Arts and Entertainment

Band Echo & the Bunnymen will play Holmfirth Picturedrome on November 19.

Echo & The Bunnymen to play intimate Holmfirth gig – tickets here

Lighthouse Family

Lighthouse Family announce three Yorkshire shows – get tickets (aff)

Wallace & Gromit Lego set

15 Wallace & Gromit gifts to celebrate Aardman's 50th birthday

Parkdean’s Celebrity Weekenders are designed as affordable short breaks, with themed entertainment and activities bundled into the stay.

Parkdean’s 80s weekender looks like a brilliant friends’ getaway

Bob Dylan is returning to Sheffield

Bob Dylan premium tickets now limited for Yorkshire gig – book here

Echo & The Bunnymen’s contribution to post-punk and neo-psychedelia is monumental.

Echo & The Bunnymen to play intimate Yorkshire gig – get tickets

Cast members of Dewsbury Arts Group’s latest show - a panto version of Treasure Island - took to their very own one-off pop-up box office in the newly-refurbished Dewsbury Arcade where they sold tickets, chatted with members of the public and posed for photos.

Pirate panto promoted in Arcade pop-up box office

Hear’Say and Liberty X are reuniting with joint tour to mark 25 years since Popstars.

Hear’Say and Liberty X Leeds and Sheffield tickets on sale - buy here

Harry Waters bringing his father’s Pink Floyd legacy to Sheffield City Hall.

Roger Waters’ son brings Pink Floyd show to Sheffield – buy tickets

Disney Princess – The Concert brings favourite film songs to Sheffield City Hall on April 8, 2027, with an extra 2pm matinee added.

Disney Princess – The Concert extra Sheffield show – get tickets

Donny Osmond is bringing his Viva! UK tour to Leeds first direct bank arena.

Donny Osmond heads to Yorkshire – get VIP packages and tickets here
From Puppy Love and The Twelfth of Never to his spectacular Las Vegas shows, Donny Osmond is heading to Leeds – with exclusive VIP, premium and standard tickets available here,
Graham Walker

Human League

The Human League Yorkshire tickets on sale now - buy here

Alfie Boe.

Alfie Boe and West End stars to play Yorkshire shows - tickets here

Liberty X will join East 17, Atomic Kitten's Natasha Hamilton and other pop favourites at Boybands vs Girlbands at a Parkdean Resorts holiday weekend, ahead of their Popstars: The Originals tour with Hear'Say next year.

Liberty X fans can see the group at weekend event before reunion tour

Dewsbury Arts Group will have a pop-up box office inside the town’s re-opened Arcade tomorrow (Saturday).

Pop-up box office for theatre group in Dewsbury Arcade

The hit BBC sitcom, The Vicar of Dibley, is being brought to a stage by the Dewsbury Collegians Amateur Operatic Society later this month.

Reserve your pew as classic BBC sitcom set for stage

Bananarama

Bananarama to play Scarborough and Halifax - buy tickets here

Simply Red.

Simply Red tickets are selling fast for Yorkshire shows – buy now

Bleak Expectations is the upcoming season-opener for Dewsbury Arts Group.

No Bleak Expectations for Dewsbury Arts Group’s upcoming fast-paced caper!

Greenwoods, the oldest shop in Dewsbury, will be taking part in this year's Heritage Open Days.

Historic venues set to welcome visitors at Heritage Open Days

Leeds Festival 2026 line up includes big names Chase & Status, Charli xcx, Florence + The Machine, Kasabian and RAYE.

LAST CHANCE: Leeds Festival 2026 tickets now limited – buy here

Sporty Spice Melanie C is the new shirt sponsor of Sheffield FC Women for the 2026:27 season.

Sporty Spice sponsors Sheffield FC Women’s 2026/27 shirt – buy here

Yorkshire date for Hollywood music icon Vanessa Williams – buy tickets

Blondie tribute Heart of Glass on the main stage at Tribfest.

From pushchairs to partygoers: the families who've grown up with Tribfest

Shed Seven at The Piece Hall Halifax, June 2026 | Photo credit: Ianthe Photo

Shed Seven to perform 'A Maximum High' in full this October

Lightning Seeds.

Festival season: All you need to know about Live At Melbourne Hall 2026

Rock N Roll Circus returns with its biggest and boldest edition yet

Livefields 2026 is coming to Oakwell Hall this coming Saturday.

