Masham south-east, lies St. Mary's Church with its large yard. Although Masham is a relatively small town it has two working breweries, Black Sheep Brewery and Theakstons, situated only a few hundred yards from one another. The Black Sheep Brewery sponsors annual folk festivals. Previous performers have included Hugh Cornwell of The Stranglers. The town was also for a long time home to Lightfoot Brewery. this was bought by the Theakston family and closed in the 1920s. The Lightfoot brewery buildings are now used by Black Sheep. The Masham Steam Engine & Fair Organ Rally is held annually, organised by the
Black Sheep (anarcho-folk band) group. Black Sheep have also backed David Wrench on his 2010 album "Spades, Hoes, Plows" (for which they were co-credited). As Julian Cope: As Black Sheep: As Christophe F./Black Sheep: with David Wrench: Black Sheep (anarcho-folk band) Black Sheep are an English anarcho-folk band formed by singer/songwriter and counter-cultural activist Julian Cope. They are the most recent of Cope's ongoing side projects, which include Brain Donor and Queen Elizabeth. The origins of Black Sheep lie in Julian Cope’s 2008 solo album "Black Sheep", for which he assembled a varied group of contributing musicians both from his longstanding talent pool and