Free event
Now - 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...
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 ...
Free event
Now - Sat 09 Jul 2022
A World of Good is a new exhibition based around the work of pioneering 19th century environmentalist Charles Waterton, who built the world's first n...
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ON Wed 29 Sep 2021 - Wed 29 Sep 2021
Do you walk the walk?
For the uninitiated, Artwalk is a creative extravaganza that takes place every other month, and features pop-up exhibiti...
Free event
Now - Sun 09 Jan 2022
Joana Vasconcelos creates vibrant, often monumental sculpture, using fabric, needlework and crochet alongside everyday objects from saucepans to whee...
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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...
AT Queen's Mill
ON Sat 02 Oct 2021 - Sat 02 Oct 2021
The historic Queen’s Mill situated on the bank of the River Aire is delighted to release details of its literary festival taking place on the evening...
ON Sat 02 Oct 2021 - Sun 31 Oct 2021
Farmer Copleys Pumpkin Experience is back for 2021 and we can't wait! We're growing over 27 different varieties and we'll have plenty of entertainmen...
Now - Sun 24 Apr 2022
Yorkshire Sculpture Park is delighted to present 399 Days by Rachel Kneebone (b.1973) in the unique environment of the 18th-century Chapel. The artis...
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AT National Coal Mining Museum
Now - Sun 02 Jan 2022
Peer into the lives of mining communities through the memories of Wakefield artist Seanna Doonan. Drawn from her own experiences growing up hearing f...
Free event
Now - Wed 06 Oct 2021
Wonderchaos is a collaboration between internationally acclaimed visual artist Kate Daudy and Nobel prize winning physicist Kostya Novoselov, and is ...
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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...
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AT National Coal Mining Museum
Now - Sun 20 Mar 2022
Brass bands, union banners and beers. Family, friends, the fun of the fair… and the worse for wear. Come and experience the sights and sounds of Gala...
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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 02 Oct 2021 - Sat 02 Oct 2021
Join us for The Sculptor Speaks, an audio-visual installation by composer and artist Olivia Louvel based around her re-sounding of a 1961 recording o...
ON Fri 01 Oct 2021 - Fri 01 Oct 2021
Ubunye (one-ness) unites a trio of singers from KwaZulu-Natal with a top jazz quartet from Leeds in an inspirational blend of high energy African bea...
AT West Wakefield Methodist Church
ON Sat 02 Oct 2021 - Sat 02 Oct 2021
"A worthy successor to Julian Bream" - BBC Music Magazine.
Director of Guitar at the Royal Northern College of Music, Craig is one of the mos...
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ON Wed 29 Sep 2021 - Wed 29 Sep 2021
Theatre Royal Wakefield’s A Climate Emergency series of events begins with a special reading of selected extracts from John Godber's radical environm...
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Now - Sun 06 Feb 2022
YSP will display a series of sculpture and tapestry by British artist Annie Morris in her first UK, solo museum exhibition, timed to coincide with he...
Now - Sun 31 Oct 2021
Working with sculpture, photography and printmaking, Kedisha Coakley reconsiders objects and cultural symbols, and reframes history, race, culture an...
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Now - Fri 01 Oct 2021
Pivotal is an art installation which encourages connection between people and the natural world. The installation was created by Wakefield artist Nat...
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ON Sat 02 Oct 2021 - Sun 10 Oct 2021
Pivotal is an art installation which encourages connection between people and the natural world. The installation was created by Wakefield artist Nat...
Now - Mon 05 Jun 2023
This spring, the Oak Project launches its first artist commission, Silence – Alone in a World of Wounds, hosted at Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP), by...
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AT Queen's Mill
ON Sun 03 Oct 2021 - Mon 18 Oct 2021
'After the Coal Dust' is a series of photographs by Bridget and John Gill of Castleford. It is a non-profit project designed to show life in the loca...