What's On and Things To Do Around Elland

Free fun day for the area,stalls,punch and Judy,bouncy castle,many more attractions.

Mamma Mia! Kirkwood Hospice are very excited to announce their brand new ABBA meets the 70s Tribute Night for 2018. Do you fancy yourself as the next Dancing Queen? Then why not Take a Chance on us and join us at the Huddersfield YMCA, on Friday 8th June 2018.

Self portrait

Beach scene and picture for homework

Holmfirth exhibition

Demonstration

Alexander O’Neal, Aswad, Omar, Gwen Dickey (Rose Royce), Janet Kay, Gappy Ranks, Carl Mcintosh (Loose Ends), Carroll Thompson and many more announced to perform at the Love 4 Music Festival in Huddersfield, May 2018!

Your favourite superheroes will be flying in to bring daring tales of adventure to life. Be inspired to create your own superhero escapade and everyone dressed as their favourite Superhero gets a discount!

Hedges and green oak gates enclose acre sloping garden, generously planted by nursery owners over 20yrs. A beautiful mix of late summer perennials and grasses. Winding paths and plenty of seats incl a romantic tulip arbour. Garden open Wed-Sun from June. Plants for sale in nursery.

Join us for a night to remember as we lace up to walk in memory of a loved one. Starting at the University of Huddersfield, we’ll be ramping up the fun in 2018, with live performances and entertainment from Pulse radio starting at 9.30pm.

SUN 10TH JUNE 2018 – Lightcliffe Academy Sports Centre - Doors Open 13:15 – 15:15 35+ Stalls selling excellent condition baby and children’s goods at bargain prices. Well-known brands at a fraction of high street prices. Everything imaginable for your little ones.

Come and see the best contemporary art being produced in the North of England in this major new exhibition. Open to all artists who were born, studied or reside in the region, the biennial New Light Prize Exhibition is the largest open prize dedicated to Northern art.

Recycling crafts for all the family! Join fairandfunky at the gallery for a monthly SCRAPtastic session on the second Saturday of the month, starting in April 2018! Suitable for children aged 3-12 years. Parents are expected to stay with their children as they craft.

Under a star studded big top a vibrant band of international acrobats and musicians invite you to share in their circus spectacle, NOW OR NEVER. In this haven of fun, the circus artists invite young and old to leave their differences outside the tent, to dream and simply enjoy being together.

A fantastic fundraising day out for dogs and their owners! Doggy Dash For Life Huddersfield is a sponsored 3.5 km run (or jog or walk) around the beautiful surroundings of Beaumont Park in Huddersfield.

Join us for our first Walk for Parkinson’s event in the Calder Valley. Choose from the short route (8 miles) or the long route (approx. 15 miles) We meet at Mytholmroyd Community Centre before travelling by coach to Hollingworth Lake.

Join us for Striding for Survival in the beautiful grounds of Crow Nest Park, Dewsbury! This is a great opportunity for you to come together with friends and family to help raise more awareness and funds for pancreatic cancer.

Aimed at beginners with little or no experience. Using documents from the archives we will explore the quirks of 17th and 18th century handwriting. You will learn how to read and transcribe documents through numerous stunning examples and hands on practice.

An introduction to caring for photographs and archive documents. You will learn the basics on storage, handling, care, packaging, advice on materials to use, and sources of more information. Can bring in own photographs or archives for advice/discussion.

A basic introduction into researching the history of your house and family. Suitable for absolute beginners, this workshop will guide you in finding more about the story of your home and your ancestors.

Coming to Hilarity Bites at Wallers Brewery in Bradford on May 30th 2018: Hilarity Bites Comedy Club feat.

With top national restaurants and great family entertainment, Leisure Exchange is the place to go in Bradford this half term. Frankie and Benny’s has 40% off mains with a voucher that entitles families to best-sellers including burgers, ribs and pasta.

Book, Music and lyrics by Meredith Willson, Story by Meredith Willson and Franklin Lacey A great Broadway and West End Musical of the old style, with lots of great musical numbers. For all ages!

After the success of the 2017 Motown Night we have re booked the amazing Chequered Motown Band. Ticket price includes a Hog Roast Supper. ’Love Motown’ Dance the night away to the unforgettable sounds of Motown by the amazing band ’Chequered’. Tickets £22.

Celebrating the Museum’s 30th Birthday Big Miners’ Picnic Sunday 3 June 2018 On the 6th June 1988, the Yorkshire Mining Museum opened its doors to the public for the first time. 2018 marks the 30th anniversary of this important and historic event.

A new display in The Community Art Space. Showcasing Calligraphy work by Tom, a former mining surveyor from the North East, was fascinated by the lettering used by surveyors on mining plans.

New to using archives or stuck on a piece of research? Book a 45 minute slot where you will receive one-to one guidance from our professional Archive team to help guide you through using our fascinating collections.

