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<![CDATA[Brigsteer Village Hall - Blog]]>Tue, 12 May 2026 09:36:14 +0100EditMySite<![CDATA[WI open meeting - Wednesday 13th May 8.00pm]]>Mon, 04 May 2026 23:00:00 GMThttps://www.brigsteervillagehall.co.uk/blog/wi-open-meeting-wednesday-13th-may-800pmThe next meeting on the 13th May is an open meeting. We have a speaker Nigel Rowe who is an intrepid biker going all around the world and has stories to tell. I'm sure it will be an interesting and enlightening evening. Please invite and encourage others to join.
Non members £5 entrance with an abundance of tea and cakes.

]]><![CDATA[Brigsteer Open Gardens 2026]]>Sun, 03 May 2026 23:00:00 GMThttps://www.brigsteervillagehall.co.uk/blog/brigsteer-open-gardens-2026

Click poster for more info

]]><![CDATA[K Shoes Male Voice Choir - Friday 26th June 7.30pm]]>Sat, 02 May 2026 23:00:00 GMThttps://www.brigsteervillagehall.co.uk/blog/k-shoes-male-voice-choir-friday-26th-june-730pm

]]><![CDATA[Brigsteer Open Gardens - Saturday 30th & Sunday 31st May]]>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.brigsteervillagehall.co.uk/blog/brigsteer-open-gardens-saturday-30th-sunday-31st-may

More information

]]><![CDATA[Elderly Brothers - Friday 27th Feb 7.30pm]]>Sun, 08 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.brigsteervillagehall.co.uk/blog/elderly-brothers-friday-27th-feb-730pm

Our next live music event is booked at the village hall in February, with local based band, The Elderly Brothers.
Range of music - mix of popular songs from 1920s to 2020s.
The toe-tapping smile-inducing Elderly Brothers band play a unique blend of gentle mayhem & soulful R&B.
Line up is:
‘Young’ Tony Farren, Bowness-on-Windermere - Vocals, harmonica, guitar, mandolin
‘Old’ Tony Rothwell, Bowness-on-Windermere - Vocals, bass guitar
Nigel Hutchinson, Kendal - Vocals, guitar
Martin Tomlinson, Ambleside - Vocals, keyboards
Will Sutherland, Ambleside - drums, electronic percussion

A chance to gather and have some fun and dancing with friends. I am applying for a licence so there will be a bar available and will set the hall up cabaret style.
I hope many of you can join in. It would help immensely with planning (and stress levels) if you could follow the link on the poster to online booking. Cash/card can be used on the night for those who object to paying ticket source a small booking fee.

]]><![CDATA[Move Freely Wellbeing Class starts 2nd Feb 2026]]>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 10:49:45 GMThttps://www.brigsteervillagehall.co.uk/blog/move-freely-wellbeing-class-starts-2nd-feb-2026

]]><![CDATA[Brigsteer WI Programme 2026]]>Fri, 02 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.brigsteervillagehall.co.uk/blog/brigsteer-wi-programme-2026

]]><![CDATA[Carve, Paint and Print - Provincetown Whiteline - Wed 3rd December 12.00pm]]>Sat, 29 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.brigsteervillagehall.co.uk/blog/carve-paint-and-print-provincetown-whiteline-wed-3rd-december

Highlights rural touring scheme workshop
Click here for more details

]]><![CDATA[The Thirlmere Aqueduct - an illustrated talk Friday 12th December 7.30pm]]>Fri, 28 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.brigsteervillagehall.co.uk/blog/the-thirlmere-aqueduct-an-illustrated-talk-friday-12th-december-730pm

]]><![CDATA[Community Carol Singing - Sat 13th December 2.00pm]]>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.brigsteervillagehall.co.uk/blog/community-carol-singing-sat-13th-december-200pm

]]><![CDATA[An evening of 1920s glamour - Saturday 29th Nov 7.30pm]]>Mon, 20 Oct 2025 23:00:00 GMThttps://www.brigsteervillagehall.co.uk/blog/an-evening-of-1920s-glamour-saturday-29th-nov-730pm

Think 1920s glamour! Giggle Water! Blind Tiger Speakeasy! Flapper dresses! Feather Bandeau! Spats for the Men! (although any attire acceptable!)
And a good time for all!
Put the 29th November, 7.30pm, in your diaries, and order your tickets from the village hall e mail address, villagehall.brigsteer@gmail.com
Cocktail on arrival, and bring your own drinks, suitably concealed – you never know who might be watching! Doors, windows and walls all have eyes!

