Sedbergh Events Calendar

Join us on this beautiful island where we stay in the wonderful Jura House with it's own private beach, famous walled garden and woodland walks. Jura is famour for its wildness - countless otters, deers, seals, eagles and a way of life which is often forgotten on the mainland. The songs we learn will include songs in Gaelic and Scots with help from local Gaelic speakers - and we hope to join the local Gaelic choir for our annual concerts in the walled garden and in the village. Single rooms are available, plus shared lifts, outings, etc. (Jura is easy to get to - either by Caledonian MacBrayne ferries from Kennacraig to Islay and then the short crossing to Jura, or the new ferry from Tayvallich to Craighouse (takes under an hour.) Shared lifts to the ferry terminal can be arranged.

A summer exhibition featuring some of the region's most innovative and creative potters. The show features guest artist and printmaker Tracey Levine.

Ceramicists: Sue Bratholemue, Roger Bell, Maggie Berkowitz, Ruth Charlton, John Kershaw, Angie Mitchell, Jane Smith, Karen Wilkinson, Pauline Yarwood.

Jan Hicks and Frances Winder are exhibiting work based on their sketches and studies of the River Kent. Paintings, sculptural embroideries, drawings and applied embroidery pieces all reflect the inspiration of the river in all it’s moods from source to sea. The exhibition also includes sketches and working drawings.

Local author and botanist Nick Brown takes us in search of Sedbergh’s summer wildflowers.

The Ideas Festival is a feast of information, talk, books, and debate with a variety of excellent speakers who have plenty of ideas and are keen to share them. We’ll even supply note pads and pens for you to scribble down your own jottings, notes and ideas. All you need to bring are the following: an open mind, your point of view, the knack of listening to others, a bit of cash to buy a few books (and maybe an artwork) and, of course, your ideas!

Please use the website link below to see full details of all events in this year's Festival of Ideas

The Ideas Festival is a feast of information, talk, books, and debate with a variety of excellent speakers who have plenty of ideas and are keen to share them. We’ll even supply note pads and pens for you to scribble down your own jottings, notes and ideas. All you need to bring are the following: an open mind, your point of view, the knack of listening to others, a bit of cash to buy a few books (and maybe an artwork) and, of course, your ideas!

Please use the website link below to see full details of all events in this year's Festival of Ideas

The Ideas Festival is a feast of information, talk, books, and debate with a variety of excellent speakers who have plenty of ideas and are keen to share them. We’ll even supply note pads and pens for you to scribble down your own jottings, notes and ideas. All you need to bring are the following: an open mind, your point of view, the knack of listening to others, a bit of cash to buy a few books (and maybe an artwork) and, of course, your ideas!

Please use the website link below to see full details of all events in this year's Festival of Ideas

The Ideas Festival is a feast of information, talk, books, and debate with a variety of excellent speakers who have plenty of ideas and are keen to share them. We’ll even supply note pads and pens for you to scribble down your own jottings, notes and ideas. All you need to bring are the following: an open mind, your point of view, the knack of listening to others, a bit of cash to buy a few books (and maybe an artwork) and, of course, your ideas!

Please use the website link below to see full details of all events in this year's Festival of Ideas

Sedbergh's new Producers' Market aims to give locals and visitors alike a large choice of locally produced, quality products which include both food and craft items

A new generation of designers who take their inspiration from the English Lake District thanks to the newly formed collective Un-fold.

Unfold is a group of six creative businesses working within the English Lake District. Each Un-fold member joined the collective to push the boundaries of the design and crafts tradition which has long been identified with the Lakes.

The collective have all made their mark by creating unique and innovative work. Their impressive portfolio of clients ranges from Japanese department stores and Browns Hotel to The Victoria and Albert Museum and Habitat.

Since twinning with Zrece in Eastern Slovenia, many of us here in Sedbergh have come to love the country - both for it's extraorindarily beautiful landscape and for the hospitality of its people. We have also learnt to love the singing and learn songs from the many choirs and singing groups we have invited to join us in Sedbergh (see www.sedbergh.org.uk under Town Twinning and music.) On this tour we shall learn English and Slovene songs and join our Slovene friends singing in different parts of the country. Cheap flights are available to Maribor from Stansted and shared lifts to the airport can be arranged. Accommodation is in the wonderful 'Tourist farms' - mountain farms where all the food is home grown, and where often there is a love of music.

