Halloween horrors are being created at Fell Foot Country Park as a ghoulish lantern parade tonight (Friday) marks the onset of winter. International singing comes to Sedbergh this weekend in the form of Northern Harmony from Vermont in the USA. While, in Kendal, a new exhibition opens at Abbot Hall examining the relationship between drawing and print-making.

POTPOURRI

ENJOY the fruits of autumn and sample some fine local produce at Halecat Garden Nurseries, Witherslack, tomorrow, Saturday. The nursery will be celebrating the finest in locally grown fruits with stalls selling fruit products, cakes, apples and damsons. Apple expert Hilary Wilson will also be on hand to answer all your horticultural queries. The event runs from 10am-4.30pm. For details, call 015395-52536.

THE LAKELAND Horticultural Society series of lectures continues with a talk on garden design from John Smyth, a lecturer at Myerscough College and judge at Southport Flower Show. The lecture takes place at the Ladyholme Centre, Lake Road, Windermere tomorrow (Saturday) at 2.30pm. For details, call 01539-821060.

Sample some fine real ales at the Broughton Festival of Beer which opens today (Friday). More than 50 beers will be available at seven pubs in Broughton, Foxfield and Seathwaite. For details, call 01229-716238.

ENJOY some ghostly goings-on this weekend including a night of Halloween Horrors on a ghoulish lantern walk around Fell Foot Country Park, Newby Bridge, tonight (Friday) at 5.30pm. For details, call 015394-46402. Hear some spooky Halloween stories in the atmospheric surroundings of Sizergh Castle, near Kendal,on Sunday (October 30) at 12.30pm. For details, call 015395-60951.

MEMBERS of Ulverston's Dickensian Committee will be swapping top hats for pointed hats tomorrow (Saturday) and will be at the Market Cross, Ulverston, selling hot spicy apple punch and ginger bite biscuits to get everybody in the mood for Halloween. There will also be a children's Halloween fancy dress competition at 12.30pm.

ADMIRAL Sir John Kerr will be giving a talk on the life of Admiral Lord Nelson at Lancaster Methodist Church, Greaves, on Sunday (October 30) at 1.30pm. The talk is part of the Sea Britain 2005 celebrations.

TV PSYCHIC Mia Dolan will be appearing for a night of supernatural entertainment at Forum 28, Duke Street, Barrow, on Wednesday (November 2). For details, call 01229-820000.

FOODIES should get down to Tatton Park, Cheshire, for the three-day North West Food Lovers Festivals which opens today, Friday. Around 100 speciality food and drink producers will be there selling everything from smoked fish to handmade chocolates. There will also be demonstrations from TV celebrity chef Lesley Waters.

LOCAL authors Joan Humphreys and Ann Nelson will be launching their new book It Were Like This Me Lass! telling the tale of life in Kendal from the 1900s, at Kendal Library, tomorrow (Saturday), from 10am.

SPEED lovers can head to the annual Records Week this time held on Coniston Water for the first time due to the 10mph speed limit on Windermere. The record-breaking attempts can be seen all week from October 31 to November 4.

CONCERTS

THE Kendal Midday Concert Club series of concerts continues with a performance by pianist Ashley Wass at Kendal Town Hall next Wednesday (November 2) at 1pm. The programme includes pieces from Mozart and Liszt.

EXPERIENCE some international singing in Sedbergh this weekend. Northern Harmony from Vermont in the USA will be leading a singing workshop at the People's Hall, Sedbergh, tomorrow (Saturday), from 10.30pm-4pm. The choir will then give a concert at 4.30pm and lead a singing supper at 7pm. They will be appearing at Dent Memorial Hall for a folk dancing session on Sunday (October 30) at noon. For details, call 015396-21166.

IRRASCIBLE comedian and British institution Bernard Manning will be appearing at the Morecambe Dome tonight (Friday), at 8pm. For details, call 01524-582803.

THE Lakes Gospel Choir will be singing Songs of Praise at Grayrigg Church on Sunday (October 30) at 3pm. For details, call 015395-60338.

WHOOP Hall, near Kirkby Lonsdale, is the venue for a Frank Sinatra tribute night tomorrow (Saturday). For details, call 015242-71284.

EXHIBITIONS

A NEW exhibition of paintings has opened at Farfield Mill, Sedbergh. Poetic Images by Jane Lewis features the paintings, inspired by the early Italian Renaissance, which have been used for the covers of Bloodaxe poetry books. Still Life by Mira Bogicevic reflects the cultural influences of Serbia on the development of the artist. It runs until November 23. For details, call 015396-21958.

ABBOT Hall is hosting a new exhibition examining the relationship between drawing and print-making. Drawing on Copper and Stone includes a wide variety of powerful etched portraits by Freud and Auerbach alongside early iconic works by David Hockney and a selection of dark and humorous etchings from Rego. It runs until December 16. For details, call 01539-722464.

THE Lanternhouse, Ulverton, is hosting a new retrospective exhibition of paintings, ceramics and collages from artist Jeff Nuttall. The exhibition includes a wide variety of his work ranging from oil paintings to comic books. It runs until November 9. For details, call 01229-581127.

