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Festivals & Events
Wood Lea, South Elmsall, Pontefract, Wakefield, West Yorkshire
WF9 2EJ Wakefield District (B)
What's on in the local area
The following events are taking place within 10 miles of WF9 2EJ:
Annual Festivals & Events
Leeds Festival
Annually, during August
Location: West Yorkshire
Sister event to Reading Festival, featuring rock, indie, and alternative music.
Bramham International Horse Trials
Annually, during June
Location: West Yorkshire
An equestrian event featuring show jumping, cross-country, and dressage competitions.
The Otley Folk Festival
Annually, during September
Location: West Yorkshire
A lively folk music festival held in the town of Otley, featuring traditional music, dancing, and local ales.
World Coal Carrying Championships
Annually, during April
Location: West Yorkshire
A tough race where competitors run with heavy sacks of coal on their backs through the streets of Gawthorpe.
Ilkley Literature Festival
Annually, during October
Location: West Yorkshire
A major literary festival in Yorkshire, featuring a wide range of authors, poets, and thinkers.
Haworth 1940s Weekend
Annually, during May
Location: West Yorkshire
A popular wartime-themed weekend in the historic village of Haworth, featuring re-enactments, vintage stalls, and live entertainment.
Hebden Bridge Arts Festival
Annually, during June-July
Location: West Yorkshire
An annual arts festival celebrating the creative spirit of Hebden Bridge, with performances in theatre, music, and visual arts.
Leeds International Film Festival
Annually, during November
Location: West Yorkshire
One of the largest film festivals in the UK, showcasing a wide variety of international films, documentaries, and animations.
Leeds Festival
Annually, during August
Location: West Yorkshire
Sister event to Reading Festival, featuring rock, indie, and alternative music.
Bramham International Horse Trials
Annually, during June
Location: West Yorkshire
An equestrian event featuring show jumping, cross-country, and dressage competitions.
The Otley Folk Festival
Annually, during September
Location: West Yorkshire
A lively folk music festival held in the town of Otley, featuring traditional music, dancing, and local ales.
World Coal Carrying Championships
Annually, during April
Location: West Yorkshire
A tough race where competitors run with heavy sacks of coal on their backs through the streets of Gawthorpe.
Ilkley Literature Festival
Annually, during October
Location: West Yorkshire
A major literary festival in Yorkshire, featuring a wide range of authors, poets, and thinkers.
Haworth 1940s Weekend
Annually, during May
Location: West Yorkshire
A popular wartime-themed weekend in the historic village of Haworth, featuring re-enactments, vintage stalls, and live entertainment.
Hebden Bridge Arts Festival
Annually, during June-July
Location: West Yorkshire
An annual arts festival celebrating the creative spirit of Hebden Bridge, with performances in theatre, music, and visual arts.
Leeds International Film Festival
Annually, during November
Location: West Yorkshire
One of the largest film festivals in the UK, showcasing a wide variety of international films, documentaries, and animations.
Other Events"
Sheep Shearing at Cannon Hall Farm
May 24
Cannon Hall Farm, Barnsley
Join our farmers in our roundhouse display barns as we shear our flock of sheep – and talk visitors through why we do this, and where the wool goes.
This activity is all included with your farm admission, so you can also spend the day having fun on our farm, visiting the animals, experiencing our brand new accessible play areas (which have just had a multi-million pound investment) plus sheep and ferret racing and tractor rides, plus watching meerkat feeding sessions.
Fawlty Towers Revisited Weekend 28/06/2025
June 28
Holiday Inn Rotherham-Sheffield M1,JCT.33, an IHG Hotel, , Rotherham
.
Basil is not happy when the Hotel is booked by Simon Cowell for several Tribute acts, due to the Hotel they originally booked having to close due to a boiler failure.
G4 Christmas 2025 - Doncaster Minster
December 12
The Minster Church of St George, Doncaster,, Doncaster
.
Gather to celebrate the most wonderful time of the year with G4's most extensive Christmas tour ever in the most awe-inspiring cathedrals, priories, minsters, halls and abbeys across the UK for 39 dates.
Sheep Shearing at Cannon Hall Farm
May 24
Cannon Hall Farm, Barnsley
Join our farmers in our roundhouse display barns as we shear our flock of sheep – and talk visitors through why we do this, and where the wool goes. This activity is all included with your farm admission, so you can also spend the day having fun on our farm, visiting the animals, experiencing our brand new accessible play areas (which have just had a multi-million pound investment) plus sheep and ferret racing and tractor rides, plus watching meerkat feeding sessions.
Fawlty Towers Revisited Weekend 28/06/2025
June 28
Holiday Inn Rotherham-Sheffield M1,JCT.33, an IHG Hotel, , Rotherham
. Basil is not happy when the Hotel is booked by Simon Cowell for several Tribute acts, due to the Hotel they originally booked having to close due to a boiler failure.
G4 Christmas 2025 - Doncaster Minster
December 12
The Minster Church of St George, Doncaster,, Doncaster
. Gather to celebrate the most wonderful time of the year with G4's most extensive Christmas tour ever in the most awe-inspiring cathedrals, priories, minsters, halls and abbeys across the UK for 39 dates.
