AWARD winning folk bands, acrobats and storytellers will all feature in Otley Courthouse's autumn and winter programme.

The arts venue has just announced details of its packed schedule of attractions from August through to February, 2016.

The line-up includes the North Country Theatre production of The Gift of Stones in October, a December performance by BBC Radio 2 Folk Award winners The Youn 'Uns, and the return - by popular demand - of Snake Davis and King Pleasure and the Biscuit Boys.

Bob Dylan fans, meanwhile, will get the chance to see their hero - and contemporaries like Joan Baez and Paul Simon - in his heyday when Positively Fourth Street presents Songs from the Village.

A multimedia show featuring footage from the Sixties, the stories behind some of the era's most powerful tunes, and the songs themselves, the production transports the audience back to a time when revolution was in the air.

Forthcoming family entertainment, meanwhile, features the likes of Christmas is Cancelled, courtesy of the Topsy Turvy Theatre Company, and a screening of the Paddington movie.

Other family-focused shows will include Compagnie Animotion's September performance of JoJo and Billie’s Tour de France, a spectacle full of music, acrobats and choreography.

The Courthouse is also holding its first Family Arts Festival, featuring a range of free workshops encouraging children and their families to draw and make art, while Judy Tsuke will be performing her own songs and stories.

And its school half term activities will include Story Pocket Theatre's Arabian Nights show and lantern-making workshops.

Special events for schools will include Tutti Frutti and York Theatre Royal's November performance of Snow Child, along with the ever-popular Otley Science Festival featuring Silly Science, Dr Marty Jopson and Otley Science Fair.

The new programme, featuring full dates, time and details on these and other forthcoming attractions, is available from the venue now.

Information can also be found by visiting www.otleycourthouse.org.uk or calling (01943) 467466.