An informal group to practice your conversational French – Everyone welcome!

An open decks night for any aspiring DJs who want to share their skills on the wheels of steel with the rest of us. Bring along your records and we'll provide the decks.

Brigantes are a five piece band from Halifax, West Yorkshire. Heavily influenced by ska, reggae, dub and punk - coming from the underground to play a new sound! "I got to see them live tonight (29/11/24) and they are insane live! an awesome vibe and a great set. They are truly lovely down to earth […]

Audience and players VERY WELCOME. These are open playing sessions where weird and wonderful pieces are improvised by the group using some light direction and guidance on the playing. Donations welcomed: Bring Instruments and if needed little amplifiers and come down and join in with the improvisations. Arrive by 1.30pm to be ready to play […]

All welcome for this casual but serious evening of chess.

An informal group to practice your conversational French – Everyone welcome!

Minimalist analogue electronics, warm waves of noisy shimmering drones and cold industrial clangs are meshed with skittering intricate microbeats, dense layers of bold expressive experimental guitar, performed with a variety of effects and implements (electric razors, vibrators, wooden bows). Forming a textural cocoon for the deep and intimate voice, framing the songs with a distinctive […]

Working with various roots-rock band line-ups from his Yorkshire base since the late seventies – Des Horsfall has had, in his own words – “A few skirmishes with fame.” In the eighties he fronted the blues-rock band Raw Deal who were managed by the legendary Alexis Korner. During the nineteen nineties he could be seen […]

Leeds musician Lewis Pugh is one of UK music’s prime, and proud, proponents of Celtic punk. Brought up on bluegrass and folk music, he plays traditional music with a vibrant passion and uplifting force with his early influences filtered through his love of skiffle, rockabilly and punk. "Tragically Beautiful Left of Centre Insurgent Folk From […]

All welcome for this casual but serious evening of chess.

On the fourth Tuesday of the month the music stops and we pay attention to the spoken word. There has been poetry at the Puzzle Hall since the Nineties, with breaks when the pub was closed. Sometimes we are a small seminar group bringing work we love, and want to discuss, including our own writings. […]

Performing brand new music from his upcoming album, Jamil brings together this exquisite group of musicians featuring long time collaborators: Nadim Teimoori - Saxophone Dave Walsh - Drums Sam Quintana - Double Bass For this new project Jamil has written a collection of music that stands out amongst his impressive back catalogue, drawing from African […]