THE Grassington Festival will continue until the end of the month with a variety of entertainment including The Joe Stilgoe Trio, Voices of Craven, Benyounes Quartet, An Evening with Sir Michael Parkinson, Jason Manford, Smokie, British Electric Foundation and The Fratellis.
Festival events are as follows (in Grassington unless stated otherwise):
Thursday, June 21
The Square – Festival Picnic with Dead Man’s Uke, 1pm-2pm
Stump Cross Caverns – Beneath Our Feet, 5pm/6pm/7pm
Gamekeepers Inn, Threshfield – Gin Festival, 4pm-8pm
Festival Hall – An Evening With Chris Mason and special guest MP Tracy Brabin, 8pm
Foresters Arms – Overload, 9pm
Friday, June 22
Ladies Room, Festival Hall – Made With Music Tuneful Tots, 10.30am
The Octagon – Hanneke Dye, Born A Hidden Child, 11am
The Square – Festival Picnic with Rum Doodle, 1pm-2pm
Stump Cross Caverns – Beneath Our Feet, 5pm/6pm/7pm
Festival Hall – The Joe Stilgoe Trio, 8pm
Saturday, June 23
Festival In The Square, 11am-7pm
Fell Grange Farm, Burnsall – Dry Stone Walling (intermediate), 10am-3.30pm
Festival Hall – Shadow Puppetry and Animation, noon-4pm
Stump Cross Caverns – Beneath Our Feet, 5pm/6pm/7pm
Methodist Church, Grassington – Tunstill’s Men, 4pm
St Michael the Archangel Church, Kirkby Malham – Voices of Craven, 7pm
Live at the Festival Hall (Comedy Night), 8pm
Sunday, June 24
Stories in the Square, 11am-2pm
The Octagon – A Strange New Space, 2.30pm
Church House – Grassington Embroiders’ Guild ‘Pearl and Passion’, 10am-3pm
Congregational Church, Grassington – Raven, 2pm
Scargill House, Kettlewell – Benyounes Quartet, 4pm
The Octagon – #Storytime: Joanne Harris, 8pm
Congregational Church, Grassington – JazzLyrical, 8pm
Monday, June 25
Church House – Grassington Embroiders’ Guild Pearl and Passion, 10am-3pm
Festival in the Field Marquee – An Evening With Sir Michael Parkinson, 8pm
Tuesday, June 26
Festival Hall – SWARM: A Creation of Many Hands by Laney Birkhead, 12pm-4pm
Games Room Festival Hall – Food For Thought with Laney Birkhead, 1pm
Festival in the Field Marquee – Jason Manford, 8pm
Wednesday, June 27
Festival Hall – SWARM: A Creation of Many Hands by Laney Birkhead, 12pm-4pm
Games Room Festival Hall – Food For Thought with Chris Clark and Neil Heseltine, 1pm
Festival in the Field Marquee – Smokie, 8pm
Thursday, June 28
The Courtyard Dairy, Austwick – Cheese Making with Andy Swinscoe – 9.30am-3pm
Games Room Festival Hall – Food For Thought with Joanna Mahler, 1pm
Craven Arms, Appletreewick – The Moonbeams, 7.30pm
Friday, June 29
Ladies Room, Festival Hall – Made With Music Tuneful Tots, 10.30am
Festival Hall – SWARM: A Creation of Many Hands by Laney Birkhead, noon-4pm
Festival in the Field Marquee – Friday Night’s Party Night with British Electric Foundation and special guests plus DJ, 8pm
Saturday, June 30
Festival in the Field Day – The Fratellis and entertainment for all the family, noon-11pm
Full information and tickets are available at grassington-festival.org.uk and from the Grassington Festival box office on 01756 752691.
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