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Ilkley Concert Club: Chloë Hanslip & Danny Driver

Chloë Hanslip returns to Ilkley after too long a gap with her regular duo partner, Danny Driver, and a programme which combines the baroque with the classical and late romantic.

Tickets: £5-20

King's Hall & Winter Garden

Cosmic Christmas

A great start to your festive season with unique arts and crafts, and festive foods.

Free entry

Clarke Foley Community Hub

Christmas Lights 2024

More details will be announced soon.

Free

The Grove

Christmas Makers’ Fair

Inside, the House will be bustling with stalls from local sellers offering a variety of stunning handcrafted goods, from ceramics and jewellery to Christmas cards and quirky decorations! This is the perfect chance to support small businesses and find unique gifts for friends and loved ones this winter.

Admission is £1 (under 16s free)

Ilkley Manor House

Moor Laughs Comedy Club

Get ready to laugh your socks off at Moor Laughs Comedy Club with hilarious comedians Steff Todd, El Baldiniho, and Alex Mitchell!

Tickets £9-£22

The Hollygarth

Ilkley Local History Hub: Ben Rhydding Hydro (online)

In this illustrated talk, Alex Cockshott discusses the Ben Rhydding Hydropathic Hotel.
Please note this talk is virtual only, taking place on Zoom.
To pre-register: localhistory@civicsociety.ilkley.org

Donations welcome

Online

Real Markets Ilkley

First Sunday of the month 10am-3pm.
Real Markets are known for their friendly atmosphere and quality stalls. Offering food for the belly and the soul, you will find food, drink, crafts, artwork, homeware and more at Real Markets in Ilkley.

Free

The Grove

Ilkley Christmas Tree Festival

The church will be filled with a stunning display of Christmas trees individually decorated by local schools, charities and community groups. Vote for your favourite, plus live music, festive crafts and refreshments.

Free entry

St Margaret's Church

Bradford Keighley and Skipton Disability Athletics Charity Fundraiser

Bradford Keighley and Skipton Disability Athletics Charity fundraising evening with disco and raffle.

The Midland Hotel

Ilkley Concert Club: The Treske Quartet

The Treske Quartet – graduates of the Royal Northern College of Music – are earning a growing reputation.
Beethoven – String quartet no. 10 in E flat major, op 74; Stravinsky – Three Pieces for string quartet; Purcell (arr Britten) – Chacony in G minor; Britten – String quartet no. 2 in C major, op 36

Tickets: £5-20

King's Hall & Winter Garden

The Big Pants Party

Join the Big Pants Party Band for an evening of fabulous live music and amazing vocalists as we embark on an extraordinary celebration of sisterhood with some of the greatest hits of all time. Performed live in concert.

£31.75

King's Hall & Winter Garden

Hollygarth New Year's Eve Party

Live music from Jamie Ansbro to see in the new year.

Tickets £5 (members) £7.50 (non-members)

Hollygarth

The Trumpets Shall Sound

"The Trumpets Shall Sound" is an exciting programme of music for up to 8 Trumpets, featuring classic works by Altenburg and Biber. It is a spectacle of Trumpet professionals that has not been seen in Ilkley for perhaps 25 years, and will be a feast for the ears.

£12 adult / £8 concessions

St Margaret's Church

ABC - An Intimate Evening with Martin Fry

Martin Fry brings an evening of stripped-back music and conversation to the King's Hall.

Tickets from £34.75

King's Hall & Winter Garden

Christmas Makers’ Fair

Inside, the House will be bustling with stalls from local sellers offering a variety of stunning handcrafted goods, from ceramics and jewellery to Christmas cards and quirky decorations! This is the perfect chance to support small businesses and find unique gifts for friends and loved ones this winter.

Admission is £1 (under 16s free)

Ilkley Manor House

Addingham Christmas Market & Lights Switch On

Totally Locally Addingham in partnership with Addingham Parish Council are once again hosting their ever-popular Christmas Market to coincide with the Christmas Lights Switch On at the Swan Pub car park

The Swan car park

Tilly & Primrose Autumn Artisan Market

A beautifully curated artisan market with over 45 stalls.

Free entry

King's Hall & Winter Garden

King of the Swingers

Dominic Halpin and The Honey B's Swing Band will be at the Clarke Foley Centre on Friday 29th November.
Tickets details on the poster.

Tickets £15

Clarke Foley Community Hub

5k Elf Shuffle

Participants will run, walk (or shuffle) from Clarke Foley on Cunliffe Road and back in a casual, non-competitive 5K route. It’s all about having fun, staying active, and supporting a vital local charity.
To register, simply email marketing@clarkefoley.co.uk

£10 per person

Clarke Foley Community Hub

Ilkley Concert Club Afternoon Student Concert (3rd in series)

The young Cedar String Quartet will perform a full one hour recital.

