Pontefract Liquorice Festival
Pontefract Liquorice Festival is back – and what a sweet treat it is!
Get ready for Pontefract’s annual confectionary-themed bonanza celebrating the town’s historic link with liquorice.
Pontefract Liquorice Festival is back – and what a sweet treat it is!
Get ready for Pontefract’s annual confectionary-themed bonanza celebrating the town’s historic link with liquorice.
Enjoy good music, great food , good company and all for a great cause. Raising money for the poppy appeal to support our armed forces veterans Fancy dress encouraged Tickets £20 Contact pontefractpoppyappeal@outlook.com for tickets
Join us for FarmTrax Music Festival, a weekend of live country music set in the heart of the Yorkshire countryside at Farmer Copleys. Experience an exciting mix of original UK & US country artists as well as top tribute acts in a setting that’s relaxed, welcoming, and full of character. Soak up the atmosphere with great…
Join us to celebrate Yorkshire Day with Donkey Rides, Professor Dan Magic, Punch & Judy, Barrel Organ, Local Community stalls, refreshments and much more.
Friarwood Festival is a family friendly, community music festival, raising funds for the upkeep and maintenance of Friarwood Valley Gardens in Pontefract. Enjoy local bands and artists, delicious street food, bars and plenty of kids entertainment.
All for one – and one for all! Young D’Artagnan is desperate to join Athos, Porthos and Aramis as an elite Musketeer of the King’s Guard. To prove himself he plunges headlong into a thrilling adventure. He must retrieve the Queen’s jewels, restore Her Majesty’s honour, survive the machinations of scheming Cardinal Richelieu, and cross swords with the deadly Milady de Winter.
Set against a sweeping panorama of 1600s France at war, The Three Musketeers is a whirlwind of excitement, comedy and ingenious storytelling.
2026 marks the 50th anniversary for KCB and this year's Parton's Concert will celebrate this wonderful achievement in full.
David Hardcastle, is a retired West Yorkshire Police constable of 20 years and is a volunteer at a local police museum. He will be giving an interactive presentation on the history of the police service over the last 120+ years. The presentation will feature historical artefacts that will be available to handle during the talk for proper immersion in the history of policing, artefacts ranging from 1880, covering the Victorian period, both World Wars and into the 21st Century. A big assortment of various police uniforms, helmets, hats and even a working radio from the 1980s for the audience to try!
A one man performance of A Christmas Carol by Actor Chris Cade