Penistone Area's Biggest 2010 Events List

• Yorkshire Day - An afternoon of piano and singing at the Royal British Legion.
• Rescue Me - Mayor's fundraising event for local rescue teams, with Razzmatazz, Penistone Theatre Group, Penistone Centre Stage, Penistone PJs and PGS.
• Penistone Parish Plan - Penistone Town Council held public consultancy events for a Parish Plan. Click on the the poster thumbnail in the right column.
• Penistone FM - An open day and a series of outside broadcasts from Penistone area village halls. Also their first birthday in June.
• 'Puss in Boots' by Penistone Theatre Group.
• 'When the Lights Go On Again' by Penistone Centre Stage Musicals.
• Holmfirth Film Festival - The first ever. From the home of cinema long before Hollywood was invented.
• British Legion - This year's Club Trip is to Southport. Eight coaches of fun.

The Big List
Most of these entries have been gleaned from shop window posters and websites. Information about markets, pub events, other activities and Penistone parking is below the big list.

2010	Calendar	Please Note: Events are sometimes cancelled, changed or postponed without notice. There is also a risk of inaccuracy in this list.
		Apologies for the whimsical remarks. Life's not supposed to be boring.
Jan	Fri 1st to 6th	Charity Christmas Lights. Westfield Ave., Thurlstone. Private fund-raising for 'Help for Heroes'
	Sun 3rd	New Year Equestrian Show, Legup Equestrian, Myrefield, Millhouse. Event postponed to 31st due to bad weather. (website)
	Mon 11th	Penistone Parish Plan - Community Centre but postponed until 5th March because of bad weather. (website)
	Sun 17th	Quiz Night - British Legion. A straggler from the Christmas season.
	Thurs 21st	Crazy Crow - The Huntsman, Thurlstone. Irish bagpipes, guitar, fiddle and flute in the group. Bejaysus.
	Sat 23rd	Penistone FM Open Day - Visitors in the studio during Colin Geldard's programme. See the PFM page. (website)
	Sat 23rd	Peter Coe, 'One Man Folk Festival' - Birdsedge Village Hall. Let's hope they can afford the rest of the band next time. (website)
	Sat 23rd	Robbie Burns Evening and Ceilidh. - White Heart. Scottish themed nosh with freshly caught haggis. Ceilidh disco.
	Sun 24th	Burns Night Nosh - Dog and Partridge, Bordhill. Haggis piped in and Rabbie Burns poems orated by Philip Henderson. (website)
	Thurs 28th - Sat 6th Feb	'Puss in Boots' by Penistone Theatre Group. Paramount. Email: penistonetheatregroup@hotmail.com for enquiries about them. The Barnsley Chronicle said it was very good.
	Weds 27th	Poetry Fireside Hour - 9pm, The Monkey (formerly 'Eastfield Inn'), Thurgoland. Complementary home-made soup and toast. Participation encouraged by arrangement. Last Weds every month. (website).
	Fri 29th	1940s Blitz Dance - 7.30pm to 11.30pm, Pen Community Centre. Pie and peas inc. Sing-along, Live music, bring a bottle, optional 1940s dress. by Penistone Centre Stage Musicals.
	Sat 30th	Coffee Morning - 11.30am, St. Andrew's. Fund-Raiser for the Haiti disaster. (Official DEC website)
	Sun 31st	New Year Equestrian Show. Bromley Fm, Wortley. Postponed from 3rd Jan. By Legup Equestrian, Myrefield, Millhouse. (website)
	Sun 31st	Quiz Night - 9pm, British Legion.
