SKIPTON: England’s largest family puppet festival returns to Skipton later this year.

Skipton International Puppet Festival runs as a biennial event and this year's offering - which runs over the weekend of October 2 and 4 - will be the sixth edition.

As ever, it will be full of inspiration and magic for all ages.

And, so everyone can get involved, there will be drop-in puppetmaking workshops at Stepping Stones Nursery in Aireville Park over the weekends of September 19 and 20 and September 26 and 27.

The puppet festival is also one of the focuses of the current exhibition at Craven Museum and Gallery.

A Tale of Two Festivals showcases not only the puppet festival in October, but also the delights of the Yarndale Festival later this month.

Yarndale focuses on all things woolly and brings together 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!

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 Plumhall will perform at Skipton Folk Unplugged on Monday.

The duo – comprising Michelle Plum and Nick Hall – deliver guitar and harmony-driven textures of folk, Americana and pop and recently released their debut single Learning How To Talk.

Last year they won the Yorkshire Gig Guide outstanding songwriters award.

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

* The versatile duo Country Cousins will perform at the next Iron Horse Country Music Club.

The pair, who cater for both dancers and listeners, will take the stage at the White Rose Club, on Newmarket Street, on Saturday.

Doors open at 7pm with an admission charge of £5.

SETTLE: Settle Sessions will bring together young and mature poets next week.

Rising star Kim Moore will share the platform with doyenne Meg Peacocke, who is still publishing poems in her eighties.

The event will take place at The Folly tomorrow at 7.30pm and tickets costing £6 (£5.50 members) are available from The Folly, The Courtyard Dairy, Cave and Crag or 01729 823305.

For more details, visit settlesessions.co.uk.

* Tickets for Settle Operatic Society's production of Thoroughly Modern Millie go on sale at Victoria Hall on Saturday.

Members, patrons and vice presidents have priority from 10am to 11am and then from 11am to noon booking will be open to all members of the public. Coffee will be served from 10am.

* The Lime Gallery, at The Courtyard, Settle, is hosting an exhibition called Discovery.

It features Annwyn Dean, with her textile-inspired work, Laura Smith, whose glasswork is inspired by the sea, contemporary landscape artist Marcus Hammond and Linda Hoyle who has recently made the transition to metal working.

The exhibition will run until the end of the month.

* The Gallery on the Green - housed in a converted telephone kiosk - is hosting a photographic exploration of the US Pacific Northwest by June Davies From Tiny to Tall features bugs, birds, flowers, beaches, sunsets and magnificent redwood forests from the Pacific Northwest and Northern California.

The exhibition will run until October 10. For more information, visit galleryonthegreen.org.uk * The Museum of North Craven Life is staging an exhibition, Community Skills, which 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.

For more information, call 01729 822854 or visit ncbpt.org.uk/folly.

* Settle Music will hold one of its popular guitar sessions tomorrow.

It will take place at Settle Primary School from 7pm to 9pm and the cost is £5.

BOLTON ABBEY: The Last Night of the Proms will come to Bolton Abbey on Saturday.

Proms At The Abbey will feature five live acts performing on an outdoor stage, with proceeds going to Manorlands Hospice.

The festivities will start at 7pm with music from the Sultans of Swing, the Bradford Metropolitan Concert Band, award-winning classical singing duo Carmelina Bagarozza and Kay Langford and Steeton Male Voice Choir.

Then, the Last Night of the Proms will be broadcast live from the Royal Albert Hall on a big TV screen and, after a fireworks finale to the proms, classic covers band Night Patrol will perform until 11pm.

Tickets cost £15 for adults and £10 for under 18s.

For more information, visit sueryder.org/promsattheabbey or call 01535 640176.

GARGRAVE: Registration for next year's pantomime, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, will take place in the village hall from 6.30pm next Thursday, September 17.

Anyone who wants to be involved (children and adults) in dancing, acting or on the production crew should attend with their fee of £10 for the season.

GRASSINGTON: A craft fair showcasing the work of local artists and craftspeople will be staged at Grassington Town Hall.

It will take place on Saturday from 10am to 4pm and entry is £1, which includes a cup of tea or coffee.

For more information, contact Pam Howorth on 07811 213716.

HELLIFIELD: Author and former policeman Mike Pannett will entertain at a centenary celebration of the Women's Institute next Thursday, September 17, at 7.30pm.

Described as the police equivalent of Gervase Phinn, Mike has already published several books and last year, released a memoir of his childhood years, called A Likely Tale Lad.

The event will take place at the village institute and is open to everyone. Tickets costing £15 are available on a first come, first served basis from Margaret Smith on 01729 851860.

SUTTON-IN-CRAVEN: Sutton's Green Hut Theatre Company will bring to life the hit TV show 'Allo, 'Allo.

The riotous tale of espionage, escapes, intrigue and infidelity in Occupied France will be staged at the village hall from tonight until Saturday.

It has all the much-loved characters from the TV show, including cafe proprietor Rene Artois who is doing his best to keep life going on as it always has.

This is quite difficult with a German garrison on the doorstep and the officers determined to use Rene’s cafe as their regular watering hole.

It’s even harder when the French Resistance also uses the cafe.

Tickets cost £8.50, including supper and are available from suttongreenhuttheatre.co.uk or call 01535 632289.