Bellingham Show and Country Festival will return to the August Bank Holiday weekend when the 2015 event is held on the showfield on Saturday, August 29.
And an action packed day is promised with daredevil act Stannage International Stunt Team topping the bill in the main arena.
The team, made up of husband and wife Mark and Janine Stannage, and son Aaron, have entertained crowds across Tynedale in the past, and they come highly recommended.
As well as pulling stunts on motorbikes, the adrenaline junky trio even set themselves on fire and jump off high pillars in a spectacle to behold.
The main action gets under way with the opening ceremony at 1pm where 10 long serving members of the show will be thanked with the presentation of honorary life member awards.
During the day, there will be a dog agility display by Northumberland dog training centre Cannie Canine, while Stonehaugh-based bird of prey centre Falconry Days will give a demonstration too.
The popular inter hunt challenge, which sees horses and quad bikes used in a relay, returns, as does the fell race and parade of vintage cars.
Bringing the main ring schedule to a close, a mixed tug of war competition is being run to raise funds for the Stay Strong Stu campaign.
Teams of eight are asked for seniors and juniors heats, proceeds of the competition going towards the trust set up in support of popular young farmer Stuart Ridley, from Wark, who died last month of a brain tumour.
Musical entertainment in the beer tent will be provided by two popular North-East rock bands, The Gatecrashers sure to go down a storm as are Rose Parade.
Away from the beer tent, 50 local schoolchildren, along with a handful of adults, will sing the Bellingham Show Song following the long established Northumbrian pipes competition.
A mini Olympics for children will run alongside competitions in arms wrestling, quoits and Cumberland and Westmorland wrestling.
The industrial section, inviting entries in home baking, craft, flowers, photography and walking sticks as well as children’s sections, has attracted high numbers this year, while trade stands are at a record high.
There will be plenty of animals on the showfield throughout the day, high entries throughout the sheep, horse, pony, dog and hound sections.
The sheep section will be keenly contested as always, with classes in Blackface (both Scotch and Hexham type), Swaledale, Bluefaced Leicester and Mules. There are also prizes for champions in the Continental and Shetland breeds.
New show secretary Kate Dickinson is looking forward to her first event in the role following the hard work over the past few months in the lead-up.
She said: “I have attended the show before but being secretary is an unknown quantity for me. It has been really busy in the build-up, but the show has a good committee which works very hard.
“I‘m quietly excited about the show even if I am a bit apprehensive as I just want everything to go well on the day - and it to be a lovely, sunny day!
”There‘s so much going on and it’s one of the largest shows in the area, so it will be a great day although a busy one from an organising point of view.“
The showfield opens to exhibitors at 8am, and to the public half an hour later. The show will close at 5pm.
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