Silverdale 2017
Year Planner
A list of events in and around the village, open to the public, other than regular weekly or monthly events, for forward planning. It's correct to the best of our knowledge, but please contact event organisers (links provided where known) for definitive information!
JANUARY 2017
Sun 1st Jan: New Year's Day
Mon 2nd Jan: Public holiday
Thurs 5th: WI Monthly Meeting
Thurs 5th: Parish Council meeting - 7:30, Institute
Mon 9th: Silverdale School start of Spring Term - link
Weds 11th: Bits & Pieces, Close Quarters - link
Thurs 12th: Arnside Natural History Soc: Badgers
Sat 14th: Community Cinema
Weds 25th: Mourholme Society:Religious reformation in NW - link
Fri 27th: Charity quiz for Cove House, Silverdale Hotel, 8pm
FEBRUARY 2017
Thurs 2nd: WI Monthly Meeting
Sat 4th: Brownies' Caribbean fund-raiser
Mon 6th: Parish Council meeting - 7:30, Institute
Weds 8th: Bits & Pieces, Apples in Winter - link
Thurs 9th: Horticultural Soc AGM and florist demo
Thurs 9th: Arnside Natural History Soc: Red Squirrels
Mon 13th - Fri 17th: Silverdale School half term - link
Tues 14th: St Valentine's Day
Weds 22nd: Mourholme Local History Society: Civil Wars in Lancs - link
Sat 25th: Gaskell Memorial Hall: Abba Tribute night and Regeneration launch
Tues 28th: Shrove Tuesday
MARCH 2017
Thurs 2nd: WI Monthly Meeting
Sun 5th: PubAid quiz at Golf Club
Mon 6th: Parish Council meeting - 7:30, Institute
Weds 8th: Bits & Pieces, George Critchley and Phil Batty - link
Thurs 9th: Arnside Natural History Soc: Morecambe Bay Underwater Safari
Weds 22nd: Mourholme Local History Society: Railways of Carnforth - link
Sat 25th: Community Cinema (NB 4th Sat this month, not 2nd): LA LA Land
Sun 26th: Mothering Sunday
Fri 31st: Silverdale School end of Spring Term
APRIL 2017
Sat 1st: Ad Hoc Theatre Company at the Institute: Up Pompeii
Sat 1st: Music at the Institute: Alex Hume acoustic guitar
Mon 3rd: Parish Council meeting - 7:30, Institute
Thurs 6th: WI Monthly Meeting
Sat 8th: Horticultural Soc show
Weds 12th: Bits & Pieces, - link
Thurs 13th: Arnside Natural History Soc: AGM & fauna reports
Fri 14th: Good Friday
Sat 15th: Easter Bonnets at coffee morning
Sun 16th: Easter Day
Mon 17th: Easter Monday
Tues 18th: Silverdale School start of Summer Term - link
Thurs 20th: Horticultural Soc trip to Harrogate Flower Show
Sat 22nd: Music at the Institute: The Metermen - funk
Sun 23rd: World Book Night Event - Silverdale Hotel - brought to you by Silverdale Library
Weds 26th: Mourholme Local History Society: AGM & postcard messages- link
MAY 2017
Mon 1st: May Day holiday
Thurs 4th: Lancashire County Council elections
Thurs 4th: Annual Parish Council meeting
Thurs 11th WI Monthly Meeting (2nd Thursday because of elections)
NB No Community Cinema in May
Thurs-Sat 18th-20th: Village Players: Alan Aykbourn's "Confusions"
Mon 29th: Spring Holiday
Mon 29th - Fri 2 June: Silverdale School half term - link
JUNE 2017
Thurs 1st: WI Monthly Meeting
Mon 5th: Parish Council meeting - 7:30, Institute
Weds 7th: Strawberry tea - Friends of St John's Church
Thurs 8th: General Election, Gaskell Hall in use as polling station
Sat 10th: Music at the Institute: Pete Aldridge, Steve Ripley, Chris Murphy - acoustic music
Sat 10th: Community Cinema CANCELLED
Sun 11th: Cove House Open Day with Burneside Brass Band - replaces the usual July Garden Party
Sat 17th Field Day
Fri-Sun 23rd-25th: Silverdale and Arnside Art and Craft Trail - link
JULY 2017
Mon 3rd: Parish Council meeting - 7:30, Institute
Thurs 6th: WI Monthly Meeting
Sat 8th: Food Festival, Gaskell Hall
Sun 9th: Table Top Sale, Gaskell Hall
Sat 15th: Casino Night, Gaskell Hall, to support GH Regeneration
Fri 21st: Silverdale School end of Summer Term - link
Sat 22nd: Music at the Institute: The Rumours and The Songbirds
AUGUST 2017
Thurs 3rd: WI Monthly Meeting
Mon 7th: Parish Council meeting - 7:30, Institute
Sat 12th: Cove House Kitty Brown fashion show
Mon 28th: Late Summer holiday
SEPTEMBER 2017
Sat 2nd: Horticultural Soc show
Sat 2nd: Music at the Institute: Jazz Offline; Andy Garside
