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.
The main hall at Bankfield Museum is hung with several works by John Holland (1829-1886), held in Calderdale Museums Service’s collection. Holland was born in Nottingham and painted landscapes and coastal scenes. He lived in Hebden Bridge for a few years, around 1867, and exhibited locally in Halifax and Hebden. The artworks to be displayed
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
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!
A display of different ways to describe the human form by Manchester Academy of Fine Art artists Amrik Varkalis and Barbara Sykes. Upstairs & Mosaic Gallery, D Mill, Dean Clough Mills, Halifax, HX3 5AX FREE entry For more details: Contact Main Reception on 01422 250250 or email reception@deanclough.com
A posthumous exhibition designed by popular Leeds artist Tony Baker, a politically motivated artist known for his strong 80's graphic background and time as a teacher at Leeds City College. Crossley Gallery, D Mill, Dean Clough Mills, Halifax, HX3 5AX FREE entry For more details: Contact Main Reception on 01422 250250 or email reception@deanclough.com
10am - 4pm Saturday 19th August - Tuesday 2nd January A retrospective exhibition of works from the weekly life drawing classes at Fletchers Mill. Link Gallery, D Mill, Dean Clough Mills, Halifax, HX3 5AX FREE entry For more details: Contact Main Reception on 01422 250250 or email reception@deanclough.com
7.30pm This hilarious new dance fuelled comedy follows burger bar employees, Natalie and Kyle, as they fall in love with Northern Soul. Trouble is Natalie and Kyle are not that soulful! But long after a weekender in Skegness our star-crossed lovers can’t wait for the next all-nighter in Blackpool. Out on the floor they are
Tuesday 3 to Saturday 7 October at 7.30pm with Saturday matinee at 2.30pm Joe is in crisis, his life a swirling scribble of obligations he feels he's failing to fulful. For five minutes a day he finds a little solace and peace, alone on an isolated bench. Sandy is mourning the passing of his Maggie,
7pm- 9pm A FREE short course of five, two-hour creative writing/poetry workshops led by award-winning poet Steve Ely (Englaland, Lectio Violant, The European Eel), Reader in Creative Writing and Director of the Ted Hughes Network at the University of Huddersfield. Workshops will be held at the Birchcliffe Centre, Hebden Bridge, HX7 8DG, 7.00 -9.00pm, every
8pm Join Romesh Ranganathan as he tries out some new material ahead of his new tour. Accessibility Information: Wheelchair access Following recent improvements to the stalls seating area, we now offer easier access and better viewing locations for wheelchair users. So you can be assured of a comfortable and enjoyable experience, we have level
Ben Portsmouth brings you his jaw-dropping tribute to The King of Rock and Roll Ben, from Berkshire, is a singer, songwriter, musician and actor (Autopsy: The Last Hours of Elvis 2014 & Elvis: Are You Lonesome Tonight 2020) and most notably an internationally renowned Elvis Tribute Artist. Ben had Elvis’s DNA in his blood from
A special collection from watercolour artist Jane Austin that explores both the famous views and the hidden wonders to be found within three miles of her Halifax home. Jane’s work explores the effects of light and the changing of the seasons on architecture and the natural world, creating a deeply personal celebration of the local