What's On Ilkley

Learn to sing in harmony in a friendly, supportive atmosphere at our FREE community singing workshop. Anyone, regardless of musical experience or ability, can expect an afternoon of fun and relaxed singing of music from around the world.

Delightful but steep walks with long distance views take you up through the woodland which shelters this seven acre garden. Although nearly 1000ft above sea level and adjacent to a grouse moor, many unusual trees and shrubs grow here. Spring is the showiest time for this garden with its magnolias and rhododendrons.

Take a stroll with our head gardener and learn about the organic gardening principles that we use to keep the gardens looking at their best. The gardens are beginning to look at their best at this time of year, making it the perfect time to take a stroll and see their explosions of colour.

Would you like to experience the morning ritual of opening up this 400 year old house' Join us for a true behind the scenes look. This experience would make the perfect gift.

Bingley Walkers Are Welcome are hosting the 2nd Bingley Walking Festival. Following on from last year’s very successful inaugural event, this year’s festival will take place on Monday, 7th May 2018.

Badapple Theatre Company is celebrating 20 years on the road and to mark the milestone, it is re-presenting the first show the Company ever toured with. ’Amy Johnson’ will tour nationally starting in Yorkshire, travelling down through the Midlands, Surrey, Gloucestershire and finally Somerset.

In the sleepy village of Marchfield the local Amateur Dramatic Society are busy rehearsing for their next show - a murder mystery. Little do they know but as the rehearsals proceed over the next five days, life begins to imitate art and a tragic ending becomes inevitable...?

Thursday 26th April  Where’s my igloo gone? The Bone Ensemble, 4pm Tickets £10/£7.50 Under 18s - buffet tea included Tickets also available online from: www.ruralarts.org Box Office: 01756 792 809 Sitting in her igloo, a drop of water falls on her head. Then another! Is her home melting?

Skipton Camerata: Free Under 18s matinee 1.30pm to 2.30pm  Skipton Town Hall are always looking at how to encourage new audiences to engage with the cultural events taking place at the venue.

A comic fantasy adapted for the stage by Stephen Briggs. Death comes to us all. When she came to Mort, she offered him a job. But when Mort is left in charge for an evening, he allows his heart to rule his head and soon the whole of causality and the future of the Discworld itself, are at risk.

A 20 mile circular walk set in Bronte Country following bridleways around the Haworth area. The countryside varies from woodland to open moorland and passes some fine examples of industrial architecture. 2018 sees the 27th year of this fantastic walk.

The only garden open daily in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. 24 acres in Wharfedale sheltered by mixed woodland; terrace garden, rose garden, rock garden, ponds. Mixed borders, spring bulbs, tender shrubs and autumn colour. Tea rooms (contact no. 01756 720630) at the foot of the gardens.

Horsforth Art Society- SPRING ART, PRINT & CRAFT EXHIBITION. Weekend 10am -5pm, weekdays 1-3pm

acre plantswoman’s hidden oasis. A wrap around garden of differing levels made by owners using stone found on site, planted for yr-round interest. Extensive rockery, unusual fruit tree arbour, oriental style seating area and Tea House, linked by grass paths, lawns and steps.

Leeds Vintage Furniture and Home Fair: Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 April 2018. The Finishing Room, Sunny Bank Mills, Farsley, Leeds, LS28 5UJ. More than 30 stalls of vintage devoted to the home, all set within a disused mill space, which is due to be demolished later this year.

Romantic walled garden set on differing levels designed to complement historic C17 family home (not open). Spring bulbs, rhododendrons; azaleas round tranquil water garden. Asymmetric rose pergola underplanted with auriculas and lithodora links orchard to the garden.

Friends of Pudsey Roller present... Amazing Railways and their Trains A Pie & Pea Supper with a series of short films providing a perfect plethora of unusual, odd, curious, quirky, strange and fascinating railway operations from around the world – selected and presented by Derek Rayner.

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

A one acre country garden created by its owners and making full use of its setting, which includes natural woodland with wild bluebells and gritstone boulders.

One of Yorkshire’s most relaxing yet inspiring locations! Highlights include spectacular herbaceous borders, streamside garden, alpines, scented and kitchen gardens. Lakeside Gardens, woodland and wild flower meadows.

Cycle from Bradford across the rolling Yorkshire landscape to raise money for Martin House Hospice Care for Children and Young People. Choose from three routes – 64 miles, 48 miles or a family-friendly 17-mile route. There’s a free goody bag for everyone who raises more than £50 in sponsorship.

Enjoy the sounds of the clarinet, flute and piano with the Aire Ensemble and relax to the recorder and harp with Duo Deltono. Free Entry. Closing Collection. Refreshments at the close.

Are you a rock-enthusiast' Let our guide walk and talk you through the last 320 milion years in a 90 minute journey around the rocks and moorland. Booking Not Needed. Children are welcome. Dogs on leads welcome.

