Coming in the tail end of winter, and what a miserable tail end it has been, Valentine’s Day (and night) is a welcome glowing beacon of love and warmth. Amidst the cards, balloons and bouquets, here are a few ways to make it extra special in and around the Oswestry area.

Saturday Night At the Movies...

Oswestry's favourite independent cinema with a fabulous Autumn Film Programme.

Following another highly satisfying Season with yet again record audience numbers, the new Season should prove equally exciting.

The Wynnstay is a lovely traditional venue for Christmas and New Year parties.

The Oswestry Speakers Corner will meet at its new venue of the Dunbabin Room at the Willow Galley on Willow Street at 7.30pm.

Fats Waller Musical Tribute with Pete Allen's Traditional Jazz Five. Book yourself a seat for a swinging jazz treat! Tickets just £10. To raise money for Cancer Research UK.

Fantastic Black Tie Charity Ball 2012 to raise money for the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association with three course dinner and fabulous entertainment.

Loxley are a harmonic, contemporary, progressive folk trio who have a collection of songs and music that is beguiling, intriguing.

Only Kinokulture would bring to Oswestry a co-founder of Siouxsie and The Banshees to perform a live score for one of cinemas classic films, Vampyr. And thank goodness for that! :)