60’s Big Night Out on Saturday 21 September, 7.30pm. Top UK Tributes Sing Over 50 Top 10 Hits from: Jerry Lee Lewis, Billy Fury, Eddie Cochran, Bobby Vee, Ricky Nelson, Buddy Holly, Cliff Richard and The Shadows. Tickets: £12.50
Music: Bridie Jackson and the Arbour on Sunday 22nd September 7.30pm. Bridie Jackson is returning to her home town Bishop Auckland for this concert. Sitting “somewhere between the lushness of Norah Jones and the quirkiness of Joanna Newsom”, Bridie Jackson & the Arbour’s music is simultaneously beautiful, ethereal, dark and powerful.
They released their debut album in January 2012, with a sell out show at the Sage Gateshead and have since gained national recognition with a radio play on BBC 2,3, and 6 Music and a live session on Radio 4s Loose Ends
Most recently revealed as winners of the 2013 Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition, they are “the kind of beguiling, affable folk band whose sound feels so natural and inviting you wonder why your first listen wasn’t so much sooner”
Also Newcastle based singer-songwriter Ditte Elly. With an acoustic guitar and an unassuming stage presence, Ditte Elly offers a voice with an enchanting quality, capable of bringing an audience to silence. Tickets: £10.00 / £8.00 concessions
NEW – Exhibition: Within View by Anja Percival and Joanna Bourne from Monday 23 September – Saturday 12 October.Durham based printmaker Anja uses a variety of etching techniques, including wax resist on aquatint, ‘soft’ ground, ‘white’ ground and burnishing. Her compositions aim to combine different moods of light, with contrasting space and surface qualities. Joanna works principally on wood, based on her drawings and observations of the nature and wildlife of the city.
The McGuinness Gallery is open: Mon to Fri: 10.00am – 4.00pm. Sat: 9.30am – 12.30pm Free admission
Bishop Auckland Civic Society presents:
Talk: by Jim McTaggart “We take Newspapers for granted – how did they start?” Tuesday 24 September 7.30pm. The speaker for the A.G.M.on 24th September 2013 will be Jim McTaggart.Jim, a Columnist for the Northern Echo, specialises in stories from Teasdale under the heading of ‘Dales Diary’. He lives in Darlington and is well known in the North East. Prior to retirement Jim worked on The Teasdale Mercury; a Barnard Castle local paper. Tickets: £2.00 free to BACS members
Film: Trance on Thursday 26 September 7.30pm. Award winning director Danny Boyle returns with this psychological thriller about a fine art auctioneer mixed up with a criminal gang to recover a lost painting. With James McAvoy. Sexual content, nudity, violence and grisly images. Cert: 15, 101 mins Tickets £4.00
Regular events
Tea Dance: Tuesday 24 September, 1.30pm – 3.30pm. £2.00.
‘Evergreens’ Over-50’s club: Wednesday 25 September, 10.30am – 12noon (during term time)
Annual membership: £25.00 or £2.00 per session.
Family and Local History Research: Thursday  26 September, 10.00am – 12.00noon and 2.00pm – 4.00pm. . Free drop-in event in the library.
Contact: Bishop Auckland Town Hall 03000 269 524