A wind band from Norway will have a hectic time when it arrives in Teesdale on Thursday for a four-night stay.

The musicians from Lillestrom are staying in Barnard Castle as guests of the town band.

They will give an informal concert in Durham Cathedral next Friday at 1.15pm.

The following day they will march from Barnard Castle Parish Church to perform on Scar Top at 11am. That night they will put on a joint concert with the town band at the Glaxo Club at 7pm.

On the Sunday afternoon both bands will perform in the grounds of Raby Castle. The Norwegian line-up, accompanied by 18 other people, is based 25 miles west of the Norwegian capital, Oslo.