What’s on this weekend

FRIDAY

COMMUNITY

New Picture House independent cinema, Yorkshire House, South Street, Dewsbury

Sightseers, 7.30pm. Tickets £4 from www.newpicturehouse.com.

DRAMA AND STAGE

Batley Town Hall

Batley Amateur Thespian Society presents High Society, 15-18 May, 7.15pm. Tickets £12 (£10 concessions). To book call 07792634360.

Dewsbury Artspace, Lower Peel Street, off Bradford Road, Dewsbury

Dewsbury Arts Group presents Spring and Port Wine, 7.30pm. Tickets £9 (concessions £8). Ring 01924 465647.

EXHIBITIONS

Batley Art Gallery, Market Place, Batley

Batley Camera Club annual exhibition 2013, free.

Paintings by Ian Leadbeater.

White Cloth Gallery, Aire Street, Leeds

Duffy Archive presents David Bowie.

Set In Stone – the Stone Roses photography exhibition by Ian Tilton.

The Lounge and Gallery at Matthew’s Coffee House, Market Street, Cleckheaton

Textures From My Travels, by Carol Curtis.

West Yorkshire Print Workshop, Huddersfield Road, Mirfield

Art of Letterpress.

Huddersfield Art Gallery, Princess Alexandra Walk, Huddersfield

Future Backgrounds by Gil Pasternak.

MUSIC

Huddersfield Town Hall

The Magic of Motown, 7.30pm. Tickets £22 from 01484 223200 or www.kirklees.gov.uk/events.

PUBS AND CLUBS

Eastborough WMC, Battye Street, Dewsbury

Jonathan Carroll, male vocalist

The Taproom, Batley

Jade Helliwell, 8.30pm. Free entry.

Millbridge WMC, Bennett Street, Liversedge

Thomas Henry, vocal entertainer

Brudenell Social Club, Leeds

Katmen

Cafe Lento, Leeds

Market Street Players

Cockpit, Leeds

Chelsea Wolfe

Myfanwy

Distrikt, Leeds

DJ Cash Money

Faversham, Leeds

Blu Mar Ten

Grove Inn, Leeds

Bryony Griffith and Will Hampson

New Roscoe, Leeds

Atlanta

O2 Academy Leeds

Alt-J

Royal Park Cellars, Leeds

Grader

Midnight Souls

Snooty Fox, Wakefield

Aynt Skynyrd

The Hop, Wakefield

Tv Smith

The Wardrobe, Leeds

The Abyssinians

TALKS

Dewsbury Minster

The Brontes in Dewsbury by costume historian Gillian Stapelton, presented by Friends of the Minster and Dewsbury Matters History Group. Free to members, £3 to non members, 7.30pm. refreshments from 7pm.

THEATRES

Grand Theatre and Howard Assembly Room

Leeds 0844 848 2705

The Full Monty

Alhambra Theatre

Bradford 01274 432000

Abigail’s Party

Lawrence Batley Theatre

Huddersfield 01484 430528

The Secret Life of Sissy Tancock, by Blue Mountain Theatre

City Varieties

Leeds 0113 243 0808

The Rat Pack

SATURDAY

drama and stage

Dewsbury Artspace, Lower Peel Street, off Bradford Road, Dewsbury

Dewsbury Arts Group presents Spring and Port Wine, 7.30pm. Tickets £9 (concessions £8). Ring 01924 465647.

COMMUNITY

St John’s Church, Carlinghow, Batley

Garden party, 11am-2.30pm, £5 including food.

Music

Brass Band Concert

Dewsbury Minster, 7.30pm, in aid of Dewsbury Women’s Health Group.

EXHIBITIONS

Batley Art Gallery, Market Place, Batley

Batley Camera Club annual exhibition 2013, free.

Paintings by Ian Leadbeater

Red House Museum, Oxford Road, Gomersal

Mary Taylor: Strong Minded Woman and Friend of Charlotte Bronte.

