THE Shed ON Tour is taking folk group KAN to Gilling East on Wednesday, February 15, for what will be the first concert in their refurbished village hall.

This is followed by performances at Thirsk Old Court House on Wednesday, February 22; Weaverthorpe Village Hall the next day and Kirkbymoorside Memorial Hall on Saturday, February 25.

Irish flute and whistle player Brian Finnegan and Scottish fiddler Aidan O’Rourke, front men with Flook and Lau, have joined forces with two of the brightest stars in the world of rhythm and accompaniment – Yorkshire-based guitarist Ian Stephenson, who works with Kathryn Tickell, and Jim Goodwin, drummer and percussionist with the Halle and Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, to travel an innovative new musical path.

The Shed ON Tour is a new collaboration between The Shed and Rural Arts North Yorkshire and will bring leading artists from the world of folk, jazz, country and contemporary classical music to village and community halls across Ryedale and beyond.

The Shed has been awarded £34,500 from the National Lottery through Arts Council England to work with Rural Arts on this exciting new pilot project.

For tickets, phone 07792-455688 (Gilling East); 01845-526536 (Thirsk); 01944- 738761 (Weaverthorpe); 01751-430049 (Kirkbymoorside), or book online at www.theshed.co.uk

• Helen Watson and Snake Davies play at The Shed at Hovingham Village Hall on Saturday at 8pm, tickets are £17.50, and on Sunday film Trains and Roses will be shown at Brawby Village Hall, tickets are £4/£3 seniors.