Elsecar Heritage Centre is a much-loved place to visit in Barnsley, with independent shops and cafes, artist and maker studios, antiques centre, exciting events programme, tasty cafes, beer tap with beautiful walking and cycling routes, award-winning park, nature reserve and reservoir nearby.
Dive into 70s nostalgia with one of Sheffield’s best loved artists, Pete McKee and his colourful paintings, prints and sculptures.
Free entry
Showroom Cinema present Midnight Marauders, a series of late night screenings of films meant to be seen after the sun goes down.
From £5.00
See ‘Felicity Aylieff: Expressions of Blue’, an exhibition of monumental ceramic vessels in blue and white.
Free entry
The majesty of trees is celebrated in ‘Tony Wade: Keepers of Time’ a new show of beautiful digital drawings at the YSP Centre.
From £0.00
YSP presents a new site-specific installation by Laura Ellen Bacon – a vast, immersive sculpture handmade using willow.
From £0.00
The Hepworth Wakefield presents a retrospective from iconic artist Helen Chadwick, charting her artistic development and key works.
From £0.00
Take a journey through 300 years of pub and brewing history in Leeds, with a heritage Pub and brewery tour.
From £35.00
Leeds International Concert Season is on a mission to push boundaries, expand horizons, and ask the question: ‘What haven’t we heard?’ as it presents its city-spanning Sound Out Leeds series.
From £10.00
The Civic is a multipurpose theatre and art gallery based in Barnsley, which presents world-class accessible performances and exhibitions throughout the year.
Displaying over 300 artists in a range of media, Sheffield’s Cupola Contemporary Art – established in 1991 – is a highly respected gallery for the sale and exhibition of fine art and craft.
Peddler offers a monthly mix of award-winning street food, craft beer, cocktails, live music and more, at the Neepsend side of Kelham Island.
The Gardeners Rest is a community run pub in Neepsend, Sheffield.
With a range of 12 hand-selected food vendors, all under one roof, there’s something to satisfy everyone’s palate at the Cutlery Works, Sheffield.
Kelham Island Museum captures the Steel City’s industrial heritage through a collection of objects, pictures and archive material.
Close to all of Sheffield’s vibrant cultural attractions, the hotel offers a relaxing and modern accommodation on the Victoria Quayside.
With the best Yorkshire-sourced produce & a fine wine menu, Jöro has made a big impact on Sheffield’s food scene since opening in 2016.
The National Emergency Services Museum in Sheffield is a loving testament to one of the most essential sectors – but it also has a darker side…
Fronteer Gallery provides a community hub – an inclusive and supportive exhibition platform for all artists with regular events.
A camp site and occasional festival site in Cawthorne, near Barnsley.
Thrifty Store, Sheffield is an up-to-date, sleek space, popular with young crowds for its affordable price points and quirky, unusual one-off pieces.
Gigs are coming in hot this spring – from long-awaited returns to one-off happenings you’ll blink and miss (unless you’re paying attention).
From city-wide art festivals to open-air sculptural installations, we have exhibitions from all around the North, both indoors and out.
Eclectic as ever. You'll find inventive reworkings, world-class contemporary dance and Greater Manchester's inaugural Improv Festival in our guide.
With these lighter, brighter days and warmer temperatures, it's really starting to feel like summer here in the North West!
Books, beer and burlesque. Dive into a glorious tangle of joyful happenings.
The sun is shining in the North, so use our guide to get out there and eat, drink and be merry in it.
We've got laughs and we've got leftfield on the live literature radar this month. Something for everyone, from poets playing with form to short story writers looking long.
Read our latest highlights from the live classical music offer in Manchester and the North, taking in a number of the region's most cherished orchestral forces and venues.