Puzzle Hall Inn

Improv @ The Puzzle
2025-09-28 13:00 - 15:00 (Europe/London)
Audience and players VERY WELCOME. These are open playing sessions where weird and wonderful pieces are improvised by the group using some light direction and guidance on the playing.
Donations welcomed: Bring Instruments and if needed little amplifiers and come down and join in with the improvisations. Arrive by 1.30pm to be ready to play at 2.00pm.
No previous experience needed. Any questions? Feel free to message.

Chess Night
2025-09-29 20:00 - 23:00, 2025-10-06 20:00 - 23:00, 2025-10-13 20:00 - 23:00, 2025-10-20 20:00 - 23:00, 2025-10-27 20:00 - 23:00, 2025-11-03 20:00 - 23:00
All welcome for this casual but serious evening of chess.

Folk Night with Cat's Cradle
2025-10-02 20:00 - 23:00
First Thursday of the month, LORE is our Folk and Roots music Night hosted by Gareth Scott with special guests each month.
Cat’s Cradle are an acoustic 4-piece folk band playing inventive, intricately constructed original songs and tunes, by turns atmospheric, rhythmically driving and gentle. Using voice, mandolin, tenor banjo, bodhran, whistle, piano and cello, several traditions get woven in, from the UK to eastern Europe, prog and chamber music, all wetted down with a bit of northern rain. They are based in the lumpy South Pennines.
Free entry, donations toward events and artists always welcome.

French Fridays
2025-10-03 17:30 - 18:30, 2025-10-10 17:30 - 18:30, 2025-10-17 17:30 - 18:30, 2025-10-24 17:30 - 18:30, 2025-10-31 17:30 - 18:30
An informal group to practice your conversational French – Everyone welcome!

The Lores + Carps
2025-10-03 20:00 - 22:00
Remember the 90’s? The fashion. The haircuts. The vibe. And above all else: the music. A cavalcade of guitar-soaked pop that evoked the best of the 60’s, laced with the party vibe of the Mediterranean and the acidic wit ofyouthful ambition. Oasis. Charlatans. Stone Roses. Blur. Pulp. Supergrass andmore. The sound of a tubthumping era. Now imagine that without the hair and you have…. The Lores. Six of the finest, most handsome and musically skilful men that Yorkshire has to offer, bringing the best of British indie directly to yourears. You know it makes sense.
With amazing support from Carps:
If you like bald, paunchy men with an acoustic guitar and a bag full of hand crafted songs about sex, death, erectiledisfunction and growing updisgracefully, then you’re in for a treat. Once described as a cross between Lennon, McCartney and a Fray Bentos pie, Carpenter is here to gently shake your tree with melodies and lyrics that he’s 75% certain he wrote himself, stirring a hearty broth of folk, pop, rock,psychedelia and indie.
Step back into the 90s, on the 3rd of October at Puzzle Hall

Horsfly
2025-10-04 21:00 - 23:00
Described as “Long Ryders meet Springsteen via Neil Young”

This country-punk quartet is fronted by Des Horsfall (Vocals/bass) with James L Fildes (guitar/vocals), Charlie Griffiths (organ/piano) and Martin Davies (drums).

Collectively the band have worked with or opened for Pete Townshend, The Mighty Wah, Joe Ely, The Incident, Buchanan, Slim Chance, Black, Urban Jazz Guérillas,
Grain Electric, Steve Earle, Little Chief and more.

MORE CLASH THAN CASH!

Acoustic Singaround Session
2025-10-05 13:00 - 16:00
Join us at the Puzzle Hall Inn, the 1st Sunday of each month for an acoustic afternoon informal singaround. All persons of all ages and skill levels welcome.
Hosting, will be the incredible Dave CalvertIn his own words: “Everyone is welcome to come along and sing, play, join in or just listen, the beer is great, as is the atmosphere. Its a lovingly restored, community owned pub which is continuing it’s long history of music events.”
Entry is free, hope to see you there.

Crosscut Saw
2025-10-11 21:00 - 23:00
Crosscut Saw return to the Puzzle.
Swamp blues power!
Free entry, donations towards events always welcome x

Speed Dinosaurs + Tide Glass
2025-10-12 16:00 - 19:00
Comprised of ukulele, double bass and cajon childhood friends Speed Dinosaurs create together a uniquely winsome skiffle punk sound respite with winning harmonies, captivating melodies and raucous fun. Their songwriting traverses a wide spectrum of topics from the serious to the sublime; including the ills of misinformation, austerity or misogyny, the benefits of working together, providing information on dinosaurs or the wonder of real ale or radio 4. They’re also not afraid to slip in the odd Beastie Boys or System of a down cover.
https://www.facebook.com/SpeedDinosaurs/about
https://www.facebook.com/SpeedDinosaurs/about
https://www.youtube.com/speeddinosaurs
“Speed Dinosaurs are incredibly odd yet incredibly pleasing to the ears and together they create a fantastic range of music with perfect harmonies” – Soundsphere

Tide Glass are local duo Rosie and Jim (no not those ones!) who peddle a charming form of satirical folk to your delight.
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61576343625117#
https://www.youtube.com/@TideGlass

Technical Difficulties
2025-10-15 19:00 - 22:30
Technical Difficulties is Sowerby Bridge’s original experimental music open mic held on the third Wednesday of Each Month.
FREE ENTRY
Please send us a message if you want a slot!
We have a PA installed, two tables and somebody to plug you in…
Whether you’re into alternative hip hop, dark ambient, free jazz, freak folk, beat poetry or drone rock come on down, plug yourself in and let your freak flag fly!

