Yorkshire Vet Countryside Live, Great Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate, on Saturday/Sunday

Countryside Live, which has been running on the showground for 14 years, will get a whole new look thanks to an exciting new partnership with The Yorkshire Vet and Channel 5. 

New features will include live Yorkshire Vet shows in the Main Ring, an expanded children’s section including a Channel 5 Milkshake show and pop up country pub. 

Competitive livestock competitions, show jumping, trade stands and the Create and Explore area for children, as well as the tasting hub are sure to be a big attraction. 

Visitors can learn more about local food and what the county has to offer, as well as a cookery theatre to inspire culinary creations. The theme of harvest will be evident throughout the Show as we celebrate this seasonal time in the agricultural world. 

Gates open at 9am and close at 5pm both days with FREE admission for Yorkshire Agricultural Society members on production of a membership card.

The Northern Echo:

Paul Nash and the Uncanny Landscape, York Art Gallery, opens on Saturday

Paul Nash’s ground-breaking inter-war landscapes which transformed the genre of British landscape painting will feature in this new exhibition curated by John Stezaker at York Art Gallery. 

The violent upheaval of the pastoral and romantic landscape caused by the First World War had a significant effect on Nash and his work that followed reflected this. In this unique exhibition Stezaker considers how Nash and his contemporaries portrayed an estranged sense of unreality focused on the representation of the everyday world. 

Stezaker explores this new lease of life for landscape painting in the post war period, highlighting the profound influence Nash has exerted over artists throughout the twentieth century and still today. The exhibition will also include works by Stezaker including new landscapes created in response to the themes of the uncanny landscape. 

A private collection of rarely seen Nash drawings, paintings, photographs and ephemera will also be on display. Runs until April 15.

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Needle Felt Halloween, Arc, Stockton, on Saturday, 10am

Learn the ‘tricks’ of needle felting to create a treat. Join Carol, to conjure up ghosts, pumpkins, witches and black cats whilst learning the basics of needle felting. In the past five years, needle felting has set Instagram, Pinterest and Etsy ablaze with the variety, scope and scale of what can be produced using needle felting. 

This workshop is aimed at beginners, intermediates or experts and it’s roaring good fun. It includes all materials, including a kit for you to create the rest of your spooky felting at home.

  • Book on 01642-525199. 

The Stones, The Forum, Darlington on Saturday 

Brilliant tribute to The Legendary Rolling Stones returns to The Forum. The Stones are the UK's premier tribute to The Rolling Stones, bringing all the hits and timeless Rolling Stones tracks to the big stage - from Satisfaction and Jumping Jack Flash, to Ruby Tuesday, Start Me Up and Brown Sugar - the greatest tribute band in the world pays tribute to the 'greatest rock and roll band' ever.

Complete with authentic instruments, costume, and mannerisms, you will be left thinking you have just witnessed a performance from Mick, Keith and the boys themselves. Tickets on 01325-363135. 

The White Lady - A Tapestry of Crook Hall, Crook Hall, Durham, on Sunday/Monday, 6pm

History comes to life, 800 years of history. 800 years of love and war, life and death... The White Lady sees it all. She knows it all, can touch it all. She sees the living and she sees the dead, and she hears the echoes between past and present. But what secrets does she long to uncover?

Specially written and produced by Timeworks Theatre for Crook Hall’s 800th anniversary, ‘The White Lady – A Tapestry of Crook Hall’ is a play about time, history and our links with the past. It is set entirely in Crook Hall’s medieval hall, and incorporates its rich history and unique legend in the telling of an atmospheric and haunting tale.

  • Tickets on £13.50 on 0191-3848028. 

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Little Boo, Halloween fun day, Head of Steam, Darlington, on Sunday, 11-3.30pm

  • Come to the specially decorated museum in your favourite Halloween costume. There will be a magician, arts and crafts, face painting, mini train ride and a spook treasure hunt. Admission £4.95, 6-16yr olds, £3. 01325-460532.