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Easter
Tudor
Trail:
April 10th - 13th 2009
Find Henry 8th and his wives!
Venue: Warkworth Castle
Contact Tel: 01665 711423
Easter
Egg
Trail:
April 12th - 13th 2009
Venue: Belsay Hall, Castle and
Gardens
Contact Tel: 01661 881636
Rothbury
Food and Craft Festival
May 4th 2009
10am - 4pm
Contact: Avril Mills.
Tel: 01669 620459 E mail: sajmills@aol.com
Clennell
hall festival
May 8th - 10th 2009
A Folk Festival at Clennell Hall, Alwinton.
Main guests include Jeremy Taylor, Paul Downes, and The Amazing
Mr. Smith.
Enquiries -
Telephone: Jack on 01669 630258. Tickets also now available from
wegottickets.com
Rothbury
Street Fair
May 25th 2009 (Bank Holiday Monday):
Local fair with stalls of mainly local crafts and home produce,
children's entertainment, fancy dress and entertainment by local
musicians & dancers.
Telephone: 01669 621173
Markets
Throughout the Year.
Located all over Northumberland are to be found throughout the year.
Please try the web sites below to find what you are looking for:-
Alnwick
Markets
Northumberland Farmers Markets
Coquet
Creek Country
weekend
June 5th, 6th and
7th 2009
Linbrig Farm, Alwinton, Near Rothbury, Northumberland
Featuring 8 musical bands, line dancing and stalls.
Prices :
Friday £12, Saturday £15, Sunday £10. Adult weekend
£35 child weekend £6. Free parking.
Web site:
www.coquetcreek.co.uk . Tel: Alan Scott on 01669 650253 or Susan
Singer on 01669 650282
Car
Boot Sale
June 7th 2009
At 10am
at Alwinton
Rothbury
and Coquetdale Walking Festival
June 13th - 20th 2009
Fifteen varied walks across eight days.
For more information visit web site :- www.rothburywalking.co.uk
Music
in Alwinton
Church
Events in May, July, August and September
2009
Friday 15th May, 7.30pm - "The Locrian Ensemble"
In association with Alnwick Playhouse we present a programme of
works by Handel. (tickets £10 no concessions on this occasion
but accompanied children free)
Saturday 27th June, 7.30pm - "Voicemale" conductor Graham
Stacy
Choir of about twenty men singing contemporary and folk songs from
around the world, but best known for their arrangements of songs
from the British Isles. (tickets £7 (£6) children free)
Saturday 28th August, 7.30pm - "Exultemus" director Mike
Oswald
This small chamber choir presents a varied programme of sacred and
secular songs from several centuries. (tickets £7 (£6)
children free)
Friday 25th September, 7.30pm - "Alnwick Playhouse Concert
Band"
Conductor Ray Thompson
This wind band plays a broad repertoire which includes classical
pieces, jazz and moders film and TV themes. (tickest £7 (£6)
children free)
Tickets available in advance from Alnwick
Playhouse -Tel: 01665 510785
Proceeds to church funds and Christian
Aid.
All events can be paid for on arrival.
For further information see the web site www.allsaintsrothbury.org.uk
or telephone 01669 650203
Rothbury
C.A.M.P.S
Rally
June Saturday
20th - Sunday 21st 2009
(Coquetdale Agricultural Machinery Preservation Society) Annual
gathering of Vintage Vehicles and side-shows, Silverton Lane, Rothbury.
Tel: 01669 620825 Mob: 07974 022450
Hotspur
Festival

June 26th - 28th 2009
Alnwick
Marketplace
Northumberland
Wildlife
Trust
Throughout the Year. Schedule of events
throughout the year, click on the link to their web site for up-date.....
Northumberland-Wildlife-Trust-Events
Folk
Music - Rothbury
Roots
Throughout the Year.
Rothbury Roots, is a dedicated group of local music lovers
who arrange regular events at Rothbury's
Queens Head Hotel throughout the year, to see what's on....
Telephone: 01669 620470 or see www.rothburyroots.net
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Folk
Music - Netherton Folk Club
Monthly throughout the Year.
Telephone:
Jack on 01669 630258
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Rothbury
Traditional Music
Festival
July Friday 10th - Sunday 12th
2009
This is a well-established Traditional Country Music Fair
featuring pipes, fiddles, bodrun, guitars, folk singing, and
dialect poetry.

