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.
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 a profound transformation of the area from a major manufacturing centre unto a thriving, multicultural area. As part of these celebrations, Bankfield Museum has an
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
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
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,
10am - 4pm FREE admission Mary Edith Durham (1863-1944) was a British explorer and collector who extensively documented the Balkans from 1900 to 1921. Her journeys took her through present-day Albania, Kosovo, Montenegro, and Macedonia, where she navigated challenging landscapes and harsh weather. Sher gained the respect of local communities and became an advocate for
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 on the BBC One TV programme Home Is Where the Art Is, Roger Davies is a modern British painter from Brighouse, West Yorkshire. His unique
An exhibition running from 8th February to 8th march at Calderdale Industrial Museum. Calderdale Industrial Museum is Open Saturdays 10am – 4pm and also Thursdays in the School Holidays Entrance fee: £7.50 per adult. Concessions £6. accompanied children enter free. Accessibility Information; Access is to the side of the Museum via our newly-installed ramp and stairs.
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 of vases of flowers composed of confident gestural impasto marks, to simple geometric assemblage. Born just before World War Two, George was strongly affected by
An inclusive space where the creative industries come together to support each other, foster collaboration, fuel innovation, and grow professionally. Members of Square Lens Alliance are passionate about creating visual stories that entertain, inspire, and challenge and believe in the power of collaborative effort. Hear inspiring short talks, take part in workshops, watch inspiring short
8:30pm Laugh your way into the weekend with the return of the Victoria Theatre Halifax's regular and hugely popular Dick & Liddy's Comedy Club. One of West Yorkshire's premier live comedy shows, Dick & Liddy's Comedy Club has hosted legends of stand up comedy and laughter such as John Bishop, Alan Carr, Ross Noble and Michael
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 (e.g. paintings, drawings, photography, textiles). Successful entries will be displayed for a 5 month exhibition at Smith Art Gallery, Brighouse opening on Saturday 5th July
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 (Binder, Edwards & Vaughn) he was a significant influence on the graphics of the era, while his cartoon-style paintings brought him international sales. Gallery Opening:
An afternoon of performances and interactive activities for all ages exploring Todmorden’s actions in slowing the flow including an interactive sculpture, poetry, music and song all created by local residents. Suitable for all ages. FREE. No need to book. Just turn up on the day. We are running a free return mini bus from the
7:30pm Gareth Gates, along with a stellar cast of West End performers, pay tribute to those four boys from Jersey with their unmistakable high-pitched vocals and promises to be an electrifying homage to the iconic sounds of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. With over two decades of dominance on the airwaves and a staggering 100
7:30pm Prepare to be dazzled as The Dazzling Diamonds proudly present their smash hit comedy variety drag show. From jaw-dropping dance numbers to hilarious lip-sync performances and not forgetting the sensational live vocals, the cast will have you rolling with laughter and dancing in the aisles. Receiving 5* reviews from audiences, The Dazzling Diamonds are
7:30pm Sir Geoff Hurst MBE secured a unique place in the history of football in 1966 when he became the first and, for more than 56 years, the only player to score a hat-trick in a World Cup Final. Knighted in 1998 and inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame in 2004, Sir Geoff
‘Spiers and Boden are, probably, the perfect duo to headline Saturday night. Boden is the showman, Spiers the melodeon-wielding wizard; between them they make Saturday night absolutely joyous.’ Review of Bristol Folk Festival 2024 B24/7 After a seven year hiatus to concentrate on their Universal Records-signed big band Bellowhead, Spiers & Boden returned in 2021
The race starts in Centre Vale Park Todmorden at 10am. The hilly course climbs to Sourhall, before going down Bacup Road then back through Todmorden town centre to the finish at the park. The accurately measured 10km course consists of two laps of tarmac park road on Centre Vale Park, followed by a single hilly
Part of the seventy-Ninth Season 2024-2025 All concerts take place at The Crossley Gallery, Dean Clough, Halifax, HX3 5AX Trio Isimsiz perform works by Haydn, Brahms and Schubert. Tickets: The cost of a single ticket for all 7 concerts is £140. The cost for individual concerts is: Adults: £24 Benefit Claimants: £10 Students
7:30pm Steve Steinman celebrates 22 years of his epic Vampires Rock chronicles. A new beginning and chapter with this brand-new original rock musical Eternal Love! Featuring over 20 original songs from two No.1 Albums including six No.1 singles and the No.1 hit by legendary song writer John Parr “Everything They Said Was True”. With a
