Music
Goat’s Head, Steeton
Rock ‘n’ roll covers band Blue Suede Dudes (July 9)
Sutton Village Hall
07401 768356
cravenschoolofmusic@hotmail.co.uk
Craven Accordion Orchestra launches CD with open-doors performance (Tuesday 7.45pm)
Pennington’s Octagon, Bradford Road, Keighley
01274 562252
theoctagonlive.com
Tribute acts Paul Sutton as Boy Gorgeous (July 15), Chris Perry as Phil Collins (July 22), 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 (July 27); 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
Rock band Fail The Enemy (tonight); The Vibrants and Vanessa Maria (tomorrow); acoustic musicians Den Miller and Strid (Saturday); acoustic musicians Jon Palmer, Peculiar Blue and Jackson Lake (Wednesday) alternative rock band Kovax (July 7); acoustic performers Annie Drury And Band with Felka (July 8); 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); acoustic musicians Scott Wainwright and Rory Holl (July 20); Kymberley Kennedy and Meihaus (July 22); rock and metal from Hellbound Hearts (July 23); 60s-style blues rock with a modern, psychedelic edge from 69 (July 30)
Baccapipes Folk Club, Ukrainian Club, 9 Henry Street, Keighley
01535 605310
baccapipes.org.uk
A country childhood in words and song from Zeke Deighton (tomorrow); singers nights (July 8 and 22, 8.30pm); local heroes Alan Rose and Lynda Hardcastle with eclectic material (July 15); folk music quiz (July 29); summer singarounds (August Fridays)
Narrow Boat Inn, Victoria Street, Skipton
skiptonfolkclub.co.uk
Skipton Folk Unplugged with singers nights (Monday and July 18); Celtic Connections Danny Kyle Award Winner Bella Gaffney (July 11); INPO (July 25); Stuart Douglas (September 5)
Local
Cliffe Castle Museum, Keighley
01535 618231
bradfordmuseums.org
Bingley female choir Opus 44 in museum (July 10, 2pm, admission free); bandstand concerts in park by Irish band Milestone (Sunday), 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
Bingley Little Theatre in colliery drama Brassed Off (Monday to July 9); AKA Dance in Motown Magic (July 10); Kaleidoscope Youth Theatre showcases (July 14-17); Stage 84 in Andrew Lloyd Webber rollerskating trains musical Starlight Express (July 14-16); Footsteps Theatre School present Smash Hits (July 21-23); Bingley Little Theatre in Ron Hutchinson play Moonlight And Magnolias (September 12-17)
Brontë Parsonage Museum, Haworth
bronte.org.uk
Charlotte Brontë 200th anniversary exhibition Charlotte Great And Small (until January 2017) Poetry at the Parsonage Festival with dozens of poets and performers in Parsons Field behind the museum (Saturday noon to 9pm and Sunday noon to 6pm), workshops at the museum (Saturday and Sunday 1pm to 3pm), and drop-in writing workshops (Sunday 11am to 4pm); Charlotte Brontë’s Dark Masterpiece, talk about the novel Villette (Tuesday to 2pm)
Regional
Alhambra Theatre, Bradford
01274 432000
bradford-theatres.co.uk
Gareth Gates and Maureen Nolan in Footloose The Musical (until Saturday 2); David Walliams’s children’s story Gangsta Granny (Tuesday to July 9); hit musical Wicked (July 20 to August 21); Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (September 27 and 28); musical Mary Poppins (November 2 to December 10); Billy Pearce in pantomime Peter Pan (December 17 to January 29)
National Media Museum, Bradford
01274 202039
nationamediamuseum.org.uk
Gathered Leaves, a decade of work by photographer Alec Soth (for a season); Pictureville Cinema hosts Jane Eyre: Afterlives, an introduction to a screening of the film version from 1943 (July 9, 7.30pm)
Ilkley Playhouse
ilkleyplayhouse.co.uk
01943 609539
Musical Betty Blue Eyes (Monday to July 16)
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)
Viaduct Theatre, Dean Clough, Halifax
out-of-darkness.co.uk
Out Of Darkness, interactive exhibition about a very personal struggle for survival by Jenny Kagan during the Second World War (until July 10)
Grand Theatre, Leeds
0844 8482700
leedsgrandtheatre.com
Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats (until Saturday); Agatha Christie whodunnit Rehearsal For Murder (Monday to July 9); Beatles musical Let It Be (July 11-16); 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)
West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds
Yorkshire grit, determination and solidarity in drama about First World War women, Barnbow Canaries (until Saturday); children’s show Peppa Pig’s Surprise (July 20 and 21)
Leeds City Varieties
0113 2430808
cityvarieties.co.uk
Comedians Ken Dodd (Saturday) and 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
Wwriter and broadcaster Stuart Maconie (tomorrow); Leeds Youth Opera in musical West Side Story (Wednesday to July 9); Leeds Arts Theatre in Caryl Churchill’s 1980s play Top Girls (Wednesday to July 9); 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 (tomorrow to January 8)
Beverley Puppet Festival
01482 391672
beverleypuppetfestival.com
Almost 30 ticketed events for all ages in four venues, plus free outdoor acts all the weekend (July 15-17)
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 (July 2 to September 3)
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