See the new Rothbury
Traditional Music Festival web site for comprehensive
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Brinkburn
Priory Summer Music
Festival
July 3rd - July 5th and
July 10th - 12th
2009
Brinkburn
Festival Web Site or telephone 0191 2614292
This takes the form of a Classical Music festival in and
around this beautiful Priory with superb acoustics. Tickets
information, contact Booking Office 0191 240 1515
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Al
FrescoTheatre
July 3rd 2009
Shakespear's Taming of the Shrew
A superb way to spend a summers evening al fresco in the walled
garden at Belsay Hall.
Pre-booking Essential 01661 881636
Located at Belsay Hall, Castle and Gardens
Gates open at 6.45pm, performance starts at 7.30pm
Exhibition
at Woodhorn Museum
July 4th - October 31st
2009
Northumberland at War - a look at this traumatic period of history.~
Woodhorn, Ashington
Tel: 01670 528080
Otterburn
Festival
July 18th +19th 2009
Family Festival with stalls, crafts
and old farm machinery.
Adults £5 Children free
Location: Otterburn Mill Tel: 01830 520225
Felton
and
Thirston
Village
Fair
July 11th Noon - 5pm 2009
Family fun,
children's sports, rides, stalls, craft and flower show.
Located at Recreation Field, Felton.
Entry Fee: Adult £2 Children Free
Telephone: Marion Clark - 01670 787206
Alnwick
International Music
Festival
August 1st - 8th
2009
Folk music and dancing in Alnwick market place.
Tel: 01665 511333
Warkworth
Castle
Medieval
Courtly
Combat
August 4th - 6th 2009
- commencing at 11.30am
The sound of steel on steel as knights play out a traditional
tournament with real weapons.
Contact: 01665 711423
Family £13, Adult £5, Concession £4, Child
£3
Glanton
Show
August 8th 2009
Horticultural and Industrial show.
Web
page...
Telephone: Liz
Knox +44
(0)1665 574992
Simonside
Country Fair
August 9th 2009
Traditional country fair with events such as Cumberland
Wrestling, International Egg Throwing Competition, Birds Of Prey
In Flight, Terrier Racing, Childrens Sports, Childrens
Fancy Dress (Open theme), Clay Pigeon Shooting, Local Crafts &
Produce in the marquee, plus much much more.
For more details and directions see the website
.
Gate opens at 12pm for visitors. 4 Miles southwest of Rothbury on
B6342
Telephone: Louise Kirkwood - 01669 621954
Al
Fresco Theatre
August 14th 2009
'Heartbreak Productions' present
Shakespeare's "As you like it".
A superb way to spend a summers evening al fresco in the walled
garden at Warkworth Castle. Bring a picnic, a bottle and your friends.
Pre-booking recommendedl 01665 711423
Located at Warkworth Castle
Whittingham
Show
August 15th 2009 10am - 4pm
Traditional Village show, visitors
welcome. Exhibition tent, Tea tent, Beer tent, Gymkhana, Sheep show,
Sheep dog trial, Dog show, Dog Agility display, Archery, Track event,
Childrens races, Stalls, Rides and Entertainment. Ample parking.
Located
at Whittingham Village (off A697, 18 miles North of Morpeth)
Telephone: 01665 574274 or see
www.whittinghamshow.co.uk
Fuschia
Show
August 15th + 16th 2009
Belsay Hall, Castle and Gardens
Enjoy beautiful displays of flowering fuchsias and expert advice
from Northumberland Fuschia Society
Tel: 01661 881636
Warkworth
Show
August 22nd 2009
This is the 138th show of :- Floral, Vegetable
and industrial exhibitions, Displays and demonstrations, refreshments,
stalls, amusements, children's entertainment.
Telephone: 01665 711262
The
Cheviots Challenge
August 29th
2009: (more
info)
Enter this 12 hour walking event which starts and finishes at Alwinton
- in aid of the Northumberland National Park Search and Rescue Team.
Bellingham
Show
August 29th
2009
Location: The show field, Bellingham
Tel: 01434 220616
Rennington
Scarecrow weekend
August 29th - 31st 2009
Location: Rennington Village
Tel: 01665 577535
Glendale Show
August 31st 2009
Location: The show field, North Middleton
Tel: 01668 283868
Harbottle
Village Show
September 5th 2009
Local agricultural show featuring stalls, craft displays, competitions
etc.
E mail:chairman@harbottleshow.com
Web site: www.harbottleshow.com
The
"John Barleycorn"
Festival
Not running in 2009 - see 2010 below
A two day event centred on the history of illicit whisky stills
in Coquetdale.
Thropton
Village Show
September 19th 2009
Local agricultural show, featuring stalls, craft displays, and
some fairground rides.
Telephone: Sue Wade - 01669 621577
Alnwick
Food Festival
September 19 th + 20th 2009
All about Northumberland's
produce
Telephone: 01665 603729 or look at the web
site
Alwinton
Border Shepherds Show
October 10th
2009
The largest and last show of the season, featuring many stalls,
competitions, fairground rides, crafts etc.
Telephone: 01669 640216
Bonfire
Night and Firework Display
November 5th
2009
Located on the Haugh (riverside
car park), Rothbury
Children's procession led by piper. Guy, bonfire, snacks/refreshments. Telephone:
01669 621173 Alnwick
Northumbrian
Gathering
November 13th + 14th 2009
Concerts, dances,
competitions for those with an interest in traditional and Northumbrian music.
Telephone:01665 712044
Alnwick
Christmas Lights
November 20th 7pm 2009
Opened by the Duchess of Northumberland.
Telephone: 01665 604664/606233 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Events
2010
Rothbury
Walking Festival
Running
for the second year, this programme of themed walks is scheduled
for June and will hopefully last for one week.
Contact details available soon.
Rothbury
Traditional Music Festival
This is a well-established Traditional
Country Music Fair
featuring pipes, fiddles, bodrun, guitars, folk singing, and
dialect poetry.

See the new Rothbury
Traditional Music Festival web site for comprehensive
information or telephone 01669 620419.
Edlingham
Summer Fair
This
biennial event
Located: In and around the 11th century church and castle.
Contact: Hazel Bennett, Edlingham Fair Publicity.
Email: hazel.bennett@dsl.pipex.com
Tel: 07966141895
The
"John Barleycorn"
Festival
August 14th and 15th 2010
A
two day event centred on the history of illicit whisky
stills in Coquetdale.
Some activities will be held in Jubilee Hall, Rothbury and
Thropton Hall, from 10am - 4pm, and buses will run to other
featured venues, Harbottle and Barrowburn where an authentic
whisky still will be assembled....and you can taste
the whisky!
Attractions to include traditional foods and crafts, films,
story boards, local history, story telling, raffle, ceilidh
and much more.
Festival Director - Roz Tinlin - 01669 620577
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Throughout the season National Trust & English Heritage stage a variety
of events & entertainments 
Further information regarding the above can be obtained during
the year from the Rothbury T.I.C. on 01669 620887. |
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