Whats on: Your guide to events in and around the Harrogate district area across the next seven days.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25

Harrogate

Music: Let’s Twist Again presents classic songs from Elvis and the Drifters and Dusty Springfield to The Beatles and Frankie Valli at Harrogate Theatre.

Theatre: Woodlands Drama Society presents A Necessary Woman + How The Vote Was Won at Harrogate Theatre Studio. Until October 27.

Music: Live music with The Phil Dean Trio at the Blues Bar.

Music: Acoustic jam session hosted by Rob Reynolds/Aaron Bertenshaw at Charlies Place, Otley Road. 8pm. Weekly.

Theatre: St Peter’s Players - ‘Joseph and His Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat’ 7.30pm. Also on Friday 7.30pm and Saturday 2.30pm at St Peter’s Church in the centre of Harrogate. Tickets £10, under 16 free admission with an adult.

Music: Acoustic Night - Live music at the St Robert’s Club, Robert Street. All genres, any acoustic instrument. Open to all: performers and non-performers. Every Thursday, except third Thursday, 7.45-11pm.

Knaresborough

Exhibition: James Owen Thomas exhibition of collages from recycled scratch cards at Art in the Mill.

Kettlesing

Dance: Sequence Dance for charity at Kettlesing Village Hall, HG3 2LB. Raising funds for Yorkshire Air Ambulance. 7.30-11pm. Admission £5.

Ripon

Coffee morning: Ripon walled garden and Saint Wilfred’s bungalow coffee morning at Ripon Town Hall 10am-noon.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26

harrogate

Theatre: Award-winning BBC Radio 4 presenter David Bramwell presents his bestselling book The Mysterium at Harrogate Theatre.

Music: The Ultimate Eagles tribute band at the Royal Hall.

Music: Supercell at the Blues Bar.

Music: Modern indie and rock covers with Blue Horizon at The Den, Cambridge Street.

Event: Amnesty International event from 7pm at Friends Meeting House, 12A Queen Parade. Syria - What’s happening behind closed doors? Free admission.

Knaresborough

Show: Harrogate Society of Magicians magical entertainment show at Staveley & Copgrove Village Hall. 7-10pm. Interval food and drink. Tickets from [email protected]

Wetherby

Cinema: Wetherby Film Theatre - Bohemian Rhapsody - Fri & Sat: 4.30pm, 7.30pm. Sun: 7.30pm. Mon, Tue & Wed: 4.30pm, 7.30pm. Thu: 4pm. Smallfoot - Fri, Sat, Mon, Tue & Wed: 2pm. Sun: 1pm. Thu: 1.30pm. Funny Girl - Encore (Starring Sheridan Smith) Sun: 3.30pm. National Theatre Live Presents: Allelujah! - Thu: 7pm. Visit www.wetherbyfilmtheatre.co.uk.

Thirsk

Cinema: Ritz Cinema Thirsk - Johnny English Strikes Again! - Fri-Thu: 7.30pm. Visit www.ritzcinema.co.uk.

Jervaulx

Event: Jervaulx Abbey in Lights. 5pm opens and 9pm lights go out. Adults £7.50, children £5, under twos free. Pre booking not needed. Also Saturday, October 27.

Ripon

Lecture: The Wakeman Lectures Autumn Series 10am-noon at St John’s Bondgate, with Tony Jamieson presenting ‘The Story Of The RNLI’. Casual attendances £8. Visit www.wakemanlectures.co.uk

Event: Museums At Night for Kids Special ghost walk for six to 12 year olds. 7.15-8.45pm. £3 adults. £1 children. Meet at The Cabmen’s Shelter in the Market Place.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27

Harrogate

Music: Irish Night at Charlies Place, Otley Road. 9pm.

Music: The Jed Thomas Blues Band at the Blues Bar.

Music: Acoustic night with Rob Reynolds at The Den, Cambridge Street.

Music: Charity soul extravaganza at the Manhattan Lounge, Beech Avenue. Three rooms (Northern, Modern and new Harlem room) with special guest and top of the R&B charts Natasha Watts. £6 on the door from 5pm.

sale: Harrogate Bellringers Jumble sale at St Peters Church 9.30am-12.30am. Call 01423 543529 or 564942 for more information.

Knaresborough

Music: Rock covers by five-piece Last Orders at Cross Keys. 9-11.30pm.

Fewston

Event: Teas/lunches/homemade cakes for charity at Fewston Parochial Hall. 11am-4.30pm. Also Sunday.

Boston Spa

Music: Jazz in the Spa presents live jazz at the village hall.

Scholes

Coffee morning: Scholes in Bloom coffee morning 10am-noon in Scholes Village Hall. Tickets £1.50 includes coffee and biscuits, children free.

Bramham

Event: Friends of Bramham School Halloween Spooktacular family event 1-3pm at Bramham Village Hall.

Shadwell

Event: Fund raising day in Shadwell Village Hall from noon. To raise awareness and funds on the centenary of the end of the First World War.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28

Harrogate

Music: The Dan Burnett Band and special guests at Christies Bar, Kings Road. 5pm.

Music: Acoustic sessions with Jake Pattinson at Monteys Rock Café, The Ginnel. 8pm.

Music: Live music at the Blues Bar with Ten Millennia (3pm), Cab Collective (6pm) and Hell Fire Jack and Misery Buds (9pm).

Music: Live Jazz at The Harrogate Arms, Parliament Street. 7.30pm. Weekly.

Music: Martin Rose hosts a weekly acoustic session at The Regency.

Music: Sunday Acoustic Session at the Hales Bar.

Club: Friends of the Harrogate District Museums lecture ‘Inn Signs through the Ages’ at The Old Swan Hotel 2.30pm. Pay at the door.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 29

harrogate

Music: Open Mic Night with Martin Rose at The Blues Bar.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30

Harrogate

Music: Live Jazz at The Empress on the Stray. 8.15pm. Weekly.

Music: Acoustic session at the Blues Bar.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31

Harrogate

Theatre: Harrogate St Andrew’s Players present Hairspray The Musical at Harrogate Theatre. Until November 3.

Music: The Paul Middleton Band at the Blues Bar.

Music: Matt Anderson’s Acoustic Underground + guests at Retro bar, Commercial Street.

RIPON

Event: Ripon Halloween Ghost Walk 7.15-8.45pm. £3 adults. £1 children. Meet at The Cabmen’s Shelter in the Market Place.