Barney Cashman at the age of 47 wants to join the sexual revolution before it's too late, but Barney Cashman is a gentle sober soul with a true blue wife of 23 years and absolutely no experience in adultery, so he fails in each of three seductions.

First he tries a flaunting sexpot who likes cigarettes, whiskey and husbands other than her own. Barney is not properly set up for such compulsions, especially in his mother's apartment, so he flunks the course. But he's got a better idea; a kooky actress friend should be just the ticket.

But she turns madder than a hatter. So that leaves his wife's best friend. But unfortunately the friend is a sternly driven moralist who sees sin round every bend. Obviously Barney was born to failure.

Vague Theatre Company’s summer 2008 tour takes on Neil Simon’s excellent play Last of the Red Hot Lovers. Performed ‘in the round’ VTC transform the People's hall into Barneys mothers living room; the scene for his many attempts at adultery!!! Come along and get up close with the action in this hilarious comedy from the talented playwright of such great shows as The Odd Couple and Plaza Suite.

“Mr. Simon has created a great character here. . . . It is extraordinarily funny and yet also charming. . . . He is as witty as ever, perhaps wittier” - N.Y. Times

“Delightfully hilarious and witty, as well as filled with wisdom about human nature . . . . An uproariously funny author. But he is far more than that. He has a mellow and compassionate understanding of how weak and essentially well meaning mankind behaves. . . . A genuinely brilliant play” - N.Y. Post

Barney Cashman at the age of 47 wants to join the sexual revolution before it's too late, but Barney Cashman is a gentle sober soul with a true blue wife of 23 years and absolutely no experience in adultery, so he fails in each of three seductions.

First he tries a flaunting sexpot who likes cigarettes, whiskey and husbands other than her own. Barney is not properly set up for such compulsions, especially in his mother's apartment, so he flunks the course. But he's got a better idea; a kooky actress friend should be just the ticket.

But she turns madder than a hatter. So that leaves his wife's best friend. But unfortunately the friend is a sternly driven moralist who sees sin round every bend. Obviously Barney was born to failure.

Vague Theatre Company’s summer 2008 tour takes on Neil Simon’s excellent play Last of the Red Hot Lovers. Performed ‘in the round’ VTC transform the People's hall into Barneys mothers living room; the scene for his many attempts at adultery!!! Come along and get up close with the action in this hilarious comedy from the talented playwright of such great shows as The Odd Couple and Plaza Suite.

“Mr. Simon has created a great character here. . . . It is extraordinarily funny and yet also charming. . . . He is as witty as ever, perhaps wittier” - N.Y. Times

“Delightfully hilarious and witty, as well as filled with wisdom about human nature . . . . An uproariously funny author. But he is far more than that. He has a mellow and compassionate understanding of how weak and essentially well meaning mankind behaves. . . . A genuinely brilliant play” - N.Y. Post

Sow:Sew, a major solo exhibition by textile artist Jeanette Appleton, featuring a body of work developed during a year long residency at the University of Huddersfield. Sow: Sew is the culmination of a period of development for one of Britain’s leading textile practitioners that has stemmed from Jeanette’s involvement in a series of high profile international projects that have taken place since 2000. Sow:Sew is the work of a mature artist exploring a series of key themes in her practice, including the relationship between hand craft and machine technology; cloth and landscape and mark making.

Jeanette will be in residence at Farfield during her exhibition and will work closely with Farfield's resident artists and some students from the University of Cumbria’s textiles course. Together, they will be exploring an agreed and linking theme with the resulting work exhibited in September.

This is one of a series of five master classes forming part of the celebrations marking the tenth anniversary of the formation the Town Band. Each Master Class will feature a different instrument, covering in turn the various sections of a brass band. A short recital will complete each event. The five instrumentalists are all renowned virtuosos from the brass band world.

