ON Fri 10 Jun 2022 - Sun 12 Jun 2022
Long Division Festival is an award winning metropolitan festival that places the best emerging grassroots artists alongside legends of Indie and DIY....
Free event
ON Sat 09 Jul 2022 - Sun 10 Jul 2022
Pontefract Liquorice Festival is back – and what a bumper crop it is, this year!
Stretching over a whole weekend, it’s two days of...
Free event
AT National Coal Mining Museum
Now - Sun 02 Oct 2022
Coal has been powering Britain in one form or another since 1200 BC. Follow the rise and fall of this energy source as we delve into the nation’s evo...
Free event
ON Sat 28 May 2022 - Sun 05 Jun 2022
Celebrate the Queen Platinum Jubilee in Wakefield! Expect 1950s style street parties, beacon lighting, craft sessions, workshops, tea dances and lots...
ON Sat 09 Jul 2022 - Sat 09 Jul 2022
Pontefract Castle’s biggest musical event returns for 2022!
Enjoy an evening of beautiful music from the West Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra in ...
ON Sun 22 May 2022 - Sun 29 May 2022
Have you heard the word about Pontefract International Festival of Ale? It’s a Sunday to Sunday series of sessions at
Free event
ON Sat 18 Jun 2022 - Sat 18 Jun 2022
Are you ready for Castleford Roman Festival? Expect a full day of history-fuelled fun for the whole family!
Come and experience Castleford’s R...
Now - Sun 01 Jan 2023
This exhibition is drawn from the Sherwin Collection, arguably the most important privately-owned collection of British Surrealism. The collection ha...
Now - Sun 04 Sep 2022
Emii Alrai (b.1993), will present a new commission at The Hepworth Wakefield this spring.
Alrai, who lives in Leeds and has a studio in Wakefi...
Free event
Now - Tue 12 Jul 2022
My Story is like any other Course
8 Free Sessions-please note, these are not consecutive weeks.
See dates for details.
Booking E...
Free event
AT National Coal Mining Museum
ON Sat 28 May 2022 - Sun 05 Jun 2022
Come to the National Coal Mining Museum for a whole week of activities and events during half term!
Get creative as we share the Queen’s...
Free event
AT Queen's Mill
ON Thu 02 Jun 2022 - Thu 02 Jun 2022
Come and celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Anniversary in the company of the magical Jessica Poole in our special jubilee concert. She will be per...
Free event
ON Fri 03 Jun 2022 - Sat 04 Jun 2022
Fri 3rd June 2022 – 7pm – 11pm
Beer Festival in Ossett Town Hall
Sat 4th June 2022
Beer cart Procession from 10.30am
Free event
ON Sat 04 Jun 2022 - Sat 04 Jun 2022
Get the flags out for a right-royal Jubilee celebration! Wakefield’s Coronation Gardens (and adjoining Wood Street) pay tribute to Her Majesty ...
ON Fri 10 Jun 2022 - Fri 10 Jun 2022
Join Poet Laureate Simon Armitage in conversation with Chris Madden of Chinwag for a unique evening of poetry and discussion. Armitage will also read...
Free event
AT Queen's Mill
ON Sat 18 Jun 2022 - Sun 19 Jun 2022
Step back in time and discover the fascinating history of Castleford RLFC in book, film, photos a...
ON Tue 21 Jun 2022 - Thu 22 Sep 2022
Taking inspiration from the Robert Indiana exhibition, the Summer of Love is a series of events and projects that celebrates human relationships, und...
Free event
AT National Coal Mining Museum
ON Sat 25 Jun 2022 - Sat 25 Jun 2022
Come and celebrate the association between brass bands and coal mining with a marching bands and entertainment contest organised by Brass Bands Engla...
ON Wed 06 Jul 2022 - Wed 06 Jul 2022
Join us for a summer evening of theatre on the Vista and enjoy Duke’s Theatre Company’s new adaptation of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Drea...
Free event
ON Sat 17 Sep 2022 - Sat 17 Sep 2022
Wakefield Live is a free, multi-venue festival across Wakefield City Centre. Taking place across the full day and night, a huge range of venues will ...
AT Queen's Mill
ON Sat 28 May 2022 - Sat 28 May 2022
Create your own woven wall hanging in the company of multi-Media artist Kelly Umpleby Fibre Art Workshop. Using natural fibres and textiles that will...
Free event
Now - Fri 23 Sep 2022
Two years on from the first Covid-19 lockdown, explore the lockdown artwork of Pontefract-based artist Rachel List.
The Covid-19 lockdowns mea...
Free event
AT The Ridings Shopping Centre
ON Thu 02 Jun 2022 - Sun 05 Jun 2022
Thursday 2nd June
The Ridings in partnership with AgeUK will be holding an inside street party with FREE picnic style food and cakes and fre...
ON Thu 20 Oct 2022 - Mon 01 May 2023
The Hepworth Wakefield will present the first major survey of British photographer Hannah Starkey, tracing the development of her work across two dec...