Gig List
(for earlier listings, see below)
2024
JANUARY
05 Ashton in Makerfield U3A
09 Cotgrave U3A
10 Mind Active
15 Mind Active
FEBRUARY
01 Woodhall Spa U3A
07 Qubec Village Hall Association
10 Going Forward, Guisborough
23 Stanley U3A
MARCH
01 Houghton Stroke Group
07 Mind Active
(Old King Coal Tour begins)
09 Edmundbyers Village Hall (OKC)
11 Woodhorn Park Care Home
11 Ridley ParkCare Home
15 St Mary's Ebchester
19 Durham Merryoaks WI
23 Ebchester Community Centre (OKC)
APRIL
06 Corsenside Village Hall (OKC)
10 Walking for Health, M'Boro
12 BURC, Spittal, Berwick (OKC)
13 Dalton & Gayles Village Hall (OKC)
15 Mind Active
18 Hamsterley Village Hall (OKC)
20 Tarset Village Hall (OKC)
22 Mind Active
26 Knott Hall, Heddon (OKC)
27 Chester le St Methodist Church (OKC)
29 Mind Active
MAY
04 Witton Park Village Hall (OKC)
10 Hamsteels Community Centre (OKC)
16 Dufton Village Hall (OKC)
20 Ridley Park, Blyth
25 St. Andrew's Stanley (OKC)
JUNE
17 Easington WI
JULY
17 Ridley Park
22 Chester Court
SEPTEMBER
16 Ridley Park, Blyth
18 Deerness Seniors Assoc.
21 Maiden's Walk, Hexham
25. Mind Active
26 St. Margaret's Durham
OCTOBER
07 Mind Active
11 Dark Light
Berwick Literary Festival
19 Old King Coal
St. Cuthbert's Hall, Shotley Br.
23 Beat The Drum
Walking Group, M'Bro
NOVEMBER
02 Darlington Masonic Lodge
o7 Beat The Drum
Cramlington Library
o8 Beat The Drum
Knott Hall, Heddon
o9 Beat The Drum
Creighton Hall, Embleton
11 Beat The Drum
Hexham Library
13 Beat The Drum
West Cumbria U3A
15 Beat The Drum
Ingleton Village Hall
18 Guisborough Men's Forum
23 Beat The Drum
Hepple Village Hall
The Christmas Shows!
NOVEMBER
30 Hamsterley Village Hall
DECEMBER
04 Morpeth Library
06 Edmundbyers Village Hall
07 Rennington Village Hall
08 Dufton Village Hall
09 Anston Village Hall
11 Ridley Park
13 Gateshead Library
14 Grasmere Village Hall
17 Haltwhisle Library
19 Middleton Village Hall (Morpeth)
20 BURC Spittal, Berwick
21 Randolph Community Centre
2025
MARCH-MAY
Spring Village Halls Tour
Siren Song
04 Apr - Dufton Village Hall
29 Mar - St John's Hall Meadowfield
MAY
27 Northampton U3A
MARCH
26 Wheatly Hill History Society
JUNE
20 Haxby & Wigginton U3A
JULY
01 Worksop Cricket Club
14 Holme Valley U3A
17 Carlisle U3A
SEPTEMBER
09 Oldham U3A (TBC)
September-October
Autumn Village Halls Tour
OCTOBER
30 Poynton WI
November
08 Tarset Village Hall - Beat the Drum
December
The Christmas Show!
