2008-07

Film-lovers in Leeds will be able to indulge in some karaoke fun at the Grand Theatre and Opera House of Thursday 31 July.

The Priestley in Bradford is set to host a series of acoustic nights on the last Monday of each month, beginning on Monday 28 January.

West Yorkshire residents have only one more month to see the exhibition on the science and history of artificial body parts at Leeds' Thackray Museum - the intriguing display closes on August 1st.

West Yorkshire residents have less than two weeks to see the Florilegium - Flowers In Art exhibition, running until Sunday 27 July in the beautiful surroundings of Cartwright Hall, Bradford.

Visitors to Oakwell Hall Country Park in Birstall, Kirklees will be able to branch out their knowledge of trees on a special nature stroll on Sunday 20 July.

West Yorkshire children's museum Eureka, situated in Calderdale, is to host a Sun, Sand and... Snow? event on Saturday and Sunday June 12 and 13, with 20 tonnes of snow being transported in for the kids' enjoyment.

Over the weekend of 19 and 20 July, Bradford will play host to a number of great car events, as part of the Bradford Classic Car Show.

Fans of 80s music will be able to go on a trip down memory lane at the Leeds Grand Theatre and Opera House on Friday 4 July.

A special exhibition of photographs by the late photographer Fay Godwin from her collaboration with Ted Hughes will be on display at the Bronte Museum's Parsonage in Haworth until Friday 25 July.

Anne Fine, the acclaimed children's author, will be speaking at the Square Chapel arts centre in Halifax on Tuesday 1 July at 7:30pm.

A children's festival is set to take place in Halifax from Tuesday 1 July to Sunday 13 July.

West Yorkshire residents with children over the age of three are alerted to the holding of a circus workshop at the Eureka Kids' Museum on Saturday and Sunday, 19 and 20 July.

Eureka! Museum for Children in Halifax will be asking kids to "roll up, roll up" for its special Summer Circus from Saturday 19 July to Wednesday 30 July.

Engaged couples looking forward to their big day are advised to head over to Dewsbury next month to check out the Wedding and Flower Festival taking place from Friday 11 July until Sunday 20 July.

Doctor Dolittle will be talking with the animals at the Alhambra Theatre in Bradford from Tuesday 1 July to Saturday 12 July.

Halifax's Bankfield Museum is holding a Family Day between the hours of 10am and 4pm on Saturday 19 July.

Hundreds of people are expected to attend the glittering summer gala held in Bradford in honour of West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue.

Gary Numan will be playing at Rio's in Leeds on Saturday 26 July at 7:30pm.

This month sees the appearance in Leeds of eighties legend Gary Numan at the Rio's music arena on Saturday 26 July.

Families are being invited to come and indulge their artistic sides at the National Coal Mining Museum for England, situated between Huddersfield and Wakefield, on Saturday 12 July.

There is plenty on offer for families on Sunday 27 July at the Dewsbury Canal Festival.

Clairvoyant Colin Fry will be appearing at St George's Hall in Bradford on Tuesday 1 July at 7:30pm.

Theatre-goers in Halifax will be transported to Neverland for one night only during a performance of Peter Pan at the Piece Hall on Wednesday 9 July at 7:30pm.

Halifax will be off with the fairies on Sunday 6 July as a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream arrives at Manor Heath Park.

Huddersfield will tingle with Caribbean flavour on Saturday 12 July, when the Caribbean Carnival takes place at the Town Hall and Greenhead Park.

From Saturday 5 to Sunday 20 July, west Leeds will be the scene of a brand new two-week arts festival that is sure to become an annual fixture in the region for years to come.

Jane McDonald will be cruising on to the stage at the Grand Theatre and Opera House in Leeds as part of her tenth anniversary tour on Sunday 6 July.

KD Lang hits Sheffield on Thursday 24 July, when the Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter plays the City Hall.

The comedian who broke the Guinness World Record for a solo act performing to the biggest comedy audience is back to entertaining the masses this summer, visiting St George's Concert Hall in Bradford on Saturday 26 July at 8:00pm.

Channel Five's morning-time kids TV segment Milkshake is going on tour this summer and West Yorkshire children can come and see characters from their favourite shows at the Leeds Grand Theatre, running from Sunday 13 July to Monday 14 July, when there is two sittings in one day.

Ex-Beautiful South frontman Paul Heaton comes to Leeds for a much-anticipated gig at the Cockpit on Saturday July 5th.

Monkey! a play based on the legendary Chinese work of literature Journey To The West will be on at the Quarry Theatre in Leeds until Saturday 12 July.

Theatre-goers in Leeds will be able to become Hercule Poirot or Miss Marple for the evening as a murder mystery play heads to the Leeds Grand Theatre and Opera House from Monday 7 July to Saturday 12 July.

Halifax is preparing to welcome a firm favourite in Peter Pan, which will be showing on Wednesday, 9 July at 7.30 pm.

Stop the press - the Eureka! Museum for Children in Halifax will be running a photography workshop on Tuesday 1 July from 5:30pm to 7:30pm.

Bradford's National Media Museum will be the venue for Anna Fox's exhibition of selected photographs recording 25 years of British life, taking place on Thursday July 17th.

Bradford's Centenary Square will play host to a continental food market for four days this month, with 100 market stalls offering exotic produce from Thursday 17 July to Sunday 20 July.

The Jacqueline Wilson novel Secrets has been adapted into a play which will be performed at the Grand Theatre and Opera House in Leeds from Thursday 17 July to Saturday 19 July.

Theatregoers will be able to uncover Gertrude's Secret at the Leeds Grand Theatre and Opera House from Tuesday 22 July to Saturday 26 July.

The Eureka! Museum for Children in Halifax will be airing the film Grease during a special showing on Saturday 12 July at 8:30pm as part of the July Project.

America rockers The Brian Jonestown Massacre will be heading to the Cockpit in Leeds on Friday 11 July at 7:30pm.

Indie band The Music will be playing at Leeds Town Hall on Wednesday 2 July at 7:00pm.

A drive down memory lane to the early days of the BBC's Top Gear programme is in store for those visiting the National Media Museum in Bradford on the evening of Thursday 10 July.

A celebration of the work of Madness will come to Bradford's Alhambra Theatre from Monday 21 July to Saturday 26 July, in the form of a stage musical.

A wedding and flower festival will be held at Dewsbury Minister from Friday 11 July to Sunday 20 July.

On Sunday 13 July, a selection of musical artists with disparate influences from all around the globe will gather at Greenhead Park in Huddersfield, for the local world music festival, A World Together.

West Yorkshire residents can take a look back into the past when an exhibition on tour from London exploring the work of the noted Jewish painter Isaac Rosenburg in the capital during World War One comes to the Stanley and Audrey Burton Gallery in Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, until 25 July.