What’s on this weekend
FRIDAY
Community
Healds Hall Hotel, Leeds Road, Liversedge
Spen Valley building recording weekend, studying traditional buildings in Birstall, Gomersal and Liversedge with guidance in recording and surveying. Tickets £70 including meals, £25 without, from David Cant on 01422 883846.
St Paulinus Church Hall, Dewsbury
Charity auction in aid of Roof Repair Fund, 7.30pm.
Dewsbury Town Hall
Dewsbury and Heavy Woollen Beer and Cider Festival. More than 80 real ales, 15 ciders and perries, bottled beers from around the world, and food. Quiet session, CAMRA members free, students/OAPS £2, adults £3, noon-5pm; evening session, CAMRA members/students/OAPS £3, adults £4, 5pm-10.30pm. Live music from Dewsbury Music Centre Swing Band, 8pm.
DRAMA AND STAGE
Batley Town Hall
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Hide AdBatley Amateur Thespian Society presents High Society, 7.15pm. Tickets £12 (£10 concessions). To book call 07792634360.
Dewsbury Artspace
Dewsbury Arts Group presents Spring and Port Wine, Dewsbury Artspace, Lower Peel Street, off Bradford Road, 7.30pm. Tickets £9 (concessions £8). Ring 01924 465647.
Batley St Mary’s Hall, Melton Street, Batley
Don’t Stop Us Now, 7.30pm. Tickets £4 from Steve Walker on 01924 478394.
EXHIBITIONS
Batley Art Gallery, Market Place, Batley
Batley Camera Club annual exhibition 2013, free.
Paintings by Ian Leadbeater
White Cloth Gallery, Aire Street, Leeds
Duffy Archive presents David Bowie
Set In Stone – the Stone Roses photography exhibition by Ian Tilton
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Textures From My Travels, by Carol Curtis.
Huddersfield Art Gallery, Princess Alexandra Walk, Huddersfield
Future Backgrounds by Gil Pasternak
MUSIC
Huddersfield Town Hall
The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic performs Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony; Brahms Double Concerto and Strauss’s Don Juan. Tickets £8-£21 from 01484 223200.
PUBS AND CLUBS
Eastborough WMC, Battye Street, Dewsbury
Natalie Wellings, female vocalist.
The Taproom, Batley
Dan Burnett, 8.30pm. Free entry.
Millbridge WMC, Liversedge
Ricky Graham, personality vocal and ex Child member.
Cross Keys, Morley
Nate and the Dogs.
Comrades Club, Heckmondwike
Crown of Lights band night featuring Alex Quinn And The Man In The Street; Further From The Truth and Eternal Teenage Syndrome, from 8pm. Free.
THEATRES
Studio Theatre
Bradford 01274 432000
Shooting from the Lip, with comedian Patrick Monahan
Grand Theatre and Howard Assembly Room
Leeds 0844 848 2705
The Full Monty
Square Chapel Centre for the Arts
Halifax 01484 349422
The Man – Van Morrison tribute
Lawrence Batley Theatre
Huddersfield 01484 430528
The Sorcerer, by Huddersfield Gilbert and Sullivan Society.
SATURDAY
community
Black Bull, Birstall
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Oakwell Hall, Nutter Lane, Birstall
Oakwell Nature Club, for children aged four-10, 10am-noon, 50p-£2.
St Paul’s Church, Bradford Road, Birkenshaw
1st Spen Valley Scout Group spring fair, 2pm.
Dewsbury Town Hall
Dewsbury and Heavy Woollen Beer and Cider Festival. Noon-5pm, CAMRA members free, entry £2-£3. 5pm-10.30pm, entry £2-£3. Live music from Fat Stanley from 8pm.
Crow Nest Park, Heckmondwike Road, Dewsbury
Free poetry read-around in the museum, 1.30pm. Bring poems on the theme of spring. Book on 01924 464945.
DRAMA AND STAGE
Batley Town Hall
High Society, 7.15pm. Tickets £10-£12 from 07792634360.
Dewsbury Artspace, Lower Peel Street, Dewsbury
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Hide AdDewsbury Arts Group presents Spring and Port Wine, 7.30pm. Tickets £8-£9. Ring 01924 465647.