Feb	Fri 5th	American Wrestling - Picturedrome, Holmfirth. Sweaty men in tight cozzies. (Picturedrome website, Wrestling website)
	Sat 6th	Penistone FM Outside Broadcast - 9am to 1pm, Hoylandswaine Village Hall. (website)
	Fri 12th	Tea Dance - 11.30am to 2pm, Birdsedge Village Hall. £1 entry. Cream teas and sarnies. All welcome regardless of ability. (website)
	Sat 13th	Saint Valentine's Ball - 7pm, White Heart. Pink Fizz Cocktail Reception, three course meal, disco till Late. (website) Tel. 762843
	Sat 13th	Penistone FM Outside Broadcast - 9am to 1pm, Bolsterstone Village Hall. Have a chat with PFM presenters. (website)
	Sun 14th	Saint Valentine's Quiz Night - 9pm, British Legion.
	Tues 16th	Public Meeting - 10am, New Fire Station. From 'Partners & Communities Together'.
	Thurs 18th	Frillies History - 2pm, about 45mins. Penistone Library. Free entry. Informal historical talk about ladies' underwear, by Cherry Hunter. Yes, really!
	Sat 20th	Penistone FM Outside Broadcast - 9am to 1pm, Pot House Hamlet, Silkstone Cafe. (website)
	Sun 21st	Royal Marines Benevolent Fund - 4pm, Penistone Church. Sgt Major Steve Marks accepted a cheque on behalf of the RMBF for money raised through the 'Art at the Altar' event in November 2009. (Hen's Teeth website)
	Mon 22nd to 7th March	Fairtrade Fortnight - Annual event with lots of family fun activities and free chocolate give-aways on Market Day. (website)
	Thurs 25th	Jumble Sale - For Haiti. This was moved to March 18th. See below.
	Sat 27th	Harvey Andrews (popular singer-songwriter) - Birdsedge Village Hall. Tickets £8. (website) Tel 01484 606230.
	Sat 27th	Penistone FM Outside Broadcast - 9am to 1pm, Cawthorne Village Hall. (website)
	Sun 28th	Quiz Night - 9pm, British Legion.
Mar	Mon 1st to 7th	Pie Week - Waggon & Horses, Oxspring. 'All day, every day' - and in Lent too. Shame on whoever ate all the pies.
	Fri 5th	Lee Lard's Peter Kay tribute - 7pm, White Heart. Phoenix Nights special, with garlic bread (?) and chicken Kiev (website)
	Fri 5th	Penistone Parish Plan - 4pm to 8pm, Community Centre. (Town Council website)
	Sat 6th	Penistone FM Outside Broadcast - 9am to 1pm, Thurgoland. (website)
	Sat 6th	Family Fun Event - 10am to 12.30pm, Spring Vale Gardens, next to the dumpit site. Take the fresh air. Free entry.
	Weds 10th	The Academy Singers - 7.30pm, Spring Vale Methodist Church. Tickets £5 at the door. Refreshments.
	Fri 12th	'Call My Bluff' Wine Tasting Evening - 7.30pm, Community Centre. Penistone Fair Trade with Jeremy Cutts. (website)
	Sat 13th	Craft Fair - 10.30am to 3.30pm, Thurgoland Village Hall. Organised by the Horse & Jockey. (website)
	Tues 16th	Public Meeting - 10am, New Fire Station. By 'Partners & Communities Together', which is not a wife-swapping club. Honest.
	Weds 17th	Saint Patrick's Day - We can all be Irish for St. Paddy's Day. Buy me a guinness. To be sure an all, bejaysus.
	Weds 17th	Saint Patrick's Night Ceilidh - 8.00pm, Wortley Hall, S35 7DB. Irish ceilidh in the bar from 8pm, pie & peas. Tickets £6.50. (website)
	Weds 17th	Saint Patrick's Celebration with Alan Turner - 9pm, British Legion. Alan is an ex-X-Factor also-ran. There you go, nothing but the best for Penistone. (Buy merchandise and CD: website)
	Thurs 18th	Jumble Sale - 9.30am to 11am, Community Centre. Organised by St. Mary's RC Church. In aid of Haiti. (Official DEC website)
	Sat 20th	St. Patrick's Day Celebration - 10am, Gosling Moor Farm, Wortley. Lots of family fun, stalls, tombola, raffles, refreshments and more. Irish themed clothes optional. For the retired greyhounds fund. (website)
	Sat 20th	'The Dizzy Club' (Jazz) - 8.30pm, The Rag (aka Fountain Inn), Ingbirchworth. Tickets £9.50.
