Music
Exchange Arts Centre, Russell Street, Keighley
01535 661591
exchangearts.co.uk
Tribute band Pink Floydian (June 4); bluesy rock with hip-hop rhythms from Little Brother Eli and Fighting Caravans (June 11); New Order tribute True Order (June 25); The Vibrants and Vanessa Maria (July 1); acoustic musicians Den Miller and Strid (July 2); The Danse Society, Dawn Of Elysium and Black Horse Fairy present dark wave and Gothic rock (July 9); melodic hard-core, skate punk, metal and funk with Larrakia, Mr Shiraz and Superintendent (July 15); Metallica tribute Damage Inc with Stellar Converters (July 16); Kymberley Kennedy
Baccapipes Folk Club, Ukrainian Club, 9 Henry Street, Keighley
01535 605310
baccapipes.org.uk
Singers nights (tomorrow, June 10 and 24, July 8 and 22, 8.30pm); south-east singer-songwriting duo Sally Ironmonger and Brian Carter (June 3); local writer and performer Jim Woodland (June 17); a country childhood in words and song from Zeke Deighton (July 1); local heroes Alan Rose and Lynda Hardcastle with eclectic material (July 15)
Narrow Boat Inn, Victoria Street, Skipton
skiptonfolkclub.co.uk
Skipton Folk Unplugged with singers nights (June 6 and 20, July 4 and 18); Devin singer-instrumentalist Andy Clarke (June 13); local performer Pete Coe (June 27) Celtic Connections Danny Kyle Award winner Bella Gaffney (July 11); INPO (July 25); Stuart Douglas (September 5)
Victoria Hall, Saltaire
01274 588614
saltairelive.co.uk
SaltaireLive presents Treacherous Orchestra (June 23)
Local
Keighley Picture House, North Street
Keighley Film Club presents black comedy and unconventional romance The Lobster (June 19)
Brontë Parsonage Museum, Haworth
bronte.org.uk
Great Charlotte Brontë Debate about whether Jane Eyre or Vilette is a masterpiece (June 11); Seasons Of Life, physical tapestry of movement, music and spoken word, inspired by the poetry of the Brontë sisters, performed at Cobbles and Clay in Main Street, Haworth (June 18); The Story Of The Withins Farms, historical talk by Steve Wood and Peter Brears at West Lane Baptist Centre (June 10); comedy duo LipService present Charlotte – The Movie! at West Lane Baptist Centre (June 10); Brontë Society annual lecture with Charlotte Brontë biographer Claire Harman (June 11); Charlotte Brontë 200th anniversary exhibition Charlotte Great And Small (until January 2017)
Regional
Bingley Arts Centre
01274 567983
ticketsource.co.uk/bingleyartscentre
Bingley Little Theatre in Oscar Wilde play An Ideal Husband (until Saturday); Bingley Amateurs in musical Flashdance (June 14-18)
Bankfield Museum, Halifax
Splendid Shreds Of Silk And Satin, a celebration of Charlotte Brontë in quilts (until June 11)
Alhambra Theatre, Bradford
01274 432000
bradford-theatres.co.uk
Musical Billy Elliott (until June 11); Ukelele Orchestra Of Great Britain (June 16); euphoric international musical coalition The Nile Project (June 18); Gareth Gates and Maureen Nolan in Footloose The Musical (June 28 to July 2); David Walliams’s children’s story Gangsta Granny (July 5-9); hit musical Wicked (July 20 to August 21); Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (September 27 and 28)
National Media Museum, Bradford
01274 202039
nationamediamuseum.org.uk
Gathered Leaves, a decade of work by photographer Alec Soth (for a season)
King’s Hall, Ilkley
01274 432000
bradford-theatres.co.uk
Rhythm and blues band Dr Feelgood (June 2)
Ilkley Playhouse
ilkleyplayhouse.co.uk
01943 609539
Comedy farce One Slight Hitch (until June 4); musical Betty Blue Eyes (July 4-16)
Victoria Theatre, Halifax
01422 351158
victoriatheatre.co.uk
Cabaret nights with Wicked actor James Gillan (June 26)
Square Chapel, Halifax
01422 349422
squarechapel.co.uk
Jazz star Andy Fairweather Low (tomorrow); Jane Austen’s drama Emma (June 2)
Grand Theatre, Leeds
0844 8482700
leedsgrandtheatre.com
Classic musical Guys And Dolls (until Saturday); mentalist Derren Brown in Miracle (Monday to June 4); Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats (June 20 to July 2); Beatles musical Let It Be (June 11-16); Alexander Burke in musical Sister Act (August 22-27))
West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds
Barry Hines’s drama Kes (until June 4); Opera North co-production of Stephen Sondheim’s Into The Woods (June 2-25); Yorkshire grit, determination and solidarity in drama about First World War women, Barnbow Canaries (June 11 to July 2); children’s show Peppa Pig’s Surprise (July 20 and 21);
Leeds City Varieties
0113 2430808
cityvarieties.co.uk
Strictly Come Dancing favourites Ian Waite and Natalie Lowe (June 4); poetry and music from Roger McGough and Little Machine (June 10); comedians Sara Pascoe (June 11), Ken Dodd (July 2) and Al Murray The Pub Landlord (September 17 and 18)
Leeds Hall Town
0113 3760318
leedstownhall.co.uk
Orchestra Of Opera North with Leeds Festival Chorus and Bradford Catholic Youth Choir (June 4)
Leeds City Museum
leeds.gov.uk/citymuseum
0113 2243732
Courage, Conscious and Creativity, First World War exhibition (Saturday to December 4); Changing Faces Of Leeds exhibition (until June 5); First World War exhibition In Their Footsteps (July 1 to January 8)
Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield
01484 430528
thelbt.org
Grand Northern Ukelele Festival (Saturday and Sunday); Alan Ayckbourn’s dark comedy Wildest Dreams from Dick And Lottie (Wednesday to June 4); Huddersfield Thespians in The 39 Steps (June 7-11); surveillance drama A Machine They’re Secretly Building (June 20)
Theatre Royal, Wakefield
01924 211311
theatreroyalwakefield.co.uk
Irish musicians The Fureys (tonight); Wakefield Drama Festival with Dracula, Blood Brothers, Abigail’s Party and Trojan Women (Monday to June 4); Mad About The Musicals with singers Gareth Gates and Michael Courtney (June 8); Black Dyke Band (June 9); adult evening with comedian Billy Pearce (June 10); new Jim Cartwright play Raz (June 13 and 14); Rhythm Of The Dance (June 21); Bat Boy The Musical (July 6-9); New Amen Corner present Bringing Back The 60s (July 13); The Laramie Project about a true hate crime in Wyoming (July 15 and 16); Wakefield Mysteries at Wakefield Cathedral (August 11-20); Youth Musical Jesus Christ Superstar (August 31 to September 10)
York Art Gallery
01904 687687
yorkartgallery.org.uk
Truth And Memory, exhibition of British art of the First World War (until September 4)
Grassington Festival
01756 752691
grassington-festival.org.uk
Performers including Ruby Turner, Hackney Colliery Band, Sam Blakeman, the Stranglers, Marc Almond, Toyah, Hue And Cry, comedians Rich Hall, Rob Beckett and Shappi Khorsandi, Bootleg Beatles, Skipton Building Society Camerata, John Williams, and Food Festival (June 17 to July 2)
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