Are you looking for some family fun that can also benefit a place you love' Join our rangers for a day in the great outdoors, learning traditional countryside crafts and experience the site in a different way.

Set in period Seville, with outrageous 18th century costumes that compliment the fizz and flare of Rossini’s musical genius, this production is perfect both for the established operagoer, and those seeking to engage with opera for the first time.

Shonen Knife. Artists performing: Shonen Knife.: Tickets avaiable.

Acoustic singer-songwriter James Kirby is touring across the UK this spring. His blend of meaningful lyrics combined with his unique style of guitar playing has captivated audiences of all ages and sizes across the globe. This is an opportunity to see this technically brilliant performer up close ...

When Abdul Karim, a clerk in his twenties, come to the Queen of England’s court in India in 1887.  He develops a close and sometimes controversial friendship with the aging Queen. Jacket potato lunch included.

Archivist Caroline Bolton reveals the stories behind the Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections at the University of Leeds. The exhibition Rights and Romance: Representing Gypsy Lives features material from Leeds University Library Special Collections’ Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections.

Monday 12 March - Saturday 16 June 2018 Explore an overlooked area of the poet and playwright, Tony Harrison’s work. Tony Harrison is Britain’s leading poet-playwright. Over 50 years, he has been responsible for major innovations in theatrical practice.

19 April - 28 July 2018 An exhibition celebrating the ten year anniversary of The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery From the quiet philanthropy of the Burton Family to the incisive vision of its Keeper, Dr Hilary Diaper, this exhibition celebrates the remarkable efforts to create a public space for the University

Yellow Leaf Theatre presents a one-woman performance by actor and playwright Vanessa Rosenthal. Rosenthal tells the story of Nina Hamnett, whose celebrated portrait by Roger Fry hangs in the Gallery. ‘Nina: Queen of Bohemia’ brings theatre to the Gallery in this exciting one woman show.

This workshop and discussion explores the letters of Yorkshire antiquarian, author and musician William Thomas Freemantle and his remarkable curiosity for music and local history. The collection of William Thomas Freemantle (1849-1931) came into the possession of Lord Brotherton in 1928.

Join us in our monthly Life Drawing class with Gallery favourite and experienced artist and tutor, Rob Oldfield. This workshop is open to everyone, from newcomers who want to take up a hobby through to experienced artists looking to hone their sketching skills.

Join us for May’s Tuesday Treasure as we delve into the fascinating history of the Leeds School of Medicine. This month we are showcasing some of the treasures in our medical collections. Explore a range of archival material, from the School’s administrative archive to its Health Visitor training course.

Monday 12 March - Saturday 16 June 2018 Explore an overlooked area of the poet and playwright, Tony Harrison’s work. Tony Harrison is Britain’s leading poet-playwright. Over 50 years, he has been responsible for major innovations in theatrical practice.

See the spectacular sea of bluebells at Hardcastle Crags, we guarantee to show you some of the best displays you’ll see this spring. This wonderful 5 mile amble will takes us through the bluebell displays in Hardcastle Crags and the lower Crimsworth Valleys.

Sat 12th May - 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.

Display on the Theme - Baltic Border Changes WW2 - by Rex Dixon FRPSL

Display on the Theme - Pictures in the Post - by Judith and Stephen Holder RDP, FRPSL

Concert Begins at 7.30pm City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Harish Shankar - conductor Boris Giltburg - piano Darius Battiwalla - organ Ravel - Suite: Mother Goose Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No 3 Saint-Saëns - Symphony No 3 (Organ) "I gave everything to it I was able to give.

Concert begins at 7.30pm Orchestra of Opera North Leeds Festival Chorus Leeds Philharmonic Chorus Opera North Children’s Chorus Simon Wright - conductor Rachel Kelly - mezzo soprano David Butt Philip - tenor David Soar - baritone Ashley Riches - bass Berlioz - The Damnation of Faust "This...

Julian Clary will be talking about his fabulously funny Bolds stories and discussing his new book, The Bolds in Trouble. The Bolds live in an ordinary semi-detached house, in an ordinary suburban street, but they are a far from ordinary family!

We’ll have extra early years activities taking place in our galleries for under 5s plus! Bring your pre-schoolers along for two days of drop-in activities specially designed for pre-schoolers.

Get inspired watching the Tour de Yorkshire get underway from Halifax, right next door to Eureka! on 6 May. Get stuck in with loads of outdoor activities; including climbing wall and mountain biking.

A chance for kids to be kids at the UK’s leading interactive museum for children as they celebrate this national day dedicated to children.

Step back to the 1640s with a weekend of living history in the Hall and gardens, including a military display, featuring the English Civil War Society’s ‘Colonel Robert Overton’s Regiment of Foote’. Supported by the Friends of Oakwell Hall.

The last of this season’s Functions for Fun and Fellowship at Starbeck Methodist Church, Harrogate. The Harrogate Band are well known in the area and further afield as a great Brass band. They have just competed in the National Championships and will be promoted to the Championship Division from January 2019.

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