Mon 4th: Parish Council meeting - 7:30, Institute
Tues 5th: Silverdale School start of Autumn Term - link
Thurs 7th: WI Monthly Meeting
Thurs 14th: Westmorland County Show - link
Thurs 14th - Mon 18th: AONB Landscape Trust "Story of Silverdale" weekend - talks, walks, exhibitions etc
Fri 15th Kendal Torchlight procession
Weds 27th: Mourholme Local History Society: Debtors of Lancaster Prison - link
Fri 29th: Macmillan Coffee Mornings - link
Sat 30th: Queen tribute band - Gaskell Hall, in aid of Regeneration Fund
OCTOBER 2017
Mon 4th: Parish Council meeting - 7:30, Institute
Thurs 5th: WI Monthly Meeting
Fri-Sun 6th-8th: "Mobile Chaos" motorbike rally at Guides campsite
Sat 7th Mikron Theatre, "Best Foot Forward", Gaskell Hall: Tickets from Newsagent - link
Fri 20th - Sun 22nd: Beer Festival, Woodies
Sat 21st: Music at the Institute: Alex Hume, Glyn Shipman
Weds 25th: Mourholme Local History Society: Mapping Morecambe Bay - link
Mon 30th - Fri 3rd Nov: Silverdale School half term - link
NOVEMBER 2017
Thurs 2nd: WI Monthly Meeting
Sun 5th: Guy Fawkes
Mon 6th: Parish Council meeting - 7:30, Institute
Weds 22nd: Mourholme Local History Society: Placenames and the Landscape - link
Sat 25th: Silverdale Christmas Market, in aid of School - 5pm-7pm, Gaskell Hall
Sat 25th: Music at the Institute: Edwina Hayes
Weds 29th: Talk/slides on New Zealand - Friends of St John's Church - Gaskell Hall
DECEMBER 2017
Mon 4th: Parish Council meeting - 7:30, Institute
Weds-Sat 6th-9th: Village Players' Panto
Thurs 14th: WI Christmas party
Fri 15th: Silverdale Choir carol concert, Methodist Church
Sat 16th: WI Christmas Coffee Morning 10-12 Gaskell Hall - with carols and mince pies
Thurs 21st: Mourholme Local History Society: Local Surgeons of 18th & 19th centuries - link
Fri 22nd: Silverdale School end of Summer Term - link
Mon 25th:Christmas Day
Tues 26th: Boxing Day
This Year Planner is an experimental service offered to the village, with no guarantee that it will continue. If you have any comments, corrections, or additions, please contact Pam Davies, WI web editor, via the contact form on this website or in person.
Go to 2018 Year Planner
Sun 1st Jan: New Year's Day
Mon 2nd Jan: Public holiday
Thurs 5th: WI Monthly Meeting
Thurs 5th: Parish Council meeting - 7:30, Institute
Mon 9th: Silverdale School start of Spring Term - link
Weds 11th: Bits & Pieces, Close Quarters - link
Thurs 12th: Arnside Natural History Soc: Badgers
Sat 14th: Community Cinema
Weds 25th: Mourholme Society:Religious reformation in NW - link
Fri 27th: Charity quiz for Cove House, Silverdale Hotel, 8pm
FEBRUARY 2017
Thurs 2nd: WI Monthly Meeting
Sat 4th: Brownies' Caribbean fund-raiser
Mon 6th: Parish Council meeting - 7:30, Institute
Weds 8th: Bits & Pieces, Apples in Winter - link
Thurs 9th: Horticultural Soc AGM and florist demo
Thurs 9th: Arnside Natural History Soc: Red Squirrels
Mon 13th - Fri 17th: Silverdale School half term - link
Tues 14th: St Valentine's Day
Weds 22nd: Mourholme Local History Society: Civil Wars in Lancs - link
Sat 25th: Gaskell Memorial Hall: Abba Tribute night and Regeneration launch
Tues 28th: Shrove Tuesday
MARCH 2017
Thurs 2nd: WI Monthly Meeting
Sun 5th: PubAid quiz at Golf Club
Mon 6th: Parish Council meeting - 7:30, Institute
Weds 8th: Bits & Pieces, George Critchley and Phil Batty - link
Thurs 9th: Arnside Natural History Soc: Morecambe Bay Underwater Safari
Weds 22nd: Mourholme Local History Society: Railways of Carnforth - link
Sat 25th: Community Cinema (NB 4th Sat this month, not 2nd): LA LA Land
Sun 26th: Mothering Sunday
Fri 31st: Silverdale School end of Spring Term
APRIL 2017
Sat 1st: Ad Hoc Theatre Company at the Institute: Up Pompeii
Sat 1st: Music at the Institute: Alex Hume acoustic guitar
Mon 3rd: Parish Council meeting - 7:30, Institute
Thurs 6th: WI Monthly Meeting
Sat 8th: Horticultural Soc show
Weds 12th: Bits & Pieces, - link
Thurs 13th: Arnside Natural History Soc: AGM & fauna reports
Fri 14th: Good Friday
Sat 15th: Easter Bonnets at coffee morning
