November 23

Concert: Cumbria Opera - Operatic Gala Concert including Pagliacci, L'Elisir d'Amour, Yeomen of the Guard, Penrith Methodist Church, 7.30pm.

Members' supper night for Appleby Gardeners' Society, Supper Room, Appleby Public Hall, 7pm.

November 24

Live music: Highlights - Appalachian Roots, Croglin Village Hall, 7.30pm, details on 01768-896019 www.highlightsnorth.co.uk.

Live music: Highlights - The Singing Islands - New Scorpion Band, Threlkeld Public Rooms, 7.30pm, details on 017687-79172 or www.highlightsnorth.co.uk.

Whist and dominoes, Inner Wheel, Supper Room, Appleby Public Hall, 2pm.

Slide show and supper, Appleby-in-Westmorland Society, Supper Room, Appleby public Hall, 7.30pm.

November 25

Live music: Highlights - The Singing Islands - New Scorpion Band, Cliburn Village Hall, 7.30pm, details on 01931-714218 or www.highlightsnorth.co.uk.

Poetry reading: Guest poets from Liverpool join Mike Smith, Annie Clarkson, Phil Houghton and Geraldine Green, Bluebell Bookshop, Penrith, 7.30pm, details on 01768-866660.

November 25-December 30

Exhibition: Hare of the Dog - figurative ceramics by Annie Peaker, Jan Beenby, Libby Edmondson, Brendan Hesmondhalgh and Sarah Scott, Kirk Neuk Studio, Lazonby, 11am-4pm, details on 01768-870492.

November 26 January 31

Exhibition: Cumbrian Life - paintings by Ron Ablewhite, David Cemmick and Jane Matthews, Watermark Studio, Wetheriggs Pottery, 10am-4.30pm, details on 01768-210090.

November 26

Live music: Acoustic Tearoom - Rod Clements, Rattan & Rush, Kirkby Stephen, 7.45pm, details on 017683-72123 or acoustictearoom@aol.com Whist and dominoes, Inner Wheel, Supper Room, Appleby Public Hall, 2pm.

Slide show and supper, Appleby-in-Westmorland Society, Supper Room, Appleby Public Hall, 7.30pm.

Coffee morning, for Appleby Primary School, Appleby Public Hall, town centre festivities and switching on of Christmas Lights, 9.30am.

Christmas Fair, Asby Village Hall, for Asby Endowed School and St Peter's Church, 2pm-4pm.

Live music: Moor Music Promotions - Moisjes Bagel, Alston Town Hall, 8.30pm, details on 01434-382738.

November 27

Live music: Highlights - Appalachian Roots - Ira Bernstein and Riley Baugus, Shap Memorial Hall, 7.30pm, details on 01931-716273 or www.highlightsnorth.co.uk.