What’s On

Changing face of the Manor House

1st Mar 2019 - 14th Apr 2019
11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Pictures of the Manor House over the last two hundred years starting with Thomas Girtin’s painting of 1801 and moving through pictures of the Manor House in Victorian times up to the Twentieth Century.

Trouvere – the Marshall’s Music

21st Mar 2019
7:30 pm

2019 is the 800th anniversary of the death of William Marshal, often referred to as England’s greatest knight. William Marshal lived through some of the most turbulent events of...

Friends’ Coffee Morning – Changing Face of the Manor

29th Mar 2019
10:15 am

Gavin Edwards, an archaeologist who managed the Manor House for many years, will talk about how the building has changed over the years.

Ilkley Local History Hub

30th Mar 2019
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

The Ilkley Local History Hub coordinated by the Ilkley Civic Society will be open on the last Saturday of every month from 2pm-4pm just drop in and share your stories of Ilkley over the...

Solar Gallery – Every Saturday and Sunday

30th Mar 2019 - 30th Mar 2020
11:00 am - 4:00 pm

An exciting new gallery opening in the Manor House on 30 March 2019. 30 artists showing high quality art and contemporary crafts. Developed in partnership with Ilkley Manor House...

Jazz concert with Beverley Berine

5th Apr 2019
7:30 pm

Jazz Star Beverley Bernie will perform alongside one of the UKs finest pianists Jamil Sheriff. Together they will perform songs  and arrangements from Beverley’s extensive jazz repertoire; expect exquisite...

Launch and opening of Poets Corner

6th Apr 2019 - 7th Apr 2019
11:00 am - 4:00 pm

This will be a small library of books and pamphlets, individual poets and anthologies, recently published by poets living in Wharfedale and nearby towns and villages of West and North Yorkshire. As well as copies available...

An evening with the Wharfedale Poets

11th Apr 2019
8:00 pm

PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF DATE Based in Wharfedale and beyond, the acclaimed Wharfedale Poets will present some of  their recent published and unpublished work. Part of the evening will be an‘open mic’...

Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads

12th Apr 2019
2:00 pm - 4:30 pm

The Library Theatre Touring Company are performing what are probably two of the most popular ‘Talking Heads’ by Alan Bennett: ‘A lady of Letters’ and ‘Bed Among the Lentils’. Tea and homemade cakes...