2023
JANUARY
05 Washington Villages U3A
11 Arun West U3A (Zoom)
12 Mind Active
16 St. Margaret's Durham
17 Windy Nook History Soc.
23 Mind Active
25 Buckingham U3A
30 Sidmouth U3A (zoom)
FEBRUARY
03 Shotley Park
15 Mind Active
16 Mind Active
27 Mind Active
28 Mind Active
MARCH
01 Warrington U3A
07 Concord WI
08 Waterhouses WI
10 Castleside Village Hall - Dark Light
15 Mind Active
17 Edmundbyers Village Hall - Dark Light
18 St. John's, Spittal - Dark Light
24 Lingdale Village Hall - Dark Light
25 Dalton & Gayles Village Hall - Dark Light
30 Mind Active
30 Mind Active
APRIL
01 Stamfordham Village Hall - Dark Light
03 Barnsley U3A
04 Longridge U3A
13 Sherwood U3A
15 Dufton Village Hall - Dark Light
18 Mansfield U3A
21. Knott Hll - Dark Light
22 Tarset Village Hall - Dark Light
26 Mind Active
28 Hamsteels Village Hall - Dark Light
29. Witton Park Village Hall - Dark Light
MAY
04 Gilpin WI
13 Allendale Village Hall - Dark Light
18 Worksop U3A
22. Mind Active
25 Ashfield U3A
26 Gilsland Village Hall - Dark Light
27 The Venue Stanley - Dark Light
30 Northampton U3A
JUNE
01 Southport U3A
07 Brixworth U3A
12. Mind Active
15. St Margeret's Durham
29 Burnley U3A
JULY
03 Mind Active
12 Mind Active
18 Up Holland U3A TBC
24 Mind Active
AUGUST
21 Wessington U3A
SEPTEMBER
06 Retford Cons Ladies
07 Lindsey U3A
09 Orton Village Hall - 'Bang Up...' tour
16 Grasmere Village Hall - 'Bang Up...' tour
19 Poynton U3A
23 Stamfordham Village Hall - 'Bang Up...' tour
26 Parbold U3A
OCTOBER
13 Gilsland Village Hall - 'Bang Up...' tour
14 Bolton Village Hall - 'Bang Up...' tour
20 Wetherby Folk Club
21 St. Cuthbert's Hall - Dark Light
26 West Bridgford U3A (Beat The Drum)
NOVEMBER
01 Ferryhill WI
07 Bassetlaw Parkinson's - Beat The Drum
08 St Helens U3A
10 Knott Hall, Heddon - Beat The Drum
13 Guisborough Men's Forum
16 Worksop U3A
18 Soulby Village Hall - Dark Light
20 Alsager U3A
21 LSOTP, St Joseph's, Newcastle
25 The Hive Nenthead - 'Beat the Drum'
28 Leeds U3A
29 West Cumbria U3A
DECEMBER
04 Shincliffe WI
07 Over 55 Group, Low Fell
08 Scunthorpe U3A
11. Cookridge & Hornsforth U3A
12 Winlaton LHG
13. Ridley Park
14 Bramhall U3A
18 LSOTP, St Joseph's, Newcastle
19 Grange over Sands U3A
20. Deerness over 50's
2022
JANUARY
06 Malmesbury U3A (zoom)
17 Penshaw WI
21 Washington U3A
25 Lancaster & Morcambe U3A
27 Romiley U3A (zoom)
FEBRUARY
02 Caer Urfa U3A
17 Lanchester Thursday
22 Ashby de la Zouche U3A
25 Edmundbyers Village Hall
MARCH
03 Southport U3A
10 Seaham Harbour U3A
22 Parbold U3A
25 Sale U3A
30 Dunmow U3A
APRIL
09 York U3A
22 Thorpe Bay U3A
23 St Andrew's Stanley
26 Whitby Whalers U3A
29 Harrogate U3A
MAY
04 Stockport U3A
18 Enderby U3A
19 Frodsham U3A
20 Thrapston U3A
23 Plymouth U3A (zoom)
21 Private Event
23 Mind Active
26 Brecon U3A
30 Mind Active
JUNE
01 Brixworth U3A
03 Mind Active
04 Chester le St. Methodist Church
07 Mind Active
13 Buntingford U3A
16 Witham U3A
23 Wheathampstead U3A
27 Mind Active
29 Towcester U3A
JULY
06 Rayleigh U3A
11 Bishop's Stortford U3A
12 Cotgrave U3A
14 Hutton Lowcross WI
19 New Mills U3A
21 Redesdale Court
23 Retford Bowling Green
AUGUST
03 Stapleford U3A
09 Countesthorpe U3A
SEPTEMBER
05 Jarrow U3A
07 Middlesbrough U3A
08 Sherwood U3A
12 Quebec & Hamsteels WI
14 Stockton on Forest WI
20 Bedford U3A
21 Markfield WI
22 West Bridgford U3A
26 Mind Active
OCTOBER
01 St. Helen's Church, Cornhill
04 Bassetlaw Parkinsons
05 Wetherby Festival
10 Mind Active
15 BURC (Berwick on Tweed) BTD
18 Marple Bridge & Mellor U3A
29 Knott Hall - Beat the Drum
NOVEMBER
02 Caer Urfa U3A - Beat the Drum
02 Mind Active
04 Edmundbyers Village Hall - BTD
07 Stanley Civic Hall - BTD
12 Allendale Village Hall - BTD
18 Dufton Village Hall - BTD
23 Mind Active
DECEMBER
02 Cramlington U3A
03 Lanchester Community Centre
05 Cookridge & Horsforth U3A
06 Furness U3A
08 Whitworth U3A (ZOOM)
09 Lytham St Anne's U3A
12 Guisborough Men's Forum
