Friday 18th July


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Flea and Craft Market, Ossett Town Hall, weekly, 9am-3pm. Free.


Rock and Pop

Sinnerboy (Rory Gallagher tribute) at Snooty Fox, 8.30pm.
The Yards, Danny Allison (New Vinyl) & Johnnythfirth at Escobar, 8pm, £3.


Nightclubs

Kinki Indie at Zone Club. Indie upstairs, rock and metal downstairs. £2 entry.
House, dance and chart at Havana bar, club and lounge from 8pm
Start the Weekend at Quest, Westgate, 5 rooms of music, £4 b4 11pm.
Cocktails and Champagnes with drinks offers and resident DJ at Bar Lush, until 2am.
Fight for your right to party at Tryst, until 1am.
WF One Bar, 2-4-1 cocktails all night until midnight.
Cash Poker Night at Shooters Pool Bar, Upper Kirkgate, 7.30pm.
Funky house at The Pink Lizard.
Louder Than Bombs at Escobar, with live bands. Open 'til 4am.
Karaoke night at Two Brewers, Ossett.
Karaoke with Jill (Wakefield Express Karaoke winner), 8.30pm, Park Tavern, Ossett.
Karaoke disco at The Four Ways Pub, Three Lane Ends, Castleford, free, 8pm.
Soul and Motown at The Office, Silver Street, free entry until late.


Theatre

The Railway Children, the National Railway Museum, York, adults £15, children £10. 01904 623568.


Exhibitions

Summer exhibition – New Oasis featuring Simon Crossley at The Wall art gallery, Kirkgate, until August 2. Free.
Live By the Lens. Die by the Lens at the National Media Museum, Bradford, free, 0870 7010200.
Kung-Fu Panda at IMAX, National Media Museum, Bradford, 0870 7010200.



Health and Body

T'ai Chi at Alice Bacon Community Centre, Normanton, 10-11am, contact 01977 689244.
Balne Lane Yoga Group at Balne Lane Community Centre, contact 251516.
T'ai Chi at St Peter's Church, Walton, 10-11am, contact 376027.
Yoga Class at Crigglestone Village Institute, 7-8.30pm, £5 per class, contact 240279.
Stretch 'n' Relax at Lupset Healthy Living Centre, St Georges Crypt, Broadway, Lupset, 11.45-12.30am.
Wakefield Walking Club walks every Saturday. New members welcome. Contact 255536 or 279449.
Bosom Buddies, Breast Feeding Group, the Castle Centre, Barnsley Road, 11am -12.30pm. More information from Sam on 246932.


Dance classes

Belly Dancing, Freeston Business & Enterprise College, Normanton. 6.00 - 7.30 pm. contact 01924 302565
Northern Jive at Walton Sports & Social Club.
Tea dances weekly with the Friends of Stanley Community Centre, Lake Lock Road, 1.30-4pm, £1.50.
Adult tap for beginners. 7-8pm. £4. Wilton Dance Studios, Peterson Road, Wakefield. Contact 373256.
Beginners ballroom dancing, 8.30-9.30pm. £4. Jubilee Hall, Townley Road, Wakefield. Contact 373256.
Street dance, disco, latin & ballroom classes, Wrenthorpe Village Hall. All levels. 4.30-6.30pm. Contact 07967120147.
Sequence Dancing at Normanton Community Centre. Tea Dance 1.30-3.30pm,£2. Beginners class 12.30-1.15pm,£3, 256624.
English Folk Dancing, Wrenthorpe Village Hall, 7.30-9.30pm. Contact 01226 727376.



Courses

Short Mat Carpet Bowls at Denhale ARC, Denhale Avenue, 2-4pm, £2, 384078.
Weekly introductory workshops in floral art and design at Horbury Community Centre, 1.15pm, free, contact 01977 725247.
Young Peoples' Jewellery Workshop at 2 Sagar Street, Castleford, noon-4pm, 01977 556741.
Music for Minors, Kodály based music classes for young children aged four months to five years at Christ Church, Ossett, term-time only, 275818.
Family Tree course at Balne Lane Centre. 1-3pm. Contact 373558.
International Plastic Modellers Society, second Friday of every month from 7.30pm at Netherton WMC. Contact 820264.
Home Educating In Yorkshire at Sunshine Library, St George's Community Centre, Lupset. 1-5pm. 01924 666225.


While every effort is made to ensure that listings are up to date, we advise readers to contact event organisers before attending.



Saturday 19th July


Rock and Pop

Last Gang, Old Romantic Killer Band, The Spills & The Labels at Escobar, 8pm, £3.
Rockstar at Snooty Fox, 8.30pm.
Hospital of Death, Visceral Attack, Boltdown, Chewin' Druids, More Than a Joke, B*****d Son of Your Mum, Brainbuster, Skull Branded Pirates, The Krayons & Lifeless at The Jockey, 1pm–late, free.




Classical

Yorkshire Philharmonic Choir and Rothwell Temperance Band at Wakefield Cathedral, 7.30pm, £10 (£8 concessions) from Cathedral bookstall or Wakefield tourist information centre.


Theatre

Around the World in 80 minutes at Theatre Royal Wakefield, 2pm and 7pm, £12, £10, (£8 concessions).


