What's On in Hebden Bridge
and the surrounding area - 2024-2025
Deep Is The Night by Alan Stockdill
by Alan Stockdill
Little Theare
Hebden Bridge Local History Society
The growth, development and decline of football in the Upper Calder Valley
Speaker: Derek Kettlewell
How did the new sport of "Socker" become established within the Upper Calder Valley, and why has the area no football teams of note currently? The talk will explore the challenges faced in developing the game as well as the footballing highlights provided by such teams as Hebden Bridge, Portsmouth Rovers & Luddendenfoot, and the notable players from, and visitors to, the area.
Derek Kettlewell is an enthusiastic researcher into the histories of both football and Rugby League, with a particular focus on sport at a grassroots level. He lives in Hebden Bridge and is a member of HBLHS. He is a supporter of Farsley Celtic FC and a former supporter of the now defunct, Bramley RLFC.
Methodist Church, Market Street. Hebden Bridge. 7.30pm, free to members; £4 for visitors
Back to the 70s
£5. 7.30pm
An evening of non-stop Disco and Glam Rock.
Dress to impress
Mytholmroyd Community Centre
01422 883023 or email
Kim Carnie Out Loud
Hebden Bridge Picture House, Sat 15 March, 7pm, followed by a Q&A.
From the age of 16, singer Kim Carnie spent six years in a secret same-sex relationship.
Read HebWeb News item for more info.
Repair Cafe Mytholmroyd
Bring out your repairs!
Repair Cafe Mytholmroyd will be up and running on Sunday 16 March from 1pm to 4pm
St Michael's Church Hall Mytholmroyd, HX7 5DS
Hot drinks and refreshments.
We can look to repair, clothes, bags, furniture, toys, bikes electrical appliances (not microwaves) knife/tool sharpening
Come and see what its all about.
Contact us:
Email: repairmytholm@gmail.com
Facebook: Repair Cafe Mytholmroyd
Instagram: Repair Cafe Mytholmroyd
Mytholmroyd Soul Club
3-7pm. Mytholmroyd Soul Club presents the Bradford Soul Rebels. Three DJs playing the best Northern, Motown, Philly and Modern. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Large wooden dance floor, fully accessible, bar selling local craft beers from Nightjar and Vocation, chilled-out, friendly vibes. Soul without boundaries, everybody welcome.
Tickets £5 on the door
Mytholmroyd Community & Leisure Centre, Caldene Avenue, Mytholmroyd HX7 5AF
The General starring Buster Keaton
7pm at St Thomas's Heptonstall
Silent black and white comedy with live organ improvisation by Darius Battiwalla, Leeds City Organist. Tickets £20 including pie and peas supper. Contact nosferatu@btinternet.com
Dark Matter presents
Uplifting soul rhythms
Golden Lion Todmorden, 8 pm
With MORA & The Fabulous Wonderfuls (ft George Borowski)
And Lily-Rae Grant in support
With support from Ben Tangle and WYSE
Tickets on Skiddle
Local Motive Public Meeting
All Welcome! Station Building's The Local Motive.
The Good Shepherd Hall, Mytholmroyd 1.30pm -3pm.
Exciting Plans to open in September.
Refreshments. Speakers.
New Road, Mytholmroyd HX7 5EA
Dark Matter Promotions presents....
St Patrick's Day Celebration
Todmorden Working Mens Club, 8pm
Music from 3 local acts: Outside The Box, Rebecca Spooner & Trixxi Corish
Irish stew (meat & vegan) available for purchase
Tickets on Skiddle
Gig Celebrating The Pennine Way
Celebrating 60 years of The Pennine Way, Johnny Campbell is walking from Edale, Derbyshire to Kirk Yetholm, Scotland, 268 miles, performing 17 shows in 19 days. Including Wadsworth Community Centre on Sun 23 March.
Hebden Bridge Local History Society
The opening of Hebden Bridge Trades Club and the first Labour Government
Speaker: Alan Fowler
The Trades Club was opened in February 1925 and the foundation stones were laid in May 1924 a few months before One of the foundation stones was laid by Tom Shaw , Minister of Labour in the 1924 Labour government and member of Britain's first ever Labour cabinet. His speech reviewed the success of the government; but by 1925, when the Trades Club was opened, Labour was in opposition.
The key figure at the formal opening was J.W.Tout, former Oldham MP and Secretary of the Todmorden Weavers, who became the Calder Valley's first Labour MP. The talk explains the significance of these two ceremonies and how they reflected the wider change of the 1920s in Britain.
Alan taught economic history at the Manchester Metropolitan University. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and has given many memorable talks to HBLHS about the Labour and Trades union movements in our area.
