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The annual Pantomime commences with a performance on Thursday evening 20th February. Further performances are on Friday evening, Saturday matinee and Saturday evening. Tickets available online from ticketsource.  All Pantomime enquiries please to gargravepanto@gmail.com

The second Collectable and Craft Fair of the year will be held on Sunday ( 23rd February). The Hall will be full of stalls selling Collectables, Vintage, Bric a Brac, Gifts, Jewellery, Books, Jigsaws, Cakes, Plants, Watches and Crafts. There will be a few new faces behind the stalls so come along and meet the new stallholders and have a catch up with the old. As usual there will be lots of bargains and unique items. Open 9.30.a.m ( pop in before if it works better with your days plans) until 3.30.p.m. Light refreshments available until 3.p.m. Admission 50p. The majority of stallholders including sales in the Cafe can only accept cash please. Enquiries 07989585564.

To welcome in the New Year the Gargrave Cinema club will be showing One Life on Friday evening 24th January, the widely acclaimed biographical drama based on the true story of British Humanitarian Nicholas Winton who took an important role in efforts to rescue children from Nazi occupied Europe in the lead up to the Second World War. Starring Anthony Hopkins, Helena Bonham Carter and Johnny Flynn.

The customary Cafe style seating will be in place so please bring your own refreshments. Gargrave Village Hall doors open at 7.p.m with the film commencing at 7.30.p.m. Tickets are £5.00 ( cash only please ) on the door with accompanied under sixteens free. Sorry only guide dogs are allowed to this event. Proceeds from the film nights go towards the running costs of the Community Library.

Members of Gargrave Village Hall Management Committee look forward to welcoming everyone back to their Vintage, Collectable and Craft Fair which will be held on Sunday from 9.30a.m until 3.30.p.m.This is the first Fair of the New Year, and there will be just the one Fair held per month rather than two in past years. Sadly Sheila of Broadway Fairs has now retired due to ill health and though her Fairs were kept going last year by The Management Committee, it was a big ask of them as volunteers and the decision was taken to reduce the number to one per month this year. Booklets are available listing all the dates. If you would like one posting please contact 07989585564.

We are pleased to welcome some new faces so please come along and see the delightful framed wildlife photography and never mind the weight watching just buy some homemade cakes instead ( sorry the cakes will have to wait unfortunately Susan is not too well but she is hoping to be mobile for the February Fair)! There are lots of stalls booked into the event selling Vintage, Collectable, Bric a Brac, Books, Gifts, Jewellery,Jigsaws, Pictures, Wildlife Photograpy, Cakes and Crafts. Local girl Bethany will be selling plants and there will be stalls raising funds for Manorlands, The Cats protection league ( including tombola ) and the Village Hall itself. Light refreshments are available until 3.p.m. Admission is 50p. Please come prepared with cash as the majority of stalls including the Cafe can only accept cash payments. There is a cash machine on the high street but demand may be high! Any enquiries 07989585564 or info@gargravevillagehall.org.uk

PLEASE NOTE DUE TO THE WEATHER CONDITIONS WE ARE RECEIVING A FEW CANCELLATIONS FOR EVENTS – Wednesday 8th, both the 22 group meeting and the Parish Council Meeting are now cancelled.

THE PICNIC SUPPER DANCE ON FRIDAY EVENING 10TH JANUARY IS NOW CANCELLED.

Please check about other events with your class teacher or leader;

Members of Gargrave Village Hall Management Committee would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a very Happy and Healthy 2025. We look forward to seeing everyone again as we return to normal service after a rest over the Christmas period.

The events section of the site will be updated on a regular basis and a new post will continue to be added weekly.

The model railway and transport group return for their meetings on Monday 6th January from 7.p.m until 10.p.m in the Annexe, the first and third Monday of each month. Indoor bowls returned on Thursday 2nd January, weekly Tuesday and Thursday 2.p.m. to 4.p.m until April.

Alan Cookson will be playing the live music for the modern sequence dance on Friday 10th January. NOW CANCELLED.

First Coffee morning of the New Year on Saturday 18th January.

Film night 24th January.

First Vintage, Collectable and Craft Fair of the year on Sunday 26th January. Lots of stalls already booked in including two new ones, scrumptious homemade cakes and some fantastic framed wildlife photography. Something for everyone.

Please do not hesitate to contact info@gargravevillagehall.org.uk or 07989585564 for any further information on events. Enquiries for hiring for classes or events please call 01756 749730.

