Arts: Ilkley Arts Festival
Friday 4th November 2022
Time: 12.30–1.15pm
Venue: St. Margaret’s Church, Ilkley
Free organ recital by Christopher Rathbone
Music by César Franck:
Fantasie in A (Trois Pièces)
Prélude, fugue et variation, op18 (Six Pièces)
Chorale no1 in E major
Donations invited
Tuesday 8th November 2022
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: St John’s Church, Ben Rhydding
Society: Club Francophone du Wharfedale
Talk in French:
“Trois Roses françaises qui ont changé le monde”
by David Whitton
Contact: Sue McClay on 01943 603432
Wednesday 9th November 2022
Time: 12.45–2.45pm
Venue: Clarke Foley Centre
Society: Ilkley Art Club
Art and the Stage
Free Lecture by Alex Purves.
Coffee and tea available from the cafe
Contact: Sharon Crosby 07751 155650
Saturday 12th November 2022
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: St Margaret’s Church, Ilkley
Society: Cantores Olicanae
McDowall: Ave Maris Stella
Bainton: And I Saw a New Heaven
Rutter: Requiem
Tickets £12 (£5 students, U14 free) via
Eventbrite, from Grove Books or Tourist
Office or Judith on 07718 305398
Sunday 13th November 2022
Time: 7.30 for 8.00pm
Venue: URC Salem Hall, Burley-in-Wharfedale
Society: Wharfedale German Circle
20 years of Anglo-German Walks
(in German with summaries in English)
Illustrated lecture by Neil NcDonald
Contact: Peter Lodge 0113 2585433
Wednesday 16th November 2022
Time: 7.45pm
Venue: St. Johns Church Hall, Ben Rhydding
Society: Wharfedale Recorded Music
Free Lecture by Chris Skidmore
Vaughan-Williams and Enclish Song
Free coffee and biscuits
Contact: Catherine Clarke 608664
Thursday 17th November
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: Clarke Foley Centre
Society: Olicana Historical Society
The Keith Hartley Memorial Lecture by Colin Speakman:
John Philips, co-creator of the Dales Way and founder
member of the Yorkshire Dales Society
Contact: Sir Rodney Brooke 01943 601869
Thursday 24th November
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: Church House
Society: Ilkley Civic Society
J. Hemingway of Heathcote by Alex Cockshott
Contact: 01943 601561
Friday 25th November
Time: 7.30 for 8.00pm
Venue: Ilkley Winter Garden
Two Rivers Swing Band Dance -
Swing, Jive and Rock’n’roll. Live Big Band + Jive Lessons
Tickets £15
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Friday 25th November
Time: 7.30-9.30pm
Venue: St Peter’s Church Hall, Addingham
Ilkley Camera Club Talk:
Wild Britain Show, by Barry Payling
Sunday 27th November
Time: 8.00pm
Venue: Ilkley Playhouse Group: Ilkley Film Society
Film: “Hive” A woman’s quest for self-determination
Guest ticket £4
Contact: Dave Howell 01943 430097
DECEMBER
Friday 2nd December
Time: 12.30–1.15pm
Venue: St. Margaret’s Church, Ilkley
Free organ recital by Christopher Rathbone
Music of the European Baroque: Buxtehude,
John Stanley, J.S. Bach, L.N Clérambault
Donations invited
Saturday 3rd December
Time: 10.00am
Venue: Ilkley Playhouse
Greenroom improvised performances
Junior class 10.00am
Senior class 11.15am
Entry to Coffee Morning £1 coffee and mince pies included
Contact: Andrew Leggott at Playhouse
Saturday 3rd December
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: All Saints Church, Ilkley
Society: The Two Rivers Concert Band
Festive Winter Concert
£10 including interval refreshments
Retiring charity collection
Tickets available via
www.tworiversbands.org.uk or on the door.
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Saturday 3rd December
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: Christ Church
Society: Ilkley Moornotes Choir
Winter Concert Tickets £10 and concessions
Contact: Tony Thornley 609565
Wednesday 7th December
Time: 7.45pm
Venue: St. Johns Church Hall, Ben Rhydding
Society: Wharfedale Recorded Music
“Hail, Smiling Morn”: Bach, Berlioz, Britten
Free coffee and biscuits
Contact: Catherine Clarke 608664
Saturday 10th December
Time: 5.00pm
Venue: St John’s Ben Rhydding
Society: Cantores Olicanae
Christmas Carol Concert
Tickets £12 via eventbrite.co.uk, on the
door, Grove Books, Tourist Office.
Alternatively from Judith on 07718 305398
Friday 16th December
Time: 2.00pm (note time)
Venue: Clarke Foley Centre
‘A Musical Christmas Card’
New Horizons Orchestra
Free Concert with charity collection
Popular Christmas classics and carols
for audience participation
Saturday 19th December
Time: 7.00pm
Venue: St Margaret’s Church, Ilkley
Society: Ilkley Choral Society
Handel: The Messiah
Yorkshire Chamber Ensemble Conductor: Jennifer Sterling
Tickets £15 including programme
Contact: 01943 430298
Thursday 23rd December
Time: All evening
Venue: Ilkley town centre hostelries
Society: Ilkley Wharfedale Rotary Club
Carols for Charity
Rotarians will be entertaining diners with
carols throughout the evening
Charity Collection