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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.

Tue
02

02 Jan 2024 - 21 Dec 2025
Bankfield Museum
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Accessible, Culture & Heritage, CultureDale, Free Entry, Galleries & Museums

50 Years of Calderdale

10am - 4pm FREE admission Calderdale is celebrating its Year of Culture in 2024 to mark the 50th anniversary of its founding as a Borough, a period which has seen

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

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

Sat
21

21 Dec 2024 - 28 Jun 2025
Smith Art Gallery
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Culture & Heritage, CultureDale, Galleries & Museums

Welcome to Calderdale: A Borough Celebrated by Roger Davies

This exhibition of new paintings is a celebration of locality, community and culture as seen through Roger’s idiosyncratic vision and informed by his love of life in Calderdale. As seen

Wed
01

01 Jan 2025 - 31 Dec 2025
Dean Clough
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Culture & Heritage, Free Entry, Galleries & Museums

The Lost Workers

10am - 4pm The ‘Lost Workers’ was originally an installation created by the renowned French artist Christian Boltanksi as part of a 1994 exhibition at the Henry Moore Studio in

Sat
04

04 Jan 2025 - 30 Aug 2025
Bankfield Museum
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Accessible, Culture & Heritage, Free Entry, Galleries & Museums

The World of Chris Mould

Graphic art from the illustrator of The Iron Man and War of the Worlds. Chris Mould is an award-winning illustrator from West Yorkshire who has worked on some of the

Sat
22

22 Feb 2025 - 25 May 2025
Dean Clough
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Culture & Heritage, CultureDale, Free Entry, Galleries & Museums

George Hainsworth: A Retrospective

10am - 4pm A retrospective exhibition of works by Leeds artist George Hainsworth. George describes his work as figurative in the most expansive sense. He can go from large paintings

Sat
01

01 Mar 2025 - 01 Jun 2025
Smith Art Gallery
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Arts & Crafts, Culture & Heritage, Galleries & Museums

Calderdale Open Art Exhibition 2025

The Calderdale Open Art Competition is returning in 2025. This competition is open to all amateur and professional artists who are invited to submit original artwork in any 2D format

Sat
01

01 Mar 2025 - 01 Jun 2025
Dean Clough
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Culture & Heritage, CultureDale, Free Entry, Galleries & Museums

The Doug Binder Gallery

10am - 4pm Born in Bradford in 1941, Doug Binder achieved renown in the swinging sixties as one of the ‘Young Contemporaries’. As a co-founder of iconic design group BEV

Sat
08

08 Mar 2025 - 13 Sep 2025
Bankfield Museum
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Culture & Heritage, Free Entry, Galleries & Museums

Let’s Go Shopping Exhibition

A nostalgic look at the Halifax shopping streets of yesteryear for the whole family to enjoy. Reminisce about some of your favourite shops and products, with a selection of photos

Sat
19

19 Apr 2025 - 25 May 2026
Dean Clough
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Culture & Heritage, Free Entry, Galleries & Museums

Northern Towns and Their People

10am - 4pm An exhibition of artworks by Peter Stanaway and Kevin Haynes – northern artists whose subject matter is primarily concerned with the industrial landscapes and people of the

Tue
13

13 May 2025 - 17 May 2025
Halifax Playhouse
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Culture & Heritage, Theatres & Entertainment

The Ghost Train

Halifax Thespians present THE GHOST TRAIN directed by Ian Byfield Tue 13 to Sat 17 May at 7:30pm and 2:30pm Sat. matinee Arnold Ridley’s classic comedy-thriller, The Ghost Train, was

Price: £12