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ON Mon 12 Jul 2021 - Sun 31 Oct 2021
The Festival of the Earth will take place from July until October 2021 across the Wakefield District. Wakefield Council has declared a climate emerge...
ON Fri 24 Sep 2021 - Sun 26 Sep 2021
Long Division Festival is an award winning metropolitan festival that places the best emerging grassroots artists alongside legends of Indie and DIY....
Now - Sun 27 Feb 2022
In summer 2021, to mark The Hepworth Wakefield’s 10th anniversary, the gallery will organise the largest exhibition of Barbara Hepworth’s work since ...
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ON Sat 21 Aug 2021 - Fri 03 Sep 2021
Join us at Wakefield's Former Market Hall for a 2 week immersive sound and light installation enabling visitors to experience the dramatic changes al...
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ON Fri 30 Jul 2021 - Fri 30 Jul 2021
RBT Video are excited to team up with their neighbours at LOT Wakefield and Ziggys Silent Discos to present an outdoor cinema experience - a fun and ...
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ON Fri 13 Aug 2021 - Fri 13 Aug 2021
RBT Video's second movie night of the season, in collaboration with LOT Wakefield, is the classic Jaws - it's time to get out of the water and head t...
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Now - Fri 01 Apr 2022
Charity (2002-2003), Myth (2010), The Hat Makes the Man (2004-2007) and The Virgin Mother (2005-2006) came to YSP as part of Yorkshire Sculpture Inte...
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ON Fri 20 Aug 2021 - Mon 30 Aug 2021
A stunning 7-metre replica of Earth, by artist Luke Jerram, featuring detailed NASA imagery, each centimetre of the internally-lit sculpture represen...
ON Thu 09 Sep 2021 - Sat 18 Sep 2021
Sunny Side Up is the hilarious and moving account of a struggling Yorkshire coast B&B and the people who run it. Join down to earth proprietors Barne...
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Family Friendly
ON Sat 21 Aug 2021 - Fri 03 Sep 2021
As part of the Festival of the Earth, Wakefield Former Food hall will be transformed into a science lab for families to take part in. The free one ho...
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AT National Coal Mining Museum
Now - Sun 04 Jul 2021
From the dark depths of the British mines a group of luminary artists emerged, depicting lives of mining communities in ways that could be compared t...
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Now - Fri 25 Feb 2022
Bustling beaches, bathing belles and bold Art Deco design. Be transported back to the heyday of rail tourism, day trips and the British seaside holid...
ON Thu 18 Nov 2021 - Mon 03 Jan 2022
Theatre Royal Wakefield’s magical family pantomime returns in 2021 with a tale that’s as old as time itself.
There was once a pompous, preenin...
ON Tue 01 Nov 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...
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ON Wed 29 Sep 2021 - Sun 28 Nov 2021
The Art House and Neon Workshops have partnered to bring the work of neon artist Fred Tschida to Europe for the first time.
‘CIRCLESPHERE’ mar...
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ON Sat 21 Aug 2021 - Sat 21 Aug 2021
As part of the Festival of the Earth, Wakefield Former Food hall will be transformed into a science lab for families to take part in from Saturday 21...
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ON Fri 20 Aug 2021 - Sun 22 Aug 2021
Wakefield's Cathedral Precinct will be host to various performance acts, shows and workshops across the three day weekend launch event for Festival o...
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Now - Sun 27 Jun 2021
Artist, designer and maker Alison Milner refers to herself as a ‘Decorative Minimalist’ – being inspired by the geometry of nature and by a simple, m...
ON Thu 07 Apr 2022 - Sun 25 Sep 2022
Drawing together over 70 pieces from international public and private collections, this major exhibition will explore the many facets of Hicks’ groun...
ON Mon 20 Dec 2021 - Mon 20 Dec 2021
The one and only Martin Kemp is delighted to announce a date at Castleford Civic Centre on his Back To The 80s Tour!
Following a string of rap...
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ON Sat 20 Nov 2021 - Sun 01 May 2022
The Hepworth Wakefield will present an exhibition of new work by British artist Jadé Fadojutimi (b. 1993).
Fadojutimi’s large-scale paintings ...
ON Wed 25 Aug 2021 - Sat 04 Sep 2021
Join us for this classic thigh-slapping tale of cowboys and cow gals. A love story set against the backdrop of the American Wild West.
Oklahom...
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ON Sat 10 Jul 2021 - Sun 15 Aug 2021
An exhibition of paintings that celebrate self-seeded, often overlooked plants that bring colour and softness to our streets, support wildlife and co...
ON Fri 02 Jul 2021 - Sat 03 Jul 2021
After being forced to cancel last year we are very pleased to announce we are holding our Beer Festival on the 2nd and 3rd July 2021. If you've got t...