Family Event
Elland Spring Craft Fair May 22 at Working Mens Club
Come to the Spring Craft Fair on Sunday the 22nd of May at Elland Working Men’s Club to enjoy a fun afternoon of arts, crafts, stalls and delicious food!
You will find stalls with cakes, buns, coffee and tea, choices of hot and cold food, as well as tombola, raffles and places where you can buy an assortment from cosmetics and jewellery to candles and arty ornaments.
Free entry, from 12pm – 3pm
Elland Working Men’s Club, Roseberry St, Elland, HX5 0HT
Singalong screenings of the Greatest Showman at Square Chapel December 18
Experience the Greatest Showman in the greatest way possible with our Sing-A-Long screenings at Square Chapel Arts Centre.
Saturday December 18th
Matinee screening 2:00pm
Evening Screening 7:45pm
Door time 15 mins prior to screenings.
Tickets from £10 available at – https://squarechapel.co.uk/whats-on/
Experience The Greatest Showman in the greatest way possible with our Sing-Along screenings. In our relaxed and inclusive screenings aimed at families you’ll be able to sing away to your hearts content and children will be invited up to dance along. Our maestro will get you ready with a vocal warm before the film and ensure the festivities continue all the way through.
Fancy dress is of course encouraged and there’ll be a prize for the best costume and dancing!
Plus! There’ll be glowsticks given to every child to make the screening extra fun!
Unreserved Seating – Seats are unreserved and you will need to choose your seat as you enter the venue. If you wish to sit together with people you have arrived with, we recommend arriving at doors open time to choose consecutive seats although we do not guarantee this is possible. Ushers may also ask you to move or condense your group to free up seating for other audience members to be seated.
Also at the Square Chapel:
Square Chapel Arts Centre, Halifax, West Yorkshire
www.squarechapel.co.uk
Let’s Grow team returns to Halifax Borough Market for Festive Fun!
Families can share the joy of laughter, learning and festivities in the magnificent Victorian Halifax Borough Market and surrounding streets this December, as the ‘Let’s Grow’ team return with a Christmas theme.
The Let’s Grow Ho, Ho, Ho! Merry Little Christmas Party follows the successful debut of the two-day pop-up allotment event at the market during the October half-term.
On Monday 20 and Tuesday 21 December 2021, Halifax’s stunning market hall will welcome back the charming family of baby fruits and vegetables, their friendly ‘Vegetable Nannies’ and a host of performances, games, crafts, festive tunes, prizes and more.
The free event is brought to the market by Ben Faulks – co-creator of the award-winning TV series, ‘Mr Bloom’s Nursery’ – and his wife, Mimi, in partnership with Calderdale Council. It is funded by the Government’s Welcome Back Fund, supported by the European Regional Development Fund, which aims to help high streets and tourist attractions recover from the pandemic and welcome back shoppers and visitors.
At the October Let’s Grow event, the Council launched a two-year community art project and gave people the chance to share ideas for the borough’s Year of Culture in 2024, to coincide with Calderdale’s 50th anniversary and support the economic recovery.
Here are just some of the fun-packed activities taking place:
- Dance along as the Disco Shed plays funky festive tunes with games, bubbles and cheeky elves a-plenty.
- Snap a selfie with the Living Lamp Posts and Christmas Travellers, Hodman & Sally.
- Get creative with reindeer costume making and arts and crafts.
- Complete the Christmas market treasure trail for a chance to win a family annual pass to Eureka! The National Children’s Museum.
- Make your own reindeer food to take home and sprinkle outside on Christmas Eve.
- Get active with the reindeer hoopla game or relax and draw elf portraits in the Christmas Chill Out Zone.
For more information about ‘Let’s Grow’ and the full programme of activities and performances, please visit www.letsgrow.org.uk and www.visitcalderdale.com/the-lets-grow-ho-ho-ho-merry-little-christmas-party
COVID-safety measures are in place for the event, including face coverings for all performers and stewards and the monitoring and restriction of visitor numbers in the festival spaces.