Live music festival featuring host of tribute bands has ‘something for everyone’
A live music festival is returning to Oakwell Hall in Birstall this Saturday (July 11) - and features a line up which has “something for everyone.”
Adam Cheshire

Maddie Hansen (Gloria) Frazer Hadfield (Andy).

Powerful and highly emotional stage adaptation of Brassed Off

Lightning Seeds.

Full festival experience with new weekender

Two members of the Dewsbury Arts Group cast in costume at rehearsal.

Theatre group’s season to end with ‘gloriously scandalous comedy’

Macaulay Selwood is the Lord of the Dance

Review: Michael Flatley’s Lord of the Dance 30

For less than the price of a cinema ticket, you could spend the day gaming to your heart's content at this amazing museum

Sheffield videogame museum tickets from £6

Spring By The Water will see a host of musical acts take to the stage at Leggers Inn, on Mill Street East, on Sunday, May 24, from 2pm to 10pm.

‘Fantastic’ live music festival coming to canal-side pub

Encore, a production by Dewsbury Collegians Amateur Operatic Society, will take place at Dewsbury Minster, on Saturday, June 6, at 7pm.

Concert for lovers of musicals coming to Dewsbury Minster next month

Issac North produces a double chokeslam. He will be one of the starts performing at the UK Wrestling (UKW) charity event for Leeds Women's Aid. Photo by Tony Knox.

This is when you can watch live pro wrestling in Batley in for Leeds Women’s Aid

James Banks (Galileo); Meg Riley (Scaramouche) and Laura Hancock (Buddy) ride to the rescue.

Diva Productions delivered a show worthy of the West End

Dewsbury Arts Group will be performing Accommodations by Nick Hall from April 25 to May 2.

Dewsbury Arts Group putting on ‘hysterical evening’ for latest performance

The Molotovs.

Rock N Roll Circus has unveiled its full 2026 line-up

Seven Drunken Nights put on a faultless show at Theatre Royal Wakefield.

Seven Drunken Nights – The Story of the Dubliners at Theatre Royal Wakefield

1.2m streams and rising: Sam Scherdel confirms Live Nation UK tour.

1.2m streams and rising: Sam Scherdel confirms Live Nation UK tour

Dewsbury Arts Group is set to showcase tense, psychological thriller Suddenly At Home for its latest production.

Dewsbury Arts Group to showcase tense, psychological thriller

The Kooks.

The award winning Rock N Roll Circus Sheffield expands to four days

Can Timothee Chalamet add an Oscar to his Best Actor Award for "Marty Supreme" at the Critics Choice Awards earlier this year?

Oscars 2026: Two tickets £10.99 or five £20.99

The exhibition celebrates communities and culture in Kirklees.

New film exhibition celebrates Kirklees culture
A new film exhibition celebrating culture and communities in Kirklees has opened.
Catherine Gannon

The production of Kind Hearts and Coronets is being performed by Dewsbury Arts Group from tomorrow (Tuesday, January 20) evening through to Sunday, January 25.

‘Wicked wit and delicious dark intentions’ in store at theatre production

The Freshwater Five - the true story of five men’s tragic downfall comes to Theatre Royal Wakefield in March.

True story of five men’s tragic downfall comes to Theatre Royal Wakefield

Some of the cast of Dewsbury Collegians Amateur Operatic Society's Sleeping Beauty panto.

Classic fairy tale panto coming to town hall

Madness

Squeeze and Madness on top form at First Direct Bank Arena

A star-studded comedy night is coming to Dewsbury this coming weekend.

Comedy tour - featuring stars of hit BBC shows - coming to Dewsbury

A Christmas Carol at Leeds Playhouse. Photo by Helen Murray - www.helenmurrayphotos.com

Festive family West Yorkshire theatre show warms hearts and feeds souls

Star comedian Ed Byrne is set to perform in Dewsbury next month.

Mock the Week comedy star Ed Byrne coming to Dewsbury

November 23 is a day mathematicians and many others celebrate, in honour of Fibonacci and his namesake sequence and its connection to the Golden Ratio and the Golden Spiral.

Why do people celebrate Fibonacci Day every November 23?

What if Midge Ure had joined Queen, or Courtney Love hadn't been fired from Faith No More? Here are six near hits/near misses in music history that could have changed the fate of your favourite band.

The near misses who could have changed your favourite band's history

AEW look to continue their momentum to close out 2025, with their next PPV event, Full Gear, this weekend.

How to watch AEW Full Gear 2025 in the UK this weekend

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