THIS year's Glusburn Fallfest will be held from September 22 to 24 at the Glusburn Institute Community and Arts Centre.

Festivities over the packed three-day festival commence on the Friday night with the highly acclaimed play by Jim Cartwright ‘Two’, set in a typical northern pub and performed by Falling Stars theatre company under the experienced eye of director Rebecca Durham.

This bitter-sweet piece offers a snapshot of the local community through the eyes and stories of the pub regulars.

Neil Pickles of Pickles Pubs said: “As ‘community partners’, our pub, The Old White Bear in Cross Hills, has supported Fallfest from the outset.

“This year’s theme is in keeping with our emphasis of keeping the pub as a focal point of the community, offering traditional values of excellent food, quality beers and most importantly, uncompromising levels of service to each individual customer’s preferences.”

Continuing the theme and new to this year is introducing the Fallfest Beer and GinFest.

This will be run by Kath Thornton of Haworth Beer Festival and it will include a range of exclusive gins and over 18 craft beers.

Session times are Friday from 8pm to 11pm, Saturday from noon 5:30pm and Sunday from 1pm to 5pm.

All beers are capped at £3 a pint with a modest £2 entry fee.

Sue Ingham, Festival Director added: “As a not for profit organisation Fallfest is dependent to a great extent on the kind support by local businesses such as The Old White Bear.

“Such support helps sustain free events such as Saturday’s Farmers’ Market and Fun Day, as well as, indirectly our paid events such as our gala performance – this year we are delighted to welcome BRIT-Award winning singer/songwriter Beverley Craven, who headlines on Saturday, September 23.”

For further information and to purchase tickets visit fallfest.co.uk or call 08438 868949 or 01535 632976.