7:30pm Steve Steinman celebrates 22 years of his epic Vampires Rock chronicles. A new beginning and chapter with this brand-new original rock musical Eternal Love! Featuring over 20 original songs from two No.1 Albums including six No.1 singles and the No.1 hit by legendary song writer John Parr “Everything They Said Was True”. With a
7.30pm . 2:30pm Saturday matinee Adapted for the stage by Alistair Cheetham from the BBCTV series by Ben Elton & Richard Curtis It's 1917 and waiting in fear of the dreaded order to go 'over the top' from the patently insane General Melchett, Captain Edmund Blackadder devises several attempts to escape the banality of the
Doors 7pm. Start: 7.30pm All are welcome. Free entry to members of Calderdale Industrial Museum Association, £5 to visitors. Tea/coffee/biscuits will be available for a small donation. Calderdale Industrial Museum is Open Saturdays 10am – 4pm and also Thursdays in the School Holidays Entrance fee: £5 per adult. Concessions £4. accompanied children enter free. We
7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing legend and judge, Anton Du Beke, takes to the stage in 2025. The showwill see Anton joined by Strictly professional dancer, Lauren Oakley and singer Lance Ellington, as well as a live band and a company of dancers to create an evening filled with song, dance and a lot of Musical fun. Anton will be performing songs
7:30pm Mike + The Mechanics Looking back - Living The Years 2025 Tour Mike + The Mechanics are back on tour with their ‘Looking Back - Living The Years 2025 Tour’. At the Victoria Theatre Halifax on Thursday 20 March 2025, this tour will see them play their hits including ‘Over My Shoulder’, ‘The Living Years’ and ‘All
8:30pm Laugh your way into the weekend with the return of the Victoria Theatre Halifax's regular and hugely popular Dick & Liddy's Comedy Club. One of West Yorkshire's premier live comedy shows, Dick & Liddy's Comedy Club has hosted legends of stand up comedy and laughter such as John Bishop, Alan Carr, Ross Noble and Michael
Calling all record lovers! The record fair will be returning to Halifax Borough Market's Albany Arcade on Saturday 22nd March 2025 from 9am to 4pm with FREE entry. Browse a huge selection of vinyl from all genres!
11am - 2pm Boothtown and Southowram Methodist Church invite you to their 2025 Easter Fayre. You can enjoy craft stalls, games, food & drink and a tombola, with proceeds being split between Church Funds and Salterlee Under Fives Playgroup. (Registered Charity # 1033440) FREE entry(with the chance to win a prize!) Beverley Place, Akroydon, Halifax,
Times 11am - 7.30pm Where: The Outback Community Kitchen & Garden Lightowler Rd Halifax HX1 5NB A day of creative activities for all the family celebrating Halifax’s green spaces and connecting local people to the nature around them. The day will include workshops including cooking and growing your own food, performances, the launch of a
Welcome to the vibrant world of creativity and craftsmanship at the new Dean Clough Artisan Market! This market, hosted by R.S.H Artisan Markets, promises to bring you a fine selection of local artistry, unique handmade goods and a bustling community atmosphere. The market will take place on the 4th Sunday of every month, starting Sunday 23rd
Get ready! The West Yorkshire Scouts County Gang Show proudly presents WYS ON SHOW: BE A HERO. Returning to the iconic Victoria Theatre, talented young people from across Yorkshire are ready to entertain you with incredible ensembles and show-stopping musical talent. Expect a show packed with music, laughter, and unforgettable entertainment for the whole family!
Saturday 29 & Sunday 30 March: 11.20am, 1.40pm, 4.20pm each day Enjoy a guided audio trail around Cromwell Bottom Nature Reserve, one of the most important wildlife sites in Calderdale. This is a chance to reconnect with the nature on your doorstep and explore its many layered history shaped by humans, industry and climate change
This year’s Festival is even more packed with incredible events and activities for you to attend and take part in –over 70 in fact! –all, in 2025 to remember Halifax’s own Anne Lister on her 234th birthday! The Festival runs from Saturday 29th March–Sunday 6th April (inclusive), and again incorporates the Anne Lister Birthday Week
This year’s Festival is even more packed with incredible events and activities for you to attend and take part in –over 70 in fact! –all, in 2025 to remember Halifax’s own Anne Lister on her 234th birthday! The Festival runs from Saturday 29th March–Sunday 6th April (inclusive), and again incorporates the Anne Lister Birthday Week
1pm - 2.30pm Tours start and end at Discover Halifax, 10, The Square, Woolshops, HX1 1RJ £7.50 Welcome to Halifax! Whether you have lived here all your life, or it is your first time here and you want to orientate yourself around town through the buildings and stories of our history, join us for a
3pm - 4.30pm Meet at the entrance on Free School Lane (where Casualty was) just below the crossing and where there is a post box in the wall. Join Halifax Heritage Tours (HHT) on their special guided tour of the Royal Halifax Infirmary (RHI). Opened by the Duke and Duchess of York (later to become
The Canalathon Running Festival is based along the Rochdale Canal with its run courses taking in Towns such as Sowerby Bridge, Hebden Bridge and Todmorden. Race distances include 100km, 50km, Half Marathon, 10Km , 5km and pass through stunning Pennine landscapes visiting well stocked Aid Stations along the way. The event is based at Sowerby