To find out what else is happening in Calderdale this festive season, head to www.visitcalderdale.com and look out for updates on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram #visitcalderdale
Live Nativity at St Paul’s Methodist church December 11th
[Taken from St Paul’s Methodist Church facebook page]
The LIVE NATIVITY is back!
Please come and join us down in the stable to see the animals from The Christmas Story.
It will be a little bit different this year as there are COVID precautions in place but you can be assured of a warm welcome, a warm drink, a Christmas snack and crafts to make at home for children. Come and join us on Saturday 11th December.
Live Nativity, Saturday 11th December 11am – 4pm at
St Paul’s Methodist Church
Tower Hill, Sowerby Bridge HX6 2EQ
Phone: 01422 839158
Let’s Grow Comes to Halifax!
Wednesday 27th & Thursday 28th October 2021
at Halifax Borough Market
NEW from the co-creator of the CBeebies, award winning TV show, ‘Mr. Bloom’s Nursery’
‘Let’s Grow’ is coming to the heart of Halifax this half term, transforming spaces in its historic Borough Market. The ‘Let’s Grow’ pop-up Allotment is free to explore, with its charming family of baby fruits and vegetables to meet, along with their friendly Vegetable Nannies. There’ll be street art games to play, make & take family workshops, a treasure trail to follow and you can even help urban street artists to transform some unused market stalls into giant pieces of art!
Heartbeat Spring Fayre at Brighouse Sports Club
Enjoy family fun at the Spring Fayre with Heartbeat, The Brighouse Heart Support Group with stalls, games and more.
Saturday 6 May 2017 – 12noon to 4pm
At Brighouse Sports Club, Russell Way, Brighouse, HD6 4LX
Admission is just 50p per person which includes entry to a prize draw.
Community celebration for Elland Bridge official opening
Calderdale is set to celebrate the official reopening of Elland Bridge with a fun-filled day for all the family on Sunday 2 April 2017.
Calderdale Council and the Canal & River Trust, who have been working together to rebuild Elland Bridge since the 2015 floods, are organising an exciting event for the whole community to celebrate the completion of the bridge, the reopening of the canal and towpath and all that’s great about Elland.
The event will take place on and around Elland Bridge and the Calder and Hebble Navigation from 10am until 4pm on Sunday 2 April.
The full details will be released soon, but there will be lots of great entertainment and activities for all ages; stalls showcasing local businesses; fabulous local food and drink; and a few special surprises!
Enjoy Bonfire Night at Bradley Wood Scout Campsite
Join in for a bonfire, food and a fantastic firework display at Bradley Wood Scout Campsite this November.
Saturday 5 November 2016 – From 6.30pm
Adults cost £4 and children just £1 – All children must be accompanied by an adult.
For further information call 01484 715858
Dog Day at Shibden Park – 28 July
Enjoy family fun with your pooch at Shibden Park Dog Day with stalls & games, fun dog show and Have a Go Agility.
Thursday 28 July – 12pm to 4pm
At Shibden Park, Godley Lane, Halifax, HX3 6XG
For enquiries call RSPCA Branch Office on 01422 341160 or Shibden Hall on 01422 352246.
Canine Capers at Manor Heath Park, Halifax
The search is on for dogs of all shapes and sizes, young or old, big or small, to go along with their family to join in the fun at the RSPCA K9 Party in the Park.
Sunday 3 July – 12 noon to 5pm
At Manor Heath Park, Halifax, HX3 0EB
There are 25 classes in the fun dog show including Dogs with Talent, Puppy Love and the judges will have a tough task selecting the winners!
ALL ENTRIES ON THE DAY – £1.50 per class except *class 4 which is free for PAC members and *class 7 free for EARS adopters
For enquires contact Lauren on 07538 114079.
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