Ian Porthouse has been principle cornet with a number of bands including Black Dyke Mills and Yorkshire Building Society Band and was Musical Director of Pennine Brass. He is Director of studies at Birmingham Conservatoire, tutor to the National Youth Brass Band and has conducted a number of prestigious bands.

The warden Mike Douglas will show us around this recently up graded reserve. Picnic lunch first.

Sedbergh's new Producers' Market aims to give locals and visitors alike a large choice of locally produced, quality products which include both food and craft items.

Sedbergh is set to ring once more with the harmonies of voices from our twin town - only this time they will also be joined by one of Cumbria's top girls' choirs.

The Slovene male voice youth choir Oktet are having concerts and a workshop in the area. Some of the singers came with the Zrece youth choir a couple of years ago and liked it so much they are coming back again.

During their visit they will meet with the highly acclaimed South Lakeland girls' choir Amabile, who have won many national prizes for their excellence. There will be a joint workshop on Friday afternoon for the two choirs, an opportunity to meet each other socially on Saturday late afternoon, and then a concert at 7:30pm. in Sedbergh's People's hall to which everyone is invited.

Over the weekend of August 29-31 anyone who would like to join other workshops learning English and Slovene songs with singers from Sedbergh and Zrece are very welcome to join us (10am-4pm). And there will be smaller performances with other local choirs in other places. There will also be an opportunity to join the singers on walks through some of Sedbergh's special beauty spots, and on a trip to a local city earlier in the week.

Sedbergh is set to ring once more with the harmonies of voices from our twin town - only this time they will also be joined by one of Cumbria's top girls' choirs.

The Slovene male voice youth choir Oktet are having concerts and a workshop in the area. Some of the singers came with the Zrece youth choir a couple of years ago and liked it so much they are coming back again.

During their visit they will meet with the highly acclaimed South Lakeland girls' choir Amabile, who have won many national prizes for their excellence. There will be a joint workshop on Friday afternoon for the two choirs, an opportunity to meet each other socially on Saturday late afternoon, and then a concert at 7:30pm. in Sedbergh's People's hall to which everyone is invited.

Over the weekend of August 29-31 anyone who would like to join other workshops learning English and Slovene songs with singers from Sedbergh and Zrece are very welcome to join us (10am-4pm). And there will be smaller performances with other local choirs in other places. There will also be an opportunity to join the singers on walks through some of Sedbergh's special beauty spots, and on a trip to a local city earlier in the week.

Sedbergh is set to ring once more with the harmonies of voices from our twin town - only this time they will also be joined by one of Cumbria's top girls' choirs.

The Slovene male voice youth choir Oktet are having concerts and a workshop in the area. Some of the singers came with the Zrece youth choir a couple of years ago and liked it so much they are coming back again.

During their visit they will meet with the highly acclaimed South Lakeland girls' choir Amabile, who have won many national prizes for their excellence. There will be a joint workshop on Friday afternoon for the two choirs, an opportunity to meet each other socially on Saturday late afternoon, and then a concert at 7:30pm. in Sedbergh's People's hall to which everyone is invited.

Over the weekend of August 29-31 anyone who would like to join other workshops learning English and Slovene songs with singers from Sedbergh and Zrece are very welcome to join us (10am-4pm). And there will be smaller performances with other local choirs in other places. There will also be an opportunity to join the singers on walks through some of Sedbergh's special beauty spots, and on a trip to a local city earlier in the week.

A welcome return visit by an established group of 16 contemporary artists who are based in Yorkshire. The exhibition features new works which reflect the group's constantly evolving approaches

Tony Marshall reprises this very successful event. Supper and shelter at the Tearoom. Look out for further details.

The Moorcock Show is one of the leading sheep shows in the Yorkshire Dales, and attracts farmers and breeders from the surrounding dales. Visitors will be able to watch the judging of various classes and breeds of sheep ,including Swaledales and Roughs, as well has having the opportunity to do some judging themselves.

In addition visitors will be able to join in with Children’s entertainment and, following their success in previous years, there will be a number of craft specialists and an exhibition by local businesses and food producers. There will also be an exhibition of local historical photographs, and the usual vintage tractor display Refreshments will also be available with delicious afternoon teas which will be enjoyed by all.

An exhibition of work from a series of workshops where Farfield's resident artists and some students from the University of Cumbria’s textiles course worked closely with Jeanette Appleton while in residence at Farfield Mill for her August exhibition "Sow: Sew"

A Fringe event, such as that at the Edinburgh Festival, is self selecting i.e. no-one purporting to be a critic selects the performers/writers/poets/acting groups/stand-ups etc. who perform, simply artists come along and 'do their thing'. The Fringe management simply provides the venues and advertises the event to guarantee an audience for anyone and everyone. The Book Town would like to offer the writers and performers of the district the chance to tap into a really big audience and to be part of a really big and well publicised unique event.

As this is the first event of its kind we feel that this time it would be great to offer the opportunity for individuals and groups to take part without any cost to themselves, those that have appeared at other Fringe-type events will know an entry fee is usually charged.

Come along and show everyone what you can do, what you have written, what words you will use to put your message across –

Anyone and Everyone from age 16 is invited to apply to help us demonstrate - Live Literature at its Liveliest!

A Fringe event, such as that at the Edinburgh Festival, is self selecting i.e. no-one purporting to be a critic selects the performers/writers/poets/acting groups/stand-ups etc. who perform, simply artists come along and 'do their thing'. The Fringe management simply provides the venues and advertises the event to guarantee an audience for anyone and everyone. The Book Town would like to offer the writers and performers of the district the chance to tap into a really big audience and to be part of a really big and well publicised unique event.

As this is the first event of its kind we feel that this time it would be great to offer the opportunity for individuals and groups to take part without any cost to themselves, those that have appeared at other Fringe-type events will know an entry fee is usually charged.

Come along and show everyone what you can do, what you have written, what words you will use to put your message across –

Anyone and Everyone from age 16 is invited to apply to help us demonstrate - Live Literature at its Liveliest!

Sedbergh's new Producers' Market aims to give locals and visitors alike a large choice of locally produced, quality products which include both food and craft items.

Nicholette Goff employs a range of printmaking processes in response to the natural environment. Her delicate and exquisite pieces are created by printing directly from nature. No colour is added, but natural and subtle images are marked onto heavy guage watercolour paper, which is then torn, burnt or stitched to create unique and original artworks. Tree wraps have become one of Nicholette’s motifs, and these ethereal paper forests re-created in gallery spaces are breathtaking and moving.

Nicholette will be in residence at Farfield for a week during which time she will be working with local schools and community groups in the autumn landscape. The workshops will provide an insight into her techniques, starting with direct land prints and progressing through studio-based book pages to large outdoor pieces. These unusual processes produce some of the most delicate and beautiful prints you will ever make. For more information about the workshops and costs please contact Farfield Mill using the contact details below.

Colin's work records in paint and charcoal the experience of standing within the natural environment. The exhibition takes a 21st. century look from Thomas West's famous viewing stations, published in "A Guide to the Lakes and Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire" in 1778, conveying the sublime and picturesque qualities of the Lake District landscape.

This is one of a series of five master classes forming part of the celebrations marking the tenth anniversary of the formation the Town Band. Each Master Class will feature a different instrument, covering in turn the various sections of a brass band. A short recital will complete each event. The five instrumentalists are all renowned virtuosos from the brass band world.

Owen Farr graduated from the Royal Northern College of Music in 2002 and was then voted player of the year by his fellow players in the Williams Fairey Band. He is a lecturer at the Birmingham Conservatoire and tutor at the Welsh College of Music and Drama.

Sedbergh's new Producers' Market aims to give locals and visitors alike a large choice of locally produced, quality products which include both food and craft items.

In 1876 the first train steamed triumphantly into Carlisle station having made the 70 mile journey from Settle for the first time. It took the 10,000 navvies and miners who build the line over 7 years to complete it - over 400 of them died from accident, disease and appalling weather conditions. Many of them are buried in a tiny chapel high in the hills - which we shall visit during the weekend.

