May 2007

The Junior School Cricket Festival takes place at Hanging Heaton Cricket Club on Thursday 24 May.

Pontefract Racecourse is holding an evening meeting on Friday 25 May.

Ravensknowle Park in Moldgreen is holding a free sports fun day on Thursday May 31st.

An arts initiative dubbed Situation Leeds gets underway today, lasting until Sunday 27 May.

The artwork of John Martin will be discussed at the Bronte Parsonage Museum in Haworth on Friday 11 May at 2:00pm.

The 125th anniversary of the Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band will be marked with a celebratory event on Tuesday 15 May.

A special train to mark the birthday of the Queen of The Netherlands on Monday 30 April.

Brum and Friends, the children's television show about a talking car, comes to the stage at Halifax's Victoria Theatre on Sunday 6 May.

A southern Indian folk theatre performance takes place at Cleckheaton Town Hall on Saturday 26 May at 7:00pm.

Yorkshire comedian Billy Pearce appears at Halifax's Victoria Theatre on Friday 18 May.

An afternoon of poetry takes place at Dewsbury Library on Saturday 12 May, celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Pennine Poets.

Babyshambles frontman Pete Doherty is to DJ at the Gatecrasher Summer Soundsystem 2007, which takes place between Sunday 27 May and Monday 28 May.

Oakwell Hall in Batley is holding a selection of family events between Tuesday 29 May and Wednesday 30 May.

A charity fashion show is taking place at Bradford's Midland Hotel on Thursday 31 May.

The general public are welcome to head to Birkenshaw on Saturday 12 May, to watch England's firemen compete against one other.

An event which aims to teach people about wild trout and nature conservation takes place at Bolton Abbey, Wharfedale, on Thursday 24 May.

An event which promises to teach up-and-coming bands how to create a "national buzz" takes place in Leeds on Friday 25 May.

Batley Library is holding a Yorkshire dialect reading event on Saturday 19 May from 12:30pm to 3:00pm.

The Bankfield Museum in Halifax will be the venue for a new textile exhibition which runs from Saturday 24 March until Saturday 20 May.

Artist Sadie Murdoch has picked the Henry Moore Institute for a reinterpretation of the classic image from the 1920s of the Chaise Longue, to be shown from Saturday 3 March to Sunday 27 May.

An exhibition depicting life on a Huddersfield housing estate is moving to the Tolson Museum on Saturday 5 May.

The Nell Bank Outdoor Education Centre in Ilkley is to hold a family fun day on Saturday 19 May.

Noel Coward's play Hay Fever is showing at Bradford's Alhambra Theatre between Monday 14 May and Saturday 19 May.

Visitors to Kirkgate Market in Leeds on Saturday 26 May will be able to witness a fashion parade.

Abbey House Museum in Leeds will host Moving Here on Wednesday 16 May, allowing those in attendance to find out about immigration patterns in the city.

Leeds is to focus on film for three days between Friday 25 May and Sunday 27 May when the Evolution festival comes to the city.

The John Carr Bicentenary Concert takes place on Saturday 12 May at St. Peter's church in Horbury.

The Old Turk pub in Dewsbury has been chosen as the venue for Yorkshire band Rise To Addiction's album launch-party on Saturday 12 May.

A variety of musical performances will take place at Leeds Cathedral in May, in celebration of the city's 800th year.

Leeds Cathedral is the magnificent setting for a series of free concerts that will bring a flavour of choir, classical music and swing to the West Yorkshire city.

Children and their parents are invited to attend a day of activities at the Butterflies Children's Centre in Normanton on Thursday 3 May.

Dewsbury Town Hall is looking to hit the right note with a lunchtime performance from two Opera North members on Wednesday 23 May.

Otley Courthouse is hosting activity days for children during the forthcoming half-term break from school on Wednesday 30 May and Thursday 31 May.

Wakefield Museum is hosting an exhibition from Saturday 5 May exploring the pattern of UK history in Georgian and Victorian England.

The Ordinary Boys are scheduled to perform live at the People's Party in Huddersfield on Friday 25 May.

Pontefract Museum is showcasing the latest work from the Ackworth Embroiderers' Guild until Saturday 12 May.

Presenter and comedian Tony Robinson is bringing his one-man show back to Bradford on Friday 18 May.

Wakefield Art Gallery is hosting an event on Saturday 19 May, which allows visitors to see sculptures in a way they have never experienced them before.

The rural community of Shepley holds a seasonal festival between Friday 18 May and Sunday 20 May.

The West Yorkshire Police band will be in concert at Pontefract Town Hall on Friday 4 May.

On Sunday 6 May, the summer Sunday market starts again in Holmfirth town centre.

The Courteeners, The Situationists and The Dykeenies are scheduled to play at the People's Party in Huddersfield on Friday 25 May.

Millennium Square in Leeds is the venue for a big-screen showing of Swan Lake on Thursday 31 May at 7:30pm.

A young violinist adds another string to her bow as she is set to perform with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra at Leeds Town Hall on Saturday 12 May.

Friendships are likely to blossom at a forthcoming outdoors event for children at Oakwell Hall and Country Park on Saturday 12 May.