What’s on this weekend
FRIDAY
Pubs and clubs
Alma Inn, Thornhill
Poker league, from 7.30pm.
Millbridge WMC
Bonnie 2009 X factor finalist
Comrades Club, Heckmondwike
Crown of Lights Christmas special acoustic night featuring Georgia Farrar from Halifax, Rebel Rabble from Leeds, Levon White from Cleethorpes and ‘Man In The Red Hat’ Chris Martin from Staincliffe. Doors 8pm, free.
Eastborough WMC, Battye Street, Dewsbury
Kirsten Young, female vocalist.
Beat Bar, Leeds
Peja
Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
Kurt Vile and the Violators
Chemic Tavern, Leeds
Alun Parry
Cockpit, Leeds
Allusondrugs
Eiger Studios, Leeds
Sloth Hammer
Full Circle, Leeds
Chainska Brassika
Mr Smith’s, Ossett:
David John
New Roscoe, Leeds
Vincent and the Invaders
Seven, Leeds
Mik Artistik’s Ego Trip
Snooty Fox, Wakefield:
Alice Moving Under Skies
The Library, Leeds
Down Radio
The Wardrobe, Leeds
The Gonzo’s
Wakefield Sports Club, Leeds
Alan Barnes’s Santas Sextet
Music
Huddersfield Town Hall
Huddersfield Choral Society Christmas concert with compere and organist Simon Lindley and the Black Dyke Band.
Leeds Town Hall
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Stage
Cleckheaton town hall
Sleeping Beauty by Showstoppers Production. Tickets £7-£9 from 01924 412224.
Theatres
St George’s Hall
Bradford 01274 432000
The Twist: Christmas Show
Square Chapel Centre for the Arts
Halifax 01484 349422
The York Waits
Lawrence Batley Theatre
Huddersfield 01484 430528
Have You Seen Evangeline?
Comedy Cellar: Smug Roberts and Peter Antoniou
Carriageworks
Leeds 0113 224 3801
Sleeping Beauty
City Varieties
Leeds 0113 243 0808
Jack and the Beanstalk, The Rock ‘n’ Roll Panto
West Yorkshire Playhouse
Leeds 0113 213 7700
The Jungle Book
Wakefield Theatre Royal
Wakefield 01924 211 311
Jack and the Beanstalk
Exhibitions
Batley Art Gallery, Market Place, Batley
Open Exhibition 2013
The Lounge and Gallery at Matthew’s Coffee House, Market Street, Cleckheaton
New Horizons Art Group, 20th anniversary exhibition.
Huddersfield Art Gallery, Princess Alexandra Walk
The Imagining of Things by Brass Art with Alistair MacDonald
Creative Arts Hub, Huddersfield Road, Mirfield
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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
Community
Red House Museum, Oxford Road, Gomersal
Traditional Christmas, noon-4pm. Normal admission charges apply.
Mirfield Salvation Army, Huddersfield Road, Mirfield
Christmas mini-market with cards, gifts, decorations and electrical goods, 10am-1pm. Refreshments available.
Christmas Concert by the Hebden Bridge Brass Band in aid of the Salvation Army’s Big Collection, 7pm. Tickets £7, children under 12 free. Ring 01924 497645.
Pubs and clubs
Old Bank WMC
Rob Russell (keyboard vocalist)
Frontier Club, Bradford Road, Batley
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Millbridge WMC
Donna Elson personality comedy vocal
Comrades Club, Heckmondwike
X Factor finalist Terry Winstanley, 8.30pm.
Central Club, Batley
Mike Everly - personality vocalist, doors 7pm.
Eastborough WMC, Battye Street, Dewsbury
Duplicate, boy/girl vocal harmony.
Music
Mirfield Salvation Army, Huddersfield Road, Mirfield
Christmas Concert by the Hebden Bridge Brass Band in aid of The Salvation Army’s Big Collection, 7pm. Tickets £7, children under 12, free. Phone 01924 497645.
Huddersfield Town Hall, Ramsden Street, Huddersfield
Christmas with Honley Male Voice Choir, featuring Cory Band and David Hoyle from BBC Yorkshire Brass, 7.15pm. Tickets £5-£16 from 01484 223200.
The Moorland Social Club, Bradford Road, Cleckheaton
Christmas concert, 7.30pm, tickets £4-£6 or £3-£11 including buffet.
Stage
Cleckheaton town hall
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Walks
Two Great Houses
With North Kirklees Ramblers.
Meet at 10.30am at Oakwell Hall bottom car park off Bradford Road, BD19 4LL, for an eight mile moderate walk led by Eddie and Andrea, ring 01924 470091.
Theatres
Alhambra Theatre
Bradford 01274 432000
Aladdin: Magical Pantomime Adventure
St George’s Hall
Bradford 01274 432000
Russell Brand: Messiah Complex World Tour
Square Chapel Centre for the Arts
Halifax 01484 349422
The York Waits; Norma Waterson and Eliza Carthy
Victoria Theatre, Halifax
01422 351158
Dick Whittington
Carriageworks
Leeds 0113 224 3801
Sleeping Beauty
West Yorkshire Playhouse
Leeds 0113 213 7700
The Jungle Book
Wakefield Theatre Royal
Wakefield 01924 211 311
Jack and the Beanstalk
Exhibitions
Batley Art Gallery, Market Place, Batley
Open Exhibition 2013
Matthew’s Coffee House, Market Street, Cleckheaton
New Horizons Art Group, 20th anniversary exhibition.
Huddersfield Art Gallery, Princess Alexandra Walk
The Imagining of Things by Brass Art with Alistair MacDonald
Creative Arts Hub, Huddersfield Road, Mirfield
Surveying the Landscape. An exhibition of rural and urban landscapes by six artists.
Dewsbury Museum, Crow Nest Park, Heckmondwike Road
Dewsbury Photographic Group. Free.
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
Community
Royds Park, New Street, Cleckheaton.
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Red House Museum,, Gomersal
Traditional Christmas, noon-4pm. Normal admission charges apply.
Dewsbury Sports Centre
KGW Wrestling presents Wrestling Snowdown, noon. Tickets £5-£30 from the sports centre on 01924 325020.
Roberttown Community Centre, Church Road, Roberttown
Christmas antiques and craft fair, 10am-4pm. Entry 50p.
Pubs and clubs
Batley Working Men’s Club
Bingo 2pm-5pm; 1950s-60s night, 8pm.
Central Club, Batley
Afternoon jazz with the Reg Hargreaves trio and guest singer Dee Doyle, 1pm-3.30pm, free.
Eastborough WMC
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Music
Huddersfield Town Hall
Christmas Festival, with festive music, 7.15pm. Tickets: 01484 534697.
Stage
Cleckheaton town hall
Sleeping Beauty by Showstoppers. Tickets £7-£9 from 01924 412224.
Theatres
Alhambra Theatre
Bradford 01274 432000
Aladdin: Magical Pantomime Adventure
Victoria Theatre, Halifax
01422 351158
Dick Whittington
Carriageworks
Leeds 0113 224 3801
Sleeping Beauty
George’s Hall,
Bradford 01274 432000
Russell Brand
Wakefield Theatre Royal
Wakefield 01924 211 311
Christmas Brass
Exhibitions
Dewsbury Museum, Crow Nest Park
Dewsbury Photographic Group. Free.
Leeds City Museum
Through the Magic Mirror
Hepworth Gallery, Wakefield
In Focus: Albert Wainwright; Dana Schutz; Matthew Darbyshire and the WA Ismay Collection.