Hope to see you there

The Party Planners

]]><![CDATA[WI Open Meeting - Wed 12th Nov 8.00pm]]>Mon, 13 Oct 2025 23:00:00 GMThttps://www.brigsteervillagehall.co.uk/blog/wi-open-meeting-wed-12th-nov-800pmDear all,
This is a quick reminder of the next open WI meeting this coming Wednesday 12th November at 8pm.
Luke Steer, local arboriculturalist, will talk to us about the Langdale Tree Story. All are welcome. Cost £4 to include tea and cake.
Hope to see you there.
Regards,
Eve Templeton
]]><![CDATA[Storytelling - Sat 8th November 7.30pm]]>Sun, 17 Aug 2025 23:00:00 GMThttps://www.brigsteervillagehall.co.uk/blog/storytelling-sat-8th-november-730pm

An uplifting one-woman storytelling show to shock, seduce and entertain.
Lilith was not prepared to lie down and accept what was given to her: thrown out of Eden she slithered back in to take her revenge and wake Eve up to what her body could do. She slipped out of the Bible and is dancing with us still, forever free.
Katy Cawkwell, a performance storyteller at the top of her game, mixes myth from Arabia, Ethiopia, Mesopotamia and Jewish tradition, with a dash of feminist flavouring and a large dollop of her own wild dreaming.
"Totally captivating" "I was spellbound"
“Brave, fun and brilliantly told”
"Wow! What a rich, wonderful evening of entertainment"
“Great interweaving of stories from different cultures and perspectives”
Aimed at adults.
www.katycawkwell.co.uk
Brigsteer Village Hall, LA8 8AL
Tickets £10 cash/card on the door
Bar & Bookshop from 7pm

]]><![CDATA[Graffiti Classics - Wednesday 5th November 7.30pm]]>Sat, 16 Aug 2025 23:00:00 GMThttps://www.brigsteervillagehall.co.uk/blog/graffiti-classics-wednesday-5th-november-730pm

16 strings, 8 dancing feet and 4 voices in 1 hilarious electrifying show! Graffiti Classics are a comedy string quartet who never sit down, bursting the perceived elitist boundaries of classical music with their all-singing, all-dancing musical comedy show.
Wickedly funny, the group energetically leap and clown their way through an eclectic musical landscape from Beethoven to Elvis, all virtuosically accompanied on their instruments.
This group is on a mission: to make classical music irresistibly fun. This isn’t a classical concert - it's a crazy mix of musical comedy, gypsy-folk, opera, bluegrass, stand-up comedy and dance, all tied together with cheeky audience interaction.

]]><![CDATA[Around the World in Four Seasons - Wednesday 22nd October 7.00pm]]>Wed, 06 Aug 2025 23:00:00 GMThttps://www.brigsteervillagehall.co.uk/blog/around-the-world-in-four-seasons-wednesday-22nd-october-700pm

]]><![CDATA[Barn Dance and Social Evening - Saturday 4th October]]>Tue, 05 Aug 2025 23:00:00 GMThttps://www.brigsteervillagehall.co.uk/blog/barn-dance-and-social-evening-saturday-4th-october

]]><![CDATA[Apple Pressing - Sunday 5th October 10.0am]]>Tue, 05 Aug 2025 23:00:00 GMThttps://www.brigsteervillagehall.co.uk/blog/apple-pressing-sunday-5th-october-100amApple Pressing at the village hall]]><![CDATA[WI Open Meeting - Wednesday 10th September 8.00pm]]>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 23:00:00 GMThttps://www.brigsteervillagehall.co.uk/blog/wi-open-meeting-wednesday-10th-september-800pmOur next WI open meeting will be a presentation of TV Memories of Westmorland and Cumberland. Our speakers, Jim Bownass and Andrew Leitch, used to work for BBC and Border TV and now run the Cumbria Film Archive, a huge library of rare films from the area. They will focus their talk on information from our locality.

