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); 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
Spirit of Smokie rock band (September 24)
Exchange Arts Centre, Russell Street, Keighley
01535 661591
exchangearts.co.uk
The Vibrants with Nessa Ndukuba (Saturday); acoustic musicians musicians 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
Summer singarounds (August Fridays)
Narrow Boat Inn, Victoria Street, Skipton
skiptonfolkclub.co.uk
Skipton Folk Unplugged with Stuart Douglas (September 5)
Local
Cliffe Castle Museum, Keighley
01535 618231
bradfordmuseums.org
Bandstand concerts in park by singer-songwriter Jasmine Kennedy (Sunday 2pm to 4pm)
Sutton Village Hall
01535 632289
Sutton’s Green Hut Theatre Company in TV sitcom The Vicar Of Dibley (September 9 and 10)
Black Bull, Main Street, Haworth
lostghostnights.co.uk
Ghost nights with Simon Entwistle (August 29, September 26, October 31)
Bingley Arts Centre
01274 567983
bingleyartscentre.co.uk
Bingley Little Theatre in Ron Hutchinson play Moonlight And Magnolias (September 12-17), Dickensian spine chiller The Haunting (October 24-29) and comedy The Flint Street Nativity (December 5-10)
Brontë Parsonage Museum, Haworth
bronte.org.uk
Summer holiday activities including Wild Wednesdays (until September 2); late-night Thursday opening till 8pm (tonight and September 15); Parsonage Unwrapped features Celebrating Charlotte Brontë with Brontë writer Christine Alexander (August 26); lecture Charlotte And The ‘Woman Question’ (September 6, 2pm); Brontë Festival of Women’s Writing (September 9-11) with Mslexia magazine, workshops on How To Write A Synopsis and An Arresting First Page), Glynis Charlton writing workshop, Magic of the Miniature discussion, and LipService comedy event Withering Walks; Charlotte Brontë 200th anniversary exhibition Charlotte Great And Small (until January 2017)
Regional
Alhambra Theatre, Bradford
01274 432000
bradford-theatres.co.uk
Hit musical Wicked (until Sunday); 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
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 (Monday to August 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)
Leeds City Varieties
0113 2430808
cityvarieties.co.uk
Comedian Al Murray The Pub Landlord (September 17 and 18)
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)
West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds
0113 2137700
wyp.org.uk
Brontë season with Northern Ballet’s dance-drama Wuthering Heights (September 6-10); drama Villette from Charlotte Brontë’s novel (September 24 to October 15), new rock musical about the family Wasted (October 20-22), Jane Eyre versus Villette debate (September 29)
Theatre Royal, Wakefield
01924 211311
theatreroyalwakefield.co.uk
Wakefield Mysteries (until Saturday); musical Jesus Chris Superstar (August 31 to September 10); John Godber comedy This Might Hurt (September 14-17); tribute show On Tour With Elvis (September 24); Alan Ayckbourn comedy Bedroom Farce (September 28 to October 1); Agatha Christie whodunnit The Mousetrap (October 3-8); singer Tony Christie (October 9); comedian Rich Hall (October 11); Magic of Motown (October 13); singer Joe McElderry (October 14); Magic of The Beatles (October 15); musical The King And I (October 19-22); children’s show Peppa Pig’s Surprise (October 26/27); Frankie Valli and Jersey Boys tribute Big Girls Don’t Cry (October 28); The Life And Music Of Jim Reeves (October 29)
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)
York Art Gallery
01904 687687
yorkartgallery.org.uk
Truth And Memory, exhibition of British art of the First World War (until September 4)
Marsden Jazz Festival
0800 6125649n
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)
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules here