KENDAL Midday Concert Club returns after the festive break to its Kendal Town Hall home with a performance next Wednesday (January 10) from the esteemed Royal Northern Sinfonia Ensemble. Popular midday musician Sarah Beth Briggs teams up with fellow pianist James Lisney on January 24; chamber music masters, the Gould Piano Trio, perform on February 7; one of Ireland's most successful musicians, pianist Finghin Collins, plays Kendal on February 21; clarinettist, Emma Johnson and pianist, John Lenehan return to KMCC on March 7 and the Piatti Quartet complete the 2017/2018 season on March 21.

Performances start at 1pm; snack lunches are available from 11.50am.