2008-08

One of the UK's most successful chart acts of recent times, Girls Aloud, are performing at Leeds' Harewood House Arena on Friday 29 August.

Halifax's ever-popular Eureka Children's Museum is to host the family event Fred's Flying Circus over the month of August.

The Happy Mondays have agreed to headline the Bingley Music Live festival taking place from Saturday 30 to Sunday 31 August.

The rich history of Leeds' showpiece stately home Harewood House will be celebrated over the August Bank Holiday weekend from Sunday 24 August to Monday 25 August.

Visitors from all over the region are expected to descend on the spa town of Ilkley, near Bradford, for the Ilkley Summer Festival throughout the month of August.

Alternative metal band InMe have sent rock fans in West Yorkshire scampering to buy tickets for their Sheffield gig, scheduled for Friday 29 August at the Corporation.

Leeds' popular Royal Armouries Museum hosts the Queens Golden Jubilee International Joust over the weekend of Saturday 23 August to Monday 25 August.

José Gonzalez, the guitarist known as the king of the cover version, is playing Leeds Brudenell Social Club on Thursday 28 August.

Bradford's Bolling Hall is holding kids' creative workshops every Wednesday throughout the summer holidays.

The borough of Kirklees is playing host to a whole host of different activities for kids over the summer, under the banner 'Summer Buzz'.

The Last Night of the Proms will be celebrated at Harewood House, Leeds on Saturday 30 August.

Music fans will be heading to Leeds Festival on Friday 22 to Sunday 24 August at Bramham Park.

One of the most hotly anticipated dates on the West Yorkshire music calendar is nearing, with Leeds Festival from Friday 22 August to Sunday 24 August.

A workshop being held by Bradford's National Media Museum, on Thursday 28 August, will teach West Yorkshire families how to 'Make Your Own TV Advert'.

The Cartwright Hall Gallery is hosting an Animal Mask event on Saturday 24 August as part of its summer calendar.

US acid rock group Jefferson Starship are scheduled to play at the Holmfirth Picturedrome on Friday 29 August.

Bradford's National Media Museum is to host an exhibition of 'Sunny Snaps' - a pictorial account of British seaside life - up until the end of August.

Leeds's Big City Jazz festival is returning to Leeds in August with a series of events celebrating the diverse genre, including Chill-Out Sunday 24 August.

Bradford University Students' Union will be the venue for Infest 2008 - an August Bank Holiday journey through electronic music.

Bradford is looking ahead to the annual Bingley Show on Sunday 10 August at Myrtle Park.

The Bradford Peace Museum will be displaying its 3,000 peace-related artefacts on Wednesday's and Friday's throughout this summer.

Huddersfield's Cragrats Theatre will be home to a night of improvised comedy on Friday 22 August.

Visitors to Dewsbury can enjoy a day at the seaside on Saturday 23 August.

Leeds' stately home at Harewood House will host an outdoor movie on Saturday 6 September.

The award winning new film from Brazilian director José Padilha, Elite Squad, will be showing at Bradford's Pictureville Cinema between Friday 29 August and Thursday 4 September.

The 'My World My Things: Fashion & Film' exhibition is at Bradford 1 Gallery until August 31, and is said to be a snapshot of shopping and fashion culture.

The National Mining Museum in Wakefield is holding a Rosebasket Craft Fair over the Bank Holiday weekend from Saturday 23 August through to Monday 25 August.

Parents and children are being made especially welcome at the National Coal Mining Museum in Wakefield until the end of August.

West Yorkshire residents are alerted to the fun fair taking place at Lister Park in Bradford between Thursday 7 August and Monday 11 August.

The hit children's show LazyTown will be hitting the stage at the Leeds Grand Theatre and Opera House on Saturday 2 August and Sunday 3 August.

Come face-to-face with some of the most savage and spectacular arms and armour from Britain's history at the Royal Armouries in Leeds this summer.

Huddersfield Food and Drink Festival will be held in the city centre from Thursday 14 to Sunday 17 August.

West Yorkshire residents are readying themselves for the 2008 Emley Show taking place at Factory Farm near Huddersfield on Saturday 2 August.

The Comedy Bunker is gearing up for its next event at Huddersfield's Lawrence Batley Theatre and is promising a line-up which will bring the house down on Thursday 7 August.

Harewood House is offering kids an introduction to comedy course on 19 August.

West Yorkshire residents who fancy checking out what the region's aspiring artists have to offer are advised to head down to the Leeds Artists Show 2008, running until Sunday 10 August at Leeds City Art Gallery.

Popular Welsh band Lostprophets will visit Sheffield on Saturday 16 August as part of their international tour.

A lunchtime meditation session will be held at Bradford's Impressions Gallery on Tuesday 12 August from 12.30pm to 1.15pm

A mummy that will be the star of the show at a new museum in Leeds is undergoing restoration ahead of the venue's launch on September 13.

A spectacular outdoor show comes to the Lawrence Batley Theatre as the Conference of the Birds is performed on Saturday 9 August.

The life and works of Roald Dahl will be celebrated at the Eureka museum in Halifax on the weekend of Saturday September 13.

A collection of artwork reflecting the political turmoil of 1980s Britain is now on display at the Leeds art gallery.

The Damned are scheduled to bring their inimitable brand of gothic punk to the Holmfirth Picturedrome on Sunday 3 August.

Anyone wishing to attend the Classical Fantasia event at Kirkstall Abbey on September 13 for free must attend the ticket launch on Saturday, August 9 in Millennium Square.

Car enthusiasts, Volkswagen or Audi owners and families looking for a fun day out can take a trip to the VW Festival, taking place at Leeds' Harewood House from Saturday 16 to Sunday 17 August.

Bracken Hall in Bradford is hosting a series of wildlife adventures for children on August 14, 21 and 28.