The Hazy Janes + Beach Head
2025-10-17 20:00 - 22:00
Local legends in the making The Hazy Janes are an exciting rock band from Halifax/York. Though you may know them as a dynamic duo they’re now a terrific trio Ellis and Bron having recently added bass player Andy Horrocks into the mix to help take their already powerful blues punk sound into a more gnarly and groovy garage rock direction. Championed by the likes of BBC Introducing and Planet Rock, the Hazy Janes combine the energy and electricity of ‘60s rock and 00’s garage revival with the groove and attitude of blues legends like Freddie King and the feelgood fun of Dr Feelgood.
https://www.facebook.com/thehazyjanes/
https://www.instagram.com/thehazyjanes/
https://www.youtube.com/@thehazyjanes8652
“Delivering an electrifying live experience and a sound that’s both nostalgic and innovative, The Hazy Janes are a must-see act” – In your ears music
“A swashbuckling, rifftastic, sonic assault on the sense” – With just a hint of mayhem

Formed in 2025, Beach Head are a new rock band based in Leeds. Inspired by the best in punk, grunge and stoner rock (Queens of the Stone Age, Pixies, Breeders) together they create an exciting and enervating sound full of passion and power but dripping with catchy melodies. They have a 6 track self titled EP out now to get your teeth into.
https://www.facebook.com/beachheadrock/
https://beachheadrock.bandcamp.com/album/beach-head-ep

Owter Zeds
2025-10-18 21:00 - 23:00
This is what ChatGPT has to say about Owter Zeds:

“Owter Zeds is a term that refers to a type of clogs, which were traditionally worn by workers in the mills and mines of Yorkshire and Lancashire in England. The term “Owter” is a dialect word for “outer,” and “Zeds” refers to the letter “Z,” which is the shape of the metal toe cap that was often added to the clogs for protection.

Owter Zeds have become a symbol of working-class culture and history in the region, and they are still made and worn today by some people for traditional folk dancing or as a fashion statement. There is also a folk music band called Owter Zeds, which takes its name from the clogs and specializes in traditional music from the Yorkshire and Lancashire areas.”

That’s artificial intelligence for you…

Or you could come and hear some top ska music!

The Shining Hour + Start To Run(acoustic)
2025-10-19 16:00 - 19:00
Halifax trio, The Shining Hour take the classic heartland alt folk rock of acts like Grant Lee Buffalo and The Triffids and give it a West Yorkshire twist. No mere revival act The Shining Hour’s music tackles contemporary concerns but without a heavy heart or hand drawing you in with the warm rhythmic chug of their sound and the sweet wistfulness of their melodies.
https://www.facebook.com/TheShiningHour
https://open.spotify.com/artist/64PlbGw1OaavcuNROrkFu0

Start to Run are a band born out of the isolation of covid lockdowns and then the rediscovered joy of jamming and writing music with friends. The music they create is a finely crafted balancing act between their warmly melodic and upbeat tendencies and their darkly introspective lyrical concerns. their self described “Sad Disco Anthems” merge Philly style lead & indie rhythm, with 80’s keys, synthy bass and melodic vocals to create a sound that’ll steal your heart. On this afternoon they will playing in a new acoustic configuration of their sound.
‘a blanketed bundle of gently shimmering mid-Nineties indie, a la St Etienne or The Auteurs.’ – Dirty Sunbeams
https://www.instagram.com/starttorunband/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/7BRM0xOldt5qtMKuLvLKVl…

Anahata
2025-10-24 20:00 - 22:00
With a new set written especially for the Puzzle, experimental loops with samples including ghosts from Puzzle Past provide soundscapes for a moody woman singing over the top.
A weird yet exciting blend of sample soundscapes, guitars, synths, drones and incredible vocals, it’s sure to be enjoyed. Supported by herself, it will be good fun for everyone.
Experimentalism at its best.

