Music

Pennington’s Octagon, Bradford Road, Keighley

01274 562252

theoctagonlive.com

Tribute acts 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)

New Inn, Wilsden

Rock ‘n’ roll covers band Blue Suede Dudes (October 8)

Bingley Arts Centre

01274 567983

bingleyartscentre.co.uk

Spirit of Smokie rock band (Saturday)

Exchange Arts Centre, Russell Street, Keighley

01535 661591

exchangearts.co.uk

“Modern-day 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 Nights (tomorrow, October 7 and 28, November 11); Sara Grey and Kieron Means (October 21), singer and concertina player Geoff Lakeman (November 4); Bob Pegg tells stories behind his songs (November 18); songs of love and death from Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer (November 4)

Narrow Boat Inn, Victoria Street, Skipton

skiptonfolkclub.co.uk

Skipton Folk Unplugged with singers nights (Monday and October 10 and 24, November 14, 21); Debra Cowan sings with affection and feeding (Monday); Kevin Grandal Park and Rosie Clegg offer strong harmonies and thought-provoking lyrics (October 17)

Topic Folk Club, Glyde House, Glydegate, Bradford

topic-folk-club.org.uk

Singer-songwriter Joe Topping (tonight); Dave Burland (October 13); fiddler Tom McConville (October 20)

1875, Bradford

Ska band Natural Rhythm (Friday); Nigerian Independence Celebration with Afro beats (Saturday); Halloween Rock Party with live bands (October 29/30)

Marsden Jazz Festival

0800 6125649

marsdenjazzfestival.com

Silver anniversary with Digby Fairweather and Paul Jones, Abstract Orchestra, Jazz Jamaica, Ben Crosland Quartet, the Impossible Gentlemen, the Swing Commanders, Trifolia and Nerija (October 7 to 9)

Local

Bingley Arts Centre

01274 567983

bingleyartscentre.co.uk

Bingley Little Theatre in Dickensian spine chiller The Haunting (October 24-29) and comedy The Flint Street Nativity (December 5-10)

Brontë Parsonage Museum, Haworth

bronte.org.uk

Charlotte Brontë 200th anniversary exhibition Charlotte Great And Small (until January 2017)

Regional

Ilkley Literature Festival

ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk

01943 816714

Dozens of events at several venues (tomorrow to October 16)Alhambra Theatre, Bradford

01274 432000

bradford-theatres.co.uk

Comedian Jimmy Carr (Saturday); Charles Dickens’s Tale Of Two Cities (Tuesday to October 8); Northern Ballet in Romeo And Juliet (October 11-15); 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)

Alhambra Studio, Bradford

01274 432000

bradford-theatres.co.uk

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)

National Media Museum, Bradford

nationalmediamuseum.org.uk

In Your Face, interactive family experience (until October 30)

Theatre In The Mill, University Of Bradford

bradford.ac.uk/theatre

01274 233200

Male dancers in physical theatre piece They Live Next Door (tonight); site-specific theatre experience The Northern School set amongst 1950s actors in Bradford (Tuesday to October 8); Natalie Diddams fuses stand-up and lecture in Thesmo exploring disruptive power of women during comedy (October 8); Imagine If Theatre Company in raw and honest domestic abuse drama You Forgot The Mince (October 13)

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)

Grand Theatre, Leeds

0844 8482700

leedsgrandtheatre.com

Opera North in Der Rosenkavalier, Il Tabbaro, Suor Angelica and Billy Budd (until 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)

Carriageworks Theatre, Leeds

0113 3760318

carriageworks@leeds.gov.uk

The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe (tonight to Saturday); annual Light Night (October 7); John Godber’s female rugby comedy Muddy Cows (October 12-15); Mark Thompson’s Spectacular Science Show (October 15); Leeds Gilbert and Sullivan Society present Broadway revival She Loves Me (October 18-22); Rudyard Kipling drama The Man Who Would Be King (October 20-21)

West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds

0113 2137700

wyp.org.uk

Drama Villette from Charlotte Brontë’s novel (until October 15), new rock musical about the Brontë family Wasted (October 20-22), Jane Eyre versus Villette debate (tonight)

City Varieties, Leeds

0113 2430808

cityvarieties.co.uk

Singer Lesley Garrett (tonight); Good Old Days music hall with Barry Cryer (tomorrow and Saturday) and Jess Conrad (October 7 and 8); singers Lee Mead (October 6), Lloyd Cole (October 9), Vonda Shepard (October 15), Tony Christie (October 30) and Chas & Dave (November 10); comedians Seann Walsh (October 12), Jonathan Pie (October 14)

Square Chapel, Halifax

01422 349422

squarechapel.co.uk

Halifax Musical Theatre Company in Magic Of The Musicals (October 7 and 8); Orchestra of Square Chapel play Bach, Stravinsky and Mendelssohn (October 9); Mikron Theatre Company in First World War homefront drama Canary Girls (October 13)

Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield

01484 430528

thelbt.org

BalletLorent perform Snow White (tomorrow and Saturday); Pay What You Decide season with How To Starve An Artist (Monday and Tuesday)

Otley Courthouse

otleycourthouse.org.uk

01943 467466

Folk queen Peggy Seeger with Sam Greaves (tomorrow); comedian Beth Vyse (October 7); 80s singer Hazel O’Connor (October 13); prog rocker Steve Howe (October 16)

Theatre Royal, Wakefield

01924 211311

theatreroyalwakefield.co.uk

Alan Ayckbourn comedy Bedroom Farce (until Saturday); Agatha Christie whodunnit The Mousetrap (Monday to October 8); singer Tony Christie (October 9)