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Sessions: West Yorkshire
   
Note: sessions (generally held in pubs) can change, or move, quite frequently. Be sure to check before travelling. Unless otherwise indicated, all events take place in the evening.

  Ackworth   Batley   Bradford   Halifax   Holmfirth   Huddersfield   Leeds   Mytholmroyd   Queensbury   Ripponden   Silsden   Todmorden   Wakefield  

Ackworth
  • The Masons Arms
    Bell Lane, Ackworth.
    Sundays, third in month: 1.30 pm.
    Singers and musicians.
    Contact: Tony Callaghan
    Telephone: 01924 255981
Batley
  • Folk At The Proke (Batley)
    Session for players and singers, mainly Irish traditional, but everybody and everything welcome. The perfect session room, warm, welcoming, great acoustic.
    Wednesdays, second and fourth in month, 8.30-11.30 pm.
    Contact: Denis Walsh
    Address: Folk At The Proke, c/o St Mary's Social Club, Melton Street, Batley, West Yorkshire WF17 8PT
    Telephone: 01924 503758
    Email: stmarysclubbatley@hotmail.com
    Website: http://www.stmarybatley.co.uk/folk%20club.htm

Bradford
  • MacRory's Bar
    Beechfield Hotel, Beasby Road, Bradford.
    Mondays.
    Irish music.
    Contact: MacRory's
    Telephone: 01274 729524

  • Melbourne Inn
    City Road, Bradford.
    Sundays.
    Singers and musicians: Irish music.
    Telephone: 01274 585511
    Email: steve@signagraphic.com

Halifax

 

Holmfirth
  • The Nook
    The Rose and Crown, Holmfirth.
    Thursdays, first in month.
    Singers and musicians.
    Telephone: 01484 685843

  • The Royal Oak
    19, Towngate, Upperthong.
    Tuesdays, 8.30 pm: traditional singing evenings featuring traditional singers from the Holmfirth area. All welcome; food available.
    2005: 19 July, 30 August, 11 October, 15 November
    2006: 10 January
    Contact: Mark Davies
    Telephone: 0114 285 1479
    Email edeophone@aol.com

Huddersfield
  • The Butcher's Arms
    Hepworth.
    Thursdays, third in month.
    Musicians.
    Telephone: 01484 685843

  • The Red Lion
    Jackson Bridge.
    Thursdays, second in month.
    Singers and musicians.
    Telephone: 01484 683499
Leeds
  • The Grove
    Back Row, Hunslet.
    Tuesdays.
    Singers and musicians.
    Contact: The Grove
    Telephone: 0113 243 9254

  • The New Inn
    Carr Road, Calverley.
    Alternate Sundays.
    Singers and musicians.
    Telephone: 01274 613877

  • Unplugged
    The Grove, Back Row, Hunslet.
    Wednesdays.
    Open session.
    Contact: The Grove
    Telephone: 0113 243 9254
Mytholmroyd
  • Folk at the Grove
    Saturdays, monthly, 8 pm at the Grove Inn, Luddendenfoot, nr Mytholmroyd, Hebden Bridge.
    Open singaround session, with a strong local Yorks / Lancs emphasis. Lovely room with good acoustics. Forthcoming dates decided at session. Monthly email notification available.
    Contact: Jim Jarratt
    10 Myrtle Grove, Scout Road, Mytholmroyd, West Yorkshire HX7 5JD
    Telephone: 01422 884537
    Email: jimjarratt@btinternet.com
    Website: http://www.jimjarratt.co.uk/

Queensbury
  • Pineberry Inn
    Tuesdays, weekly.
    Singers and musicians.
    Contact: David Hanson
    Telephone: 01422 350523
Ripponden Silsden
  • Cobbydale Social Club
    Thursdays from 8.30 pm at the Cobbydale Social Club, Skipton Road, Silsden BD20 9NE.
    "Open mike" and acoustic sessions.
    Telephone: 01535 653334
    Fax: 01535 678205
    Email: malcolm.raff@blueyonder.co.uk

Todmorden
  • The Masons Arms
    Bacup Road, Todmorden.
    Thursdays.
    Singers and musicians.
    Telephone: 01422 845365
Wakefield
  • The Jolly Sailor
    Thornes Wharfe, Wakefield.
    Sundays, first in month: 2 pm.
    Singers and musicians.
    Contact: Tony Callaghan
    Telephone: 01924 255981

 

 
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