Don't miss this fantastic folk foursome with their  stunning arrangements of traditional songs as well as their own compositions - they've been creating a storm on the festival circuit and we're delighted to welcome them to Teesdale! A chance to join in with a few choruses if you fancy. Check out the trailer for their second album "Of Labour and Love".

Tickets from Staindrop Post Office or online from TicketSource. You can also pay on the door but please email scarthhalltickets@gmail.com to reserve.   Doors and bar open 7.15 pm. As well as a licensed bar there'll be tea, coffee, and homemade cakes & bakes!

Welcome to the 6th Staindrop Beer & Music Festival!  We've a great line-up of bands (see poster), a fantastic range of ales, hot and cold food, and a very warm welcome. Friday evening 7 pm till late, Saturday 12 noon till late.

Our volunteers Wendi and Emma run the Scarth Hall iTeaTime Internet Café which offers free, friendly help with:

• Social media - ideal for community organisations and small businesses who want to raise their profile via Facebook, websites and Twitter
• Any aspect of your mobile 'phone, laptop, digital camera, email, internet, online shopping  wordprocessing printing etc -- complete beginners welcome! You don't need to own a laptop or tablet -  we provide them in the Scarth Hall IT suite.

In 2009, Steve spent his summer working at a kids' camp in America. Woefully ill-equipped, disastrously naïve and notoriously bad with children – this is the true story of what happened. Following two critically acclaimed sell-out Fringe runs, Steve Bugeja returns with his third solo show. BBC New Comedy Award winner, as seen on Russell Howard’s Stand Up Central (Comedy Central) and heard on BBC Radio 4’s Fresh From The Fringe. Tickets from TicketSource. Doors & bar 7.00 pm.  Age 16+

• 'Big laughs and gentle pathos' Guardian
• 'Plentiful jokes and compelling storytelling' **** Scotsman
• 'Truly hilarious' ****Fest Mag

A selection of arts and crafts created by members of Staindrop, Whorlton and The Witham art groups run by local artist Jane Young.

Preview 6pm-8pm Friday; Exhibition 10am - 4pm Saturday

Volunteer Wendi runs the Scarth Hall iTeaTime Internet Café which offers free, friendly help with any aspect of your mobile 'phone, laptop, digital camera etc.

We can also help to get you started with email, internet, online shopping word processing, printing etc -- complete beginners welcome! You don't need to own or bring a laptop or tablet - we provide them in the Scarth Hall IT suite.

Join us for Halloween Family Fun Night at Scarth Hall! There'll be games, face-painting, a fancy dress competition, kids' disco, and more!

Two of the UK Acoustic/Folk scene's finest songwriters join forces for a series of concerts filled with songs and music, chat and banter and intimate insights into their approach to their craft.

Head to head, neck and neck (guitar necks, that is!) listen in as they rekindle the spontaneity of their late- night living-room song swaps. Questions, answers, anecdotes and anarchy... and a very special evening of music.

Songwriting partnerships are nothing new in folk music. But when two artists as singular and well-respected as Steve Tilston and Jez Lowe get together to co-write after forty-odd years of ploughing their own distinctive furrows, it is definitely worth sitting up and listening. Tickets from Staindrop Post Office or online from TicketSource. Doors & bar 7.00 pm.

Our volunteers Wendi and Emma run the Scarth Hall iTeaTime Internet Café which offers free, friendly help with:

• Social media - ideal for community organisations and small businesses who want to raise their profile via Facebook, websites and Twitter
• Any aspect of your mobile 'phone, laptop, digital camera, email, wordprocessing printing etc -- complete beginners welcome! You don't need to own a laptop, we provide them in the Scarth Hall IT suite.

Come and create 12 Christmas cards using the relief printmaking method. Learn how to use both a printing press and hand printing techniques so that you can continue at home.
All materials are provided and the price also includes festive nibbles, coffee and tea  (feel free to bring a packed lunch). Places are limited so please contact Jane to book your place: 07809 249166;  janeyart@me.com

Volunteer Wendi runs the Scarth Hall iTeaTime Internet Café which offers free, friendly help with any aspect of your mobile 'phone, laptop, digital camera etc.

We can also help to get you started with email, internet, online shopping word processing, printing etc -- complete beginners welcome! You don't need to own or bring a laptop or tablet - we provide them in the Scarth Hall IT suite.

Prolific north-east songwriter John Wrightson is a regular at  the Staindrop open mic sessions.  Scarth Hall is therefore  delighted to welcome the full John Wrightson Band for a special concert with support from World Champion Spoons player Bert Draycott.  Tickets will be available from Staindrop Post Office and online from October.

Volunteer Wendi runs the Scarth Hall iTeaTime Internet Café which offers free, friendly help with any aspect of your mobile 'phone, laptop, digital camera etc. We can also help to get you started with email, internet, online shopping word processing, printing etc -- complete beginners welcome! You don't need to own or bring a laptop or tablet - we provide them in the Scarth Hall IT suite.

iTeaTime Internet Cafe at Scarth Hall

Join us for an evening of festive music with local choirs no added sugar, carillon, and concordia. Wine, soft drinks, and mince pies available! Tickets from Staindrop Post Office or 01833 650034.

Carols by Candlelight, Scarth Hall, 16 December

Just what you need to shake off the post-Christmas blues - a fun family ceilidh with music from The Durham Rangers. Bring your own food and drink. Tickets £10 for adults, £5 for under 12s. From Judith Stirk (01833 660313) or Heather Stewart (heatherstewart.uk@googlemail.com)

Doors & bar open 2.15 pm. Tickets are £8, or £5 for 16 years and under. Available from Staindrop Post Office or online from Ticketsource. This classic tale is for all ages (children from 7 years upwards) - with a fresh twist from the fabulous Castle Players.

