What's in store at Selby Town Hall this spring? Music, theatre, comedy....

"I’m pretty pleased with the variety on offer in our late-January to June programme: some rising stars and established names from the folk world; chart toppers of the past and future; jazz; Americana; comedy; theatre; cabaret and a couple of fantastic ‘Audience with’ shows from people called Martin," says Chris Jones, Selby Town Council's arts officer.

On February 24, Sixties' star Chip Hawkes and his son Chesney will unite for a night of Tremeloes classics, Hawkes' family favourites and, inevitably, Chesney’s 1991 number one smash, The One And Only. Chip was The Tremeloes' lead singer, recording such hits as Silence Is Golden, Here Comes My Baby and Time Of The Season.

Some of the brightest rising names in the folk firmament will be appearing this season, led by Blair Dunlop, the son of Fairport Convention’s Ashley Hutchings, whose singles The Egoist and 356 from his Gilded album have been playlisted by Radio 2. He will bring his ReGilded tour to Selby on February 4.

An Audience with...Martin Bell

Miscreant Dublin four piece Lankum are booked in for April 30 with their authentic punk attitude still intact after their name change from Lynched, under which they had sold-out British and American tours and appeared on BBC2’s flagship music show Later…with Jools Holland in 2016.

Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman, BBC Folk Award winners for Best Duo in 2013 and 2016, will perform songs on such subjects as wicked mermaids, Norwegian legends and a lonely whale on May 6.

Kathryn first sang in a duo with fellow Barnsley folk singer Kate Rusby before teaming up with the Lakeman brothers in the folk-pop group Equation. After the band’s split, she formed her duo with Sean and in 2015 she was asked to join the Seventies' folk rock band Fotheringay, stepping into the shoes of the late, great Sandy Denny.

Moya Brennan, "the First Lady of Celtic music", will play Selby Town Hall on May 25. She found fame as the voice of Irish family band Clannad, whose pioneering approach to traditional music brought them Grammy, BAFTA and Ivor Novello awards and a Lifetime Achievement honour at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.

Brennan's solo work has stretched to eight albums, numerous film scores and collaborations with The Chieftains, Robert Plant, Paul Brady, Shane MacGowan and Bono, who said she possessed "one of the greatest voices the human ear has ever experienced".

Barb Jungr sings Dylan. Picture: Steve Ullathorne

Young Bostonian indie folk quartet Laura Cortese And The Dance Cards will arrive on May 20. Led by Bostonian songwriter and fiddle player Laura Cortese, their bold, elegant sound is schooled in the lyrical rituals of folk music and backed by grooves that alternately inspire Cajun two-stepping and rock'n'roll swagger.

Double MOBO Award-winning saxophonist YolanDa Brown will celebrate some of the world’s greatest reggae artists, from Bob Marley to John Holt and Dennis Brown, in her hit show Reggae Love Songs on May 29. YolanDa has toured with The Temptations, the late Errol Brown, Courtney Pine and Diana Krall, collaborated with Mica Paris and Soweto Kinch and performed in Jools Holland’s Rhythm & Blues Orchestra.

New British singing talent Harriet, a BBC Radio 2 tip for the top who has been championed by Graham Norton, Paul O'Grady and Ken Bruce, will make her Selby bow on February 16, festooned in comparisons with Karen Carpenter. The show has sold out already.

International cabaret act Barb Jungr will present songs from her 2002 album of Bob Dylan interpretations, Every Grain Of Sand, on April 2, while multi-platinum selling West Belfast singer-songwriter Brian Kennedy will perform "up close, live and solo" on April 8.

American folk and roots acts are on their way to Selby too. Michigan four-piece Lindsay Lou And The Flatbellys will play on January 28; Balsamo Deighton on February 9, and riotous New Orleans six-piece Dirty Bourbon River Show on March 4.

An Audience with...the other Martin, Martin Kemp

The aforementioned two Martins in the "Audience with" evenings will feature Spandau Ballet musician, EastEnders soap star and The Krays film actor Martin Kemp in a sold-out show on March 11 and former BBC war correspondent turned one-term independent MP and UNICEF ambassador Martin Bell on June 2. Each Martin will tell stories and take questions from the audience.

North Eastern comic Chris Ramsey's warm-up night on February 11 for his Is That Chris Ramsey? tour has sold out, and the comedy highlights will continue with son of Pocklington,York City fan, podcast star turn and cult comedian Richard Herring, who will be back on Yorkshire soil on February 25 with The Best, his 90-minute pick of favourite routines from his 12 one-man shows. Satirical songwriter and BBC Radio 4 Now Show regular Mitch Benn will confront his mortality in his new show Don't Fear The Reaper on March 18.

Have you ever felt you should be better at feminism? If so, why not join comedian Deborah Frances-White and guests for a live recording of a double bill of her hit podcast, The Guilty Feminist, on April 13.

Sarah Kendall: a tale of overpriced sausages

Two-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Sarah Kendall will present a rare regional performance of her five-star Fringe show Shaken on June 9. In this evening of storytelling, Kendall recalls how a major earthquake hit her small hometown in New South Wales in 1989: a disaster that provides the backdrop for a tale of lies, stalkers, buried truths, false accusations, simmering tensions and overpriced sausages.

Arts officer Chris Jones is "particularly looking forward" to Adrian Berry’s play From Ibiza To The Norfolk Broads, based on the life and troubles of a young David Bowie fan, in a sold-out performance on February 18. Music and magic realism collide in this darkly humorous tale of unnatural teenage wildlife featuring Alex Walton and the voice of comedian Rob Newman as Bowie himself.

Reform Theatre are touring Nick Lane and Fiona Wass's new play Hopeless Romantics this spring, visiting Selby on May 5. "In an age of internet dating, speed dating, blind dating and Tinder, isn’t it harder not to find someone these days?" asks Lane.

"Alan doesn’t think so, and he should know. Aside from the girl with pigtails in primary school, he’s spent his entire life as a 'non-elective celibate'. Or to put it another way, he’s single. Very, very single. Which wouldn’t be a problem, but his sisters are all living romantic dreams with their array of successful partners.

"So when his judgmental parents invite the family together for an anniversary dinner, Al does something rather reckless: he asks Zoe, a girl on work experience, to pose as his girlfriend for the night. Unfortunately for Al, though, Zoe’s got romantic problems of her own…amongst other things! Will it be the start of a beautiful friendship or the end of the world as they know it?"

For full listings and tickets, visit selbytownhall.co.uk