Music
Pennington’s Octagon, Bradford Road, Keighley
01274 562252
theoctagonlive.com
Tribute acts Chris Perry as Phil Collins (tomorrow), Alecia Karr as Pink (August 12), Rag Dolls as Jersey Boys (October 7), Rock Stewart (October 21); soul singer Richie Penrose (August 26); Julie Gold in 80s Gold Show (September 16); Rocky Horror Show tribute (October 29); AJ as Robbie Williams (November 4); Stars In Their Eyes winner in Pure Meat Loaf (November 18)
Bingley Arts Centre
01274 567983
bingleyartscentre.co.uk
Rock band The Dead Daisies (Wednesday); Spirit of Smokie rock band (September 24)
Manor House Farm, Lothersdale Road, Glusburn
07984 521605
Hillbilly Honkytonk with Ginjammers, Dolly Parton Story, and Henry Smith Band (August 13)
Exchange Arts Centre, Russell Street, Keighley
01535 661591
exchangearts.co.uk
Kymberley Kennedy and Meihaus (tomorrow); rock and metal from Hellbound Hearts (Saturday); 60s-style blues rock with a modern, psychedelic edge from 69 (July 30); Shadow Fest UK with Vanessa Maria, Tom Hardy, Scott Wainwright, Ben Blue Waters, Rock Bottom Risers, Bubblegum and Where Fires Are (August 6); acoustic musician Lucas Watt (August 3); country folk noir from Max Lilleyman And His Band (August 5); The Vibrants with Nessa Ndukuba (August 20); acoustic musicians Nick Hall (August 17), Weave (September 28) and Skinner and Twitch (August 31); Nirvana UK tribute (September 24); “21st century Paul Simon” Gary Stewart (October 12); singer-songwriter Sarah McQuaid (November 23); Slayer tribute band War Ensemble with Gods Of Hellfire and Pulverise (October 15); Paul Weller acoustic celebration Days Of Speed (November 12)
Baccapipes Folk Club, Ukrainian Club, 9 Henry Street, Keighley
01535 605310
baccapipes.org.uk
Singers night (tomorrow, 8.30pm); folk music quiz (July 29); summer singarounds (August Fridays)
Narrow Boat Inn, Victoria Street, Skipton
skiptonfolkclub.co.uk
Skipton Folk Unplugged with INPO (Monday) and Stuart Douglas (September 5)
Local
Haworth Park bandstand
Haworth Band (August 7, 2.30pm to 4.30pm)
Cliffe Castle Museum, Keighley
01535 618231
bradfordmuseums.org
Bandstand concerts in park by country rock group Hurricane Blue (July 31) and singer-songwriter Jasmine Kennedy (August 14 and 21), all from 2pm to 4pm
Bingley Arts Centre
01274 567983
bingleyartscentre.co.uk
Footsteps Theatre School present Smash Hits (tonight to Saturday); Bingley Little Theatre in Ron Hutchinson play Moonlight And Magnolias (September 12-17)
Brontë Parsonage Museum, Haworth
bronte.org.uk
Late-night opening until 8pm (today); Charlotte Brontë 200th anniversary exhibition Charlotte Great And Small (until January 2017); summer holiday activities including Wild Wednesdays (until September 2); Parsonage Unwrapped event looks at Emily Brontë (July 29, 7.30pm); walk from Parsonage to Penistone Hill to celebrate Emily Brontë’s birthday (July 30, 2pm); talk about Charlotte Brontë and her friendships (August 2)
Regional
Alhambra Theatre, Bradford
01274 432000
bradford-theatres.co.uk
Hit musical Wicked (until August 21); Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (September 27 and 28); Charles Dickens’s A Tale Of Two Cities (October 4-8); Northern Ballet in Romeo And Juliet (October 11-15); comedian Jimmy Carr (October 1); Northern Ballet in children’s show Tortoise And The Hare (October 14); Westlife singer Shane Filan (October 17); Halfway To Paradise The Billy Fury Story (October 19); singer Gilbert O’Sullivan (October 20); Ken Dodd Happiness Show (October 22); Tommy Steele in musical The Glenn Miller Story (October 25-29); musical Mary Poppins (November 2 to December 10); Billy Pearce in pantomime Peter Pan (December 17 to January 29)
