57th Morpeth Northumbrian Gathering – Saturday

Provisional programme – last updated 2nd April – events, venues and timings subject to change

Annual festival of Northumberland’s music, dialect, crafts, traditions, family events – with Bob Fox & Stu Luckley, Real to Reel, Jez Lowe, Shonaleigh, Voice Male, Ellington Colliery Band, local dance teams, etc.

Many free events!

Before the Gathering: Pop Up Folk Ensemble Music – for advance details and scores See website

Enquries: 01670 513308  Tickets: Morpeth TIC 01670 623455 Payment at doors – cash only

Morpeth Northumbrian Gathering | Northumbriana

Many free events. Prices: adult / school age. Under 5s free.

09:00 – 16:00 Park & Ride from County Hall to the Bus Station

09:30 – 16:30 CRAFTS EXHIBITION + refreshments; craft competition entries, craft displays, stalls, CDs, books, posters, archive photos Town Hall 50p at door/ accompanied under-12s free

09:45–10:30 FAMILY STORIES with Shonaleigh in the Library (Leisure Centre) Free

10:00– 16:00 OUTDOOR ENTERTAINERS Punch & Judy, music, Ellington Colliery Band, local morris, clog and rapper teams Market Place, Park, Bakehouse Millennium Green

10:00 – 16:00 MORPETH CASTLE OPEN DAY history, stories & music. Arranged with Landmark Trust   Free

10:00 – 10:45 MEET THE NORTHUMBRIAN PIPERS Drop-in to hear the small pipes in the Bagpipe Museum Free

10.00 – 10.50 POP-UP FOLK ENSEMBLE Prepare for tonight’s concert spot (see above) in St Robert’s Church Hall (donations invited)

10:15 RING O’ BELLS; Celebratory Peal

11.00 PROCESSION Gadgy’s Welcome at the Market Place

From 12:00 approx – Clock Tower open for tours

12:00– 16:00 STORYTELLER’S GARDEN Stories & music for the 25th birthday of the Old Bakehouse Yard Millennium Green    Free

12:00 – 13:15 JEZ LOWE songsmith & novelist with Life Writing – Songs & Stories St Robert’s Church Hall £6/£3 ticket

12:00 MUSICIANS’ SESSION Tap & Spile (donations welcome)

12:00 – 15:00 SINGAROUND Joiners Arms (donations welcome)

12:00-13:00 CLOG DANCE GET-TOGETHER Demos & chat led by Lynette and Sue in the Town Hall Ballroom £2/£1.50

Saturday Competitions: Passport ticket for entrants/audience £2.00/£1.50 includes free entry to Exhibition. Doors open 30 minutes before times stated below to allow entrants to register.

NB There are NO CLOG DANCE competitions – see 12:00 Ballroom slot

13:45 SPEAKING & WRITING: dialect, stories, results of pre-judged written items St Robert’s Church Hall

13.45 NORTHUMBRIAN PIPES & LOWLAND/ BORDER//HALF-LONG PIPES in the Chantry Bagpipe Museum

14:00 BANDS, ACCORDIONS, FIDDLES, OTHER INSTRUMENTS, DUETS in the St. James Community Centre, Wellway

15:30 SINGING in the Town Hall

13:30 – 14:30 FAMILY SHOW silly song spots from Ken Patterson and Jim Eldon in the Town Hall Ballroom £3/£1 at door

16:00 – 17:00 MORPETH POETRY GROUP heritage characters in costume & verse St Robert’s Church Hall  £3/£1 at door

16:00 – 18:00 SLOW & STEADY session led by BITS NE for beginners & intermediate players White Swan (donations invited)

16:00 – 17:15 BORDER PIPES CONCERT David Faulkner with Iain Gelston & Matt Seattle in the Bagpipe Museum   £5/£2 ticket

18:00– 19:30 WINNERS’ CONCERT 2024 winners + Pop-up Ensemble in the Town Hall Ballroom £9/£5 ticket

20:00 – 21:15 BOB FOX & STU LUCKLEY Special reunion concert by the legendary duo in Town Hall Ballroom £15/£8 ticket

20:00 MUSICIANS’ SESSION Tap & Spile (donations welcome)

20:00 NORTHUMBRIAN & BORDER PIPING SESSION Conservative Club, Newgate Street  Free (donations invited)

20:30 – 23:00 BARN DANCE Real to Reel Ceilidh Band + Hexham Village Mummers, Hadrian Clog. Bring your own drinks in the own Hall Corn Exchange £9/£5 ticket