex project, we’ve been hit with a delay, but we’re on track for a couple of events at the end of October and to re-open to our patient and loyal hirers in November.
Hard hats and steel toe-caps
Ever hankered after a hard hat? Join our tile team. We’re cleaning up, moving and selling on the undamaged tiles from our roof. There aren’t enough good ones to cover the Hall, but someone with a smaller project can benefit. The money raised is helping us to keep our costs down and we’re pleased to be part of a recycling effort. Email [email protected] to find out more about a simple induction and the work involved.
If you thought we could only stage casual events, think again.
We hosted an exquisite five-course masque banquet for over 50 people in a breathtakingly beautiful Hall on Saturday. Check us out. Yes, sir, we can do fancy pants.
Take a peek at our transformed Hall. For one night only, she was bedecked in fairy lights, lanterns, eye-catching ribbons, roses and bathed in candlelight. We feasted on delicious gazpacho, antipasto (the aubergine was particularly sublime), scrumptious feta and tomato filo tarts with roasted pumpkin and salad leaves, chocolate mousse to die for and cheeses to finish. With wines and liqueurs selected and shipped from France, this was an unforgettable meal in a jaw-dropping setting.
Magic doesn’t just happen. Our volunteers make it look effortless, but that doesn’t mean it is! Massive thanks to Marianne for devising and working her socks off for this utterly delightful event (and recruiting her family and friends to give outstanding assistance).
BIG thanks too to our talented chef, Iain, and events supremos Catherine, Gill and Lynne for mouthwatering food and drink and impeccable organisation. We’re grateful too to our intrepid team of teens – Dan, George, Martha, Jago and Annie – who waited tables with such style.
We can’t wait to do it all again. Once we can fit back into our trousers.
Planning a celebration? Email [email protected] and find out about availability from October.
This event was staged to raise vital funds for the Hall. We’ll be revealing the scores on the doors soon. Fancy donating? Just click here.
This is how we do our weekend evenings in Exeter Street Hall. Live football on Friday night. Comedy on the Saturday night. It’s evenings like these that remind us why we bought the Hall: great events that bring the community together. It was wonderful to see lots of familiar faces and even better to see some new faces too.
Many thanks to the acts on the comedy night, including The Maydays, Seb Handley, Phil Lucas, Julie Oliver, Jane Postlethwaite, and James McDonell. Thanks also to all the volunteers but especially Gus and Simon who were the driving force behind the events.
Tickets for the Uruguay game next Thursday are still available, with award winning pizza from Pizza 500. Available at Joes Cafe or via [email protected]. The tickets not the pizza.
Finally, a reminder that we’re raising money to unblock our drains. It’s badly needed. If you value our Hall and would like to see the back of those damp patches, please text HALL20 £5 to 70070 or pay by Just Giving here.