Silverdale 2020
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 and to help avoid clashes. It's correct to the best of our knowledge, but please contact event organisers (links provided where known) for definitive information!
See also the revived Silverdale Events website: https://silverdale.events where you can sign up to receive a weekly events newsletter.
JANUARY 2020
Wed 1st Jan: New Year's Day
Tues 7th: Silverdale School start of Spring Term - link
Weds 8th: Folk at the Silverdale: Tom Perry & Clive Brooks - link
Thurs 9th: WI Monthly Meeting
Thurs 9th: Arnside Natural History Soc: link
Sat 11th: Silverdale Film Soc. "The Divine Order" - link
Fri 17th: Coffee at the Institute resumes after Christmas break
Weds 29th: Mourholme Local History Society: "The Lancaster Canal" - link
FEBRUARY 2020
Thurs 6th: WI Monthly Meeting
Fri 7th: Silverdale Film Soc. "Beast" - link
Weds 12th: Folk at the Silverdale: The Waite Collective - link
Thurs 13th: Silverdale Hort. Soc. "Birds in the Garden"
Thurs 13th: Arnside Natural History Soc: link
Fri 14th: St Valentine's Day
Mon 17th - Fri 21st: Silverdale School half term- link
Tues 25th: Shrove Tuesday
Weds 26th: Mourholme Local History Society: "Sex & Sin in 17th Century Lancashire" - link
MARCH 2020
Thurs 5th: WI Monthly Meeting
Sat 7th: Silverdale Film Soc. "Thunder Road" - link
Weds 11th: Friends of St John's: David Talbot talk
Weds 11th: Folk at the Silverdale: Sam & Elaine Bracken - link
Thurs 12th: Arnside Natural History Soc: link
Activities in and around the village have been suspended for the duration of the Coronavirus crisis. Cancelled events have been left in this list, greyed out, to remind us of "normal" Silverdale life. Ca
Tues 17th: Parish Council Annual Assembly: Eden Project etc
Sat 21st: Village Players Production: rehearsed reading of "Under Milk Wood"
Weds 25th: Mourholme Local History Society: "The North-West and Slavery" - link
Thurs 26th: Silverdale Hort. Soc. "Pots of Interest"
Sat 28th: Silverdale Horticultural Society Show (rescheduled to a week earlier than the usual "week before Easter" because of a conflicting event)
APRIL 2020
Thurs 2nd: WI Monthly Meeting
Fri 3rd: Silverdale School end of Spring Termn - link
Fri 3rd: Silverdale Film Soc. "Happy as Lazarro" - link
Sat 4th: Men's Stuff steam train trip (as a result of which Horticultural Show has been rescheduled)
Weds 8th: Folk at the Silverdale: The Johnston Brothers - link
Thurs 9th: Arnside Natural History Soc: link
Fri 10th: Good Friday
Sat 11th: Easter coffee morning
Sun 12th: Easter Day
Mon 13th: Easter Monday
Mon 20th: Silverdale School start of Summer Term - link
Weds 29th: Mourholme Local History Society: AGM & "A Cumbrian Colony in the South Pacific" - link
Thurs 30th: Village Players Production, Gaskell Hall
MAY 2020
Fri-Sat 1st-2nd: Village Players Production, Gaskell Hall
Mon 4th NOT May Day holiday See Government announcement
Thurs 7th: WI Monthly Meeting: in Methodist Hall: CHANGE OF VENUE
Thurs 7th: Lancashire Police Commissioner Elections in Gaskell Hall
Fri 8th: VE Day Public Holiday: See Government announcement
Weds 13th: Folk at the Silverdale, - link
Sat 16th: Silverdale Film Soc. "The Square" - link
Weds 20th: Silverdale Hort. Soc. "Location, Location, Location – the Right Plant for the Right Place"
Mon 25th: Spring Holiday
Mon 25th - Fri 29th: Silverdale School half term - link
JUNE 2020
Thurs 4th: WI Monthly Meeting
Fri 5th: Silverdale Film Soc. "The Breadwinner" - link
Sun 14th: Cove House Brass Band concert with teas etc 2-4pm
Sat 20th: Field Day (3rd Sat in June)
Fri-Sun 26th-28th: Silverdale and Arnside Art and Craft Trail - link
(Last weekend fully in June)
JULY 2020
Thurs 2nd: WI Monthly Meeting
Sat 4th: Silverdale Film Soc. "Faces Places" - link
Sat 11th: Food Festival, Gaskell Hall - link
Fri 17th: Silverdale School end of Summer Term - link
AUGUST 2020
Mon 3rd: Silverdale Parish Council annual meeting, Silverdale Village Institute - link
Thurs 6th: WI Monthly Meeting
Fri 7th: Silverdale Film Soc. "Woman at War" - link
Sat 8th: Fundraiser for Bowel Cancer Research, Institute Field: see posters
Mon 31st: Late Summer holiday
Deadline for Horticultural Show entries - see 5th September
SEPTEMBER 2020
Tues 2nd: Silverdale School start of Autumn Term - link
Thurs 3rd: WI Monthly Meeting
Sat 5th: Horticultural Soc show (1st Sat in Sept): A virtual show this year, photographic entries to be sent in by deadline of Monday 31st August
Mon 7th: Silverdale Parish Council meeting - link
Weds 9th: Folk at the Silverdale, - link
Thurs 10th: Westmorland County Show: link (2nd Thurs in Sept): CANCELLED
Thurs 10th: Arnside Natural History Soc: link
Weds 23rd: Mourholme Local History Society: link
Fri 25th: Macmillan Coffee Mornings: link (Last Fri in Sept)
OCTOBER 2020
Thurs 1st: WI Monthly Meeting
Mon 5th: Silverdale Parish Council meeting - link
Thurs 8th: Arnside Natural History Soc: link
Weds 14th: Folk at the Silverdale: link
Mon 26th-Fri 30th: Silverdale School half term - link
Weds 28th: Mourholme Local History Society:- link
NOVEMBER 2020
Mon 2nd: Silverdale Parish Council meeting - link
Thurs 5th: Guy Fawkes
Thurs 5th: WI Monthly Meeting
Sun 8th: Remembrance Sunday
Weds 11th: Armistice Day
Weds 11th: Folk at the Silverdale: link
Thurs 12th: Arnside Natural History Soc: link
Weds 25th: Mourholme Local History Society:- link
DECEMBER 2020
Mon 7th: Silverdale Parish Council meeting - link
Weds 9th - Sat 12th: Village Players' Panto:CANCELLED
Thurs 10th: WI Christmas party
???: Arnside Natural History Soc: link
???: Mourholme Local History Society: link
Fri 18th: Silverdale School end of term: - link
Weds 25th: Christmas Day
Thurs 26th: Boxing Day
JANUARY 2021
Weds 1st Jan: New Year's 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 (701429).
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