Improv At The Puzzle

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 […]

We Three Things

We Three Things are 3 songwriting friends from Otley who share a love of indie, folk and the kind of close harmony singing not heard since Crosby Stills and Nash left the building. Combining the skills of three very different but complimentary songwriters -Tim Marshall, Nick Wood and Matthew Sturgess ( aka former Puzzle Hall […]

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, […]

Al’s Django Party

Al's Django Party is a gypsy jazz quartet featuring ace guitar virtuoso Martin Chung (also of Dana Ali Band and Wadcutter).

French Fridays

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

Calderdale DIT Alldayer

The Calderdale Do-It-Together all-dayer is the first event brought to you by the Youth Music collective; Starting at 1pm, It features 2 stages and a stacked lineup; Preskooler, Atlas, James Jackson, Alloy, The Memory Club, Doogle, and headlined by Testament and Leo Brazil. With an after dark DJ Adam Statham playing all the best techno […]

The Horse Loom (solo guitar / songs from Northumbria) + Andrew DR Abbott

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, […]

Chess Night

All welcome for this casual but serious evening of chess.

Poetry And 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. […]

French Fridays

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

The Short Causeway + Grow

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 […]