13. Meadowfield Group
14 Wilmslow U3A
15 Malmesbury U3A (zoom)
19 Doncaster U3A
2021
JANUARY ALL ZOOM
06 Mid N'berland U3A
07 Cheadle Hulme -Dark Light
08 Tendring U3A
11 Matlock U3A -Dark Light
12 Sidmouth U3A - Dark Light
13 Looe U3A -Dark Light
13 Chiltern U3A
14 Brecon U3A -Dark Light
15 Kings Lynn U3A
19 Portsmouth U3A
21 Worksop U3A -Dark Light
28 Whitby Whalers U3A -Dark Light
27 Chorleywood U3A
28 Howden & District -Dark Light
28 West Bridgeford U3A -Dark Light
29 Derwentside U3A
FEBRUARY ALL ZOOM
01 Alsager U3A -Dark Light
01 Cookridge U3A -Dark Light
05 Horndean & District U3A
08 Littleborough U3A
09 Mole Valley WI
09 Winchcombe Area U3A -Dark Light
10 Formby U3A -Dark Light
10 Dronfield & District U3A
15 Hunstanton U3A
16 Bushey U3A -Dark Light
16 Redditch U3A -Dark Light
17 Bookham & Dist U3A -Dark Light
19 Crewe & Nantwich -Dark Light
19 Mirthy
23 Sidmouth U3A
24 Milton Keynes U3A -Dark Light
25 Solent U3A
MARCH ALL ZOOM
01 Hertford U3A -Dark Light
01 Dacorum U3A
03 Odiham U3A 04 Diss U3A -Dark Light
04 Hoylake & W Kirby -Dark Light
09 Clitheroe U3A
09 Ryde Rotary
10 Harpenden Ladies Probus
10 Arun West U3A - Dark Light
11 Knutsford U3A
16 Newent & District U3A TBC
16 Waltham Forest U3A
17 Gilwern U3A -Dark Light
18 Daventry U3A -Dark Light
22 Heswall U3A -Dark Light
23 Southport U3A -Dark Light
23 Branston & Dist U3A
24 Merton U3A -Dark Light
24 Buckingham U3A TBC
25 Southport Probus -Dark Light
25 Bradford open Avon U3A
31 Dunmow U3A -Dark Light
APRIL ALL ZOOM
01 Woodhall Spa U3A U3A
06 Teignmouth & Dist. U3A - Dark Light
12 Epping Forest U3A (TBC)
13 Southwell u3A - Dark Light
13 Arnold U3A - Dark Light
15 Winchester U3A - Dark Light
16 Salford U3A
16 Sawbridge U3A
19 Droitwitch U3A - Dark Light
20 Grange over Sands U3A - Dark Light
20 Andover U3A
21 Eastleigh U3A - Dark Light
26 Harlow U3A - Dark Light
27 Parbold U3A
28 Waterlooville U3A - Dark Light
29 Crouch End U3A - Dark Light
30 Cramlington U3A
MAY ALL ZOOM
05 Brixworth U3A - Dark Light
06 Tonbridge Wells U3A -Dark Light
10 Epsom & Ewell U3A
10 Morpeth Town WI
13 Malmesbury & District U3A
13 Dereham u3A
14 Wilton & Dist. U3A Zoom - Dark Light
17 Dawlish & District U3A
18 Mansfield U3A
20 Frodsham U3A
20 Swanland U3A TBC
24 Cookridge & Horsforth U3A
26 Chelmsford U3A - Dark Light
28 Harrogate U3A - Dark Light
2020
JANUARY
07 St. Joseph Newcastle
08 Mind Active
14 Burton Joyce U3A
22 Mind Active
24 St Oswald's Hospice
FEBRUARY
03 Mind Active
06 Ashington Grange
12 Broomfield U3A
14 Stanway U3A
18 Friends of Wylam
19 Mind Active
22 Rochdale Masonic Lodge
MARCH
04 Howick WI
05 Heignton Village Hall
09 Potters Bar U3A
10 Ravenshead U3A
JUNE
18 Frodsham U3A (ZOOM)
25 Wheathampstead U3A (ZOOM)
26 Memory Cafe, Cheshire (ZOOM)
30 Soar Valley U3A (ZOOM)
JULY
07 Whitby Whalers U3A (ZOOM)
08 Chesterfield U3A (ZOOM)
09 Bury U3A (ZOOM)
11 Great Glen U3A (ZOOM)
13 Bishop Stortford U3A (ZOOM)
14 Mind Active (outdoor)
22 Welwyn Hatfield U3A (ZOOM)
AUGUST
05 Tonbridge U3A (ZOOM)
06 Rutland U3A (ZOOM)
10 Hertford & District U3A (ZOOM)
14 Stanway U3A (ZOOM) TBC
18 Easingwold U3A (ZOOM)
19 West Wilts U3A (ZOOM)
20 Hutton U3A (ZOOM)
21 BadFolk (ZOOM)
Australia 12.30 GMT 8.00pm local
24 Heswall U3A (ZOOM)
27 Glenfield U3A (ZOOM)
JUNE ALL ZOOM
01 Halstead U3A -Dark Light
02 Wellingborough U3A -Dark Light
03 Aughton & Ormskirk U3A -Dark Light
08 Hucknall U3A
09 St. Helens U3A
14 Lea Valley U3A -Dark Light
15 Whitby Whalers U3A
16 East Renfrewshire U3A
21 Wyre Forest U3A (TBC)
21 Penshaw WI
28 Ludlow U3A -Dark Light
30 Towcester U3A -Dark Light
JULY ALL ZOOM
05 Horbury Afternooners WI
06 Chepstow U3A (TBC)
08 Brecon U3A
12 Hadleigh U3A
13 Ravenshead U3A -Dark Light
15 Ledbury & District Zoom-Dark Light
19 Coleshill & District U3A
20 Up Holland U3A Zoom-Dark Light
21 AWAKE U3A Zoom -Dark Light
AUGUST ALL ZOOM
17 New Mills U3A
20 Thorpe Bay U3A
SEPTEMBER LIVE! (Yipee!)