The popular band Silhouette will be providing the live music for the Picnic Supper dance on Friday evening in the Village Hall. Please bring along your own picnic supper, tea and coffee will be served in the interval. Admission is £6.00 per person on the door, cash only please .A raffle will raise funds for the Village Hall. The music commences at 7.30.p.m until 11.p.m.

The last Collectable and Craft Fair of the year will be held on Sunday. There will be lots of stalls selling Collectables, Vintage, Bric a Brac, Books, Jigsaws, Gifts, Jewellery, Crafts, and Cakes. A young man ( possibly two ) will be selling his/their grown out of toys to make way for new ones arriving on Christmas day. Bethany will be there selling Christmas plants and wreaths. Please support The Cats protection league and the Manorlands charity stalls as they will be there with a good variety of stock.. The event opens at 9.30.a.m but please pop in earlier if it fits in better with your days plans as most stalls are open by 9.a.m. The Fair will close at 3.30.p.m. Light refreshments available until 3.p.m. Please bring along cash as the majority of stalls do not have the facility for taking card payments, this also includes sales in the Cafe. There is a cash machine in the Village but it may run out!

A confirmation just through, yes there are two young men with stalls on Sunday. Ralph will be selling younger age toys and Oliver up to about ten years. We also have a cake stall in attendance.

Next weekend we host the last film show of the year on Friday 20th and on Saturday 21st a Coffee morning when the Craven Accordion Orchestra will be playing.

Gargrave Cinema club will be screening the popular and thought provoking film The Upside on Friday evening in the Village Hall. The comedy drama follows the unlikely friendship between Philip, a wealthy quadriplegic and Dell an ex convict hired as a carer. As they navigate their contrasting worlds, Dells carefree attitude brings humour and vitality to Philips structured life. Together they challenge societal expectations and discover the importance of connection, resilience and embracing lifes joys. Ultimately their bond transforms both their lives in unexpected ways. The film stars Kevin Hart, Bryan Cranston and Nicole Kidman.

The customary Cafe style seating will be in place so please bring your own refreshments. The Village Hall doors open at 7.p.m with the film commencing at 7.30.p.m. Tickets are £5.00 ( cash only please ) on the door with accompanied under sixteens free. Sorry but only guide dogs are allowed to this event. Proceeds from the night go towards the running costs of the Community Library.

Future events leading up to Christmas:  Saturday 7th December:  Book Fair. 10.a.m – 3.30.p.m.

Friday 13th December: Picnic Supper dance with the live music from Silhouette. 7.30.p.m.- 11.p.m.

Sunday 15th December: Collectable and Craft Fair. 9.30.a.m – 3.30.p.m.

Friday 20th December: Film night. 7.30.p.m.

Saturday 21st December: Coffee morning with music from the Craven Accordion Orchestra                                                                                           10.a.m-Noon.

Friday 27th December: Afternoon tea dance with Cath and Richard 2.p.m-4.p.m.

Come along to the Village Hall on Saturday morning to support both the Village Hall and the Library as members of both committee`s will be working together when they hold a Coffee morning. There will be bacon sandwiches, toasted teacakes and homemade cakes on the menu. A raffle will aid Library funds and a Book and Bric a Brac stall will raise funds for the Village Hall. Open 10.a.m to Noon.

Members of Gargrave Village Hall Management Committee will be  holding a Collectable and Craft Fair in the Hall on Sunday. There will be a bumper turn out of stalls with all spaces booked including the side room. The bumper book sale in aid of Hall funds will be consigned to the smaller of the side rooms. Where else can you bring along a carrier bag and fill it with books for just £2. There are some fantastic books but the quantity of books held in storage needs to go down hence the bargain offer. There will be stalls selling Collectables, Vintage, Bric a Brac, Jewellery, Gifts, Clothing, Small furniture, Jigsaws and Crafts. Stalls will also be raising funds for Manorlands Hospice, The Cats Protection League ( also running a Tombola ) and The Smile train ( hand knitted items). The event opens at 9.30.a.m but please call in sooner if you need to as most stalls are open by 9.a.m., closure is 3.30.p.m. Light refreshments available until 3.p.m. Just 50p admission. Christmas wreaths will be available from Bethany`s garden stall outside the Hall. Our event even got a mention in The Yorkshire Post supplement a couple of weeks ago so we look forward to meeting some more new customers again.  Booklets are available listing all next years Fairs, please call or text 07989585564 if you would like one posting. Only one Fair left this year which will be held on Sunday 15th December. The last Book Fair of the year will be held on Saturday 7th December.