Set your alarm clocks and join our local bird expert on an unmissable 4 mile walk to witness nature waking up. This guided walk takes us through the woodland to hear the sound of our feathered friends waking and joining together for an outstanding orchestral performance.

Step outdoors, let the woodland be your playground and build your very own den this spring. You can come along to one of our special den building events to get hands-on and build the best den ever.

Step outdoors and discover a fascinating underwater world this spring. There’s a fascinating world just waiting to be discovered under the surface of the mill pond. What water creatures will you come eye-to-eye with' This is a drop-in session, please arrive anytime between 12pm - 3pm.

Family volunteering is a chance for families and friends of all ages to spend time together learning new skills in the fresh air. We’ll work together come rain or shine to help keep the woodland healthy and beautiful.

Test your mini raft building skills this Spring when you join in with our raft building activities. We’ll provide all the materials you need for you to have a go at building you mini raft - will it set sail or sink to the bottom of the mill pond' This is a drop-in session, please arrive anytime between...

Step outdoors to create some wild art this Easter holiday. There are plenty of natural materials on the woodland floor to inspire your creative streak. Come along to our wild art session, scavenge for materials then weave them into a masterpiece.

The rangers at Hardcastle Crags invite you to roll up your sleeves, become volunteers for a day and help us give nature a helping hand. Come along to a balsam bashing session and help us to rid the woodland of this non-native species.

An intimate 1 acre garden with steps and paths leading down to a large pond with an island, mallards and wild geese also greylags. Many varieties of Primula, candelabra and florindae and Dactylorrhiza majalis which have seeded into the lower lawn around a small pond with stream; azaleas and rhododendrons.

Charity car boot sale on Sunday 27th May 2018. Held every last Sunday in the month, May to August. has been running for ten years very successfully. Phone 01484 684924. Booking advisable. Hot food and drinks available. Toilet facilities. Disabled parking. Stall holders to arrive 10.30am and buyers 10.45am.

Singing songs and making music together is a fantastic way of supporting the development and well-being of children under 4 - and it’s fun for adults too!

Victoria Hall will be host to Saltaire’s first Holistic Health Fair on Sunday 17th June 2018. Celebrating the wellbeing of Mind, Body & Spirit, there will be over 50 exhibitors, and a timetable of free yoga classes, talks and workshops to attend.

Two-Day event: Sat 23 & Sun 24 June 2018: 40+ stalls of genuine vintage loveliness for you and your home including vintage fashion, such as 1940’s tea dresses, 1950’s frocks, jewellery, accessories, furniture, homewares, vintage vinyl, toys, books, kitchenalia and collectables, all from the 1920’s to the 1980’s….

Farsley Farmers Market is a free, Community event which runs all year round on 4th Saturday of every month, in St Johns Hall & Grounds. Find produce stalls Outdoors and Crafters Indoors plus activities, refreshments and toilets. Resident inside is FriendsofStJohn’s Book Sale and St John’s Kitchen. Sat.

70’s Night with "HE WILL ROCK YOU" a tribute show to Freddie Mercury & the Music of QUEEN plus 60’s & 70’s DJ Flashback

Immerse yourself in an imaginative world of sculpture making. Work and play together to build sculptures inspired by artists in the park. Stack, balance, join, arrange. Always outdoors, Come Rain, Come Shine is about playful making in the fresh air.

Fun awaits in the Hidden Forest on the last Thursday of each month. Jump, laugh, make, sing and play beneath the trees in our outdoor space especially for our youngest visitors. – This event is suitable for wheelchair users and pushchairs – Children must be accompanied by an adult

Find out more about the history of the Victorian kitchens from our cook. The event is from 11.30am - 2.30pm and is a free drop-in session, donations welcome.

Join the cook and have a go at some special Dutch recipes to celebrate our Dutch Golden Age exhibition. Make and decorate special delights to take home and enjoy. No baking experience necessary. Please bring a tin to take home your goodies. 1pm - 3pm | £12.50 per child Suitable for children aged 5-11 years.

Help us pot-up and save our pretty Polyanthus and learn basic potting up techniques with our Gardeners. Each year we plant our gardens with hundreds of different colourful annual plants and we want to save them to help make our gardens more colourful year on year.

Have a go at decorating and creating edible Dutch delights in our hour-long introductory workshop. Please bring a tin to take home all your goodies. 1pm - 2pm | £6.50 per child Suitable for children aged 5-11 years. All children to be accompanied by an adult. Booking essential through Eventbrite.

Race for Life Pretty Muddy is our brilliant 5k muddy obstacle course. Scramble over the A-frame. Crawl through the mud pit. Have fun with your friends. And raise valuable funds for BEATING CANCER.

Race for Life Pretty Muddy Kids is our brilliant muddy obstacle course just for the little ones. They can take on the obstacles, crawl through the mud pit and have fun with friends, all the while helping raise valuable funds for BEATING CANCER.