NEW Flower-arranging course with Kathryn Hume of Forget-me-not Flower Design and Flower School. Learn something new each week with expert support and tuition from Kathryn. The 10 x session course (each session lasts 2 hours) starts on Wednesday 31 January with the last session on Wednesday 6 June. The cost is only £85 which includes use of tools, week 1 flowers, and all oasis.

Fun with Flowers Spring 2018

Alun Cochrane is a no-nonsense comedian who specialises in funny nonsense. Much of his comedy begins simply as something he’s seen, heard or felt in his own life, or in the street, or the kitchen, or anywhere and from that it blossoms into a highly amusing anecdote or a strange flight of fancy.

He has recently joined Frank Skinner’s Absolute Radio Show and can be heard every Saturday morning from 8am. Alun has several television appearances to his name, most recently Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow he’s also often seen on Eight out of ten cats, Mock The Week,  and has appeared on Soccer A.M and Live At The Comedy Store.

Radio producers are also aware of Cochrane’s talent and he’s notched up various credits from Just A Minute, 4 Stands Up, and The Now Show to Clive Anderson’s Chat Room. Grumpy-joyful, silly-serious stand-up. Jokes, ideas and (possibly) movement will all be deployed for your amusement during this show.

Alun’s official tour description reads, “As seen on blah blah and blah, and heard on various funny radio shows.” Age restriction: suitable for 16+

Tickets from Staindrop Post Office or online from Ticketsource.

Doors and bar 7.00 pm, show starts 8.00 pm. Tickets available from TicketSource or from Staindrop Post Office.

A chance to see this lovely film starring everyone's favourite bear, with Paddington 2  showing on Friday 25 May. Snacks and light refreshments will be available.

Scarth Hall has partnered with Northumberland Cheese and Teesdale Cheesemakers to create a wonderful Cheese & Wine event!  As well as artisan cheeses there'll be fine wines (and other drinks via the Scarth Hall bar) and home-baked bread to savour. Test your tastebuds with quizzes, mystery tasting, and games.

Times and ticket details to be confirmed.

A chance to see this lovely film starring everyone's favourite bear, with the first Paddington film [2014]  showing on Friday 11 May. Snacks and light refreshments will be available.

Staindrop Gin Festival showcases over 23 gins (supplied by Durham Ginstitute) with recommended tonics and garnishes for each one.  There's a selection of cocktails (mocktails too!) and a fully-licensed bar. Enjoy a relaxed ambience with a great soundtrack and live music at the evening session. Only £7.50 for either the afternoon session or the Evening session, includes a welcome gin & tonic, nibbles and snacks. FREE MOCKTAIL for everyone with an advance ticket (not pay on the door) for the AFTERNOON session. Tickets from Staindrop Post Office or ticketsource.co.uk.

This is a volunteer-run event and all proceeds go towards the upkeep of the village hall.

Doors and bar 6.15 pm, show starts 7.00 pm. Come along and just enjoy the film -- or sing your heart out! What better way to start the summer holidays?

A chance to see this very popular and talented north-east singer-songwriter. Not to be missed!

Eight-piece horn-driven R n B, Stax/ Atlantic soul and originals – see the band biography for more details. Tickets £10 from Staindrop Post Office and online. Doors & bar 7.00 pm.

A chance to see this fantastic swing jazz quartet following their sellout success at Scarth Hall in July 2017.

Come to a music and social evening and listen with other music-lovers to records played through a top-notch hifi system. If you still have a record collection, why not bring a couple of favourite albums and share them? It doesn't matter if you don't have any records - come along. Free entry. The bar will be open with fine wines and whiskeys in stock especially for this evening, along with hot and cold soft drinks.

After the success of our first Cheese and Wine event in May 2018 we have put a little more emphasis on wine for the November event! The quiz and tastings this time will be wine-focused, with great cheese from Northumberland Cheese Company. There are quiz and raffle prizes too!

Entry ticket includes artisan cheeses from local producers, accompaniments (crudités, local chutney, breads) and wine tasting. Tickets £12 from Staindrop Post Office or from Ticketsource. Discount for a purchase of 10 tickets (£110 instead of £120). All proceeds go towards the running costs of Scarth Hall - many thanks for your support.

Presented by the Box Tale Soup theatre company, this is a beautiful new adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's much-loved classic. It features unique handmade fabric puppets and a charming original score.  Doors & bar 6.30 pm, tickets £3/£5/£12 available from Ticketsource now, and from Staindrop Post Office.

A Rural Highlights Touring Scheme production performed by Kate Fox and Joey Holden
A playful, provocative, hilarious and inspiring stand up show exploring the way women are represented (or under-represented) in ideas of Northernness

tickets from ticketsource.com, Staindrop Post Office or Scarth Hall Bar and Community café 

Celebrate St. Patrick's day with live music from the Old Age Travellers and drinks from the Scarth Hall bar

doors 7.30pm, band 9.30pm

Tickets from ticketsource.com or from Scarth Hall Bar and Community Café

A spring market showcasing local food producers and crafters.

Refreshment available, free entry, 10am - 2pm

A Rural Highlights Touring Scheme production, written and performed by John Hegley
One of the country’s most innovative comic poets, John invites audiences into a wonderful world of words. Join him in a show full of stories, japes and verses with silly drawings, quirky poems and clever wordplay. A show with cross generational appeal that will bring laughter to everyone aged 6 and over

tickets from ticketsource.com, Staindrop Post Office or Scarth Hall Bar and Community café