Events

The Horse LoomBreathtaking folk guitar and vocals from Northumberland’s Steve Malley of John Peel and Fugazi favourites Crane and The Unit Ama. Compelling acoustic fingerstyle mastery touching on Jansch / Basho / Kottke punctuated by dark storytelling.https://lowpoint.bandcamp.com/album/the-horse-loom Andrew DR AbbottInstrumental compositions for (baritone) acoustic guitar from Halifaxhttps://andyabbott.bandcamp.com/album/live-from-clover-hill at Puzzle Hall Inn, 21 Hollins Mill Lane, […]

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. […]

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

The Short Causeway is a three piece from Hebden Bridge formed by childhood friends after a sweet and sweaty Trades Club gig. Claudie plays guitar and sings, Hayden is on bass, and Rufus bangs the drums. Together they bring jangly, clean guitar parts and bright and glossy basslines accompanied by contemplative lyrics, all pulled together […]

Manchester new wave outfit Midnight Gallery came to life in 2020 amidst the hush of the pandemic, developing their sound at the forefront of modernising post-punk, with a shared enthusiasm for 80s musical influences and the distinctive sounds of the North. Drawing parallels with artists such as Joy Division, Echo and the Bunnymen and Interpol […]

The Calderdale Fantasy Orchestra is a community project based in the Calder Valley which brings together 50+ musicians, professional and amateur, to create a kaleidoscopic symphonic brigade.Their eclectic repertoire covers film soundtracks (Morricone, John Barry), rock and pop favourites (Leonard Cohen, Beatles, Bowie, Radiohead), and some more obscure treasures. Think psychedelic loveliness, rousing choral noise, […]

All welcome for this casual but serious evening of chess.

Led by steel-pannist Dudley Nesbitt, Panjumby are a five-piece band with a repertoire of Modern Jazz, Contemporary Calypso and classic Latin tunes from Brazil, Cuba, Trinidad and Jamaica. A high-energy group of engaging and accessible performers, Nesbitt grew up in Trinidad and was a child prodigy on the steel pan, eventually becoming a regular arranger […]

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

The Dirt are Pennines based Anglo- Japanese noise makers. Their sound mixes heavy guitar "loops" laced with distortion and fuzz punchy percussion and a splattering of fast firing Lyrics. Imagine a spaceship built by Suicide and Spaceman3 being commandeered by The Fall's Mark E Smith on a mission into the outer reaches and you'll be […]

Get ready to have your mind blown in the most pleasant and invigorating way at COSMIC VISIONS, Calderdale's very own festival of psychedelia. You will experience all manner of mind expanding music from the gentle and meditative to the awe inspiring and bone quaking. This is a payf event. The following acts are taking part […]