A WEEK of performances and events to saying goodbye to Greenock Arts Guild has been put together.

The Festival of the Guild will run from Tuesday 26 June to Sunday 1 July with community arts groups who have been using the Guild for the last 65 years joining in performing songs, dances and theatrical pieces from the era of the Guild's opening -- 1940s/50s, post-war Britain.

There will be lots of other activities going on around the Campbell Street building with this theme in mind including a vintage fair, afternoon teas, promenade theatre pieces, and ice cream, cake and candy stalls.

The Film Club which ran in the Guild for decades will be recreated and will be showing Treasure Island on Saturday morning for families, and then Gentlemen Prefer Blondes on the Sunday evening for the adults. The Sunday night film club will be the finale event and will also feature old film footage of the Arts Guild Theatre’s grand opening in 1949.

All main stage festival event tickets will be priced £5 and there will be lots of free activities as well to encourage the whole community to go along and join in on the festivities. A festival pass for £30 will allow access to seven main house events.

The Arts Guild is being replaced by a new venue -- the Beacon Arts Centre -- on Greenock's Waterfront.

Festival Programme -- A brief outline of the festival programme

Showing all week

Room 3 - Art Exhibitions from the Guild’s art class pupils
Room 6 - Photography Exhibition from Greenock Camera Club.
Bar and Cafe area – Afternoon teas, music and drinks
Cafe and Foyer – Art Exhibition by local artist Tom Johnstone
Foyer – Fundraising Stalls

Tuesday 26 June

7:30pm - Theatre Performance – Arts Guild Theatre— Concert Performance of The Steamie by Largs Players

Wednesday 27 June

2:30pm - Theatre Performance – Arts Guild Theatre – Variety Performance including WOOPI Choir and Capitol Jazz Band.
7:30pm – Theatre Performance – Arts Guild Theatre – Dramatic Performance from Inverclyde Council Community Learning and Development Group - The World Before followed by music and singing from No Nonsense Productions.

Thursday 28 June

7:30pm -- Theatre Performance -- Arts Guild Theatre – Play reading of Rattigan’s Separate Tables produced by Julie Ellen, plus operatic singing from Alan Beck of Caledon.

Friday 29 June

7:30pm - Theatre Performance – Arts Guild Theatre - Variety Performance including Cantando, Lindsay Wood School of Dance and Greenock Light Opera Club.

Saturday 30 June

10am – Saturday Film Club– Arts Guild Theatre – Treasure Island.
12pm – 5pm – Room One & Foyer - Vintage Fair and various fundraising stalls
12pm – 5pm – Afternoon Tea - Served in the Cafe and Bar area
12pm – 5pm – Art Installation – The AGT Darkroom – By Greenock Camera Club
12pm – 5pm – Festivities – Arts Guild Car Park and Yard – Commercial Stalls, Bouncy Castle and Activities
2:30pm - Promenade Theatre Performance – Wallace Bennett Theatre, AGT Dressing Rooms, Room 3 and Room 6 – Performed by Beacon Youth Theatre
7:30pm - Theatre Performance– Arts Guild Theatre - Variety Performance including Thistle Theatre Academy of Speech and Drama, Dance1studio and Greenock Players.
10pm – Drinks and Music in the Bar.

Sunday 1 July

12 – 5pm – Theatre ‘Skill-up’ Workshops from Red Productions – Room 6
12pm – 5pm – Room 1 and Foyer - Vintage Fair and various fundraising stalls
12pm – 5pm – Afternoon Tea - Served in the Cafe and Bar area
12pm – 5pm – Art Installation – The AGT Darkroom – By Greenock Camera Club
12pm – 5pm – Festivities – Arts Guild Car Park and Yard – Commercial Stalls, Bouncy Castle and Activities
2:30pm – Various Theatrical Monologues – Wallace Bennett Theatre, AGT Dressing Rooms and Room 3 – Performed by No Nonsense Productions
6pm -- Early Evening Film Club – Arts Guild Theatre - Gentlemen Prefer Blondes plus a showing of film footage from the opening of the Arts Guild Theatre.
9pm – Wrap Party - Drinks and Music in the Bar.