SKIPTON: Craven Museum and Gallery's new exhibition celebrates two of the town's internationally-renowned festivals, which will be staged in the autumn.

A Tale of Two Festivals showcases the delights of the Yarndale Festival in September and the Puppet Festival in October.

Yarndale celebrates all things woolly, with an impressive selection of exhibitors, stunning exhibitions, skill demonstrations and a full programme of textile workshops.

And as a taster to the event on September 26 and 27, Yarndale has set up a woolly exhibition in the museum.

Visitors can even become a living exhibit, by knitting and nattering in the gallery!

Skipton Puppet Festival is held once every two years and is now famous across Europe.

From small beginnings, it has grown into a not-to-be-missed event with 40 international performers and acts for adults as well as for children.

It will take place from October 2 to 4.

For the exhibition, The British Puppet and Model Theatre Guild - the oldest puppetry organisation in the world - has loaned a wide range of puppets.

A Tale of Two Festivals will run until October 4 and for more details about the two events, visit yarndale.co.uk and skiptonpuppetfestival.co.uk * Acoustic duo New Rendition will entertain at The Venue, on Cavendish Street, tomorrow night.

They devise their own renditions of both old and new music using harmonised vocals.

And, on Saturday night, the club will hold its monthly Voltage music night, with DJs Leigh Oliver, Gaz Norris and Matt Childs.

* Mill Bridge Gallery is hosting an exhibition of work by artist Judy Sale.

Travel on The Edge shows Judy’s bright, bold abstract canvasses, which have been inspired by the many countries in which she has lived and worked.

American-born Judy, who now lives in Haworth, is also involved in restoring ancient buildings.

The exhibition will run until Saturday, August 29.

* Skipton Folk Unplugged will welcome back folk trio In No Particular Order on Monday.

The club meets at the Narrow Boat pub from 8.30pm and all are welcome.

Local group Paisley Rehab will perform at the Three Links Club on Saturday from 8pm.

SETTLE: The new Gavagan Art Gallery, in Settle Town Hall, is holding its first exhibition.

Called Beyond the Horizon: Paintings of North Yorkshire and Provence, it features work by Norman Adams.

A professor at the Royal Academy Schools, he bought a house at Horton-in-Ribblesdale in the 1950s and the rugged North Craven landscape proved an inspiration.

The exhibition features a number of works from this period which haven't previously been exhibited as well as watercolours painted in Provence where Adams sought inspiration from the landscape which had influenced Van Gogh, a painter he greatly admired.

The exhibition will run until August 31.

* The Lime Gallery at The Courtyard has launched its summer exhibition.

It features work by artists Hester Cox, Margaret Uttley, Pam Grimmond, Colin Binns, Casey Allum, Tracy Levine, Anna Tosney and Sarah Cemmick.

The exhibition runs until August 31.

* Phone calls are the inspiration of the Gallery on the Green's latest exhibition.

The gallery is housed in a decommissioned phone box and the exhibition, Call Me, is a written collage of notable literary telephone dialogues.

It has been put together by Ellen Bell and Jo Hamill and remembers the days before smart phones, mobiles and even landlines, when private telephone conversations had to be conducted inside a public call box.

Call Me runs until August 15 and further details are available from Settle Tourist Information Centre or online at galleryonthegreen.org.uk * Visitors to The Museum of North Craven Life have the choice of 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.

It runs until November 1.

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.

It will run until the end of August.

For more information, call 01729 822854 or visit ncbpt.org.uk/folly BARNOLDSWICK: Kenneth Grahame's classic tale, The Wind in the Willows, will be brought to life tomorrow, The Ribcaged Productions show, adapted and directed by Owen Phillips, will be staged at the Rainhall Centre at 6pm.

Tickets can be purchased from therainhallcentre.com or by ringing Ribcaged on 01200 429256 or emailing them at info@ribcaged.co.uk ELDROTH: Eldroth Church will host Songs for a Summer Evening on Sunday.

The event will start at 7pm.

HELLIFIELD: Hellifield will stage its annual talent night next Friday, July 31.

The event - which kickstarts the village's gala celebrations - will take place in a marquee on the gala field.

This year's theme is Sounds of Summer.

For more information, contact Dave Preston on 01729 850418.

SILSDEN: A film night will be held at Silsden Methodist Church today from 7.45pm.

STEETON: The Mary Seaford Singers will perform at A Celebration of Music in Steeton next Saturday, August 1.

The concert in St Stephen’s Church will also feature Kevin Morgan, who is the organist at Stoneyhurst College.

The piano and organ teacher from Bolton was a child virtuoso, learning to play the piano at the age of three and playing the organ for his first service at Salisbury Cathedral at the age of 11. He also played at the Rex Cinema in Elland for several years.

The concert starts at 7.30pm and admission is £5, with the proceeds being shared between the Yorkshire Air Ambulance and church funds.

TOSSIDE: An Abba tribute band will entertain at Tosside Community Hall on Saturday.

The gig starts at 7.30pm and admission is £7.