Music Brontë Blues Club 07773 637335 bronteblues.com Grainne Duffy Band (October 3) Keighley Blues Club keighleybluesclub.net Lyndon Anderson Band (tomorrow); Erja Lytinen (October 10); Hitman Blues Band and The New York City Horns (October 24); Blues Band (April 10) Exchange Arts Centre, Russell Street, Keighley 01535 661591 exchangearts.co.uk Comedian Charlie Chuck (tomorrow); Iron Maiden tribute Blood Brothers (Saturday); local band LaikaDog (September 26); folk music with Steve Tilston and Grace Notes (September 27); tribute band Guns Or Roses (October 3); Bon Jovi Forever (October 10); Small Faces tribute Small Fakers (October 16); Slade tribute Slyde Alive (October 25); folk band Merry Hell (October 29); Hallowe'en special (October 31); Sex Pistols Experience (November 1); Green Day tribute Green Haze (November 14); Scorpions tribute The Scopyons (November 15); Thin Lizzy tribute Limehouse Lizzy (November 29); Sister Act Motown show with Soul Fish Band (December 12) Bingley Arts Centre 01274 567983 bingleyartscentre.co.uk Take That tribute band Rule The World (September 27); Peter Frank’s Dixieland Jazz Band with Loretta Scott (September 27) Cross Hills Working Men’s Club Rock ‘n’ roll band Blue Suede Dudes (November 29) Local Harden Congregational Chapel Harden Players in comedy play ‘Allo ‘Allo (October 2-11, tickets from Harden Post Office) West Lane Baptist Church, Haworth thestorytellingguild.org.uk Worth Valley Storytelling Guild hosts stories about conscientious objectors from the First World War (October 17, 7.30pm) Central Hall, Alice Street 01535 606611 Art exhibition by Morag Wycherley (throughout September) Regional Bingley Arts Centre 01274 567983 bingleyartscentre.co.uk Bingley Little Theatre in comedy Cash On Delivery (until Saturday, 7.30pm); comedian Stephen K Amos (October 5); Bingley Little Theatre in The Spirit Of Annie Ross (October 20-25), Agatha Christie whodunnit A Murder Is Announced (December 8-13), crime comedy Inspector Drake’s Last Case (January 19-24), The Thrill Of Love (March 2-7), Ayckbourn’s If I Were You (March 25-30) and comedy The Ladykillers (July 6-11); Kaleidoscope Youth Group in Charles Dickens’s A Tale Of Two Cities (March 26-28) Keighley Shared Church .

Steeton Male Voice Choir (September 27) Alhambra Theatre, Bradford 01274 432000 bradford-theatres.co.uk A Night Of Variety with Michael Ball, Joe McElderry and Billy Pearce (Saturday.); Dreamboats And Petticoats sequel musical Dreamboats And Miniskirts (September 29 to October 4); Barker’s war story Regeneration (October 7-11); Riverdance 20th anniversary tour (October 14-19); DM Academy in Dream Catcher! (October 21/22); Dance Consortium presents Grupo Corpo (October 24/25); Royal Shakespeare Company in Henry IV Parts I & II (October 28 to November 1); Michael Jackson tribute show Thriller Live (November 3-8); Northern Ballet in The Great Gatsby (November 11-15); Bradford Catholic Players in Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Carousel (November 19-22); Brian Conley in circus musical Barnum (November 25-29); Matthew Bourne’s Lord Of The Flies (December 3-6); pantomime Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs with comedian Billy Pearce and singer Joe McElderry (December 13 to January 25) St George’s Hall, Bradford 01274 432000 bradford-theatres.co.uk Halle play Prokofiev, Mozart and Mussorgsky (Monday); Jaleo Flamenco (Wednesday); comedian Billy Pearce (September 25); musicals show The West End Experience (September 26); tribute show Magic: A Kind of Queen (September 26); comedians Paul Chowdhry (September 27), Omid Djalili (October 7), Jon Richardson (October 11); singer Aled Jones (October 3); Ultimate Eagles tribute (October 5); musical Bugle Boy about bandleader Glenn Miller (October 8); Russian State Philharmonic (October 10); Motown show Dancing In The Streets (October 24); singer Shane Filan (October 26); children’s show Milkshake! Live (October 30); comedian Frank Skinner (November 13); The Stylistics (November 12); Elvis Years tribute (November 14); singer Jane McDonald (October 18); 70s band 10CC (October 22); Jools Holland And His Rhythm And Blues Orchestra with 80s singer Marc Almond (November 21); Paul Hollywood with Get Your Bake On! (December 3) Alhambra Studio, Bradford bradford-theatres.co.uk 01274 432000 Call Mr Robeson, A Life With Songs (October 17); comedians Tom Stade (October 23) and Craig Campbell (October 29); acoustic Saw Doctors from Leo And Anto (October 24); comedy show The Noise Next Door (October 30) Ukrainian Centre, 169 Legrams Lane, Bradford 01274 432000 Freedomstudios.co.uk Home Sweet Home, drama set in residential home based on real stories of older people (until Saturday) Cineworld, Bradford Screening of opera Madama Butterfly performed on Sydney Harbour (September 18); also at Vue, Leeds, Odeon Bradford and Showcase Leeds King’s Hall, Ilkley bradford-theatres.co.uk 01274 432000 Tribute act Magic: A Kind Of Queen (September 26); children’s comedy The Queen’s Knickers (October 21); An Evening With Gervase Phinn (December 2); rock ‘n’ roll band Showaddywaddy (December 5) Halifax Playhouse 01422 365998 halifaxplayhouse.ticketsource.co.uk Family musical Annie (until Saturday); musical entertainment Oh What A Lovely War (October 11, 13 and 18); Clown Noir in stage show This Is Me! (October 23/24); Halifax Amateur Theatre Youth in musical The Phantom Of The Opera (October 28 to November 1); Halifax Gilbert And Sullivan Society in The Pirates Of Penzance (November 4-8); Calder Valley Youth Theatre in Starlight Express (November 12-15); drama Making Waves (November 20-22); adult comedy The Opposite Six (December 9-13); The Night before Christmas (December 16); The Haunting (January 20-24); Fame The Musical (February 17-21); comedy The Vicar Of Dibley (March 24-28) Square Chapel, Halifax 01422 349422 squarechapel.co.uk Musical play Ballad Of The Burning Star about Israeli conflict (September 25); dramatic one-man show set in Zimbabwe, The Rain That Washes (September 26); Poetry Army (September 27); poet and rocker Elvis McGonagall (October 3); tribute band Absolute Kinks (October 11); slapstick comedy for children with Pop! (October 26); John Godber comedy Bouncers (October 29); children’s tale Hansel And Gretel (November 12); Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth performed in pitch black (November 16); Simon And Garfunkel tribute The Sounds Of Simon (November 22); stand-up comedian Sophie Willan (November 23); Hysterical Historical Show from Lipservice (December 12); folk, classical and jazz from Belshazzar’s Feast (December 14); The Wild Adventures Of Robin Hood (December 16-24) Grand Theatre, Leeds 0844 8482700 leedsgrandtheatre.com Opera North in Verdi’s La Traviata, Monteverdi’s The Coronation Of Poppea and Smetana’s The Bartered Bride (Saturday until November 1); Sixties Gold with Gerry And The Pacemakers, The Searchers, PJ Proby and The Fortunes (November 2); comedy play One Man, Two Guvnors (November 4-8); musical Dirty Dancing (November 11 to December 6); Northern Ballet in Peter Pan (December 11-20); Irving Berlin musical Top Hat (December 23 to January 4); Brian Conley in circus musical Barnum (April to 14-25) Leeds City Varieties 0113 2430808 cityvarieties.co.uk Comedy troupe Reduced Shakespeare Company (tomorrow); comedians Al Murray The Pub Landlord (September 26/27) and Mark Watson (October 1); singers Steve Howe (September 21), Beverley Craven (September 24 and Roger McGuinn (September 28); October 22); comedy sketch group Cardinal Burns (October 30); pantomime Dick Whittington (December to January) Carriageworks, Leeds 0113 224 3801 carriageworkstheatre.org.uk Puppets, live music and characters in family show Pigeon about a heroic First World War bird (November 8) West Yorkshire Playhouse 0113 2137700 wip.org.uk Arthur Miller’s classic drama The Crucible (September 29 to October 25); Secret Theatre with plays like A Streetcar Named Desire, Woycezk, Glitterland and Show 6 (September 16-27); comedy drama about family Happy Birthday Sunita (October 1-4); new theatre in Furnace (October 9-13); comedians Mark Thomas (October 21), Tim Key (October 13) and Tommy Tiernan (October 31); Told By An Idiot in My Perfect Mind (October 15-18); war, family and being a woman in drama Grounded (October 23-25); Northern Broadsides in comedy classic She Stoops To Conquer (October 28 to November 1); haunting tale of friendship The Kite Runner (November 3-8); children’s show Peppa Pig’s Big Splash (October 30 to November 2); Michael Morpurgo drama Private Peaceful (October 27/28); Leeds Amateurs in Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Aspects Of Love (November 7-15); Irving Berlin musical White Christmas (November 24 to January 17); Roald Dahl’s James And The Giant Peach (December 5 to January 24); Raymond Briggs’ Father Christmas (November 22 to January 3); Phoenix Dance Theatre (February 11-14) Colne Municipal Theatre 01282 661234 themuni.co.uk Manchester Camerata play Vivaldi with top violinist Nicola Benedetti (Sunday), Four Seasons and Five Sensations (November 23) and Dvorak, Haydn, Sibelius and Grieg (April 12); comedian Paul Chowdhry (September 25); singer Joan Armatrading (September 27); rock band The Christians (October 3); show songs from The Westenders (October 4); rude comedy play Dirty Dusting (October 9); 80s band Big Country (October 10); clairvoyant David Holt (October 17); tribute band The Bon Jovi Experience (October 24); First World War drama Accrington Pals (November 5-8); nostalgic musical show Songs For Victory – A Story Of Hope (November 9); The Music Of John Denver with Chris Bannister (November 21); singer-impressionist Joe Longthorne (November 22); tribute show One Night Of Queen (November 28); 1970s show Love Train (December 18); Christmas Panto On Ice (December 19) Burnley Mechanics 01282 664400 burnleymechanics.co.uk Tribute show I Love To Boogie with T-Rextasy (tomorrow); Queen tribute act The Bohemians (Saturday); 1940s harmonies with Swing Commanders (October 3); 1960s hits from Soul Train (October 4); Hollies and Crosby, Stills and Nash tribute band Hollywood Bees (October 11); children’s show The Elves And The Shoemaker (October 15); comedian Mark Watson (October 16); Ibsen’s drama A Doll’s House (October 23); Peatbog Faeries (October 24); Test Match Special memories with Blofeld And Baxter (October 25); family show Pinnochio (November 2); Motown’s Greatest Hits (October 21); Burnley Light Opera Society in musical Guys And Dolls (November 8-15); John Godber nightclub comedy Bouncers (November 22); Michael Jackson tribute show The King Of Pop (November 28); Glenn Miller sounds with Nick Ross Orchestra (November 29); blues singer Chantel McGregor (November 30); pantomime Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs (January 16-18 and 22-25) Grand Opera House, York 0844 8713024 atgtickets.com/york York Stage Musicals in Sister Act (until Saturday) Wakefield Theatre Royal 01924 211311 theatreroyalwakefield.co.uk This Sporting Life (Monday); drama Steel Magnolias (Wednesday to September 27); touring music show The Lindisfarne Story (September 30); comedian Omid Djalili (October 4); Irish comedy play Stones In His Pockets (October 8) Days Out Bolling Hall, Bradford 01274 431826 bradfordmuseums.org History through several eras in restored rooms of mansion house Eureka! Children’s Museum, Halifax 01422 330069 eureka.org.uk Hands-on science activities for children Mother Shipton’s 01423 864600 Ancient cave, petrifying well, woodland walk, playground and museum Red House And Gardens, Gomersal 01274 335100 red.house@kirklees.gov.uk Former cloth merchant’s home with period rooms and Brontë links Oakwell Hall and Country Park 01924 326240 oakwell.hall@kirklees.gov.uk Elizabethan manor house with Civil War and Brontë connections, period gardens, nature trail, play areas Thackray Medical Museum, Leeds 013 2444343 thackraymedicalmuseum.co.uk Victorian street, interactive displays, surgery techniques and 600 apothecary jars Yorkshire Wildlife Park 01302 535057 yorkshirewildlifepark.com Walk-through safari park with tigers, lions, monkeys, meerkats, giraffes, anteaters and cheetahs Bagshaw Museum, Batley 01924 326155 bagshaw. museum@kirklees.gov.uk Victorian Gothic mansion with Egyptian and Shirley Bassey exhibits, plus park, woods and playground National Railway Museum, York 0844 8153139 nrm.org.uk Collection of historic locomotives, interactive exhibits, family activities, steam rides, miniature railway, outdoor play area, daily talks and demonstrations