What’s on this weekend
FRIDAY
Community
Liversedge Cricket Club, Roberttown Lane, Roberttown
Fireworks night, from 6pm. Entry £1.50, hot food available.
WY Fire Service HQ, Bradford Road, Birkenshaw
Fireworks display by MLE Pyrotechnics, winners of the 2011 British Fireworks Championships. Children’s rides, stalls, food and drink from 6pm, display at 8pm. Adults £3, children £2, under fives go free. Proceeds to the Fire Fighters Charity.
PUBS AND CLUBS
Alma Inn, Thornhill
Poker league, from 7.30pm.
The Taproom, Batley
Jade Helliwell, 8.30pm. Free entry.
Batley Irish Democratic League Club (Nash), Batley
1940s-themed fundraiser for the Royal British Legion’s Poppy Appeal, 7.30pm. Prize for best costume.
Comrades Club, Regent Street, Heckmondwike
Powerage AC/DC tribute band, 8pm, free.
Millbridge WMC
A Band In Ur Head soft rock band
Eastborough WMC, Dewsbury
Female vocalist Tony Ellis
Theatres
Alhambra Theatre
Bradford 01274 432000
To Sir With Love
Carriageworks
Leeds 0113 224 3801
Aladdin
City Varieties
Leeds 0113 243 0808
Elkie Brooks – Live in Concert
Grand Theatre
Leeds 0844 848 2705
National Theatre – People by Alan Bennett
Lawrence Batley Theatre
Huddersfield 01484 430528
The Producers
Square Chapel Centre for the Arts
Halifax 01484 349422
Firing Blanks
St George’s Hall
Bradford 01274 432000
Fascinating Aida: Charm Offensive
Victoria Theatre, Halifax
01422 351158
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Wakefield Theatre Royal
Wakefield 01924 211 311
Albert Herring
West Yorkshire Playhouse
Leeds 0113 213 7700
Footloose
Beauty and the Beast
Exhibitions
The Gallery at Revive
Birds, Bulbs and Bonces
Batley Art Gallery, Market Place, Batley
On Leaving and Arriving – Ruth Robson
Kirklees Filmmakers
Open Exhibition 2013
The Lounge and Gallery at Matthew’s Coffee House, Market Street, Cleckheaton
Yorkshire Mixtures
Huddersfield Art Gallery, Princess Alexandra Walk
The Imagining of Things by Brass Art with Alistair MacDonald
Body Stories installation
White Cloth Gallery, Aire Street, Leeds
Jessica Barlow: Beauty of Nothing
Tom Stoddart: Perspectives
Creative Arts Hub, Huddersfield Road, Mirfield
Exhibition by Yorkshire Sculptors Group
Dewsbury Museum, Crow Nest Park, Heckmondwike Road
Dewsbury Photographic Group. Free exhibition.
Leeds City Museum
Through the Magic Mirror – the World of Anthony Browne.
Hepworth Gallery, Wakefield
In Focus: Albert Wainwright
Dana Schutz
Matthew Darbyshire and the WA Ismay Collection
SATURDAY
Theatres
Alhambra Theatre Bradford 01274 432000
To Sir With Love
Carriageworks
Leeds 0113 224 3801
Aladdin
Grand Theatre
Leeds 0844 848 2705
National Theatre – People by Alan Bennett
Lawrence Batley Theatre
Huddersfield 01484 430528
The Producers
The Carrivick Sisters
Square Chapel Centre for the Arts
Halifax 01484 349422
Fusion
Victoria Theatre, Halifax
01422 351158
Russian State Ballet and Opera House presents Romeo and Juliet
Wakefield Theatre Royal
Wakefield 01924 211 311
Fascinating Aida
West Yorkshire Playhouse
Leeds 0113 213 7700
Footloose
Beauty and the Beast
City Varieties
Leeds 0113 243 0808
Lisbee Stainton
St George’s Hall
Bradford 01274 432000
The Magic of Motown: I’ll Be There
COMMUNITY
Batley Town Hall, Market Place, Batley
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Liversedge Parish Centre, Halifax Road
Spen Valley Paxton and Chrysanthemum Society Late Show. 2.30pm-5pm, Mayor of Kirklees officially opens the event at 3pm.
