An Oompah Christmas with the Aldbourne Band

The Aldbourne Band are playing STEAM - Museum of the Great Western Railway on Saturday 12 December, in a night they're calling An Oompah Christmas. It's a brand new Christmas event from the museum, and it swaps the traditional carol service for an Oktoberfest-style brass band format. That means brass music, mulled wine, and beer on tap from Hop Kettle Brewery, with audience participation mixed in throughout the evening.

The night sits within the museum's wider winter programme, which each year turns the venue into a Christmas extravaganza. More than 60 market stalls are set among the award-winning displays and the iconic GWR locomotives, selling everything from handcrafted silver jewellery and photographic prints to glass artworks, home furnishings, wooden toys, traditional games, chutneys and luxury confectionery. If you're heading in for the music, you'll have plenty of stalls to wander through before the band starts.

On the night, arrivals and the bar open at 7:00pm, with the performances running from 7:30pm to 9:30pm. The event closes at 10:30pm. Tickets are £15 for adults (18+), and that includes one free drink on arrival. The museum is on Fire Fly Avenue, SN2 2EY, in Swindon.