Batley St Mary’s Hall, Melton Street,
Don’t Stop Us Now, 7.30pm. Tickets £4 from Steve Walker on 01924 478394.
EXHIBITIONS
Red House, Oxford Road, Gomersal
Mary Taylor: Strong Minded Woman and Friend of Charlotte Bronte.
Batley Art Gallery, Market Place
Batley Camera Club 2013 exhibition.
Paintings by Ian Leadbeater
White Cloth Gallery, Aire Street, Leeds
Duffy Archive presents David Bowie
Set In Stone – the Stone Roses photography exhibition by Ian Tilton
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Hide AdThe Lounge and Gallery at Matthew’s Coffee House, Market Street, Cleckheaton
Textures From My Travels, by Carol Curtis.
Huddersfield Art Gallery, Princess Alexandra Walk, Huddersfield
Future Backgrounds by Gil Pasternak.
West Yorkshire Print Workshop, Huddersfield Road, Mirfield
Six Tales from the Brothers Grimm by David Hockney, 10.30am–3pm.
MUSIC
Leeds Town Hall
Moscow State Symphony Orchestra with free pre-concert talk by Anastasia Belina, from 6.45pm. Tickets £12.50-£31.50. Ring 0113 2243801.
Huddersfield Town Hall
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PUBS AND CLUBS
Batley Irish Nash
Stevie James, vocalist, 8.15pm.
Eastborough WMC, Battye Street, Dewsbury
Howzat, male vocal duo
Old Bank WMC, Mirfield
Male duo Motown Night
The Taproom, Batley
Acoustic SkaDom, 8.30pm. Free entry.
Cross Keys, Morley
The Fuse
Horncastle pub, Cleckheaton
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Comrades Club, Heckmondwike
Stardiz, vocal instrumental duo 8.30pm.
Millbridge WMC, Liversedge
Hope and Pray, vocal comedy duo
The Central Club, Batley
Vocalist Stevie Moore, 7pm.
TALKS
The Greenwood Centre, Huddersfield Road, Ravensthorpe
History of Ravensthorpe, 10.30am-noon. Free but booking essential, on 01924 325040.
THEATRES
Studio Theatre
Bradford 01274 432000
The Noise Next Door, Boys On Tour
Grand Theatre
Leeds 0844 848 2705
The Full Monty
Square Chapel Centre for the Arts
Halifax 01484 349422
Halifax Symphony Orchestra
Lawrence Batley Theatre
Huddersfield 01484 430528
The Sorcerer, by Huddersfield Gilbert and Sullivan Society
West Yorkshire Playhouse
Leeds 0113 213 7700
Sherlock Holmes: The Best Kept Secret
City Varieties
Leeds 0113 243 0808
From Canada to Leeds: The Lumberjacks, with comedians Craig Campbell, Stewart Francis and Glenn Wool.
WALKS
Lining out in Flockton
North Kirklees Ramblers. Meet Eddie and Andrea at Flatt Top Inn, Albion Rd, Thornhill, for an eight mile moderate walk, 10.30am. Ring 01924 470091.
SUNDAY
COMMUNITY
Black Bull, Birstall
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EXHIBITIONS
Red House Museum, Oxford Road, Gomersal
Mary Taylor: Strong Minded Woman and Friend of Charlotte Bronte.
PUBS AND CLUBS
Batley Irish Democratic League Club (Nash), Batley
Vicky Louise, vocalist, 1pm; Ebony Jordan, vocalist, 8.15pm.
Central Club, Batley
Sunday afternoon jazz with Reg Hargreaves Trio and singer, 1pm-3.30pm. Free.
Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
Benjamin Francis Leftwich
HiFi Club, Leeds
Rene
New Roscoe, Leeds
Mock Lobster
Packhorse, Leeds
Fizzler
Sela Bar, Leeds
Tokyo Doorbells
Seven, Leeds
Sam Dutton-Taylor Trio
The Hop, Wakefield
The Darlingtons
The Wardrobe, Leeds
Inspades Inc
Wharf Chambers, Leeds
Famine
THEATRES
City Varieties
Leeds 0113 243 0808
Searchers
Square Chapel Centre for the Arts
Halifax 01484 349422
Orchestra of Square Chapel - summer concert