Music
Pennington’s Octagon, Bradford Road, Keighley
01274 562252
theoctagonlive.com
Tribute acts Rock Stewart (October 21); 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
Blues-rock legend John Verity Band with Matt Edwards band (November 11)
Exchange Arts Centre, Russell Street, Keighley
01535 661591
exchangearts.co.uk
Paul Weller acoustic celebration Days Of Speed (November 12); singer-songwriter Sarah McQuaid (November 23)
Baccapipes Folk Club, Ukrainian Club, 9 Henry Street, Keighley
01535 605310
baccapipes.org.uk
Singers Nights (October 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 Kevin Grandal Park and Rosie Clegg offering strong harmonies and thought-provoking lyrics (Monday); singers nights (October 24, November 14, 21); fine singer-songwriter Anthony John Clarke (October 31); Keighley folk singers Alan Rose and Lynda Hardcastle (November 7)
Topic Folk Club, Glyde House, Glydegate, Bradford
topic-folk-club.org.uk
Singer and musician Dave Burland (tonight); fiddler Tom McConville (October 20)
1875, Bradford
Halloween Rock Party with live bands (October 29/30)
Local
Black Bull, Main Street, Haworth
lostghostnights.co.uk
Ghost nights with Simon Entwistle (October 31)
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
Alhambra Theatre, Bradford
01274 432000
bradford-theatres.co.uk
Northern Ballet in Romeo And Juliet (until Saturday); Northern Ballet in children’s show Tortoise And The Hare (tomorrow); Westlife singer Shane Filan (Monday); Halfway To Paradise The Billy Fury Story (Wednesday); 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 (Saturday); 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)
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
Imagine If Theatre Company in raw and honest domestic abuse drama You Forgot The Mince (tonight); neo-noir fever dream Kissing The Shotgun Goodnight (Wednesday to October 20)
Bradford Cathedral
01274 432000
bradford-theatres.co.uk
Bradford Chamber Season with Alauda Quartet (tomorrow), 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 (Tuesday); Starman, A Musical Celebration Of David Bowie (October 21); The Rubettes featuring Alan Williams (October 27); The Simon And Garfunkel Story (November 3)
Ilkley Literature Festival
ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk
01943 816714
Dozens of events at several venues (until Sunday)
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)
Harewood House, Leeds
North and South, video installation by Simon Warner celebrating Capability Brown (until October 30)
Carriageworks Theatre, Leeds
0113 3760318
carriageworks@leeds.gov.uk
John Godber’s female rugby comedy Muddy Cows (until Saturday); Mark Thompson’s Spectacular Science Show (Saturday); Leeds Gilbert and Sullivan Society present Broadway revival She Loves Me (Wednesday to October 22); Rudyard Kipling drama The Man Who Would Be King (October 20-21); Animal Stories With Holly Webb for over-sixes (October 22); Clean As Possible Comedy Show for children (October 26); The Sorcerer’s Apprentice for over-threes (October 25-26)
West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds
0113 2137700
wyp.org.uk
Drama Villette from Charlotte Brontë’s novel (until Saturday), new rock musical about the Brontë family Wasted (October 20-22)
City Varieties, Leeds
0113 2430808
cityvarieties.co.uk
Asia prog guitarist Steve Howe (tonight); comedians Jonathan Pie (tomorrow) and Marcus Brigstocke (October 25); singers Vonda Shepard (Saturday), Tony Christie (October 30) and Chas & Dave (November 10); Woodstock generation singer Melanie Safka (Tuesday); Cheryl, Mike & Jay Formerly Of Bucks Fizz (October 20)
Square Chapel, Halifax
01422 349422
squarechapel.co.uk
Mikron Theatre Company in First World War homefront drama Canary Girls (tonight); LipService comedy duo in Jane Austen spoof Mr Darcy Loses The Plot (Saturday); children’s show Cardboard Joe And The Book of Mysteries for three-plus (Sunday); Square Chapel Brass Ensemble (Monday); Kuss Quartet (October 21); Halifax Comedy Festival (October 21-29); Molly’s Marvellous Moustache for over-threes (October 25); comedian James Acaster (October 28)
Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield
01484 430528
thelbt.org
Eurohouse (October 24) and The House Behind The Lines (November 8); miners strike dance-theatre show Coal (Tuesday and Wednesday); Lovers Rock Monologues with music and theatrical storytelling (October 21); High Jinx Magic And Illusion (October 24); Halloween Happening (October 29); Terence Rattigan’s sparkling 1936 comedy French Without Tears (November 16-19)
otleycourthouse.org.uk
01943 467466
Eighties singer Hazel O’Connor (tonight); prog rocker Steve Howe (Sunday); Kiki Dee and Carmelo Luggeri in An Acoustic Journey (October 21); Southern Tenant Folk Union (November 5); singer Beverley Craven (November 18); comedian Gary Delaney (November 19)
Theatre Royal, Wakefield
01924 211311
theatreroyalwakefield.co.uk
Magic Of Motown soul tribute show (tonight) 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)
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