SKIPTON: Skipton Building Society will give two performances in the town over the next fortnight.

It will join forces with The University of Leeds, its chamber choir the Clothworker’s Consort and the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society at Christ Church next Saturday, April 25.

They will to give a new lease of life to Phillip Hayes’s choral work, The Judgement of Hermes, which was written in 1783, but has only just been rediscovered.

Then, on Friday, May 1, the orchestra will perform in Skipton Town Hall to mark the building’s reopening.

The musicians will be joined by Nicholas Daniel, leading oboist and conductor, for a programme which includes play Handel’s Water Music, Richard Strauss’s Oboe Concerto and the first of Mozart’s final trilogy of symphonies.

Tickets are available from skiptoncamerata.com or call 0333 666 3366.

The Library Theatre Touring Company will present Wind in the Willows at the Mart Theatre on Sunday.

The musical will bring to life the riverbank adventures of the irrepressible Mr. Toad and his friends, Clever Rat, Kindly Mole and Wise Old Badger. For tickets, call 01756 709666.

The surrealist-inspired work of Peter Harris is being exhibited at Skipton’s Mill Bridge Gallery.

His one-man show, Searching for the Marvellous in an Age of Isolation, Fear and Hate, combines his love of mountain walks, nature and the outdoors, his socialist beliefs and his pursuit of individual freedom and liberty.

The exhibition - which runs until next Saturday, April 25 - includes photographs, collages, found objects and 3D pieces.

Skipton Soul Club will meet at the Black Horse Hotel on Saturday.

DJs Keith Fletcher, Steve Lawson, Kevin Jackson, Ray France and Ian Kinmond will play Northern Soul, Motown and 60s Soul from 8pm to 1am.

Admission is £5 on the door.

Skipton Oddfellows will host a country and western afternoon at the Three Links Club on Sunday from 1pm to 4pm. Admission is £3 on the door.

And next Saturday, April 25, the club will host a magic and music evening, featuring local talent, from 8pm.

Singer, performer and multi-instrumentalist Amy Rose Atkinson will join fellow musician Alan Medlock at Skipton Folk Unplugged on Monday.

The pair will perform traditional and original folk and blues.

The club meets at the Narrow Boat, on Victoria Street, from 8.30pm and all are welcome.

SETTLE: The Ribblesdale Area Moving Picture Show (TRAMPS) will continue its popular foreign film season with the screening of the award-winning The First Grader in Victoria Hall on Wednesday, April 29.

Based on a true story, it tells of the battle of Kenyan pensioner Maruge (played by Oliver Litondo) to get an education - even if it means sitting in a classroom alongside six-year-olds.

The screening starts at 7.45pm and admission is £5.

The Lime Gallery, in The Courtyard, is hosting a new art show, Drama in the Dales, by Kate Bentley.

Kate’s paintings capture the landscapes and weatherscapes of daily life around Yorkshire’s Three Peaks and the Eastern Dales.

Accompanying the exhibition are excerpts from Great War poet Laurence Binyon’s poem Inheritance, in which he reflects the awe and majesty of Ingleborough.

Drama in the Dales runs until Monday, May 11.

The Museum of North Craven Life is hosting two exhibitions.

Community Skills tells the story of the potteries in Burton-in-Lonsdale, which were fired up in the mid 18th century and showcases around 60 pots from the museum’s collection – the largest in Yorkshire.

The second exhibition, Reality Hits Home, focuses on the First World War and contrasts the frontline experiences of the volunteers with life at home where people were fearful for the first time of enemy attack from the skies.

A full programme of expert talks will uncover the history behind the exhibitions, starting with Nigel Mussett’s look at 19th century occupations in Settle on Saturday.

For more information, call 01729 822854 or visit ncbpt.org.uk/foll Photographers Paul Rogers and Roger Taylor have joined forces to explore and speculate on the public’s preoccupation with photographing themselves.

They are staging a joint exhibition, entitled Click, at the Gallery on the Green - housed in a former phone box. The exhibition will run until to June 27.

Settle Stories will join forces with Settle Library to celebrate World Book Night next Thursday, April 23, at 6.30pm.

There will be free books and a chance to enjoy tales rom around the world with storytellers Alia Alzougbi and Sita Brand.

The event - which will be held at the library - is suitable for those aged eight and over.

BARNOLDSWICK: Rolls-Royce Leisure will host its next Big Soul Night Out next Friday, April 24.

It will run from 8pm to 1am and entry is £5 on the door.

SILSDEN: The Proms on the Farm team has put together an evening of live entertainment.

It will include songs from the shows alongside classical and folk music featuring local artists.

It will be staged at Silsden Methodist Church on Saturday at 7pm and admission is £6.

Tickets are available from Twiggs Newsagents or on the door. Proceeds will be split between Manorlands and the Methodist Church.

SUTTON-IN-CRAVEN: The Green Hut Theatre Company will present Roy Sault’s nostalgic musical When The Lights Go On Again to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.

It will be staged in the village hall from next Thursday to Saturday, April 23 to 25, including a Saturday matinee.

Call 01535 632289 to book tickets or for more information.