WINDERMERE'S Pinfold Gallery will be exhibiting at the Manchester Art Show which takes place at GMEX until Sunday (October 30).

GET creative and learn how to draw at a workshop entitled From Egyptians to Eagles led by wildlife artist Marianne Birkby at Kendal Museum, tomorrow, Saturday, from 1pm-4pm. All materials provided. To book, call 01539-721374.

FOR some fine local art, head for the Grange and District Art Society Autumn Exhibition which is on show at Grange Public Library until October 29. The exhibition features a wide range of subjects in a variety of media, many of which are for sale.

AN EXHIBITION of work by Marion Bradley and James Ingham Riley, both members of the Lakes Artists Society, is on show at Pinfold Gallery, Bowness. On display will be a variety of work ranging from colourful summer flowers to rugged Lakeland fells. It runs until October 30. For details, call 015394-42929.

A NEW exhibition from one of Britain's leading potters Edward de Wall is on show at Blackwell the Arts and Crafts House, Bowness. The exhibition was inspired by the design of Blackwell and the pieces will be exhibited throughout the house as a series of installations. The exhibition runs until December 31. For details, call 015394-46139.

VISITORS to a new exhibition at the Museum of Lancashire, Preston, will come face to face with a genuine Egyptian mummy as they explore the role played by animals in the ancient civilisation. Beasts of the Nile tells the story of animals in Ancient Egypt and features a range of objects on loan from the British Museum including textiles, pottery and a 3,000-year-old mummified cat.

BARROW Dock Museum is hosting The Furness Marine Artists Exhibition, featuring the work of Tom Murphy and the Furness Marine Artists Association, until November 21. For details, call 01229-894444.

AN EXCITING new exhibition about the fated liner The Titanic is showing at the Beacon, Whitehaven. On display will be a variety of real artefacts from the sunken ship and memorabilia from its namesake Hollywood film, including the necklace and dress worn by Kate Winslett. It runs until November 5. For details, call 01946-592302.

VIRIDIAN Gallery, Keswick, is hosting a new exhibition of pastel paintings by Valerie Montgomery entitled Contours of Colour. The exhibition runs until November 13. For details, call 017687-71328.

THE life and work of Dales author and historian Marie Hartley is being celebrated with a special exhibition at the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority's Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes. Marie Hartley 100 years: A Celebration runs until November 17.

SECRET artwork produced by Lancashire prisoners of war is being shown for the first time in an exhibition at the Museum of Lancashire, Stanley Street, Preston. Nor Iron Bars features more than 100 paintings and sketches produced by Japanese prisoners of war held in Korea during the Second World War. The exhibition also includes secretly drawn storyboard cartoons charting the fall of Singapore in 1942 and the appalling work and living conditions endured by the prisoners. Nor Iron Bars runs until November 14.

KENDAL Museum is displaying its entire collection of bird taxidermy for the first time in 25 years. Rare and Beautiful: The Victorian Bird Collection includes a diverse array of specimens from around the world including rare and extinct species. The exhibition runs until December 23.

SPORT

KENDAL Town footballers welcome Goole to Parkside in the first division of the UniBond Premier League tomorrow (Saturday), 3pm kick-off.

THE first cup final of the local football season takes place next Wednesday evening when Kendal Town Reserves meet Wetheriggs United in the rearranged Westmorland FA Invitation Trophy final (7.30pm).

RUGBY Union supporters will have to travel to see Kendal in action at Bradford and Bingley in the National League 3 North tomorrow (Saturday) for a 3pm kick-off, while Kirkby Lonsdale are hosts to Furness in the Cumbria League and Windermere go to Cockermouth. Upper Eden are at Netherhall in the North Lancs/Cumbria League.

THEATRE

THE Dukes autumn season continues with The Accrington Pals by Peter Whelan, the story of the importance of community and comradeship among the women who left behind to cope with the First World War on the home front while the men are fighting at the Somme. The Accrington Pals opens today (Friday), and runs until November 19. For details, call 01524-598500.

THE Ambleside Players present the female version of The Odd Couple by Neil Simon, the hilarious story of the apartment-sharing relationship between a sloppy divorcee and her meticulous friend, at the Kelsick Centre, Ambleside, until tomorrow, Saturday, at 8pm.

ULVERSTON Operatic Society present Lerner and Lowe's musical version of George Bernard Shaw's classic Pygmalion at the Coronation Hall until Saturday (October 29). For details, call 01229-587140.

EUROPEAN Ballet present Cinderella, the classic tale of the servant girl, prince and glass slipper, at the Grand Theatre, Lancaster, tomorrow (Saturday), at 6.30pm. For details, call 01524-64695.

IMAGINE Productions present one of the longest running Broadway musicals of all time Guys and Dolls at the Charter Theatre, Preston, on Sunday (October 30). It runs until November 5. For details, call 01772-258858.

COWBOY musical extravaganza Seven Brides for Seven Brothers opens at the Grand Theatre, Blackpool, on Tuesday (November 1). It runs until November 5. For details, call 01253-290190.