David Burbidge will teach songs about the men who built of the line, and the women and children who lived and died with them in shanty towns in some of the most inhospitable country in the world.

Songs will be in 2, 3 and 4 part harmony and will include folk songs written by Dentdale singer song writer Ken Pope, former steam train driver Dave Goulder, and the late Mike Donald, as well as arrangements by other singers.

We shall sing these songs in the stations, on the train, in the pubs, and on short walks through the wild and soulful terrain crossed by this magnificent railway.

Accommodation is provided just over a mile from the station. Meals are provided though some assistance may be requested in serving and clearing up.

In 1876 the first train steamed triumphantly into Carlisle station having made the 70 mile journey from Settle for the first time. It took the 10,000 navvies and miners who build the line over 7 years to complete it - over 400 of them died from accident, disease and appalling weather conditions. Many of them are buried in a tiny chapel high in the hills - which we shall visit during the weekend.

David Burbidge will teach songs about the men who built of the line, and the women and children who lived and died with them in shanty towns in some of the most inhospitable country in the world.

Songs will be in 2, 3 and 4 part harmony and will include folk songs written by Dentdale singer song writer Ken Pope, former steam train driver Dave Goulder, and the late Mike Donald, as well as arrangements by other singers.

We shall sing these songs in the stations, on the train, in the pubs, and on short walks through the wild and soulful terrain crossed by this magnificent railway.

Accommodation is provided just over a mile from the station. Meals are provided though some assistance may be requested in serving and clearing up.

In 1876 the first train steamed triumphantly into Carlisle station having made the 70 mile journey from Settle for the first time. It took the 10,000 navvies and miners who build the line over 7 years to complete it - over 400 of them died from accident, disease and appalling weather conditions. Many of them are buried in a tiny chapel high in the hills - which we shall visit during the weekend.

David Burbidge will teach songs about the men who built of the line, and the women and children who lived and died with them in shanty towns in some of the most inhospitable country in the world.

Songs will be in 2, 3 and 4 part harmony and will include folk songs written by Dentdale singer song writer Ken Pope, former steam train driver Dave Goulder, and the late Mike Donald, as well as arrangements by other singers.

We shall sing these songs in the stations, on the train, in the pubs, and on short walks through the wild and soulful terrain crossed by this magnificent railway.

Accommodation is provided just over a mile from the station. Meals are provided though some assistance may be requested in serving and clearing up.

Forget the high street this Christmas, enjoy a sumptuous shopping experience where traditional crafts meet cutting edge arts in an extraordinary array of berry themed, unique and inspired Christmas gifts. Artists and craft makers from all over the region will be using 'berries' to inspire their work for Farfield's Christmas selling exhibition. Expect to see some really innovative and creative responses to the 'berry' challenge - which will give you the choice of very special Christmas gifts. Enjoy berries in more edible forms in Weavers Tearoom at the Mill, where you can relax and unwind, having got the Christmas pressie shopping all under control.

Sedbergh's new Producers' Market aims to give locals and visitors alike a large choice of locally produced, quality products which include both food and craft items.

Stock up on your Christmas presents from our craft stalls, chutneys and cakes, all sorts of seasonal goodies. etc.

A weekend of concerts, workshops, ceilidh, pub carol singing, festive meals and walks in Sedbergh and Dentdale for our annual festival singing the old Folk Carols in 2, 3, and 4 part harmony - with visits from Slovenian choirs, Thomas Hardy stories and much more.

Concert, Friday 7.30pm

With the Gladly Solemn Sound West Gallery choir, Thomas Hardy story, festive fiddlers, guest singers (who in the past have included visiting Slovene and Macedonian choirs)....and other delights. Dent Memorial Hall.

Workshops, Saturday 10am-5pm

Learn English and Slovene folk carols by ear in the morning and West Gallery Carols in two, three and four parts in the afternoon in the Sedbergh People's Hall. Folk instruments such as serpents, fiddles, saxophones, bassoon, cellos etc. are welcome to accompany the West Gallery singing. Although the folk carols can be learnt by ear, written music will be provided for the West Gallery session.

