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Get the latest scoop on concerts and gigs, festivals, family events and everything else that’s happening in Calderdale. Browse our events guide to discover what’s on today, what’s on this weekend, and more things to do this month.

Sat
27

27 May 2023 - 24 May 2024
Heptonstall Museum
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Cragg Vale Coiners & The Gallows Pole, Culture & Heritage, CultureDale, Galleries & Museums, Galleries & Museums, Heritage

Criminal Coiners: Life and Death in Wild West Yorkshire

Heptonstall Museum is open Thursday to Sunday 11am till 4:30pm. Our opening exhibition explores the lives of the Cragg Vale Coiners, the notorious band of local counterfeiters who produced fake gold coins in the late 18th century to supplement their small incomes from weaving. On entering the 17c building, the first room brings to life

Price: £3

Sat
24

24 Jun 2023 - 30 Nov 2024
Bankfield Museum
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Culture & Heritage, CultureDale, Galleries & Museums, Galleries & Museums

History Wardrobe Presentations

Linked to the ‘Opening the Wardrobe’ exhibition at Bankfield Museum in 2023, you can enjoy four evening presentations by History Wardrobe.   The Frock Shop Thursday 20th April 2023 Fashion shopping in the sixties. Celebrate the decade’s brilliant designs - from mini to maxi - in a riot of Lurex, Bri-nylon, crisp cottons and Crimplene!

Price: £20

Wed
06

06 Mar 2024 - 01 Jun 2024
The Everybody Gallery, Everybody Arts
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Culture & Heritage

New Creatives: Everybody Arts Exhibition

Over the past 6 months, 2 artists have been trainees at Everybody Arts. This exhibition acts as a showcase for their work. Afe Bi Yε Esan, 'The Year of Great Misfortune', is an immersive multisensory installation by the artist and lived experience storyteller Adelle A'asante and invites participants to delve deep into the heart of

Sat
23

23 Mar 2024 - 19 May 2024
Folklore Centre
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Arts & Crafts, Culture & Heritage, Galleries & Museums

Tzipporah Johnston – The Museum of Monotropism

Door in the Wall Arts Access CIC presents The Museum of Monotropism - an exhibition exploring autistic experience, by embroidery and mixed-media artist Tzipporah Johnston. Booking is required for the artist talk and private view. Please note that the exhibition will be open to the public from 10am on Saturday 23rd March. The Museum of

Sat
20

20 Apr 2024 - 20 Apr 2024
Halifax Minster
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Accessible, Culture & Heritage, Music, Theatres & Entertainment

St. George’s Day Concert at Halifax Minster

Doors: 7pm. Start 7.30pm The Band of the Royal Yorkshire Regiment are a military wind band based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire and provide musical support to The Royal Yorkshire Regiment and the British Army both at home, and abroad. The Band was formed in 2008 and is one of 19 UK-based Army Reserve Bands. We

Sat
20

20 Apr 2024 - 20 Apr 2024
Halifax Playhouse
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Theatres & Entertainment

The definitive tribute to Queen – DON’T STOP QUEEN NOW

After four consecutive sold out shows, 'Don't Stop Queen Now' is bringing the UK's largest Queen stage production back to the Halifax Playhouse for a fifth year! With this smash hit show, relive the magic of Queen or discover it for the first time as they play all of the hits such as Bohemian Rhapsody,

Price: £26

Sat
20

20 Apr 2024 - 20 Apr 2024
Victoria Theatre Halifax
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Accessible, Culture & Heritage, Music, Theatres & Entertainment

Show of Hands: Full Circle Tour

8pm In the spring of 2024, music enthusiasts and folk fans across the nation are in for a treat as Steve Knightley and Phil Beer prepare to embark on a journey back to where it all began. With a rich history spanning three decades the duo are renowned for their unique ‘hands-on' cottage industry approach

Price: £37.25

Sun
21

21 Apr 2024 - 21 Apr 2024
Brighouse
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Sports & Leisure

Brighouse 10k

Registration from 8.20am. Start time 9.30am. Presentations 11am Welcome to the Brighouse 10k, one of the most exciting and exhilarating races in the UK! ​ With a beautiful and scenic course that takes you from the heart of Brighouse into the surrounding countryside and back, this race is not just a physical challenge, but a

Price: £20 – £30

Sun
21

21 Apr 2024 - 21 Apr 2024
Mytholmroyd Community & Leisure Centre
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Accessible, Culture & Heritage, Family, Food & Drink, Theatres & Entertainment

The World Dock Pudding Championships 2024

From 12pm - 5pm The World Dock Pudding Championships are back in 2024, taking place once more at Mytholmroyd Community & Leisure Centre. Dock Pudding is a local delicacy little-known outside the Calder Valley area of Yorkshire and the competition was founded in 1971 to help preserve it. The Pudding is made from the leaves

Tue
23

23 Apr 2024 - 27 Apr 2024
Halifax Playhouse
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Theatres & Entertainment

Halifax Thespians – WELCOME TO OUR VILLAGE, Please Invade Carefully!

A low-tech, low-profile, experimental alien invasion of a middle English village ruffles very few feathers among acquiescent residents. That is until two young women start a resistance movement. Performed in The Studio Bar, where every element of the production is laid bare - with "live" sound effects and six actors taking on twenty-one very different

Price: £12

Wed
24

24 Apr 2024 - 24 Apr 2024
Square Chapel Arts Centre
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Accessible, Culture & Heritage, Talks, Poetry & Literature

Bess of Hardwick and The Cavendish Legacy – A David Glover Historical Talk

2pm Red Brick Auditorium The remarkable story of a Derbyshire woman who rose from relatively humble beginnings, to be (probably) the richest woman in England after Elizabeth I! She married four times, built the first Chatsworth and two Hardwick Halls, among others structures, and founded dynasties which still hold influence today. She even hoped her

Price: £6

Wed
24

24 Apr 2024 - 24 Apr 2024
Calderdale Industrial Museum
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Accessible, Culture & Heritage, Galleries & Museums, Heritage, Talks, Poetry & Literature

The Picker Making Industry in and around Todmorden – A talk by Corinne McDonald

Doors 7pm. Start: 7.30pm The April talk in the series of Calderdale Industrial Museum Association talks will be given by Corinne McDonald and features the Picker Making Industry in and around Todmorden. In 1925 Todmorden was making more pickers than any other town in England. How and why did this come about? All are welcome.

Price: Free – £4