White Cloth Gallery, Aire Street, Leeds

Duffy Archive presents David Bowie.

Set In Stone – the Stone Roses photography exhibition by Ian Tilton.

The Lounge and Gallery at Matthew’s Coffee House, Market Street, Cleckheaton

Textures From My Travels, by Carol Curtis.

West Yorkshire Print Workshop, Huddersfield Road, Mirfield

Art of Letterpress.

Huddersfield Art Gallery, Princess Alexandra Walk, Huddersfield

Future Backgrounds by Gil Pasternak.

PUBS AND CLUBS

Dewsbury Socialist Club, Bradford Road

Garron Frith

Batley Irish Democratic League Club (Nash), Batley

Picture This vocal duo 8.15pm.

Eastborough WMC, Battye Street, Dewsbury

Vegas, multi-instrumentalist male duo.

Old Bank WMC, Mirfield

Female vocalist Roxanne Powers

Moorlands Club, Cleckheaton

Burlesque night - celebrating British culture from the 1940s to the present day, featuring Heidi Bang Tidy, Georgia Honey, Misty Mina, Ana Sede and April Lindsay.

St Paulinus Parochial Hall, Westtown, Dewsbury

Turk’s Head rock night, 7.30pm-11.45pom, £3.

Comrades Club, Heckmondwike

John Gillan, vocal comedy, 8.30pm.

The Taproom, Batley

Bootscraper

The Central Club, Batley

Lewis Mathews, vocal entertainer. Doors open 7pm.

Millbridge WMC, Liversedge

Bonnie, X Factor finalist

Baby Jupiter, Leeds

September Girls

Carpe Diem, Leeds

The Dead White Doves

Eiger Studios, Leeds

Pearl Jammer

Grove Inn, Leeds

Joby Hardwick

TALKS

Huddersfield Library and Art Gallery, Princess Alexandra Walk, Huddersfield

Author talk with Gavin Extence, 11am-noon. Tickets 50p including refreshments.

THEATRES

Studio Theatre

Bradford 01274 432000

Life Becomes Noise, with comedian Sean Hughes

Grand Theatre and Howard Assembly Room

Leeds 0844 848 2705

The Full Monty - May 6-18

Alhambra Theatre

Bradford 01274 432000

Abigail’s Party

Lawrence Batley Theatre

Huddersfield 01484 430528

Twinkle’s Dream - baby ballet

Jim Hart and the Cloudmakers trio - music

SUNDAY

exhibitions

Red House Museum, Oxford Road, Gomersal

Mary Taylor: Strong Minded Woman and Friend of Charlotte Bronte.

PUBS AND CLUBS

Batley Irish Democratic League Club (Nash), Batley

Craig Michael, keyboard vocalist, 1pm; Trevor Craig, X Factor vocalist, 8.15pm.

Central Club, Batley

Sunday afternoon Jazz with Reg Hargreaves Trio and singer, 1pm-3.30pm. Free entry.

Brudenell Social Club, Leeds

Dirty Beaches

Cockpit, Leeds

RDGLDGRN

Duck and Drake, Leeds

Stars On 45

Grove Inn, Leeds

Jiannis Pavlidis

HiFi Club, Leeds

Joe Driscoll and Sekou Kouyate

New Roscoe, Leeds

Book of Genesis

Seven, Leeds

Remi Harris Trio

THEATRES

Grand Theatre and Howard Assembly Room

Leeds 0844 848 2705

The Full Monty

Square Chapel Centre for the Arts

Halifax 01484 349422

Jonathan Prag classical guitar

WALKS

To Studley Pike and Todmorden

North Kirklees Ramblers. Meet Dave at Hebden Bridge Rail Station, CP HX7 6IE

(GR SD 995 268) for an 8.5 miles moderate walk, 10.30am. Ring 0798 1 72 0099.

Holmfirth

Dewsbury and District Ramblers. Meet walk leader Margaret Mitchell at Wellington Road car park, Dewsbury, 9am.