Sun 16th: Easter Day
Mon 17th: Easter Monday
Tues 18th: Silverdale School start of Summer Term - link
Thurs 20th: Horticultural Soc trip to Harrogate Flower Show
Sat 22nd: Music at the Institute: The Metermen - funk
Sun 23rd: World Book Night Event - Silverdale Hotel - brought to you by Silverdale Library
Weds 26th: Mourholme Local History Society: AGM & postcard messages- link
MAY 2017
Mon 1st: May Day holiday
Thurs 4th: Lancashire County Council elections
Thurs 4th: Annual Parish Council meeting
Thurs 11th WI Monthly Meeting (2nd Thursday because of elections)
NB No Community Cinema in May
Thurs-Sat 18th-20th: Village Players: Alan Aykbourn's "Confusions"
Mon 29th: Spring Holiday
Mon 29th - Fri 2 June: Silverdale School half term - link
JUNE 2017
Thurs 1st: WI Monthly Meeting
Mon 5th: Parish Council meeting - 7:30, Institute
Weds 7th: Strawberry tea - Friends of St John's Church
Thurs 8th: General Election, Gaskell Hall in use as polling station
Sat 10th: Music at the Institute: Pete Aldridge, Steve Ripley, Chris Murphy - acoustic music
Sat 10th: Community Cinema CANCELLED
Sun 11th: Cove House Open Day with Burneside Brass Band - replaces the usual July Garden Party
Sat 17th Field Day
Fri-Sun 23rd-25th: Silverdale and Arnside Art and Craft Trail - link
JULY 2017
Mon 3rd: Parish Council meeting - 7:30, Institute
Thurs 6th: WI Monthly Meeting
Sat 8th: Food Festival, Gaskell Hall
Sun 9th: Table Top Sale, Gaskell Hall
Sat 15th: Casino Night, Gaskell Hall, to support GH Regeneration
Fri 21st: Silverdale School end of Summer Term - link
Sat 22nd: Music at the Institute: The Rumours and The Songbirds
AUGUST 2017
Thurs 3rd: WI Monthly Meeting
Mon 7th: Parish Council meeting - 7:30, Institute
Sat 12th: Cove House Kitty Brown fashion show
Mon 28th: Late Summer holiday
SEPTEMBER 2017
Sat 2nd: Horticultural Soc show
Sat 2nd: Music at the Institute: Jazz Offline; Andy Garside
Mon 4th: Parish Council meeting - 7:30, Institute
Tues 5th: Silverdale School start of Autumn Term - link
Thurs 7th: WI Monthly Meeting
Thurs 14th: Westmorland County Show - link
Thurs 14th - Mon 18th: AONB Landscape Trust "Story of Silverdale" weekend - talks, walks, exhibitions etc
Fri 15th Kendal Torchlight procession
Weds 27th: Mourholme Local History Society: Debtors of Lancaster Prison - link
Fri 29th: Macmillan Coffee Mornings - link
Sat 30th: Queen tribute band - Gaskell Hall, in aid of Regeneration Fund
OCTOBER 2017
Mon 4th: Parish Council meeting - 7:30, Institute
Thurs 5th: WI Monthly Meeting
Fri-Sun 6th-8th: "Mobile Chaos" motorbike rally at Guides campsite
Sat 7th Mikron Theatre, "Best Foot Forward", Gaskell Hall: Tickets from Newsagent - link
Fri 20th - Sun 22nd: Beer Festival, Woodies
Sat 21st: Music at the Institute: Alex Hume, Glyn Shipman
Weds 25th: Mourholme Local History Society: Mapping Morecambe Bay - link
Mon 30th - Fri 3rd Nov: Silverdale School half term - link
NOVEMBER 2017
Thurs 2nd: WI Monthly Meeting
Sun 5th: Guy Fawkes
Mon 6th: Parish Council meeting - 7:30, Institute
Weds 22nd: Mourholme Local History Society: Placenames and the Landscape - link
Sat 25th: Silverdale Christmas Market, in aid of School - 5pm-7pm, Gaskell Hall
Sat 25th: Music at the Institute: Edwina Hayes
Weds 29th: Talk/slides on New Zealand - Friends of St John's Church - Gaskell Hall
DECEMBER 2017
Mon 4th: Parish Council meeting - 7:30, Institute
Weds-Sat 6th-9th: Village Players' Panto
Thurs 14th: WI Christmas party
Fri 15th: Silverdale Choir carol concert, Methodist Church
Sat 16th: WI Christmas Coffee Morning 10-12 Gaskell Hall - with carols and mince pies
Thurs 21st: Mourholme Local History Society: Local Surgeons of 18th & 19th centuries - link
Fri 22nd: Silverdale School end of Summer Term - link
Mon 25th:Christmas Day
Tues 26th: Boxing Day
This Year Planner is an experimental service offered to the village, with no guarantee that it will continue. If you have any comments, corrections, or additions, please contact Pam Davies, WI web editor, via the contact form on this website or in person.
Go to 2018 Year Planner