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Bleak Expectations

5th - 14th Dec 7.30pm, 7th Dec 2.30pm & 14th Dec 2.30pm [relaxed performance]
A glorious, riotous, eccentric comedy set in Dickensian society with characters based on some of Dickens' most-loved novels.

Tickets £5-£14

Ilkley Playhouse

Milton Jones

This is not a musical. Milton Jones is tone deaf and has no sense of rhythm, but at least he doesn't make a song and dance about it. He has more important things to discuss. Like giraffes...and there's a bit about tomatoes.

£35.25

King's Hall & Winter Garden

Ilkley Concert Club: The Treske Quartet

The Treske Quartet – graduates of the Royal Northern College of Music – are earning a growing reputation.
Beethoven – String quartet no. 10 in E flat major, op 74; Stravinsky – Three Pieces for string quartet; Purcell (arr Britten) – Chacony in G minor; Britten – String quartet no. 2 in C major, op 36

Tickets: £5-20

King's Hall & Winter Garden

Hollygarth Kids Christmas Party.

Hollygarth Kids Christmas Party.
Pop Party Disco and a visit from Santa.

Free entry

Hollygarth

The Snowman - Live! [2nd performance]

Don't miss Raymond Briggs' magical Christmas story, The Snowman, with live music performed by the award winning BD1 Brass Band.

£8.50-£15

King's Hall & Winter Garden

Ilkley Antiques, Vintage & Collectables Fair

24 Stalls selling a great variety of antiques, vintage and collectables plus a cafe with delicious refreshments.
1st Sunday of each month (exc. Jan)

Entry £1

Clarke Foley Centre

ELO AGAIN

ELO Again are back on tour celebrating the truly universal music of Jeff Lynne and the Electric Light Orchesta.

£32.75 - £35.00

King's Hall & Winter Garden

The Ilkley Food & Drink Festival 2025

Live music and entertainment, plus 100+ expected local traders & independent businesses serving food, drink, and artisan products

Adults £6.95 early bird

East Holmes Field

Ilkley Christmas Tree Festival

The church will be filled with a stunning display of Christmas trees individually decorated by local schools, charities and community groups. Vote for your favourite, plus live music, festive crafts and refreshments.

Free entry

St Margaret's Church

Ilkley Flower Club: Christmas Wreath Workshop

All materials and instruction will be provided for participants to produce a fantastic wreath to take home.

£30 [£20 members]

Ilkley Grammar School

St Margaret's Organ Recital

Christopher Rathbone's organ shall play a colourful set of 8 pictorial pieces for Christmas, alternating with variations on the plainsong Advent Antiphons.

Free, retiring collection

St Margaret's Church

The Big Pants Party

Join the Big Pants Party Band for an evening of fabulous live music and amazing vocalists as we embark on an extraordinary celebration of sisterhood with some of the greatest hits of all time. Performed live in concert.

£31.75

King's Hall & Winter Garden

Hollygarth New Year's Eve Party

Live music from Jamie Ansbro to see in the new year.

Tickets £5 (members) £7.50 (non-members)

Hollygarth

The Simon & Garfunkel Story

*Rescheduled from Oct 24 due to illness*
The Simon & Garfunkel Story is an internationally acclaimed immersive production that takes audiences through the story of Simon & Garfunkel’s incredible career.

£31.75

King's Hall & Winter Garden

The Trumpets Shall Sound

"The Trumpets Shall Sound" is an exciting programme of music for up to 8 Trumpets, featuring classic works by Altenburg and Biber. It is a spectacle of Trumpet professionals that has not been seen in Ilkley for perhaps 25 years, and will be a feast for the ears.

£12 adult / £8 concessions

St Margaret's Church

Bradford Keighley and Skipton Disability Athletics Charity Fundraiser

Bradford Keighley and Skipton Disability Athletics Charity fundraising evening with disco and raffle.

The Midland Hotel

5th Ilkley Brownies' Nativity Carol Concert

Join 5th Ilkley Brownies for a festive sing-a-long.

Free entry

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Christchurch

Handel Messiah

Ilkley Choral Society (with Otley Choral Society) present Handel Messiah with orchestra & soloists.
Tickets from The Grove Bookshop or online at ilkleymessiah.eventbrite.co.uk

£20

St Margaret's Church

The Snowman - Live!

Don't miss Raymond Briggs' magical Christmas story, The Snowman, with live music performed by the award winning BD1 Brass Band.

£8.50-£15

King's Hall & Winter Garden

New Year’s Gala Concert

Ilkley Philharmonic Orchestra present traditional Viennese music from the Strauss family and others. 19 young ballet dancers from Academy of Northern Ballet will join the orchestra to dance ‘Waltz of the Flowers’ from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Ballet, plus a few surprises!

Tickets £14 to £22

King's Hall & Winter Garden

Real Markets Ilkley

First Sunday of the month 10am-3pm.
Real Markets are known for their friendly atmosphere and quality stalls. Offering food for the belly and the soul, you will find food, drink, crafts, artwork, homeware and more at Real Markets in Ilkley.

Free

The Grove

The Ilkley Food & Drink Festival 2025

Live music and entertainment, plus 100+ expected local traders & independent businesses serving food, drink, and artisan products

Adults £6.95 early bird

East Holmes Field

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