What’s on in Wakefield this August Bank Holiday weekend

Major live acts, major art exhibitions and a Super League fixture are all on the agenda across the district from Friday, August 28 to Monday, August 31.

Tileyard North will host a run of outdoor concerts across the Bank Holiday period, bringing a string of well-known acts to the city.

On Friday, August 28, The Fratellis will perform as they celebrate 20 years of their debut album Costello Music. They will be joined by The Twang, The Subways and The Cheap Thrills.

Ocean Colour Scene follows on Saturday, August 29, celebrating 30 years of their 1996 album Moseley Shoals. Supporting acts include The Lilacs, M60 and Keyside.

Sunday, August 30, The Vaccines will close the series.

They will perform their 2011 debut album What Did You Expect From the Vaccines? in full, alongside other hits. Spector, Ellur and Little Grandad will also appear.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor will perform on Thursday, August 27, ahead of the Bank Holiday weekend. She will be joined by Scouting For Girls, Deco and Lois.

At Wakefield Exchange, visitors can step inside Luke Jerram's Helios, a six-metre artwork representing the Sun.

The free installation runs until September 6 and features family-friendly space activities.

Over at the National Coal Mining Museum for England, Jason and the Coal Mining Adventure offers an immersive exhibition by artist Jason Wilsher-Mills MBE.

Visitors can see a world-first tapestry created with Flanders Tapestry Studio alongside giant inflatable sculptures, film, animation and audio. The exhibition runs until October 4 and is free to visit.

The Yorkshire Sculpture Park is showing Hold to this Earth: Works by Contemporary Indigenous North American Artists from TIA Collection.

Bringing together 64 works by 38 artists, including two new commissions, the exhibition runs until April 2027. Admission is priced from free to £9.50.

At The Art House in Wakefield, REVIVER by Jakob Rowlinson runs alongside his ROTATOR installation at Yorkshire Sculpture Park.

The exhibition runs until September 12 and admission to The Art House is free.

Kadir Karababa's One Song is also on show at The Art House. The audio-visual installation explores music, memory, identity and home through a project developed alongside members of the Wakefield community.

It runs until August 31 and admission is free.