• Richard Ormrod’s Instant World Music Orchestra

    As part of the Puzzle’s ‘Summer Sunday Afternoons’ season of music held in our large beer garden, we’re really chuffed to be able to bring you another big band extravaganza. The 20-strong orchestra play fantastic groove-led music, and will take you on a whistle-stop musical tour of the globe. They’ll touch down in Jamaica, India, […]

  • Chess Night

    All welcome for this casual but serious evening of chess.

  • Technical Difficulties

    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, […]

  • Theresa Kelly + Small Gauge

    Theresa Kelly Post-hardcore/math-rock from London a la Slint / Joeyfat / Rodan https://theresakelly.bandcamp.com/album/live-demos Small GaugePost-punk from York / Leeds like Wipers / Chinese Gangster Element feat members of Broken Arm / Autobodieshttps://smallgauge.bandcamp.com/album/demo-2023

  • French Fridays

    An informal group to practice your conversational French – Everyone welcome!

  • Mookie & The Bab + Square Peg

    Mookie + The Bab are an Alt-Folk trio from Bradford known for their rich vocal harmonies, acoustic instrumentation, and emotionally charged songwriting. Drawing on influences from Americana, indie folk, and 60s protest music, their live shows blend fiddle, guitar, mandolin, and trumpet in a dynamic, storytelling-driven set. Praised by BBC Introducing and featuredon Amazing Radio, […]

  • Richard Royle Band

    Richard Royle is a Halifax based guitarist and vocalist specialising in bottle neck slide guitar. As a multi instrumentalist Richard has performed with various bands and acts locally but now has turned his attention to performing his original material. A mix of folk, blues, soul and jazz his music centres around intricate guitar work which […]

  • Garron Frith

    Details to follow.

  • Chess Night

    All welcome for this casual but serious evening of chess.

  • Poetry & Spoken Word Evening

    On the fourth Tuesday of the month the music stops and we pay attention to the spoken word. There has been poetry at the Puzzle Hall since the Nineties, with breaks when the pub was closed. Sometimes we are a small seminar group bringing work we love, and want to discuss, including our own writings. […]

  • Jazz @The Puzzle with Graham Clark

    Puzzle House Band with special guest: violinist Graham Clark. Clark has enjoyed a wonderfully broad-based musical life playing with, for example, Keith Tippett, Andy Sheppard, Lamb, Elbow, Jah Wobble; and let’s not forget his years with the cult psychedelic jazz-rock band “GONG”, touring extensively in Italy, France and the UK. As ever, House Band supremo […]

  • French Fridays

    An informal group to practice your conversational French – Everyone welcome!