02 Hale U3A
06 Jarrow U3A
07 South Manchester U3A - Zoom
08 Broomfield & District U3A - Zoom
14 Furness U3A
17 Romiley Bowling & Tennis Club
20 Dukeries U3A
23 Glenfield U3A
24 Poole U3A - Zoom
27 Botcheston WI
29 Sunderland Mining Society
30 Howden U3A
OCTOBER
05 Durham A of W
11 Bridlington U3A
12 Clitheroe U3A
13 Rainworth U3A
16 BURC Spittal, Berwick
18 Doncaster U3A
19 Poynton U3A
28 Thetford U3A
NOVEMBER
02 Chapeltown Probus
08 Mind Active
10 Retford Ladies Probus
11 Edwalton U3A
16 Portsmouth U3A ZOOM - Dark Light
18 Worksop U3a ZOOM - Beat The Drum
19 Mind Active
22 Hitchin U3A ZOOM - Dark Light
25 Burnley U3A
26 Stanley U3A
29 Mind Active
DECEMBER
01 Whitworth U3A (Zoom)
02 Beeston U3A (Zoom)
07 Ely U3A (tbc)
08 Chelmsford U3A
09 Tunstall WI
10 Heddon Local History Soc
14 Durham Friendship Centre
15 Wetherby U3A
16 Tiptree U3A
17 Whitwick U3A
20 Bourne U3A
21 Bedford U3A TBC
SEPTEMBER
01 Ely U3A (ZOOM)
04 Malacoota U3A (Au) (ZOOM)
07 Thorley U3A (ZOOM)
08 Meopham U3A (ZOOM)
15 Monmouth U3A (ZOOM)
16 West Lothian U3A (ZOOM)
17 Brecon U3A (ZOOM)
17 Tonbridge Wells U3A (ZOOM)
22 Ashburton U3A (ZOOM)
23 Milton Keynes U3A (ZOOM)
24 Stevenage U3A (ZOOM)
26 Casey U3A (Au) (ZOOM)
28 Mind Active
OCTOBER ALL ZOOM
01 Chiswell Green U3A
01 Culm Valley U3A
12 Downham Market U3A
14 Chelmsford U3A
19 Heatons Reddish U3A
20 Upholland U3A
23 Scunthorpe U3A
NOVEMBER ALL ZOOM
04 Eastwood & District U3A
05 Beeston U3A
05 Spalding U3A
09 Buntingford U3A
12 Holmes Chapel U3A
12 U3A Isle of Wight
16 Droitwich U3A
18 Skiddaw U3A
18 Faversham U3A
19 Broxbourne U3A
23 Hitchin U3A
25 St Alban's U3A
26 Goring Gap U3A
DECEMBER ALL ZOOM
Crikey - deep breath...
01 Chepstow U3A
02 Tavy U3A
02 Elmbridge U3A
03 Hale U3A
04 Reigate and Redhill U3A
07 Baddow U3A
08 NW Region U3A
09 Ware U3A
10 Minehead U3A
10 Worcester U3A
11 Heswall U3A
12 Private Party
14 Luton U3A
14 Bulkington U3A
15 Grange U3A
15 Cirencester U3A
16 Somerton U3A
16 Wigan U3A
17 Ayr U3A
18 Glasgow West End
18 Todmorden U3A