SONG AND DANCE: Beamish Museum will host a festival of traditional music, song and dance, sponsored by the North-Eastern and Cumbrian Co-ops, on Sunday.

LAUGHTER NIGHT: Stanley Civic Hall is staging a comedy night with Alvin Springstein at 8.30pm on Friday, July 5. Tickets are £4.

MISSION APPEAL: The Mission Appeal at St Mary's RC Church, South Moor, was launched by Sister Marie Carrick, who is a member of the Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions. Kevin Haigh, a Cafod speaker from St Joseph's RC Church, Birtley, will talk about Cafod's work, during the Masses at St Mary's on Saturday and Sunday, July 6 and 7.