NEW YEARS EVE

We are pleased to welcome Cerys Athorne to The Grange for a live one hour solo fiddle set from 7.30pm to 8.30pm in the Drawing Room bar, as part of our free, family friendly early evening New Year’s Eve programme.

This early part of the evening is about taking a moment together. It is our way of saying thank you to the local community for the patience and support shown while The Grange continues through a period of change.

The early session is built around traditional music from across these islands, heard both live and recorded. These are tunes that have been played in homes, pubs and village halls for generations. They have travelled, changed hands and settled in different places, and they still make sense when people sit down and listen together.

As a small thank you on the night, there will be a free pint or half of Kirkstall Brewery’s Best Bitter, while stocks last, along with a simple selection of cheeses from across these islands, supplied by Cryer and Stott. The boards will include King Charles, a firm English cheese with a clean savoury flavour, Cashel Blue from County Tipperary, rich and creamy with a gentle blue character, Black Crowdie, a fresh Scottish cheese that is crumbly and lightly sharp, Black Bomber, smooth and full with a good depth of flavour, and traditional Wensleydale, fresh, crumbly and unmistakably Yorkshire. These are everyday cheeses from places where this sort of food has always been part of life.

Cerys will be playing solo fiddle music from across the British Isles, live and close up. This is music to sit with, listen to properly, and enjoy at your own pace.

Children are very welcome at The Grange until 9pm.

After that, the evening moves on in a few different ways.

If you have a ticket for The Get Together Of Dave in the large hall, you are welcome to head through. This is a paid, ticketed event and includes a buffet and live music on stage. If there are tickets still available, they can be purchased on the door.

If you are not heading into the large hall, you are very welcome to stay in the Drawing Room bar, which will remain open until 1am, with recorded traditional music from across the isles and space to sit, talk and see the year out. This way of running the evening is how we plan to shape New Year’s Eve at The Grange going forward. It keeps the early part of the night open and shared, while allowing different things to happen later on. Over time the music, ideas and focus will change, but the feeling of the evening will stay the same.

Different rooms, different paces, one place.

That mix of people, ages and ways of spending the night is what The Grange is about.