Marc Jeanbourquin Sparkling Overture
Adrian Drover Mr Nice Guy Featuring bass trombone soloist Tristram Cox
Philip Sparke Rhythm and Blues
Philip Doe The Bells of Peover Featuring cornet soloist Maria Beezer
Ennio Morricone/Stuart Pullin La Califfa Featuring soprano soloist Louie Anderson
Mark Taylor/Philip Sparke Brass Machine
Nigel Lawless Seren Fach
Norman Bearcroft Just Like John
Louise Trewartha Flight
Gioachino Rossini/George Hawkins Overture: The Barber of Seville
Carlos Gardel/Peter Graham Tango Por Una Cabeza Featuring cornet soloist Tom Smith
Robert Farnon Un Vie de Matelot
Elgar Howarth The Old Chalet
Peter Graham Shine As the Light
Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen Vitae Lux and Norwegian Dance
George Doughty My Grandfather’s Clock Featuring euphonium soloist Chris Robertson
Formed in 1917 in South Yorkshire, Grimethorpe Colliery Band is widely regarded as a British institution. National and British Open Champion on numerous occasions, the band received two gold discs for its contributions to the global hit movie, Brassed Off. Recently appointing Ben Dixon as its new Musical Director, Grimethorpe Colliery Band has long championed new music for brass, premiering young British composer and orchestrator Dani Howard’s Warp and Weft at Brass in Concert in 2023.
As part of the 2024 Farsley Literature Festival we are proud to announce, an afternoon at the Old Woollen with award winning author Sir Ian Rankin as he introduces us to the brand new John Rebus thriller ‘Midnight and Blue’, which will be released in October.
They say there is nowhere more dangerous for a cop than prison. John Rebus is about to find out just how true that is.
The Book of Eternity has been stolen!
Join us to help solve the mystery!
An interactive musical adventure for 7 to 11 year olds.
Team up with our detectives to track down clues to find the rare and mysterious Book of Eternity … can you find the book and the culprit before the end of the show?
Written by acclaimed children's author Clare Povey and produced by Northern Opera Group.
“It was amazing and I want to see it again”
“Thank you so much for the event – really enjoyable for the adults as well as the kids!”
(Spring 2024 audience feedback)
129 Water Lane
Holbeck
Leeds
LS11 9UD
United Kingdom
Colourbration is a two day celebration of creativity for colour loving peeps in the heart of the city centre.
It's the brainchild of Leeds indies including: Flavour Like Fancy, March Makes, Holy Doughly and Seagulls Paint aiming to create fun day out for all the family with a whole lot of something for everyone.
Featuring a makers market filled with colour loving creators of jewellery, ceramics, art prints homewares and more. Free crafts and sensory play for kids, creative workshops, street food, chill out zones, music and good vibes!
86a Harrogate Road
Leeds
LS7 4LZ
United Kingdom
Canteen Bar has made it to the ripe old age of 5!!! And what better way to celebrate than with a proper knees up at our 5th Birthday Yard Party weekender!
Expect DJs, live music, cocktail specials, pizza and beers!
Free entry in Canteen’s (and friendly neighbours’) very own back yard.
Join us in the shop for something very different, with drinks and escape room challenges, as author L.D. Smithson talks to us about her gripping new thriller – The Escape Room.
In February 2024 Leona published her first stand-alone thriller, The Escape Room, under the name L.D. Smithson. Her second standalone, The Shame Game, is due in 2025. All Leona’s novels draw on her experience as a psychologist.