Dewsbury Town Centre
Homemade Festival, foods, craft and gift stalls, cookery demonstrations, craft workshops, tours, family entertainment and live music.
MUSIC
Huddersfield Town Hall, Ramsden Street, Huddersfield
2013 - 2014 Season Opening Concert, 7.30pm.
Cleckheaton Methodist Church
Edward German’s light opera Merrie England, 7.30pm. Performed by an augmented choir with guest soloists. Entry £6 including refreshments.
PUBS AND CLUBS
Old Bank WMC
Sugarrush (fun female vocal/harmony trio )
The Taproom, Batley
Peculiar Blue, 8.30pm. Free entry.
Comrades Club, Regent Street, Heckmondwike
Female singer Lynne George, 8.30pm.
Millbridge WMC
Seventh Heaven female duo
Central Club, Batley
Male vocalist Danny Arren, 7pm.
Eastborough WMC, Dewsbury
De Ja Vu, male vocal instrumental duo.
East Bierley Cricket Club
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WALKS
In the Footsteps of the Brontes with Dewsbury and District Ramblers
Meet at Link Road, Dewsbury, 9.30am, or Red House Museum, Oxford Road, Gomersal, 9.50am. This is a B walk.
Exhibitions
The Gallery at Revive
Birds, Bulbs and Bonces
Batley Art Gallery, Market Place, Batley
On Leaving and Arriving – Ruth Robson
Kirklees Filmmakers
Open Exhibition 2013
The Lounge and Gallery at Matthew’s Coffee House, Market Street, Cleckheaton
Yorkshire Mixtures
Huddersfield Art Gallery, Princess Alexandra Walk
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Body Stories installation
White Cloth Gallery, Aire Street, Leeds
Jessica Barlow: Beauty of Nothing
Tom Stoddart: Perspectives
Creative Arts Hub, Huddersfield Road, Mirfield
Exhibition by Yorkshire Sculptors Group
Dewsbury Museum, Crow Nest Park, Heckmondwike Road
Dewsbury Photographic Group. Free exhibition.
Leeds City Museum
Through the Magic Mirror – The World of Anthony Browne.
Hepworth Gallery, Wakefield
In Focus: Albert Wainwright
Dana Schutz
Matthew Darbyshire and the WA Ismay Collection
SUNDAY
Theatres
Square Chapel Centre for the Arts
Halifax 01484 349422
Yummm!
DRAMA AND STAGE
Huddersfield Town Hall, Ramsden Street, Huddersfield
A Night of Remembrance, 7.30pm. Concert by Kirklees Mass Choir in aid of the Poppy appeal. Tickets £20 from Kirklees box office on 01484 223200.
Community
Liversedge Parish Centre, Halifax Road
Spen Valley Paxton and Chrysanthemum Society Late Show. noon-3.30pm.
PUBS AND CLUBS
Batley Working Mens’ Club
Bingo 2pm-5pm and 1950s and 1960s night, 8pm.
Comrades Club, Regent Street, Heckmondwike
Comedian and vocalist John Gillan, 12.30pm.
Central Club, Batley
Afternoon jazz with Reg Hargreaves trio and guest singer, 1pm-3.30pm, free.
WALKS
Bolsover and Hardwick with Dewsbury and District Ramblers.
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Denby Dale to Cannon Hall and Deffer Wood
With North Kirklees Ramblers.
Meet at 10.30am at Denby dale library car park, HD8 8RX, for a 10 mile moderate walk led by Dave Sharp. Ring 07981 720099.
Denby Dale
With Batley Rambling Club. Meet at Batley Sports Centre at 9am for a 5.5 mile easy walk. Leader: Brian Doyle.
Exhibitions
Dewsbury Museum, Crow Nest Park, Heckmondwike Road
Dewsbury Photographic Group. Free exhibition.
Leeds City Museum
Through the Magic Mirror – the World of Anthony Browne.
Hepworth Gallery, Wakefield
In Focus: Albert Wainwright
Dana Schutz
Matthew Darbyshire and the WA Ismay Collection.