Whats on: Your guide to events in and around the Harrogate district area across the next seven days.
Thursday, February 16
Harrogate
Thursday karaoke from 9pm at Hales Bar, Harrogate.
Christie’s Bar Quiz, Harrogate, from 8.30pm. £1 entry.
Harrogate Electronic Organ and Keyboard Club concert at the Manhattan Club, Beech Avenue starting at 8pm. Admission £6.
Exhibition by artist/illustrator Isabel Alexander (1910-1996) at Mercer Art Gallery. Until June 4.
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Scapegoat Kelly at the Blues Bar.
Acoustic night at the St Roberts Social Club, Robert Street. All genres, any instrument. Open to all performers and non-performers. Second and fourth Thursdays of the month. 8-10.30pm.
Wetherby
Family friendly half term market at the Market Place, Wetherby, 10am-1pm. Facepainting, kids trail and free fruit.
Friday, February 17
Harrogate
Motor City Blue at the Blues Bar.
Live reggae with Majesty at The Den, Cambridge Street.
Blues pianist/vocalist Dan Burnett (residency) at The Ivory, The Ginnel.
Wetherby
Comedy night at The Engine Shed. 7.30pm.
Ripon
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The Wakeman Lectures Spring Series, 10am-noon at Thorpe Prebend House, My Two Years in the Antarctic. Visit www.wakemanlectures.co.uk.
Boston Spa
The Boston Spa Beer Festival, 6.30pm-midnight at Boston Spa Village Hall. Visit www.bostonspafestival.com.
Saturday, February 18
Harrogate
Circle Live music at Harrogate Theatre with Becky Bowe band and Martin Rose. 3pm-7pm. Free entry.
Bilton WMC - Michael Jackson tribute show.
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Silson Contemporary Gallery’s Winter Show at 17 Harlow Oval. 10.30am-4pm.
The Jed Thomas Blues Band at the Blues Bar.
Acoustic night with Biz Denton (Kasiuss) at The Den, Cambridge Street.
The big c’mon at the St Robert’s Club, Robert Street. 8.30-11.30pm. Free entry. Bar opens at 7.30pm.
Knaresborough
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Hide AdThe Cross Keys, Cheapside - The Roundels - classic mod and ska 9pm.
Martin Binks conducts Leeds Symphony Orchestra at King James’s School. Soloist Craig Ogden. Berlioz, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky and more. 7.30pm.
Wetherby
Antiques and Collectors Fair. Wetherby Town Hall, every Saturday 9am-4pm. Free admission. Contact Dawn on 01937 582803.
Ripley
Ripley Live presents Andy Fairweather Low and The Low Riders at Ripley Town Hall.
Boston Spa
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Hide AdThe Boston Spa Beer Festival, 12.30-8pm (Family day) at Boston Spa Village Hall. Visit www.bostonspafestival.com.
No Jazz in the Spa because of Boston Spa Beer Festival.
Darley
Coffee morning, 10.30am-noon at Darley Methodist Church.
Sunday, February 19
Harrogate
Bilton WMC - Live in the lounge - Rob Reynolds, 2-4pm.
Sunday Acoustic Session at the Hales Bar.
Old Magnesia Well Pump Room Open Day, 10am-3.30pm, Valley Gardens. Entrance is free.
Harrogate International Festivals Sunday Series presents clarinettist Julian Bliss at the Old Swan Hotel. 11am.
Silson Contemporary Gallery’s Winter Show at 17 Harlow Oval. 10.30am-4pm.
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Hide AdHarrogate’s Parks and Gardens - Illustrated talk by historian Malcolm Neesam at The Harrogate Club, 36 Victoria Avenue. 3pm.
Three live acts at the Blues Bar including The Revolutionaires (3pm), Dori and The Outlaws (6pm) and Stockyard Crossing (9pm).
Martin Rose hosts a weekly acoustic session at The Regency.
Dan Burnett’s open mic night at The Ivory (weekly). 8pm.
Ripon
Covers duo Two Well Worn at The One Eyed Rat. 5pm.
Here’s a How-De-Do, Gilbert and Sullivan at the Savoy Operas, 2pm in Thorpe Prebend House, High Saint Agnesgate, as part of the Ripon Cathedral Friends lecture programme.
Monday, February 20
Harrogate
Open Mic Night with Martin Rose at The Blues Bar.
Tuesday, February 21
Harrogate
Harrogate and District Family History Society meeting, 7.30pm in St Paul’s UR Church Hall, Belford Road. The topic is Turnpike Roads.
Acoustic session at the Blues Bar.
Wednesday, February 22
Harrogate
The Paul Middleton Angst Band at the Blues Bar.
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Wetherby
Series of lectures at Wetherby Town Hall, 1.30-3.30pm. This week’s topic is Hebden Bridge. For further information, call 07741 294262.
Ripon
Ripon Ramblers meet at High Cleugh 9.30am. Seven mile walk near Coverbridge. Contact the leader on 01677 470597 first to find out the nature of the walk.
Further Ahead
Harrogate
Banff Mountain film festival world tour at the Royal Hall on February 23. Visit www.banff-uk.com.
Boston Spa
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Hide AdKnottingley Concert Brass Band at Boston Spa Methodist Church, 7.30pm on Saturday, February 25. Tickets £10 on the door.
Tadcaster
Wedding Fayre at Tadcaster Methodist Church on Sunday, February 26, noon-4pm. Free admission.
Tockwith
A fun evening of entertainment at Tockwith Village Hall, Marston Road. Thursday-Saturday, February 23-25. Doors open 7pm for 7.30pm. Tickets £6.50, concession £6 from Lois 01423 358603 or Sue 01423 358063 or email [email protected].
Thorner
Thorner Comedy Festival. February 24-25.
Knaresborough
Quiz Night at Holy Trinity Church Hall on Friday, February 24 at 7.30pm. Ring 01423 865967.
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Hide AdPancake Party at Holy Trinity Church Hall on Saturday, February 25, 4-6pm. Admission £4. Ring 01423 865967.
Ripon
Ripon Community Link coffee morning on Thursday, February 23, 10am-noon at Ripon Town Hall.