Methodist Church, Market Street. Hebden Bridge. 7.30pm, free to members; £4 for visitors
Back to the 90s
£5. 7.30pm
From Vinyl to MP3
The Sound of a Generation!
Mytholmroyd Community Centre
01422 883023 or email
Poetry at The Dusty Miller
7.30 pm in The Coiners Room, Dusty Miller Inn, Burnley Road, Mytholmroyd HX7 5LH
Featuring four wonderful poets:
- Ian Parks
- Ian Pople
- Natalie Rees
- Regina Weinert
Hat passed round for poets. Books to buy
Car park at rear - bus stop outside - station 5 minutes walk
Free. All Welcome
Mill Town Arts Spring Art Fair
Mill Town Arts Spring Fair
Hebden Bridge Town Hall.
Sat 10-5pm, Sun 10-4pm.
Up to 20 Artists and Creatives under one roof, showing their latest work and for sale direct to the public. This is a great event showcasing excellent art and craft, from some wonderfully talented people.
Free to enter, it's well worth your time.
Accidental Death of and Anarchist
Directed by David Howes
Little Theatre
Written in the 1970s to point a satirical finger at the corrupt nature of the police and justice system, this acerbic and funny play received a timely 2023 update, switching the setting from Italy to the London Met, and lets loose the protagonist of The Maniac, to expose the hypocrisies within an institution that has failed to protect and serve for decades now.
Both witty and challenging, this is a breakneck comedy that demands and holds your attention, promising laughs and provocations aplenty.
Hebden Bridge Local History Society
(originally scheduled for January)
Scotland Yard, the Titanic, Rochdale Town Hall and the stained glass of St James Church Hebden Bridge
Speaker: David Smalley
Victorian stained glass has had, until recently, a very bad press. Yet in the late 1870s the congregation and clergy of St James church, at great cost, embarked on a programme of restoration that resulted in a complete glazing by the firm Heaton, Butler and Bayne. Complete schemes are unusual but this one, through the parish magazine, is particularly well documented, a rarity in the world of Victorian stained glass. This lecture looks at the background to the restoration and the social insights that have emerged as the Parish Magazine has been studied.
David says he has had a childlike fascination with light and glass since lecturing on gemstone identification in the 1970s and 80s. He has over the last eight years been studying stained glass through the Continuing Education Department at the University of York with a personal focus on Victorian glass.
Methodist Church, Market Street. Hebden Bridge. 7.30pm, free to members; £4 for visitors
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WI Spring Rag Market on Saturday 27 April. The Rag Market is a twice yearly event run by Hebden Bridge WI to raise funds for their Charity of the Year and for an Educational Bursary with the chance to build new skills. See HebWeb news item for more info.
Pace egg Play
See this HebWeb feature for photos and info
Duck Race
Dark Matter presents
SUIR (Cologne) + [slab]
Golden Lion Todmorden, 7.30pm
Cinematic shoegaze
Tickets on Skiddle
Dark Matter presents
An evening of folk and acoustic music
Golden Lion Todmorden, 7 pm
Formidable Welsh duo of guitar player and composer Toby Hay and electric and acoustic bass player Aidan Thorne will be playing their album live.
With support from Ben Tangle and WYSE
Tickets on Skiddle
Repair Cafe Mytholmroyd
Bring out your repairs!
Repair Cafe Mytholmroyd will be up and running on Sunday 18 May from 1pm to 4pm
St Michael's Church Hall Mytholmroyd, HX7 5DS
Hot drinks and refreshments.
We can look to repair, clothes, bags, furniture, toys, bikes electrical appliances (not microwaves) knife/tool sharpening
Come and see what its all about.
Contact us:
Email: repairmytholm@gmail.com
Facebook: Repair Cafe Mytholmroyd
Instagram: Repair Cafe Mytholmroyd
The Handmade Parade is Back in Hebden Bridge on 22 June. Now known as "The Summer Parade". Funding is from the Arts Council and Calderdale Council. New big puppets, artist training, volunteer sessions, music, stiltwalking classes and loads more are coming in 2025. See this HebWeb Feature on the Parade with photos and info since 2008.
Repair Cafe Mytholmroyd
Bring out your repairs!
Repair Cafe Mytholmroyd will be up and running on Sunday 20 July from 1pm to 4pm
St Michael's Church Hall Mytholmroyd, HX7 5DS
Hot drinks and refreshments.
We can look to repair, clothes, bags, furniture, toys, bikes electrical appliances (not microwaves) knife/tool sharpening
Come and see what its all about.
Contact us:
Email: repairmytholm@gmail.com
Facebook: Repair Cafe Mytholmroyd
Instagram: Repair Cafe Mytholmroyd