CONTINUING EVENTS (JANUARY)

To 29 Hemsley
Art Centre. Exhibition of works about Hemsley and surrounding area by Ron Baxter. Details 01723 363769

To 30 York
Theatre Royal. Humpty Dumpty. Details 01904 623568. www.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk

To 31 Saltaire
Salts Mill. Kath Libbert Jewellery Gallery. Bright Light. Exhibition of contrasts. 10am-5.30pm. Details 01274 599790. www.kathlibbertjewellery.co.uk

26 Whitby
Pavilion Complex. Afternoon Tea Dances with Ray Kirk. 2pm-4pm. 01947 604855

30 Horsforth
Grove Methodist Church. Orchestra of Die Musicii II. Beethoven and Mozart with Soloist Elizabeth Kenwood-Herriott. 7.30pm. £5. Also Februrary 21, Richard Kenwood-Herriott on Piano. 3pm. £5. Details www.grovemethodist.org.uk/concerts

30-31 Harrogate
Yorkshire Event Centre. Bradford Excel Small Animal Show. Rabbits, guinea pigs, gerbils, hamsters. 9am-5.30pm Sat, 9am-4pm Sun. Details 01625 520647. www.eventcentre.co.uk

31 Goole
The Courtyard. Local Producers’ Market. 9am-1pm.
Details 01405 837100

FEBRUARY

1, 8 & 22 Halifax
Square Chapel for the Arts. Write to Record. Workshop for aspiring songwriters and musicians for 13 to 19 year olds. 6.30pm-8pm. £3. Details 01422 349422. www.squarechapel.co.uk

2 Bedale Hall
Bedale Archaeology and History Society Talk. Historic Gardens of Swaledale and Wensleydale with garden historian Val Hepworth. 7.30pm. £2. Details 01677 450176

3 Gargrave
Village Hall. Craven District Fuschia and Geranium Society. Talk plus refreshments. 7.30pm. Details 01756 752175

3 Harrogate
St. Robert’s Centre. Sieves, Snipe and Sluices – Restoration in the Vale of Pickering. Illustrated talk by Tim Burkinshaw. 7.30pm. On 17th, Eggs and Birds by Nigel Harcourt-Brown. 7.30pm. Details 01423 772953

5 Filey
Evron Centre Concert Hall. Lunchtime Concert with Vincent Billington. Various musical themes and guests. 12.30pm. Continues 12, 19, 26. Details 01723 350545. www.scarborough.gov.uk

5 Scarborough
Hackness Village Hall. Manhattan Voices. Cabaret performance with songs from musical theatre. 7.45pm. Details 01723 586878

5 Rotherham
Civic Theatre. The Number One 70s Show – hits of the decade. 7.30pm. Details 01709 823621

5 Hull
Local Producers’ Market. 9am. Continues 12, 19 & 26. Details 01482 611889

6 Cleckheaton
Farmers Market. Details 01484 223730

6 Hovingham
Village Hall. Market. Over 30 stalls offering local produce, crafts and gifts. 10.30am-3pm. Details 01653 627255. www.hovingham.co.uk

6 Rotherham
Arts Centre. Craft Classes. 10am-12pm.
Continues 13, 20 & 27

6 Driffield
Showground. Farmers’ Market. 9am-1pm.
Details 01377 257494

6-7 Doncaster
St. Mary’s Church, Kirk Bramwith. Snowdrop Festival. Details 01302 846128

6 & 13 Goole
RSPB Blacktoft Sands Nature Reserve. Roost Watch. Catch a glimpse of marsh harriers, owls and merlins. 3pm-5pm. Adults £2.50, children £1. Details 01405 704665

7 Humber Bridge
Local Producers’ Market. 9am-1pm. Details 01482 647161

7 Otley
Courthouse. Workshops for adults. Cooking, creative writing, dance, photography, bookbinding and crafts.
Details 01943 467216

7 Hawes
Gayle Mill. Demonstration Day. Insight into life in a water powered woodworking mill. 11am and 2.30pm.
Details 01969 667320. www.gaylemill.org.uk

7 Ripon
Cathedral. St. Cecilia Orchestra with singing from Ripon schoolchildren. 7pm. Details 01765 602856.
www.st-cecilia.org.uk

7 & 21 Hutton Cranswick, Driffield
Tophill Low Nature Reserve. Volunteer Day. Lend a hand around the Reserve. 10am. Adults £2.50, concessions £1. Details 01377 270690

8 Grassington
Town Hall. Upper Wharfedale Field Society Meeting. Re-establishing the Dales Dormice with Dr Tim Thom, Senior Wildlife Conservation Officer, YDNPA. 7.30pm. £2. Details 01756 752012

9-10 Bradford
Alhambra Theatre. The Moscow State Circus Leganda. 5pm and 8pm performances. Details 01274 432000. www.bradford-theatres.co.uk

10 Northallerton
The Golden Lion Hotel. Arts and Craft Fair. 9.30am-4.30pm. Free. Details 01423 545377

10 to September York
National Railway Museum. Once Upon a Tide – North Sea Ferry Tales. Recollections of travellers over one hundred years of North Sea crossings. Free. 10am-6pm.
Details 08448 153139. www.nrm.org.uk

12 Beverley
Arms Hotel. The Melody Jazz Quartet. 8.30pm. Free

12-14 Haworth
Keighley and Worth Valley Railway. Winter Steam Gala. Great Northern Railway Class N2 Steam Locomotive No. 4744, star of the 1970 film ‘The Railway Children’, returns to the line on the 40th anniversary of this well loved film. Details 01535 645214. www.kwvr.co.uk

12-22 Sutton Bank
National Park Centre. ‘Masters of Light’ Photography Exhibition by landscape photographers Mike Kipling, John Devlin and Brian Jobson. Free. Details 01287 633665

13 Doncaster
Cusworth Hall, Museum and Park. ‘All you need is love’ Exhibition. Enjoy an afternoon making a token of love for your favourite valentine. 1pm and 2.45pm. Adults £2, children £1. Booking essential. Details 01302 782342. www.doncaster.gov.uk

13 Morley
Town Hall. Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band. 7.30pm.
Details 0113 2243801. www.leedsconcertseason.com

13-21 Harrogate
RHS Harlow Carr. Go Wild. Learn how to build bird feeders and bumble bee hotels for your garden plus walks, displays, bird advice and birds of prey demonstrations. 10am-3pm. Details 01423 565418. www.rhs.org.uk/harlowcarr

13-14 Sheffield
English Institute of Sport. UKA Aviva Indoor World Trials and UK Championships. Performances from top-class athletes. Details 0114 2235600. www.uka.org.uk

14 Sheffield
City Hall. Nutcracker. Magical production of this famous ballet. 3pm. Details 0114 2789789. www.sheffieldcityhall.co.uk

14-28 Austwick nr Settle
Austwick Hall. Snowdrops. Walk through the masses of snowdrops in the woods and gardens. Adults £3, children free. Refreshments available. Details 015242 51794. www.austwickhall.co.uk

15-21 Rotherham
Magna Science Adventure Centre. Flight Zone. Design your own aeroplane and discover the power of light. Details 01709 723139. www.visitmagna.co.uk