Andrew Metheven is a lofi/alt-folk songwriter. He released his first EP, A Quiet Life, in March 2022, and his first album – Sister Winter – in June 2024, and has since performed at grassroots venues and festivals across Yorkshire.Still living in his native Bradford, his songs are about births, hills, loss, birds, daydreams. His live […]
All welcome for this casual but serious evening of chess.
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. […]
ORB features original trio members: saxophonist, (plus various things to shake, rattle & blow!), Richard Ormrod & bassist / dog walker Paul Baxter, alongside special guests drummer John Arnesen and pianist Richard Wetherall. Melodies inspired by Charles Mingus, Ornette Coleman and Hermeto Pascoal, rub shoulders with original arrangements influenced by Charlie Haden & Mike Westbrook. New […]
An informal group to practice your conversational French – Everyone welcome!
Rail Replacement Bus Service are a Leeds-based songwriting collective founded by Tom Hammond after his former band, Heir, came to an end. Joined by Lily Sturt-Bolshaw (Sunflower Thieves) and George Harris (Askies), the group blends alternative and folk influences into heartfelt, engaging stories. Debuting with Volume I in April 2025, they follow a unique “new […]
Get your stomping boots on and be ready to pogo the night away at Ruckus Rocks a festival of the finest indie punk. The following artists will be taking part : SHAKE RAG are a four-piece Punk Blues group from Manchester. Drawing on influences from the best of Blues, Rockabilly, 60’s Garage and Punk.Having formed […]
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 […]
All welcome for this casual but serious evening of chess.
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, […]
An informal group to practice your conversational French – Everyone welcome!
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. […]