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Credit: Danny Payne Photography

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
24

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

Sat
25

25 May 2024 - 24 Dec 2024
Bankfield Museum
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Accessible, Culture & Heritage, CultureDale, Free Entry, Galleries & Museums, Theatres & Entertainment

Mr. Darcy’s ‘Wet Shirt’ Exhibition

The iconic ‘wet shirt’ worn by Colin Firth in the BBC adaptation of Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen will be on display at Bankfield Museum. The classic 1995 television scene saw Mr. Darcy dive into a lake and emerge with his shirt wet and clinging to him, only to be unexpectedly confronted by the

Sat
17

17 Aug 2024 - 29 Sep 2025
Dean Clough
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Arts & Crafts, Culture & Heritage, Free Entry, Galleries & Museums

Barry De More: The Artist & His Studio

A retrospective exhibition of works by the late Barry De More, one of the North’s greatest expressive artists, and a pop-up replica of his studio.   When: Sat 17th August – Sun 29th September  Where: Upstairs & Mosaic Galleries, D Mill 1st Floor  How much: Free, no booking required.  For more details: Contact reception on 01422 250250 or email reception@deanclough.com 

Thu
05

05 Sep 2024 - 12 Dec 2024
The Everybody Gallery, Everybody Arts
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Arts & Crafts, Culture & Heritage, Free Entry, Galleries & Museums

Micro Residencies at Everybody Arts

The Everybody Gallery is delighted to present a series of micro residencies. Each artist has the freedom to develop their practice in the way that works best for them in our spacious and inspiring gallery. We can’t wait to welcome so many amazing artists to our space. We’ll be kicking things off with Rawan Hasan,

Price: Free

Fri
06

06 Sep 2024 - 15 Sep 2025
Dean Clough
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Culture & Heritage, Family, Free Entry, Walking & Guided Tours

Dean Clough Children’s Heritage Trail

A brand-new children’s heritage trail around Dean Clough, designed exclusively for the Halifax Heritage Festival. Where: Around the Dean Clough site  How Much: Free from D Mill reception  For more details: Contact reception on 01422 250250 or email reception@deanclough.com   

Sat
07

07 Sep 2024 - 01 Mar 2025
Bankfield Museum
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Arts & Crafts, Culture & Heritage, CultureDale, Free Entry, Galleries & Museums, Talks, Poetry & Literature, Theatres & Entertainment

Wild Words Exhibition

Wild Words: Ted Hughes and the Poetry of Calderdale. A new exhibition at Bankfield Museum on local poetry including Ted Hughes The rugged and beautiful landscape of Calderdale has inspired poets for generations, most famously, the Poet Laureate Ted Hughes (1930-1998). This new exhibition at Bankfield Museum celebrates the poets and poetry of the region,

Sat
05

05 Oct 2024 - 16 Nov 2024
Kings Cross Library
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Accessible, Arts & Crafts, Culture & Heritage, Talks, Poetry & Literature

Season of Mists Creative Writing Workshops

Saturday mornings, 10.30-12.30 October 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th, November 9th, 16th In this six-week creative writing course with Gaia Holmes, we’ll tap into the fact, fiction and folklore of Autumn, the magical part of the year that the poet, Keats, described as ‘the season of mists’. We’ll explore things such as bioluminescence, whiffling rooks, scrumping

Price: £40 – £50

Sat
26

26 Oct 2024 - 09 Feb 2025
Dean Clough
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Culture & Heritage, CultureDale, Free Entry, Galleries & Museums

The Halifax Grid Project – In Search of Urban Happiness

10am - 4pm This ‘portrait’ of the Halifax area in 2023 was carried out by 63 contributors from the local community. They produced 2471 photographs and 41 pieces of writing. Their work forms the most recent Grid Project, a project which uses systematic approaches to documentary photography and seeks to avoid cherry-picking solely picturesque outcomes.

Fri
08

08 Nov 2024 - 16 Nov 2024
Todmorden
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Arts & Crafts, Culture & Heritage, CultureDale, Heritage, Talks, Poetry & Literature, Theatres & Entertainment

Todmorden Book Festival

Join us for the sixth Annual Todmorden Book Festival! Run entirely by volunteers, we’re thrilled to offer a weeklong program packed with something for everyone. From groundbreaking playwright Gwyneth Hughes to political insider Alan Johnson, from the queen of murder mystery Elly Griffiths to the explorer of strange happenings Danny Robins—we’ve got it all! See

Price: Free – £15

Tue
12

12 Nov 2024 - 12 Nov 2024
Victoria Theatre Halifax
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Accessible, Culture & Heritage, Music, Theatres & Entertainment

The Horne Section’s Hit Show

7:30pm They have two series of their own Channel 4 TV show, an iTunes-chart-topping podcast and now they’re tuning up their instruments once more to tour the country: it’s the Horne Section’s Hit Show! "Britain's Funniest Band" (The Guardian) have made appearances on The Last Leg (Channel 4), Peter Crouch’s Year- Late Euros (BBC One), they

Price: £27.25

Wed
13

13 Nov 2024 - 13 Nov 2024
Halifax Borough Market
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Free Entry, Markets & Shopping

Halifax Borough Market Antiques & Collectibles Fair

Every Wednesday, starting 3 July! Join us at the historic Halifax Borough Market Antiques & Collectibles Fair every Wednesday. Step into a world of timeless treasures and vintage wonders in the enchanting Albany Arcade, nestled within the 128-year-old market. Explore a curated collection of antiques, each with its own story to tell. From vintage pieces

Wed
13

13 Nov 2024 - 13 Nov 2024
Victoria Theatre Halifax
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Accessible, Comedy, Culture & Heritage, Theatres & Entertainment

Jimmy Carr: Laughs Funny

7:00pm If you like fast-paced, edgy one-liners then get ready to be happy. Jimmy Carr is going back on tour and he'll be back in Halifax with his brand-new show ‘Jimmy Carr: Laughs Funny’. Jimmy tells jokes, and jokes are like magnets. Jokes attract people, but they can also repel. Some people are repelled by

Price: £37.25