Promoting sporting, cultural and educational links across Europe
Forthcoming Events
2026
Elijah
Saturday 28th March. Cadogan Hall. 7 p.m. Thames Philharmonic Choir will be performing Mendelssohn’s Elijah. The choir is twinned with Sinfonischer Chor in Konstanz. For further details & to obtain tickets please click on the following link:
The Whitton Community Big Band performed at the opening ceremony of the new Information board in Kneller Gardens in 2025.
Saturday 11th April. 7 – 10 p.m. The Whitton Community Big Band will be welcoming & performing with the Swedish band Pilsnerbandet at the Whitton Community Centre.
Pilsnerbandet is a Swedish Big Band conducted by Per-Olof Ukkonen, who is well known in European music circles for arranging music for wind, concert and big bands.
Pilsnerbandet band perform swing classics such as I Love Paris & Hay Burner
Whitton Community Big Band has been in existence for 4 years. It welcomes and supports all levels of band members, playing music from swing classics, Latin, Soul, and Funk
For further details & to obtain tickets for the performance, priced £12 including a buffet, please go to.
Friday 10th April. 7.15 – 10 p.m. Whitton Photography Club presents an evening talk by world famous landscape photographer Charlie Waite at Whitton Community Centre. Admission by ticket only which can be purchased from
Tickets will include a private viewing of the club’s annual exhibition below.
14th April – 6th May 2026. Members & local residents are invited to Whitton Photographic Club’s annual exhibition at Whitton Community Centre. Admission is free. Please see above flyer for details. Photographers from the club were involved in the recording of last year’s Reaffirmation & the club is currently exploring potential links with our partner towns.
One of the many pictures taken by Whitton Photographic Club during last year’s Reaffirmation celebrations..
For further information about Whitton Photographic Club please go to.
Sunday 19th April 2026. Konstanz Bridge Club will be hosting an international Kneipentournier (pub bridge tournament). Many players from Richmond will be attending. For further details please contact Richmond Bridge Club.
European Youth Orchestra
The last performance of the EYO to a packed house at the Landmark Arts Centre in Teddington in June 2025 was greeted with rapturous applause.
Saturday 23rd May 2026. The next performance of the European Youth Orchestra will take place at the Olga de Cadaval Cultural Centre in Sintra to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the partnership between Fontainebleau & Sintra. The orchestra comprises young musicians from Richmond, Konstanz, Lodi & Alba Iulia as well as from Sintra & Fontainebleau.
Their last performance was in Richmond in June 2025. You can watch a recording of the performance here.
Saturday 20th June 2026. The next National Rejoin March on Parliament will take place. It is time to rejoin our European friends and partners. In an ever more dangerous world, we are stronger, safer and more prosperous together.
A Cruise Along the Thames
The Princess Freda
Sunday 28th June. 2 – 6 p.m. REA members & their guests are invited to a cruise along the Thames from Richmond to Hampton Court & back aboard the Princess Freda. Richmond is the only London borough which is situated on both banks of the Thames. A guide will describe the many places of interest. Live music will also be performed for part of the journey each way.
There is a licensed bar on board & light refreshments will be provided. For further information or to reserve your tickets, priced £30 per person, please write to
richmondineurope@hotmail.com
Numbers are limited for safety reasons. Please book early to avoid disappointment.
29th August. A referendum in Iceland to recommence negotiations to join the EU. Given the current state of world affairs who wouldn’t want to be a member? Countries are queuing up to join.
2027
Delegates at the last Europakonzil in May 2025 with the flags they designed representing the 6 European values.
9th-14th May. Konstanz will be hosting the 4th Europakonzil (European Youth Conference).
Youth delegates & decision makers from Richmond, Fontainebleau, Lodi in Italy, Tabor in the Czech Republic & Berdychiv in Ukraine have been invited. Richmond’s youth will be represented by students from Orleans Park School. REA will also be there, as always.
The key themes will be intercultural awareness, political participation & empowerment in society.
Foreign Language Films
Whitton Library screens foreign language films monthly.
The Richmond in Europe Association 