Ceilidh and Pub Singing

Join a festive meal with singing from the different singers visiting as well as with the Cautley Carollers - and a few dances too. Then down to the pub to raise the rafters with our voices in festive harmony. Previous years have included The Boars Head, Pentonville, Old Foster, Gaudete, The Carnal and the Crane, The Coventry Carol, Jacobs Well, Down in yon Forest, The Dunston Carol .....and many more.

Slovene Carol Workshop

Sunday will be a chance to learn a few carols from our twin town Zreče in Eastern Slovenia. Help will be given with pronunciation using phonetics (i.e. writing the Slovene words how they sound to English ears.) No previous experience with this language is necessary to enjoy the singing.

Singing Walk

Sunday afternoon will include songs which everyone can join in with, as well as songs with visiting singing groups. Singing venues will include spectacular waterfalls, woods.. and round the open fires of a country inn.

Location: Sedbergh
Admission: £10 per session, concert £5, whole weekend £49 or £95 including accommodation and food.
Website: http://www.lakelandvoice.co.uk/
Contact: David Burbidge 015396 21166

A weekend of concerts, workshops, ceilidh, pub carol singing, festive meals and walks in Sedbergh and Dentdale for our annual festival singing the old Folk Carols in 2, 3, and 4 part harmony - with visits from Slovenian choirs, Thomas Hardy stories and much more.

Concert, Friday 7.30pm

With the Gladly Solemn Sound West Gallery choir, Thomas Hardy story, festive fiddlers, guest singers (who in the past have included visiting Slovene and Macedonian choirs)....and other delights. Dent Memorial Hall.

Workshops, Saturday 10am-5pm

Learn English and Slovene folk carols by ear in the morning and West Gallery Carols in two, three and four parts in the afternoon in the Sedbergh People's Hall. Folk instruments such as serpents, fiddles, saxophones, bassoon, cellos etc. are welcome to accompany the West Gallery singing. Although the folk carols can be learnt by ear, written music will be provided for the West Gallery session.

Ceilidh and Pub Singing

Join a festive meal with singing from the different singers visiting as well as with the Cautley Carollers - and a few dances too. Then down to the pub to raise the rafters with our voices in festive harmony. Previous years have included The Boars Head, Pentonville, Old Foster, Gaudete, The Carnal and the Crane, The Coventry Carol, Jacobs Well, Down in yon Forest, The Dunston Carol .....and many more.

Slovene Carol Workshop

Sunday will be a chance to learn a few carols from our twin town Zreče in Eastern Slovenia. Help will be given with pronunciation using phonetics (i.e. writing the Slovene words how they sound to English ears.) No previous experience with this language is necessary to enjoy the singing.

Singing Walk

Sunday afternoon will include songs which everyone can join in with, as well as songs with visiting singing groups. Singing venues will include spectacular waterfalls, woods.. and round the open fires of a country inn.

Location: Sedbergh
Admission: £10 per session, concert £5, whole weekend £49 or £95 including accommodation and food.
Website: http://www.lakelandvoice.co.uk/
Contact: David Burbidge 015396 21166

A weekend of concerts, workshops, ceilidh, pub carol singing, festive meals and walks in Sedbergh and Dentdale for our annual festival singing the old Folk Carols in 2, 3, and 4 part harmony - with visits from Slovenian choirs, Thomas Hardy stories and much more.

Concert, Friday 7.30pm

With the Gladly Solemn Sound West Gallery choir, Thomas Hardy story, festive fiddlers, guest singers (who in the past have included visiting Slovene and Macedonian choirs)....and other delights. Dent Memorial Hall.

Workshops, Saturday 10am-5pm

Learn English and Slovene folk carols by ear in the morning and West Gallery Carols in two, three and four parts in the afternoon in the Sedbergh People's Hall. Folk instruments such as serpents, fiddles, saxophones, bassoon, cellos etc. are welcome to accompany the West Gallery singing. Although the folk carols can be learnt by ear, written music will be provided for the West Gallery session.