Alhambra Studio, Bradford
01274 432000
bradford-theatres.co.uk
Provocative comedian Dane Baptiste (October 15); Only Fools And Horses actor John Challis presents Only Fools And Boycie (October 26); comedian Paul Foot (October 27); presenter and writer Mark Radcliffe (October 29); comedian Gerry Sadowitz (November 5); raconteur Gervase Phinn (November 8 and 9); cricket commentators Blofeld & Baxter (November 16)
Bradford Cathedral
01274 432000
bradford-theatres.co.uk
Bradford Chamber Season with Alauda Quartet (October 14), cellist Raphael Wallfisch and pianist John York (November 11), recorder player Piers Adams and harpsichord player David Wright with Wild Men Of The Baroque (December 2)
King’s Hall, Ilkley
01274 432000
bradford-theatres.co.uk
Folk band Steeleye Span (October 18); Starman, a Musical Celebration of David Bowie (October 21); The Rubettes featuring Alan Williams (October 27); The Simon And Garfunkel Story (November 3); Down To Earth, an evening with TV gardener Monty Don (November 14); Johnny Cash Roadshow (December 8); children’s show The Santa Trap (December 18/19)
Dean Clough Galleries, Halifax
01422 250250¶
deanclough.com¶
Ed Beale’s impasto pictures, prints by Catherine Sutcliffe-Fuller, Re-emergence by Alan Pergusey Hidden Frames photography by Roger Manton, modified objects from the eclectic and fecund mind of Ian C Taylor, Lesbos-inspired art by Janina Cebertowicz (all until August 30)
Grand Theatre, Leeds
0844 8482700
leedsgrandtheatre.com
Alexander Burke in musical Sister Act (August 22-27); comedy Relatively Speaking (August 30 to September 3); singer Jane McDonald (September 4); Opera North in Der Rosenkavalier, Il Tabbaro, Suor Angelica and Billy Budd (September 17 to October 28); nostalgia show Sixties Gold (October 30); musical The Rocky Horror Show (October 31 to November 5); Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis in tribute show Million Dollar Quartet (November 7-12); Ghost The Musical (November 14-19); musicals Chicago (November 22-26), The Full Monty (November 28 to December 3) and The Commitments (December 5-10); singer Elaine Paige (December 11)
West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds
Children’s show Peppa Pig’s Surprise (tonight)
Leeds City Varieties
0113 2430808
cityvarieties.co.uk
Comedian Al Murray The Pub Landlord (September 17 and 18); City Varieties Youth Theatre in new musical The Addams Family (July 29 and 30); Rewind/Remix summer school for children aged seven to 11 (August 22-26); music, movement and play for under-sevens (August 9 and 16); summer workshops various ages (August 8-18)
Carriageworks Theatre, Leeds
0113 3760318
carriageworkstheatre.org.uk
Carriageworks Youth Theatre Makers in contemporary drama Butterfly (July 30)
Leeds City Museum
leeds.gov.uk/citymuseum
0113 2243732
Courage, Conscious and Creativity, First World War exhibition (until December 4); First World War exhibition In Their Footsteps (until January 8)
Theatre Royal, Wakefield
01924 211311
theatreroyalwakefield.co.uk
Wakefield Mysteries at Wakefield Cathedral (August 11-20); youth musical Jesus Christ Superstar (August 31 to September 10)
Touchstones, Rochdale
link4life.org/touchstones
Exhibitions include Jarred: Ceramics From The Collection (until October 1); Women Artists From 1861 To 2015 (until spring 2017); 17 international women artists in Tall Tales (until September 3)
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