Arts Diary: Will Marriott

Audiences will be able to see the show Summer Mummers as the company takes a canal boat trip from Skipton to Kildwick.

Rapturously received at festivals from coast to coast across the country, this show transports the audience to a bucolic Victorian summer, showcasing talents from a breathtaking rapper sword dance to a maypole shambles, with traditional folk anthems and summer spirit – of the alcoholic kind.

The company will perform the free half-hour show at the canal basin in Skipton at 11.15am before boarding the canal boat. Travelling east on the Leeds-Liverpool canal, they will stop to perform again at The White Lion in Kildwick, with an anticipated arrival time of 2pm.

After returning the boat, at 5pm, their final show of the day – and the summer – will be at The Tempest Arms, in Elslack, at 6pm.

You can come out from behind the sofa, because tickets are now on sale for The Halifax Ghost Story Festival.

Leading writers, artists, directors and performers including

Jeremy Dyson, GP Taylor and Fine Time Fontayne will chill the bones and warm the hearts of lovers of supernatural tales this Hallowe'en. This new festival is dedicated to words that go bump in the night.

With readings, screenings of classic films, discussions, new drama and much more, The Halifax Ghost Story Festival, which takes place at Dean Clough Arts Centre, Halifax, from October 29-31, promises plenty of spine-tingling moments.

There are also treats (without the tricks) for younger lovers of ghost stories, who can enjoy "draw along" sessions with leading children's illustrators and win great prizes in a story-writing competition. For more information about The Halifax Ghost Story Festival, visit www.halifax-ghost-story-festival.org.uk