Nightclubs / bars

The Best Night in the UK at Quest and Mustang Sally's, 5 rooms of music until 4am, £5 b4 11pm.
House & Electro at Passion Bar. From 7.30pm. Free Entry.
Cocktails and Champagnes with drinks offers and resident DJ at Bar Lush, until 2am.
Fight for your right to party at Tryst, until 1am.
WF One Bar, 2-4-1 cocktails all night until 1am.
Indie Rock & Alternative at Escobar. Open 'til 4am.
Theme Night at Two Brewers, Ossett.
Emerald at O'Donohues. Free.
Soul and Motown at The Office, Silver Street, free entry until late.
Just ViBeZ at Base, the Bull Ring, until 2am, free.


Theatre

The Railway Children, the National Railway Museum, York, adults £15, children £10. 01904 623568.


Exhibitions

Summer exhibition – New Oasis featuring Simon Crossley at The Wall art gallery, Kirkgate, until August 2. Free.
Live By the Lens. Die by the Lens at the National Media Museum, Bradford, free, 0870 7010200.
Kung-Fu Panda at IMAX, National Media Museum, Bradford, 0870 7010200.



Health and Body

FA Football coaching for boys and girls, at the Denhale ARC, Denhale Avenue, aged 7–12, 10-11am, £2.
Tai chi class at Horbury Community Centre, Cluntergate, 2.30-3.30pm,
beginners welcome.
Wakefield Walking Club walks every Saturday. New members welcome. Contact 366655.
Martial Arts classes in Wado Ryu Karate, at Wakefield Karate and Martial Arts College, Thompson's Yard, children noon-2pm, adults 3-5pm, contact 386499.


Dance Classes

Jazz & Street Dance classes, Crofton Young Persons Centre, 8 to 14s, 10-10.45am.

Musical Theatre class, Shay Lane Primary School, all ages, 10.45-11.30am.

Jazz and Street classes, Crofton Young Persons Centre, 4 to 7s, 11.30am-12.15pm.

Children's tap & modern stage dance classes, The Methodist J&I School, Field Lane, Thornes. From 9.30am. Contact 332732.

Tango Yorkshire, Argentinean tango class, Healey Community Centre, West Park Road, Batley. £5 & £4. Contact: 0113 244 8798.

1st Steps Dance Class, The Deborah Coultish School of Ballet, East Ardsley Community Centre, East Ardsley. Contact 0113 2191249.

Ballet, tap and street jazz classes, Ali Greenwood Dancentre, St Johns J&I School, Belgravia Road, 314539, www.aligdancentre.co.uk



Courses

Music for Minors, Kodály based music classes for young children ages one to five, Walton Village Hall, 275818.


Societies

The Wakefield and District Family History Society AGM fllowed by Maureen Hambrecht reminiscing on Childhood Schooldays at Outwood Memorial Hall, 9.45am.


Sunday 20th July


Rock and Pop

Morkret at Snooty Fox, 8.30pm.
Lapels & Piskie Sits at Inns of Court, King Street, 8pm, free.



Nightclubs / Bars

Buy one get one free on all tables, at Shooters Pool Bar, Kirkgate, 11am-7pm, Monday-Friday.
Student Night at Bistro 42, Horbury. drinks offers, 278123.
Vodka Nationwide at Havana, 8pm-3am, drinks offers.
Kinki Indie at Zone Club. Indie upstairs, rock and metal downstairs. £2 entry.
Louder Than Bombs at Escobar. Student night & live bands. Open 'til 4am.
Students Enjoy Extra… at Quest, Westgate, dance,pop,R 'n' B, free b4 11pm, £2 after.
Darts and dummies, new players welcome, at Park Tavern, Ossett.
Drinks offers including cocktails £2.50 all night at Bar Lush, until 2am.
Quality Music for Quality People at Tryst, r'n'b and commercial dance until 1am, 2-4-1 all night.
Student night at Shooters Pool Bar, Upper Kirkgate, 7pm, 2-4-1 on pool.
WF One Bar, drinks offers all night.
Viva la Rock, rock music, Viva, White Horse Yard, Wakefield.
Karaoke night at The Village, Normanton.
Student night at the Gate. 7pm.
Student night at Flares.


Theatre

The Railway Children, the National Railway Museum, York, adults £15, children £10. 01904 623568.


Exhibitions

Live By the Lens. Die by the Lens at the National Media Museum, Bradford, free, 0870 7010200.
Kung-Fu Panda at IMAX, National Media Museum, Bradford, 0870 7010200.



Health and Body

Martial Arts adult classes in Wado Ryu Karate, at Wakefield Karate and Martial Arts College, Thompson's Yard, 2-3pm, contact 386499.



Dance Classes

Salsa class, Escobar. From 7.30. £5. Contact 07791538783.

Salsa, Woodkirk Valley Country Club, Dewsbury Road, Tingley, £5, starts 8.30pm. Contact 07710123132.
Sequence Dancing at Lupset Lodge Social Club. 8.30-11pm. free entry. Contact 271199



While every effort is made to ensure that listings are up to date, we advise readers to contact event organisers before attending.