THE Lancashire Sinfonietta is performing in Preston on Friday, October 25.

Local musician Sarah Brandwood Spencer will be joining the group as they play pieces by Rossini, Elgar, Vieuxtemps, Arvo Part and Schoenberg.

For tickets to the event, at St Peter's Arts Centre, Fylde Road, ring 261794.

THE next performance to be held by Preston's Feast of Jazz organisation will be by the Silverleaf Jazz Band.

The group play at the Grasshoppers Rugby Club, Lightfoot Lane, Preston, on Sunday, October 27, from 8pm.

Tickets are £4 on the door.

SEVENTIES rock monsters Status Quo are to appear at the Preston Guild Hall on Monday, November 11.

The band will be stopping off at the Guild Hall for one night only.

Tickets are £23 to £28, on 258858.

JAZZ legend Snake Davies is returning to the area for a performance this month.

Snake, who supplied his unique saxophone sound on M People's hits Moving on Up and Search for a Hero, as well as Take That's hit A Million Love Songs, is stopping off at the Worden Arts Centre, Leyland, on Saturday, October 26.

For tickets call 603030.