New members and visitors are welcome from 8pm. Admission cost is £4 to include tea and cakes.

Call Sue Griffiths on 07718 904082 or Liz Threadgold on 07894 710014 for more information.
Hope to see you there!
]]><![CDATA[Claude Bourbon - Sunday 7th September 7.30pm]]>Fri, 04 Jul 2025 23:00:00 GMThttps://www.brigsteervillagehall.co.uk/blog/claude-bourbon-sunday-7th-september-730pm

QR Code for online ticket sales.

]]><![CDATA[Brigsteer Fete - Saturday 30th August 2025]]>Thu, 03 Jul 2025 23:00:00 GMThttps://www.brigsteervillagehall.co.uk/blog/brigsteer-fete-saturday-30th-august-2025

]]><![CDATA[Village Hall AGM - 28th July at 7.30pm]]>Thu, 03 Jul 2025 14:07:00 GMThttps://www.brigsteervillagehall.co.uk/blog/village-hall-agm-28th-july-at-730pmThe AGM for Helsington and Brigsteer village hall will take place in the hall on Monday 28th July at 7.30pm. We hope that you will join us.

This is an important event. It gives us a chance to explain what we have done, what we plan to do and to hear your views.

Agenda
1. Attendance and Apologies
2. Minutes of the previous meeting - 2024
3. Report by the Trustees
4. Finance - Accounts for 2024
5. Election of Trustees
6. Future plans and Solar Panels project - update
7. Vote of thanks
8. AOB - to be notified in advance of the meeting please
A copy of the minutes from last year and the accounts for 2024 will be sent out closer to the meeting date.
Trustee Nominations
Each year we seek new trustees to join our team and to welcome anyone who would like to contribute to the running of the hall - Pip Reilly, Jacqui Tudor and Richard Griffiths and myself are keen explain what is involved and how you might help.

I hope to see you on 28th July. Thank you for your continued support - our hall goes from strength to strength.

Richard Bryan
Chair of Trustees]]><![CDATA[Brigsteer WI open meeting - Wednesday 14th May 8.00pm]]>Sun, 11 May 2025 23:00:00 GMThttps://www.brigsteervillagehall.co.uk/blog/brigsteer-wi-open-meeting-wednesday-14th-may-800pm

]]><![CDATA[WI - Basic life support Wed 28th May 7.00pm]]>Fri, 09 May 2025 23:00:00 GMThttps://www.brigsteervillagehall.co.uk/blog/wi-basic-life-support-wed-28th-may-700pm

]]><![CDATA[Tea Shop - Tuesday 25th March 3 - 4.30pm]]>Sun, 23 Mar 2025 12:26:21 GMThttps://www.brigsteervillagehall.co.uk/blog/tea-shop-tuesday-25th-march-3-430pmJust a reminder that Tea Shop is on Tuesday 25th March, 3.00 to 4.30 in the Village Hall. All welcome for tea, coffee, home made cakes and chat with friends.

For a bit of a change there will also be a Jigsaw puzzle exchange so if you have a puzzle you have already done lying around, bring it along & take a different one home.
Thx
The Tea Shop Team

]]><![CDATA[Stealing Thunder Storynights - Sat 12th April 7.30]]>Mon, 17 Mar 2025 15:48:10 GMThttps://www.brigsteervillagehall.co.uk/blog/stealing-thunder-storynights-sat-12th-april-730THE MIGHTY GODDESS
Sally Pomme Clayton

Sly, subversive, spectacular – pioneering storyteller Sally Pomme Clayton evokes powerful goddesses from across the globe.
Follow the goddess: creator, virgin, lover, mother, warrior, crone. Meet: Vesta the fiery virgin warrior; Cybele, the mother goddess who fathered a child; Ishtar, Goddess of Love and War who journeys to the Land of the Dead.
Pomme entwines myths with memories, spells with songs, comedy with ceremony. She brings ancient myths to contemporary life with dynamic spoken-word, strange musical sounds, gesture, ritual and the chance to receive a message from the goddess’s oracle!

stealingthunder.co.uk/storynights

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