A LATIN street dance festival, featuring Cuban and Latin dance, will be held outside Voodoo Café, in Skinnergate, from noon to 2pm, on Sunday (April 28). Admission is free. The event is part of the fifth annual Teesside Latin Dance Festival. Visit the latinconnection.co.uk

CHARITY SALE: The UK's largest charity for parents is organising a nearly new sale next month. The Darlington and District branch of the National Childbirth Trust will host the sale offering good quality childrenswear, toys, bikes, games and books on Saturday, May 11, at Bondgate Methodist Church, between 10.30am and noon. If you would like to be a seller at the sale, email Helen at NCTDarlington@ymail.com

FLOWER CLUB: The next meeting of Darlington Flower Club will be held at 2pm on Wednesday, May 1, at St Cuthbert's Church Centre, in Darlington Market Place. National demonstrator David Rylands, from Cumbria, will give a flower demonstration entitled ‘From Little Shoots’. For more information, call honorary secretary Christina Steel, on 01325-374732.

WEEKEND OUTING: Members of Darlington and Teesdale Naturalists Field Club will enjoy a two-mile walk around Geneva Wood and Brankin Moor, on Sunday, May 12, at 10am. The club studies all aspects of natural history, from aquatic life through to astronomy. To join, call membership secretary Derek Risbey, on 01325-469401 or visit dtnfc.org

MUSIC NIGHT: An evening of music from the musicals, featuring Hurworth Concert Band and the musical talents of Ken Patterson, Avril Leach and Allison Cochlan, will be staged at the Dolphin Centre, in Darlington, from 7.30pm, on Saturday (April 27). Tickets cost £7. To book, call Ivor Shirley, on 01325-352862 or the venue, on 01325-388406.

DINNER DANCE: The social committee of All Saints and Salutation Church is holding a dinner dance at Darlington College on Saturday, May 11, at 7.30pm. Tickets cost £20. For more information, call Andy Hopkins, on 01325-333865.

GET CREATIVE: A course in digital imaging starts at Crown Street library, on Friday (April 26). The five-week course, which costs £25, runs from 10am to noon on Fridays. For more information, call 01325-248021 or email l&s@darlington.gov.uk

FREE CYCLING: Free weekly bike rides, suitable for people of all ages, are held in Darlington twice weekly. They are led by qualified instructors and make the most of the town’s cycle routes. Bikes and helmets are provided. Sessions take place from 10am on Thursdays, meet at South Park clock tower, and 10am on Sundays, in West Park, near the play area. There is no need to book.

COMMITTEE MEETS: Darlington Borough Council’s licensing committee meets at 9.30am, on Tuesday (April 30), at the Town Hall. Members will receive an update on the councils position regarding early morning restrictions to licensees.

WRITING CLASS: Crime novelist John Dean will host a day-long workshop for aspiring writers, in Café Create, Parkgate, on Thursday, May 2, from 10am to 4pm. Participants will be encouraged to create characters and invent scenarios. Tickets cost £25. Call 07889-554931 or email deangriss@btinternet.com