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Get the latest scoop on concerts and gigs, festivals, family events and everything else that’s happening in Calderdale. Browse our events guide to discover what’s on today, what’s on this weekend, and more things to do this month.

Sat
18

18 Sep 2021 - 18 Sep 2021
Victoria Theatre Halifax
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Accessible, Comedy

John Bishop Warm-Up 2021

Comedy superstar John Bishop is coming to the Victoria Theatre Halifax to warm up his brand-new show! John is very much looking forward to this new adventure, this will be his eighth stand up show and its shaping up to be his best yet!! John can’t wait to be back on the road again. Recommended

John Bishop Warm-Up 2021

Sun
10

10 Oct 2021 - 10 Oct 2021
Victoria Theatre Halifax
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Accessible, Comedy, Culture & Heritage

Frank Skinner – Showbiz

7.30pm Comedy legend Frank Skinner is adding extra dates to his latest UK tour and bringing his critically acclaimed stand-up show Showbiz to The Victoria Theatre for one night only. UPDATE: Frank Skinner's Showbiz tour has been rescheduled to Mon 1st February (from Wed 28 Oct 2020 and before that from Tues 21 Apr). We're

Price: From £26.75
Frank Skinner – Showbiz

Thu
28

28 Oct 2021 - 28 Oct 2021
Victoria Theatre Halifax
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Accessible, Comedy, Culture & Heritage, Theatres & Entertainment

Dirty Dusting

Start time: 7.30pm Tickets from: £24.75 Featuring Vicki Michelle (‘Allo ‘Allo!), Vicky Entwistle (Coronation Street) and Leah Bell. Gladys, Olive and Elsie are three “vintage style” cleaning ladies who, threatened with redundancy, chance on an ‘unconventional’ way of earning some extra cash. A wrong number requiring a Sex Chat Line rings into the office and gives

Price: £24.75
Dirty Dusting

Sat
30

30 Oct 2021 - 30 Oct 2021
Square Chapel Arts Centre
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Accessible, Comedy, Culture & Heritage

Mark Thomas: 50 Things About Us

8pm Tickets from £13.50 In his new show 50 Things About Us Mark Thomas combines his trademark mix of storytelling, standup, mischief and really, really well researched material to examine how we have come to inhabit this divided wasteland that some of us call the United Kingdom. Mark picks through the myths, facts and figures

Price: £13.50
Photo by Steve Ullathorne

Wed
03

03 Nov 2021 - 03 Nov 2021
Victoria Theatre Halifax
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Accessible, Comedy, Culture & Heritage, Theatres & Entertainment

David Baddiel: Trolls Not The Dolls

Start time: 8pm Tickets from: £28.75 The follow up to his acclaimed shows Fame: Not The Musical and My Family: Not The Sitcom Following his five-star Olivier-nominated hit My Family: Not The Sitcom and the return to number 1 of his seminal football anthem Three Lions, David Baddiel comes back to the stage with a brand new one-man show, Trolls: Not The Dolls.

Price: £28.75
David Baddiel: Trolls Not The Dolls

Sun
07

07 Nov 2021 - 07 Nov 2021
Victoria Theatre Halifax
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Accessible, Comedy, Culture & Heritage

Chris Ramsey: 20/20 the Brand New Stand-Up Show

3.30pm & 7.30pm Critically acclaimed comedian Chris Ramsey is hitting the road for his biggest ever stand-up tour in 2020 and will be at the Victoria Theatre Halifax. Having filled venues across the country including The Newcastle Metro Arena, twice, “Ramsey has the potential to be a mainstream hit, a cult favourite or almost anything in

Price: £23.75
Chris Ramsey: 20/20 the Brand New Stand-Up Show

Thu
11

11 Nov 2021 - 13 Nov 2021
The Viaduct Theatre
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Accessible, Comedy, Culture & Heritage

The Cowfields of Slack Bottom & Trouble at Upperthong

THE COW FIELDS OF SLACK BOTTOM / TROUBLE AT UPPER THONG A double bill from Talking Stock Two new one act plays from award-winning Halifax playwright, Alan Stockdill, played together as a double bill with interval. Thursday 11th November 2021 @ 7.30pm Friday 12th November 2021 @ 7.30pm Saturday 13th November 2021 @ 2.30pm Saturday

Price: £16
The Cowfields of Slack Bottom & Trouble at Upperthong

Thu
25

25 Nov 2021 - 25 Nov 2021
Victoria Theatre Halifax
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Accessible, Comedy, Culture & Heritage, Theatres & Entertainment

Ed Byrne: If I’m Honest

Start time: 8pm Recommended age: 16+ Tickets from: £26.75 Join Ed as he takes a long hard look at himself and tries to decide if he has ANY traits that are worth passing on to his children. Ed Byrne presents his brand-new masterclass in observational comedy hot on the heels of his 17/18 Touring hit,

Price: £26.75
Photo by Idil Sukan