Rotary Club of Aylesbury Hundreds

12/05/2026

Evening Spring walk from Broughton Crossing along the canal through Kingsbrook and Bierton led by Roger King

11/05/2026

On Friday 1 May 2026 Rotary Rocks was privileged to host the long-awaited debut gig of The Dead Cherry Pickers Music Society (aka The Dung Beatles). This superb band of talented musicians performed their ‘original stuff’ to an enthusiastic and appreciative capacity audience. New music from old friends.

The concert raised a tremendous £1,027 for the Young Carers Bucks charity. Many thanks to everyone who came and those who bought raffle tickets too. Massive thanks to the The Dead Cherry Pickers Music Society for all their energy and hard work in bringing their studio songs up to gig standard, and to our partner charity Queens Park Arts Centre who looked after everyone so well and without whom we could not run our shows.

Thanks too for the raffle prizes kindly provided by - Heritage & Sons Funeral Directors; Chiltern Railways; ATG Theatre Waterside; Tesco; Rogue Bowling; Rococo Lounge; Sizzling Pub & Grill – The Plough; Queens Park Arts Centre; Michael Anthony Estate Agents; Miller & Carter; Caffe Nero; and members of the Rotary Club of Aylesbury Hundreds. Not forgetting our raffle ticket sellers on the night, Maxine & Keith and Brenda & Lees.

Watch out for our future Rotary Rocks events – they are always a good evening out, and always raise funds for local charities. Next gig date will be in May 2027 at The Limelight Theatre – date and act to be announced soon.

The Queens Park Arts Centre is running a funding appeal for seating replacement in the Limelight Theatre. They are approaching their target – can you help them get there please. https://queensparkarts.com/donate/

01/05/2026

Rotary Rocks featured The Dead Cherry Pickers Music Society sell out concert at the Limelight Theatre in Aylesbury. Organised by the Rotary Club of Aylesbury Hundreds and supporting the Bucks Young Carers Charity. A wonderful evening, great music and raising money for a good cause.

01/05/2026

Rotary Rocks gig with The Dead Cherry Pickers Music Society .

28/04/2026

The Mayor of Aylesbury, Nidhi Mehta joined the recent meeting of Aylesbury Hundreds Rotary. The Mayor has supported several of our activities in and around Aylesbury during her year as Mayor.

20/04/2026

The Rotary Club of Aylesbury Hundreds are very grateful to Aylesbury Town Council and their Grants Committee for their donation of £1,000 to our Rotary Charity funds. The money will be used for our youth activities and competitions.

17/04/2026

ITS A SELL OUT!!! Our upcoming Rotary Rocks charity fundraiser for Young CarersBucks featuring the debut gig of The Dead Cherry Pickers Music Society - aka The Dung Beatles, their first live outing playing entirely original music written and developed by band members.

Many thanks to all who have bought tickets. Thanks also to the following businesses who have kindly contributed prizes for the raffle to be held on the night - Fri 01 May at The Limelight Theatre, Queens Park Arts Centre (QPAC) in Aylesbury.

Chiltern Railways, Heritage & Sons Funeral Directors, Waterside Theatre, Michael Anthony Estate Agents, Rogue Bowling, Miller & Carter, Tesco, Caffe Nero, The Plough, Rococo Lounge and Queens Park Arts Centre.

If you would like to add to this fundraiser for Young Carers Bucks please use the QR code in this post.

Or you might like to contribute to the appeal by QPAC for upgrade of the theatre seating and help them reach their target. https://tickets.queensparkarts.com/donations/

25/03/2026

We run our Rotary Rocks charity concert fund raisers in partnership with The Queens Park Arts Centre. See our earlier posts about the upcoming gig on 1 May 2026. The Centre are doing some fund raising of their own - please help them to reach their target of £60k to upgrade the seating in the Limelight Theatre - Aylesbury's iconic small venue............

Help your Local Arts Centre upgrade it's theatre!

Aylesbury's Queens Park Arts Centre has been providing and facilitating creativity in the community for over 45 years, under our motto of 'Arts For All'. This year, we are fundraising to replace the raked seating in the Limelight Theatre to improve audience comfort and allow us to reclaim the flexibility of our theatre space that has, until recently, always been able to host a range of community events and immersive theatre shows alongside our traditional theatre and live music gigs.

We have been fundraising since Autumn 2025 and we are two thirds of the way to our ambitious target of £60,000 thanks to an Opportunity Bucks grant, some very generous donations and the combined efforts of our collection buckets and raffle tickets. We now need the final £20,000 by Summer to ensure the work can be done over the Summer break, avoiding disruption to gigs, workshops and day-to-day operations.

