Events

German Quiz Night: 23 June 2026 – The Bell Inn, Chichester The Friends of Speyer are happy to announce another German Quiz Night at The Bell Inn on Tuesday 23 June from 7:30pm to 9:30pm. The pub is opposite Chichester Festival Theatre on Broyle Road. Parking is...

Werner Herzog talk and film at Chichester Cinema Sat 16 May (10:30am): The Extraordinary Cinema of Werner Herzog. A talk by Mike Jennings & John Harte about the 60+ year career of the maverick film director of such films as Aguirre the Wrath of God, The Enigma of...

German Quiz Night: 27 November 2025 - The Bell Inn, Chichester The Friends of Speyer’s first ever German Quiz Night was a great success with 30 members participating. It was a great opportunity to stir the old grey cells, get to know each other better and enjoy some...

Friends of Speyer and Chichester Cinema present an evening focusing on New German Cinema on Tuesday 7th October. The Talk will discuss the development of German film between the mid-1960s and mid-1980s, followed by a screening of Fear Eats the Soul. 18:30 Talk: The...

This April Chichester Cinema is screening two very different films about the German Resistance to the Hitler regime, plus a Talk by Andrew Chandler from the University of Chichester.  Confronting Hitler: The German Resistance and its Interpretations and...

Following Saturday morning’s reception, a large contingent of us gathered in front of the Rathaus for the start of a tour of the city centre. Sigrun, our guide, started off by giving us a condensed history, wielding a two-metre folding ruler which conveniently split...

Aside from the guided tours, many of us explored the city on our own or with our hosts. Liz and I were were lucky enough to be shown other sights by Gottfried and Hildegard Jung, including the Helmut-Kohl-Ufer by the Rhine and his modest grave in Adenauer Park and,...

As part of the Festival of Chichester, the Friends of Chartres, Ravenna, Valetta and now Speyer, organise a regular event to raise awareness of each of the city twinnings. This year’s will feature Tom Brown, Head Gardener at West Dean, in conversation with Phil Hewitt...

Whilst Speyer has many festivals and special events throughout the year, it has been decided by the Executive Committee that we will go over for the 2024 Christmas Market, from Friday 29th November to Monday 2nd December. Speyer have yet to develop a programme for our...