£10 single concert/£25 for all three

King's Hall & Winter Garden

Ilkley Christmas Tree Festival

The church will be filled with a stunning display of Christmas trees individually decorated by local schools, charities and community groups. Vote for your favourite, plus live music, festive crafts and refreshments.

Free entry

St Margaret's Church

Milton Jones

This is not a musical. Milton Jones is tone deaf and has no sense of rhythm, but at least he doesn't make a song and dance about it. He has more important things to discuss. Like giraffes...and there's a bit about tomatoes.

£35.25

King's Hall & Winter Garden

Handel Messiah

Ilkley Choral Society (with Otley Choral Society) present Handel Messiah with orchestra & soloists.
Tickets from The Grove Bookshop or online at ilkleymessiah.eventbrite.co.uk

£20

St Margaret's Church

The Snowman - Live!

Don't miss Raymond Briggs' magical Christmas story, The Snowman, with live music performed by the award winning BD1 Brass Band.

£8.50-£15

King's Hall & Winter Garden

The Simon & Garfunkel Story

*Rescheduled from Oct 24 due to illness*
The Simon & Garfunkel Story is an internationally acclaimed immersive production that takes audiences through the story of Simon & Garfunkel’s incredible career.

£31.75

King's Hall & Winter Garden

The Ilkley Food & Drink Festival 2025

Live music and entertainment, plus 100+ expected local traders & independent businesses serving food, drink, and artisan products

Adults £6.95 early bird

East Holmes Field

Olicana Historical Society: Witchcraft in 16th and 17th Century Yorkshire

Dave Weldrake will give a lecture, Witchcraft in 16th and 17th Century Yorkshire.
An Ilkley Arts event.

Free entry

Christchurch Sanctuary

Ilkley Arts Pop-Up Gallery

Join us for a spectacular Pop-Up Art Gallery event, showcasing the diverse and vibrant works of over 40 talented artists from around the region. Open 10-4.

Free entry

Ilkley Arts Studio

Swing Dance Band

The Two Rivers Swing Band are excited to be holding their Autumn Dance at a new venue The Hollygarth.
Dancing to a live swing band - Swing, Jive, Latin & Rock n Roll.

Tickets £10

The Hollygarth

Ilkley Arts Pop-Up Gallery

Join us for a spectacular Pop-Up Art Gallery event, showcasing the diverse and vibrant works of over 40 talented artists from around the region. Open 10-4.

Free entry

Ilkley Arts Studio

Yorkshire Cancer Research Christmas Fayre

The fayre will have fantastic stalls for Christmas shopping.
There will be a choir, a raffle, a cake stall & a lot of festive cheer!!
Entry is £5 which includes coffee & mince pies.

Tickets £5 on the door

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Addingham Memorial Hall

Ilkley Antiques, Vintage & Collectables Fair

24 Stalls selling a great variety of antiques, vintage and collectables plus a cafe with delicious refreshments.
1st Sunday of each month (exc. Jan)

Entry £1

Clarke Foley Centre

Bleak Expectations

5th - 14th Dec 7.30pm, 7th Dec 2.30pm & 14th Dec 2.30pm [relaxed performance]
A glorious, riotous, eccentric comedy set in Dickensian society with characters based on some of Dickens' most-loved novels.

Tickets £5-£14

Ilkley Playhouse

Charity Christmas Fayre

Come along and support your local charities who all have their own stalls.

Free entry

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Clarke Foley Community Hub

Ilkley Flower Club: Christmas Wreath Workshop

All materials and instruction will be provided for participants to produce a fantastic wreath to take home.

£30 [£20 members]

Ilkley Grammar School

Hollygarth Kids Christmas Party.
Pop Party Disco and a visit from Santa.

Free entry

Hollygarth

The Snowman - Live! [2nd performance]

Don't miss Raymond Briggs' magical Christmas story, The Snowman, with live music performed by the award winning BD1 Brass Band.

£8.50-£15

King's Hall & Winter Garden

ELO AGAIN

ELO Again are back on tour celebrating the truly universal music of Jeff Lynne and the Electric Light Orchesta.

£32.75 - £35.00

King's Hall & Winter Garden

The Ilkley Food & Drink Festival 2025

Live music and entertainment, plus 100+ expected local traders & independent businesses serving food, drink, and artisan products

Adults £6.95 early bird

East Holmes Field

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