If you've ever seen a show at the Limelight Theatre or attended our workshops, we need you now! Please head over to GoFundMe https://gofund.me/ddae6e747 or go to the website and search Queens Park Arts Centre to donate if you can and share our campaign with family, friends and beyond.

Help us continue to provide Arts For All!

Queens Park Arts Centre is a registered charity (no. 1092147). With 90% of our annual income … QPAC Marketing needs your support for Building Improvement Fund

25/03/2026

ROTARY ROCKS UPDATE - Tickets are selling out fast - only 26 left, for the Charity Concert on 1 May 2026 - the debut gig of The Dead Cherry Pickers Music Society aka The Dung Beatles, live as you’ve never heard them before!!

Get your tickets now, don't leave it too late!! https://tickets.queensparkarts.com/event/763:378/763:9634/

Raising funds for Young CarersBucks. - working with young people aged 5-16 with a caring role and living within Buckinghamshire (Charity No: 1106745).
https://carersbucks.org/information-for-carers/young-carers/

A raffle at the gig will boost fund raising - donations of raffle prizes would be most welcome from local businesses. Please contact us by e-mail [email protected]

Big thank you to CHILTERN RAILWAYS, MICHAEL ANTHONY ESTATE AGENTS, WATERSIDE THEATRE, HERITAGE FUNERAL DIRECTORS, and ROGUE BOWLING for raffle prizes donated so far. More needed!!! Can you help?

The Dung Beatles the established, much-loved and renowned UK wide Beatles sensation, will soon take to the stage for the first time as The Dead Cherry Pickers Music Society performing their own original material. Discover the band on Spotify, iTunes, Apple Music, Amazon or your favourite streaming platform, or go to:
https://www.facebook.com/TheDeadCherryPickersMusicSociety/
https://www.youtube.com/

The Limelight Theatre is an intimate and friendly small music venue within the Queens Park Arts Centre in central Aylesbury. Free parking. This concert is a fully seated event.

DATE: Friday 01 May 2026 8pm Bar opens 7pm
VENUE: Limelight Theatre, Queens Park Arts Centre, Queens Park, Aylesbury, HP21 7RT
TICKETS: £16.00 from Queens Park Arts Centre
https://tickets.queensparkarts.com/event/763:378/763:9634/
Tel: 01296 424332

This concert is promoted by Rotary Club of Aylesbury Hundreds (Charity No: 1033789)
https://www.aylesbury100srotary.co.uk/
https://en-gb.facebook.com/AylesburyHundredsRotary/
Many thanks
Rotary Rocks

23/03/2026

This coming Saturday, March 28th., we’re hosting the charity and team from DentAid. One of their dental health volunteers will be there with advice for children about teeth brushing.

Come and take a look in Friars Square Aylesbury between 9.30am and 3pm

16/03/2026

Invitation to local businesses - would you like to work with us to raise funds for YoungCarers Bucks? We now need prizes for the raffle at our next Rotary Rocks charity fundraiser concert on 1 May 2026. Are you able to help please?

Donors of raffle prizes will be acknowledged and thanked individually during the concert and in our pre and post event publicity. All prizes will be marked to show the donor. After the show we tell donors the amount raised by the raffle and the event overall. The raffle is popular and important in boosting the funds raised. Raffle tickets are sold in advance and on the night.

The concert will be the live debut of the online music sensation 'The Dead Cherry Pickers Music Society' - aka the local and excellent 'Dung Beatles' - everyone's favourite Beatles band. They will perform their own original music for the first time. There has been considerable interest in this unique event and we are hopeful of a sell-out.

The concert will take place at the Limelight Theatre in the Queens Park Arts Centre. We are grateful for the ongoing support of the Arts Centre for our Rotary Rocks gigs. See details on attached flyer.

For details of YoungCarers Bucks (Charity No:1106745) see
https://carersbucks.org/information-for-carers/young-carers/

For the band see
https://www.facebook.com/TheDeadCherryPickersMusicSociety
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2LLvKwPhRmthCtnAWKHkxU

If you would like to help please get in touch. E-mails should be sent to [email protected]

If your business doesn't lend itself to a suitable prize then alternatives such as vouchers for local shops, bottles etc are just fine. Prizes that require the winner to make a purchase are not suitable (e.g. discount vouchers, however generous). We are of course happy to collect the prize(s) by prior arrangement.