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Monday August 21, 2017
What's On Alston
Alston Art Group Exhibition Plus
Everyone is welcome to this year’s exhibition of works by members and friends of Alston Art Group.
Loads of extra events going on too - Check...
St Augustine’s Church, Alston
Today to Mon 28 Aug
Taizé Hour
Space for quiet reflection and meditation at the end of the day. Quiet music, candles, relaxed atmosphere, no words or sermons, and no rules. Drop in...
St Augustine’s Church, Alston
Wed 23 Aug
The Mount Hooley Band LIve!
Come and enjoy great music by a fabulous local band. Beer, wine and other refreshments available.
St Augustine’s Church, Alston
Fri 25 Aug
Four weddings and a funeral - tea and tales from Isaac’s hearse house
Heritage Open Day: Step back to mid-Victorian Northumberland for a memorable visit to a historic building which until recently has been overlooked....
Chapel Bank, Ninebanks, West Allen, Hexham
Sat 9 Sep and Sun 10 Sep
Killhope - The North of England Lead Mining Museum
Heritage Open Day: Killhope The North of England Lead Mining Museum is a multi-award winning attraction and is situated 450 metres (1500 feet) above...
Killhope - The North of England Lead Mining Museum, Upper Weardale, Lanehead
Thu 7 Sep and Fri 8 Sep
Coanwood Quaker Friends Meeting House
Heritage Open Day: 1760 Quaker Friends Meeting House, unspoilt with graveyard attached. A step back in time. Doors will be open to the public from...
By Burn House, Clattering Causeway, Coanwood, Haltwhistle
Thu 7 Sep to Sun 10 Sep
Sean Taylor
Sean Taylor Plus Support. Artists performing: Sean Taylor.: Tickets avaiable.
High Forest Community Centre, Sinderhope, Nr Allendale
Sat 9 Sep
Clumber Spaniel Walk
Clumber Spaniels owners from Northumbria , Cumbria and the Borders are invited to take part in a walk from Allenheads. Clumber walks, which are...
Allenheads Inn, Allenheads, Hexham.
Sun 3 Sep
The Old Booking Hall, Haltwhistle
Heritage Open Day: Restored Victorian Booking Hall of 1838 with ’Edmondson’ furnishings. Outside original signal cabin, water tank,...
Railway Station, Haltwhistle
Thu 7 Sep to Sun 10 Sep
Weardale Agricultural Society’s Chapel Show – Saturday 26th August
A packed programme, many entertainments free:
Cattle and Sheep
Horse and Pony
Dogs and Children’s Pets
Produce and Handicrafts
Horticulture...
St John’s Chapel, Weardale
Sat 26 Aug
Acorn Bank - Orchard drop in day - summer pruning, picking and juicing 9 Sept, 11am-3pm
Saturday 9 September, 11am-3pm-
summer pruning, picking and juicing early varieties. Booking Not Needed. Assistance Dogs only are welcome.
Acorn Bank, Temple Sowerby, near Penrith
Sat 9 Sep
2 The Faulds - Open Garden for NGS
Featured in Cumbria Life, a compact garden accessed via sandstone steps is divided into 3 distinct areas. Rare and unusual trees, shrubs and...
2 The Faulds, Carlisle
Sat 2 Sep
Hadrian’s Wall and Housesteads Fort - Haughtongreen Bothy guided walk
Walk along Hadrian’s Wall and have lunch at a special scenic spot as seen on ’Tales of Northumberland with Robson Green’. On this...
Hadrian’s Wall and Housesteads Fort, Bardon Mill, Hexham,
Wed 23 Aug
Hadrian’s Wall and Housesteads Fort
Venture out across Hadrian’s Wall with a guide, heading to Sycamore Gap, voted England’s Tree of the Year 2016. Enjoy magnificent views...
Hadrian’s Wall and Housesteads Fort, Bardon Mill, Hexham,
Sat 16 Sep
Pride and Prejudice
Take a step back in time with Chapterhouse Theatre Company to meet Elizabeth Bennet, Jane Austen’s most loveable heroine. When Elizabeth meets...
Lanercost Priory (EH), Lanercost, Nr Brampton, Cumbria
Fri 25 Aug
Art UK - Uncovering the Nations Hidden Oil Painting Collection
The Public Catalogue Foundation was set up in 2013 to catalogue every oil painting in public ownership in the UK. This ambitious project involved...
Appleby Market Hall
Wed 13 Sep
DGK’s Big Night Out
DGKollective with a full big band lineup will deliver a variety of tunes from classic swing to Funk to latin to TV theme tunes. A great night out is...
The George Hotel, Devonshire Street, Penrith,
Sat 16 Sep
C-Art Festival
C-Art Festival is Cumbria’s award winning celebration of contemporary art.
For 2017, C-Art takes on a new format - C-Art Festival - stages across...
Various
Fri 8 Sep to Sun 17 Sep
The Moot Hall: Council Chamber and Mayor’s Parlour
Heritage Open Day: Medieval Moot Hall, now used as council chambers. Chance to look around the Chamber and Mayor’s Parlour. Mayor and...
Boroughgate, Appleby-in-Westmorland
Sat 9 Sep and Sun 10 Sep
Wynch Bridge End Cottage Open Day, Moor House - Upper Teesdale NNR
Heritage Open Day: Stroll over from the village of Bowlees, across the River Tees to Wynch Bridge End Cottage to find out more about the very special...
Wynch Bridge End Cottage, via Bowlees, Forest-in-Teesdale, Barnard Castle
Sat 9 Sep
Ceilidh with The The Hedgehog’s Skin
Public ceilidh dance with The Hedgehog’s Skin and Caller Joey Oliver
Special guests Northern Harmony from Vermont.
Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham, Lower School Hall. Hexham, Northumberland
Fri 15 Sep
Dance Summer School
QHA will once again host the hugely successful dance summer school for ages 8-13 years, led by choreographer, dancer and teacher, Nadia Iftkhar...
Queens Hall Arts Centre, Hexham
Tue 29 Aug to Sat 2 Sep
Outdoor Free Film Screening of Mary Poppins
An outdoor screening in the Abbey grounds of the classic 1964 family favourite, Mary Poppins.
When Jane (Karen Dotrice) and Michael (Matthew...
Queens Hall Arts Centre, Hexham
Sat 2 Sep
Mary Poppins Drop-in Family Workshop
A free drop-in activity workshop at the bandstand in the park for all the family ahead of the evening screening of the film Mary Poppins.
?Join us...
Queens Hall Arts Centre, Hexham
Sat 2 Sep
Art with Heart Charity Exhibition
ART with HEART is a charity art auction and gallery exhibition developed by QHA working in partnership with Tynedale Hospice at Home, to raise funds...
Queens Hall Arts Centre, Hexham
Sat 9 Sep to Sat 30 Sep