1.00-3.10pm (doors open 12.30pm) Hebden Bridge Picture House, New Road, Hebden Bridge, HX7 8AD Session 1: £10 (£8PTL, U25s). Sessions 1 and 2 combined ticket for both sessions: £15 (£13PTL, U25s) You can enjoy not one, but two magnificent lesbian documentaries for the first session of the Anne Lister Festival’s film afternoon! Firstly, we have
3.45-5.40pm (doors open 3.20pm) Hebden Bridge Picture House, New Road, Hebden Bridge, HX7 8AD Session 2: £10 (£8PTL, U25s) Sessions 1 and 2 combined ticket for both sessions: £15 (£13PTL, U25s) Come along to witness Yorkshire’s premiere of the amazing new film Lesvia! This film chronicles 40+ years of lesbian identity and conflict in the
11.00am-12.30pm Halifax Town Hall, Crossley Street, Halifax, HX1 1UJ £7.50 Join Halifax Heritage Tours on their special guided tour of the magnificent Halifax Town Hall, a building of immense architectural significance both inside and out. So much so, it was voted one of the top ten Town Halls in the country in 2008 by Architect
1pm - 2.30pm Tours start and end at Discover Halifax, 10, The Square, Woolshops, HX1 1RJ £7.50 Welcome to Halifax! Whether you have lived here all your life, or it is your first time here and you want to orientate yourself around town through the buildings and stories of our history, join us for a
4pm - 5pm After making your own way to Shibden Hall, In Search of Ann Walker will provide you with expert guidance through the rooms to hear funny and serious incidents from Ann Walker’s life, as well as learning about the renovations she desired after Anne Lister’s death. This tour also includes a visit to
All Souls' Amateur Operatic Society are pleased to present their annual show at the Halifax Playhouse, King Cross Street, Halifax HX1 2SH from Tuesday 1st April to Friday 4th April 2025 @ 7.15pm and Saturday 5th April 2025 @ 2.15pm. Tickets - Adult: £16; Concession: £14; Sat Matinee Children: £8 - can be obtained from
9am - 10am & 10am - 11am Shibden Hall, Listers Road, Halifax, HX3 6XG Tickets £27.50 After making your own way to Anne Lister’s former home of Shibden Hall, you will have private entry into the Hall with exclusive, rare access to go up to the Library Tower that Anne Lister had designed before she
11.30am-1.30pm Meet outside the main entrance to the Old Courthouse on Blackwall (entrance to Calderdale Music), HX1 2DL Join Halifax Heritage Tours (HHT) on their fascinating guided tour of Halifax Old Borough Magistrates Court and Central Police Station, a spectacular Victorian building on Harrison Road. Built to replace the court and cells at the Town
1.30-3.30pm Bankfield Museum, Boothtown Road, Halifax, HX3 6HG Tickets £25 Join Bankfield Museum’s Curator and Collections & Exhibitions Manager for a talk about 1830s fashion and textiles. This will include a demonstration of how a lady got dressed in the 1830s and original garments from the Bankfield collection to view. Don’t forget to visit the
9.30am-12.30pm Crossley Gallery, D Mill, Dean Clough £55Join Sew Different for a half-day workshop to create your own embroidery displayed on a wooden embroidery hoop. You can base your design on drawings of the original Lister family crest or ‘the’ iconic hat! This contemporary interpretation will use machine embroidery, metallic threads, and appliqué techniques. This
This year’s Festival is even more packed with incredible events and activities for you to attend and take part in –over 70 in fact! –all, in 2025 to remember Halifax’s own Anne Lister on her 234th birthday! The Festival runs from Saturday 29th March–Sunday 6th April (inclusive), and again incorporates the Anne Lister Birthday Week
4.00-5.30pm Unit 2, Northgate House, Halifax, HX1 1UR (next to Hatch Brunch House) Tickets £14.50pp Join Calderdale’s own renowned, award-winning feminist historian and author Jill Liddington as she takes us inside her latest Anne Lister book As Good As A Marriage, the sequel to Female Fortune(1998), the book which Sally Wainwright herself notes was the
11.00am-12.30pm Halifax Town Hall, Crossley Street, Halifax, HX1 1UJ £7.50 Join Halifax Heritage Tours on their special guided tour of the magnificent Halifax Town Hall, a building of immense architectural significance both inside and out. So much so, it was voted one of the top ten Town Halls in the country in 2008 by Architect
Part of the seventy-Ninth Season 2024-2025 All concerts take place at The Crossley Gallery, Dean Clough, Halifax, HX3 5AX Tabea Debus and Samuele Telari play works by Pärt, Dowland, Gubaidulina, Seminov, Nate, Villa-Lobos, Bach & Bartók. Tickets: The cost of a single ticket for all 7 concerts is £140. The cost for individual concerts is:
9am - 10am & 10am - 11am Shibden Hall, Listers Road, Halifax, HX3 6XG Tickets £27.50 After making your own way to Anne Lister’s former home of Shibden Hall, you will have private entry into the Hall with exclusive, rare access to go up to the Library Tower that Anne Lister had designed before she
The Hebden Bridge Film Festival returns in 2025 for a one day Short Film Festival, presenting a whole day of shorts at the beautiful Art Deco 500 seat Hebden Bridge Cinema. (The three day festival will be back Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd March in 2026.) We are launching a brand new competition, THE CALDERDALE