Ceilidh and Pub Singing

Join a festive meal with singing from the different singers visiting as well as with the Cautley Carollers - and a few dances too. Then down to the pub to raise the rafters with our voices in festive harmony. Previous years have included The Boars Head, Pentonville, Old Foster, Gaudete, The Carnal and the Crane, The Coventry Carol, Jacobs Well, Down in yon Forest, The Dunston Carol .....and many more.

Slovene Carol Workshop

Sunday will be a chance to learn a few carols from our twin town Zreče in Eastern Slovenia. Help will be given with pronunciation using phonetics (i.e. writing the Slovene words how they sound to English ears.) No previous experience with this language is necessary to enjoy the singing.

Singing Walk

Sunday afternoon will include songs which everyone can join in with, as well as songs with visiting singing groups. Singing venues will include spectacular waterfalls, woods.. and round the open fires of a country inn.

Location: Sedbergh
Admission: £10 per session, concert £5, whole weekend £49 or £95 including accommodation and food.
Website: http://www.lakelandvoice.co.uk/
Contact: David Burbidge 015396 21166

Learn or revise the folk carols round the log fires of Smithy Cottage on the banks of the river Clough - and then join our local harmony group on a star lit walk through the winter landscape singing on the doorsteps of cottages cradled in the dale, and occasionally round the fires of these kindly Dalesfolk.

And then back to Smithy Cottage for mulled wine, mince pies and chestnuts roasted on the open fire.

Come for one day - or join us as we take our carols to Martindale neawr Ullswater on Sunday.

Refreshments - teas, coffee, mince pies, mulled wine and chestnuts roasted on the open fire.

Please bring food for shared lunch and supper (a cafe is also available at the Farfiled Mill arts centre), and outdoor clothes and footwear (ie Wellies/ walking boots, rain wear, warm clothes, flask and torch.)

Forget the high street this Christmas, enjoy a sumptuous shopping experience where traditional crafts meet cutting edge arts in an extraordinary array of berry themed, unique and inspired Christmas gifts. Artists and craft makers from all over the region will be using 'berries' to inspire their work for Farfield's Christmas selling exhibition. Expect to see some really innovative and creative responses to the 'berry' challenge - which will give you the choice of very special Christmas gifts. Enjoy berries in more edible forms in Weavers Tearoom at the Mill, where you can relax and unwind, having got the Christmas pressie shopping all under control.

Forget the high street this Christmas, enjoy a sumptuous shopping experience where traditional crafts meet cutting edge arts in an extraordinary array of berry themed, unique and inspired Christmas gifts. Artists and craft makers from all over the region will be using 'berries' to inspire their work for Farfield's Christmas selling exhibition. Expect to see some really innovative and creative responses to the 'berry' challenge - which will give you the choice of very special Christmas gifts. Enjoy berries in more edible forms in Weavers Tearoom at the Mill, where you can relax and unwind, having got the Christmas pressie shopping all under control.

Forget the high street this Christmas, enjoy a sumptuous shopping experience where traditional crafts meet cutting edge arts in an extraordinary array of berry themed, unique and inspired Christmas gifts. Artists and craft makers from all over the region will be using 'berries' to inspire their work for Farfield's Christmas selling exhibition. Expect to see some really innovative and creative responses to the 'berry' challenge - which will give you the choice of very special Christmas gifts. Enjoy berries in more edible forms in Weavers Tearoom at the Mill, where you can relax and unwind, having got the Christmas pressie shopping all under control.

Forget the high street this Christmas, enjoy a sumptuous shopping experience where traditional crafts meet cutting edge arts in an extraordinary array of berry themed, unique and inspired Christmas gifts. Artists and craft makers from all over the region will be using 'berries' to inspire their work for Farfield's Christmas selling exhibition. Expect to see some really innovative and creative responses to the 'berry' challenge - which will give you the choice of very special Christmas gifts. Enjoy berries in more edible forms in Weavers Tearoom at the Mill, where you can relax and unwind, having got the Christmas pressie shopping all under control.