What’s on this weekend
FRIDAY
Community
St Mary’s Community Heritage Site, Church Lane, Mirfield
Heritage weekend open day with hourly tours of church belfry, chance to view motte and other historic features, 10am-4pm.
Thornhill Parish Church
Flower festival celebrating heritage open weekend, opens 7pm.
Birstall Woodturning Club
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New Picture House independent cinema, South Street, Dewsbury
Withnail and I , doors 6.30pm, film 7.30pm. Visit www.newpicturehouse.com or venue on the night for tickets, £4 (concs £3).
DRAMA AND STAGE
Batley Town Hall
Carlinghow Theatre Company presents Singing in the Rain, 7.30pm. Tickets £13, concessions available, ring 01924 324501 or 01484 223200.
PUBS AND CLUBS
Alma Inn, Thornhill
Poker league, from 7.30pm.
The Taproom, Batley
Matt Wood’s My Lyrical Mind, 8.30pm. Free entry.
Millbridge WMC
Louise Nash, girl vocal.
Eastborough WMC
Female vocalist Lois McLaine.
Comrades Club, Regent Street, Heckmondwike
Power Rage AC/DC tribute band, 8.30pm, free.
Music
First Direct Arena, Leeds
Kaiser Chiefs
The Cockpit, Leeds
Black Angels
Harry Radford
Theatre
Alhambra Theatre
Bradford 01274 432000
New Jersey Nights
City Varieties
Leeds 0113 243 0808
Broadway and Beyond
Grand Theatre
Leeds 0844 848 2705
Opera North present Peter Grimes
Square Chapel Centre for the Arts
Halifax 01484 349422
Wilful Missing
St George’s Hall
Bradford 01274 432000
Jason Manford: First World Problems
Victoria Theatre, Halifax
01422 351158
Halifax AOS: Our House
Wakefield Theatre Royal
Wakefield 01924 211 311
Teechers
West Yorkshire Playhouse
Leeds 0113 213 7700
Northern Ballet: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Ugly Sisters
EXHIBITIONS
Batley Art Gallery, Market Place
On Leaving and Arriving: Ruth Robson
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Folk at Play by Cath Everett
Huddersfield Art Gallery
David Swann: Mobilising Healthcare
White Cloth Gallery, Leeds
Laura Pannack: Young British Naturist
Creative Arts Hub, Mirfield
Taste of HOST
Dewsbury Museum, Crow Nest Park
The Earthworks Project: Artwork by local residents, children and community groups.
Oakwell Hall, Birstall
Dewsbury Photographic Group. Free exhibition, but hall admission charges apply.
Leeds City Museum
Sketches and drawings by Ronald Pawson (1916-1977)
Through the Magic Mirror: The World of Anthony Browne
Hepworth Gallery, Wakefield
Post War British Sculpting and Painting
Haroon Mirza
William Scott
Roger Hiorns: Untitled (Youth)
SATURDAY
COMMUNITY
New Picture House independent cinema, South Street, Dewsbury
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Croft House, Upper Hopton
Heritage trail and exhibitions organised by Upper Hopton Community Association, non-guided tours with programme costing £1, 10am-4pm.
St Mary’s Community Heritage Site, Church Lane, Mirfield
Heritage weekend open day with hourly tours of church belfry, chance to view motte and other historic features, plus example of Anglo-Saxon daily life, 10am-4pm.
Thornhill Parish Church
Flower festival celebrating heritage open weekend, 10am-4pm.
Moravian Church, Wyke
Heritage open weekend, 10am-4pm.
Dewsbury Town Hall
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PUBS AND CLUBS
Old Bank WMC, Mirfield
Male vocal duo The Fabulous Baker Boys.
The Taproom, Batley
Thieving Lloyd Cole, 8.30pm. Free entry.
Millbridge WMC
Vocal entertainer Si Sonata.
Eastborough WMC
Pop chart trio The Crowd.
Comrades Club, Heckmondwike
Vocal comedian Ricky Starr, 8.30pm.
Music
Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Northern Brass Arts Festival, featuring the Black Dyke Band, Hepworth Band, Foden’s Band and more, from noon.
Theatre
Alhambra Theatre
Bradford 01274 432000
New Jersey Nights
Lawrence Batley Theatre
Huddersfield 01484 430528
Gingerbread Man
Albert Herring
Alan Barnes with the Andy Cholerton Trio
City Varieties
Leeds 0113 243 0808
Halfway to Paradise
Grand Theatre
Leeds 0844 848 2705
Opera North present Peter Grimes
Square Chapel Centre for the Arts
Halifax 01484 349422
The Artist: A Fundraiser
St George’s Hall
Bradford 01274 432000
Jason Manford: First World Problems
Victoria Theatre, Halifax
01422 351158
Halifax AOS: Our House
Wakefield Theatre Royal
Wakefield 01924 211 311
Teechers
West Yorkshire Playhouse
Leeds 0113 213 7700
Northern Ballet: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Ugly Sisters
Talks
St John’s Church, Upper Hopton
Talk on the church’s history by Dr Jessica Malay, 10.30am and 1pm.
Walks
Dewsbury and District Ramblers
Mirfield, B walk, change to syllabus. Meet walk leader Alan Higson, Link Road, Dewsbury, 9.30am, or by the canal in Mirfield, 9.45am.
Exhibitions
Batley Art Gallery, Market Place
On Leaving and Arriving: Ruth Robson
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Folk at Play by Cath Everett
Creative Arts Hub, Mirfield
Taste of HOST
Dewsbury Museum, Crow Nest Park
The Earthworks Project: Artwork by local residents, children and community groups.
Oakwell Hall, Birstall
Dewsbury Photographic Group. Free, but hall admission charges apply
SUNDAY
COMMUNITY
New Picture House independent cinema, South Street, Dewsbury
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Spenborough Model Engineers’ Club
Open day, 1pm-4.30pm. Ride the model trains. Royds Park, New Street, Cleckheaton.
Croft House, Upper Hopton
Heritage trail and exhibitions organised by Upper Hopton Community Association, non-guided tours with programme costing £1, 1pm-4pm.
St Mary’s Community Heritage Site, Church Lane, Mirfield
Heritage weekend open day with hourly tours of church belfry, chance to view motte and other historic features, noon-5pm.
Thornhill Parish Church
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Moravian Church, Wyke
Heritage open weekend, 1pm-4pm.
Whitcliffe Mount Sports Centre, Cleckheaton
KGW Wrestling presents Tiger Mcguigan Jnr, Bubba ‘The Butcher’ Morris, Mark Star, Priscilla Queen of the Ring,
LOMAX and many more, 12.45pm. Ringside £8, general £5, family tickets available, visit centre, [email protected] or text 07710 595561.
THEATRES
Lawrence Batley Theatre
Huddersfield 01484 430528
AJ Brown, Now and Then
WALKS
Batley Rambling Club
Eight mile easy walk at Heath Common, Wakefield, led by Joanne Hanson-Young. Departs Batley Sports Centre, 9am.
Dewsbury and District Ramblers
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Exhibtions
Dewsbury Museum, Crow Nest Park
The Earthworks Project: Artwork by local residents, children and community groups.