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Each season a network of venues, volunteer promoters and performers across rural areas light up their village halls and community spaces with a fantastic programme of live arts and events, contributing to a healthy, happy and vibrant rural life.

List of events

  • Creative Highlights – Needle Felted Herdwick Sheep

    Claire Priestley – Teesdale Felt Artist Claire Priestley is a member of Network Artists North...

    The Hearth, Horsley - 6 Sep

    Wark Town Hall & Mechanics Institute - 10 Sep

    Wingates Village Institute - 15 Sep

    The Community Hall at Grizebeck - 21 Sep

    Arnside Educational Institute - 22 Sep

    Grasmere Village Hall - 16 Oct

    Woodland Village Hall - 30 Oct

    Crosby Ravensworth Village Hall - 3 Nov

    Edmundbyers Village Hall - 9 Nov

  • Creative Highlights – Metal Embossed Christmas Ornament

    Learn the art of metal embossing with artist Carrie Dennison, while creating a unique Christmas...

    Gleaston Village Hall - 5 Oct

    Soulby Village Hall - 26 Oct

    Whittingham Memorial Institute - 2 Nov

    Arnside Educational Institute - 9 Nov

    Woodland Village Hall - 22 Nov

    Bowes & Gilmonby Parish Hall - 23 Nov

    The Community Hall at Grizebeck - 24 Nov

    Allendale Village Hall - 1 Dec

    Shilbottle Community Hall - 7 Dec

    Newbrough Town Hall - 8 Dec

    Blanchland Abbey - 14 Dec

  • Highway Cello

    In the summer of 2022, Kenneth Wilson strapped his cello to the back of a...

    Edmundbyers Village Hall - 5 Oct

    Barningham Village Hall - 25 Oct

    Orton Market Hall - 26 Oct

    Bardon Mill & Henshaw Village Hall - 27 Oct

  • Creative Highlights – Wet Felted Landscapes

    Artist Claire Priestley is a member of Network Artists North East, and The International Feltmakers...

    Barningham Village Hall - 11 Oct

    Mickleton Village Hall - 12 Oct

    Armathwaite Old School Hall - 13 Oct

    Newton & Bywell Community Hall - 27 Oct

  • Wanderlust

    Join Canadian artists flautist Lara Deutsch and guitarist Adam Cicchillitti as they explore classical music...

    Blanchland Abbey - 11 Oct

    Lazonby Village Hall - 12 Oct

  • James Rowland Dies at the End of the Show

    What would you do with an hour? What if it was your last hour ever?...

    The Cheviot Centre, Wooler - 11 Oct

    Alston Town Hall - 12 Oct

    The Stage at St Mary’s Church, Kirkby Lonsdale - 13 Oct

  • Creative Highlights – Lino Printed Christmas Cards with Chine Collé

    Chine collé is a fun lino printing technique, combining collage with lino printing. This is...

    Ellingham Village Hall - 12 Oct

    Great Whittington Village Hall - 27 Oct

    Penruddock Village Hall - 30 Nov

  • Love It If We Beat Them

    Football, politics and the Labour of love. It’s Spring 1996, Kevin Keegan’s Newcastle United are...

    Ellingham Village Hall - 15 Oct

    The Club, Kirkby Stephen - 16 Oct

    Casterton Village Hall - 31 Oct

    Kentmere Institute - 1 Nov

    Arnside Educational Institute - 2 Nov

    Gleaston Village Hall - 3 Nov

    Amble Parish Hall - 8 Nov

    Mickleton Village Hall - 9 Nov

    Newbrough Town Hall - 10 Nov

  • Set Menu: The Best of George Egg

    George Egg is the comedian who cooks. This award-winning, multi-sell-out, international-touring performer is bringing us...

    Rampside Village Hall - 16 Oct

    Armathwaite Old School Hall - 17 Oct

    Gilsland Village Hall - 18 Oct

    Wark Town Hall & Mechanics Institute - 19 Oct

    Burnhope Community Centre - 20 Oct

    Wingates Village Institute - 22 Oct

    Blanchland Village Hall - 23 Oct

    Scarth Memorial Hall - 24 Oct

    Whittingham Memorial Institute - 25 Oct

    Shilbottle Community Hall - 26 Oct

  • Lyon & Bird

    Ruth Lyon & Conrad Bird are lead singers and songwriters of acclaimed cult-folk rockers Holy...

    Orton Market Hall - 17 Oct

    The Hearth, Horsley - 18 Oct

    Levens Village Hall - 19 Oct

    Dufton Village Hall - 20 Oct

  • Moving Worlds

    A celebration of the legendary choreographer and filmmaker Rosemary Lee’s unique contribution to dance film...

    Allendale Village Hall - 26 Oct

    Felton Village Hall - 27 Oct

  • Moscow Drug Club

    Transcendent troubadours of jazz and folk, Moscow Drug Club exist in a curious musical place...

    Appleby HUB - 8 Nov

    Hamsterley Village Hall - 9 Nov

    Lesbury Village Hall - 10 Nov

  • Allison Lupton, Shane Cook and Kyle Waymouth

    Hailing from rural Ontario, Canada, Allison and the trio perform a glorious mix of beautiful...

    Murton Village Institute - 11 Nov

    Cotherstone Village Hall - 18 Nov

    Wingates Village Institute - 19 Nov

    St Cuthberts Church, Norham - 21 Nov

    Newton & Bywell Community Hall - 22 Nov

    Ireleth Temperance Hall - 23 Nov

    Wark Town Hall & Mechanics Institute - 24 Nov

  • The Bookshop Band

    Internationally acclaimed and award winning group The Bookshop Band perform a unique concert of songs...

    Berwick Library - 14 Nov

    Great Whittington Village Hall - 15 Nov

    Melmerby Village Hall - 16 Nov

    Lazonby Village Hall - 17 Nov

  • Devilled Eggs

    Welcome to the Dakota Guest House! From acclaimed theatre makers Black Liver, Devilled Eggs is...

    The Stage at St Mary’s Church, Kirkby Lonsdale - 15 Nov

    Whittingham Memorial Institute - 16 Nov

    Bardon Mill & Henshaw Village Hall - 17 Nov

  • Christine Tassan et les Imposteures: On The Road

    French-Canadian band, Christine Tassan et les Imposteures are bursting with energy, swing and Gypsy jazz,...

    Bowes & Gilmonby Parish Hall - 19 Nov

    Howick Village Hall - 20 Nov

  • The Plot Thickens

    ‘Madeleine has never been the main character in her own story…’ It’s inexperienced Alex’s first...

    Grasmere Village Hall - 21 Nov

    Frosterley Village Hall - 23 Nov

    Felton Village Hall - 24 Nov

  • Magic Cabaret

    Magic Cabaret: The Great Baldini is a magical legend, a relict of the music halls...

    Middleton & Todridge Village Hall - 22 Nov

    Penruddock Village Hall - 23 Nov

    Alston Town Hall - 24 Nov

    Bowes & Gilmonby Parish Hall - 28 Nov

    Amble Parish Hall - 29 Nov

    Levens Village Hall - 30 Nov

    Crosby Ravensworth Village Hall - 1 Dec

  • Maddie Morris

    Maddie Morris is an artist who strives to make a difference in the world. Bold,...

    Skirwith Village Hall - 29 Nov

    The Cheviot Centre, Wooler - 30 Nov

    The Hearth, Horsley - 1 Dec

  • Mohand & Peter

    ‘You know Peter, when I close my eyes I can see my country. I can...

    Appleby Public Hall - 29 Nov

    Arnside Educational Institute - 30 Nov

    Allendale Village Hall - 1 Dec

  • Penguins

    You’re invited to the coolest tuxedo event of the winter season! Jam Jar presents ‘Penguins’,...

    Gilsland Village Hall - 4 Dec

    Ellingham Village Hall - 6 Dec

    Scarth Memorial Hall - 7 Dec

    Burnhope Community Centre - 8 Dec

  • Polaris

    Polaris The Snow Bear is a new family Christmas show by Kate Bramley. A boy...

    Crosby Ravensworth Village Hall - 12 Dec

    Grasmere Village Hall - 13 Dec

    Coundon & Leeholme Community Centre - 14 Dec

    Stainton Village Hall - 15 Dec

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