Kibitz
2025-10-25 21:00 - 23:00
Leeds’ Kibitz are a sonic whirlwind of expansively eclectic influences, incorporating far reaching elements and playfully experimenting with time, texture, mood and dynamic. Their energetic and soulful music takes inspiration from the melodies of traditional Jewish wedding Klezmer music and Eastern European folk tunes, tinged with gypsy jazz improv and driven by infectious Balkan beats. Their music seamlessly blends raucous Romanian and Turkish dance tunes with heart wrenching Ukrainian and Macedonian epics, always keeping the audience spellbound and dancing like there’s no tomorrow.
https://www.facebook.com/kibitzmusic/
https://kibitz.bandcamp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/kibitzbandleeds/
“Energetic and soulful” – Folk and Honey

Sowerby Bridge Clothes Swap
2025-10-26 13:30 - 15:00
Hello and welcome to yet another community CLOTHES SWAP!!
Are you bored of wearing the same old cardigan? Maybe you’re looking for a new Christmas jumper? Or is a woolly dress more your thing? As the leaves fall and winter begins to roll in, why not come along to our next clothes swap and find something new (to you!)
To mark the official end of summer we will be running a clothes swap to get you all wrapped up and snug this winter.
Simply pop down to the Puzzle Hall Inn with your preloved autumn/winter clothes and swap them for something new!
Date: Sunday 26th October (don’t forget clocks go back!)
Time: 1-3pm
Location: Puzzle Hall Inn, 21 Hollins Mill Lane (HX6 2RF)
What do you bring: Up to 6 good quality clothing items, exchange them for tokens and choose something new! It’s free to join in but we welcome donations.
Don’t have any clothes to swap? That’s not a problem… Come down and have a rummage. If you see something you like just make us an offer we can’t refuse and we’ll add it to the donations bucket. Simples.
All donations will go to Overgate Hospice, so please give what you can.
Don’t forget to sign up to our SB Clothes Swap FB page to be notified of future events or to get involved!
See you soon!!!

Andy McKerlie with Des Horsfall & Friends
2025-10-26 16:00 - 19:00
ANDY MCKERLIE, DES HORSFALL & friends Emerging from the shadows, Andy Mckerlie who is a highly respected and sought after multi-instrumentalist, right-hand man – either playing alongside other musicians in bands or helping songwriters put pen to paper, or rather, ones & zeros to a DAW – now thinks the time is right to showcase some of his own work that he’s been quietly beavering away on over the last 30 years. For this show. Andy will be joined by his long time friend and collaborator Des Horsfall & friends. It promises to be a fun afternoon of banter, jollity and fine tunes.

Rob Edwards Halloween Book Launch
2025-10-29 19:30 - 22:00
The Puzzle Hall Community Pub presents a Halloween night of dark poetry and music. Rob Edwards launches his latest poetry collection ‘Hedgehogg Tales of Horror’.Andy Greaves sharing his Tales of terror. Will Griffin, Michael Shaw, Phil Greenwood and Ash Robinson share their darkest songs.

Jazz Night with The John Ellis Trio
2025-10-30 20:00 - 23:00
This month sees a long-awaited welcome visit from Puzzle Hall favourite John Ellis.
Ellis is a jazz musician, writer and producer from the North of England. He’s a pianist and vocalist who can transform songs and turn glib platitudes into sublime
statements of the human condition.
In his long career he has played and recorded with Corinne Bailey Rae, The Cinematic Orchestra, Mica Paris, The Breath, James Yorkston, and John Squire (Stone Roses).
His new-ish trio has Go-Go Penguin founder member Grant Russell on bass, and drummer Jimbo Breen.
​​”Either there are a lot of Mancunians in London who are following Manchester’s thriving jazz underground, or the charisma of pianist John Ellis has reached those parts of
the population most localised jazz phenomena don’t reach.” – John Fordham-The Guardian ****
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“John Ellis’ musical credentials stand easily alongside some of Manchester’s better known stars. Manchester Evening News
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Polevaulter + Eurodaddy
2025-10-31 20:00 - 22:00
Polevaulter are a post punk electronic duo from Leeds who make a sound that’s abrasive yet catchy combining Tech No Wave, Monolithic Bass and Industrial beats and inspired by the dark pulse of classic goth : Bauhaus, The Cramps, and The Birthday Party. They are raw, reckless, and rising from the grave and the prefect musical accompaniment to a fangtastic Halloween.
https://www.facebook.com/polevaulterband/
https://polevaulter.bandcamp.com/music
https://www.youtube.com/@polevaulterband
“Polevaulter are a force to be reckoned with stitching queasy, whirlwind electronics and hybridised shouty vocals into a cathartic whole” _ Louder than war
“Polevaulter create sonic fireworks and could easily soundtrack the end of days” – Soundsystem.com
Eurodaddy is the pre-dystopian electro-pop solo project of local musician Tom Pullan. With influences such as Tiga and John Grant he celebrates both the pop and the peculiar.
https://soundcloud.com/…/eurodaddy-and-shoez-plimsoul…
https://trampledtodefrecords.bandcamp.com/album/mirror-man

Day Of The Dead Disco
2025-11-01 08:30 - 23:30
Let the Sneeze DJs link you with the dead and the undead!
After a raucous first event in the summer, Sneeze DJ’s summon you back to the Puzzle Hall Inn for a special Halloween invocation.
Party whilst the veil is at its thinnest to a musical selection featuring the finest psych, funk, ska, hip-hop, new wave, mutant disco and assorted beats and pieces.
If you like…Dress for Samhain as…Pagan Party People and Wicker Folk, Witchdoctors and Voodoo Priestesses, Day of the Dead Dandies and Sugar Skull Beauties, Horned Gods, Deities and Druids, Carnival Freaks and Ghouls.
And everything in between.
8pm till close!