	Sat 20th	31st Annual Celebrity Concert - 7.15pm, Paramount. Millhouse Green MVC and Hepworth Cookson Homes Band.
	Sat 20th	Coffee Morning - 10am to noon, Hoylandswaine Sports Club. Cakes, bring & buy, bric-a-brac, tombola, toys, raffle, jewellery, fun, etc. Organised by Penistone & District Committee.
	Sat 21st	Mad Agnes (US close harmony trio) - 7pm, starts 7.30pm. Birdsedge Village Hall. Tickets £8. (website)
	Tues 23rd to Sat 27th	'When the Lights Go On Again' by Penistone Centre Stage Musicals - 7.15pm, Penistone Paramount. A new production by Roy Sault. A story of family life set in wartime Penistone, culminating in a VE - VJ day party.
	Weds 24th	'Pictures with Altitude' - 8.15pm, Community Centre. Penistone Camera Club presents a photographic evening with Robert Falconer. Based on his trek to Everest base camp. Refreshments. (website)
	Fri 26th	The Muldoons - 8pm, Silkstone Lodge. Proceeds to Barnsley Hospice. In memory of Christine Poulson.
	Fri 26th	Dolly Parton tribute act - 7pm, White Heart. Performed in Las Vegas. Embrace Dolly's greatest hits. (website)
	Sat 27th	Antique & Collectors' Fair - 10am to 4pm, Comm. Centre. 50p Entry. Refreshments. For Green Moor Sports Club.
	Sat 27th	Public Forum on Birdsedge Wind Turbines - Noon to 4pm, Birdsedge Village Hall. (BOLT action group website, email)
	Sat 27th	Charity Auction - 7.30pm, Crane Moor WMC. In aid of Northern General Hospital Burns Unit.
	Weds 31st	Spring Grand Auction and Surplus Sale - Pie Hall, Denby Dale. Ham radio and computing. DD Ham Radio Club. (website)
	Weds 31st	Penistone Spring Band Festival - 4pm (junior concert) and 7.30pm (mostly seniors), Paramount. (website)
Apr	Thurs 1st	Climate Change and the Environment - St. Andrew's. Friends of the Earth. (issues page) (website)
	Thurs 1st to Mon 5th	'Spring Chickens' Art Exhibition - 10am to 5pm, Wentworth Castle Gardens. An exhibition and sale of work by artists and craftspeople from Penistone and District, with 20% of sales for restoring Wentworth Castle Gardens. (website)
	Sat 3rd	Easter Sunday Event - Horse & Jockey, Thurgoland. Egg hunt, Kids' Colouring Comp, Kids' Karaoke, Easter Bonnets. (website)
	Sat 3rd	Neil Diamond Tribute - Horse & Jockey, Roper Ln, Thurgoland.
	Sun 4th	Quiz Night - 9pm, British Legion. Last one of the season, to return in September. Non-members must be signed in.
	Mon 12th	Come and Sing Messiah - Cawthorne Parish Church. Sheffield Bach Choir sing Handel's "Messiah". (Choir website)
	Tues 13th	Public Meeting (Police reports) - 10am, New Fire Station. (website) Tel. 766387.
	Thurs 15th to Mon 19th	Tuby's funfair - Showground. Thurs, Fri and Monday, not Sunday. Family fun from ducks to dodgems. (website)
	Fri 23rd	Saint George's Day. England’s equivalent to Saint Patrick's Day but without Guinness to lubricate it.
	Sat 24th	Charity Bonanza - 10am to 2pm. Community Centre. Goodies at the table-top sale. 30p Entry. Refreshments available.
	Sat 24th	Penistone Church Community Project - 6.30pm, Penistone Church. Talk by Prof. David Hey, an eminent historian and author of books concerning our area. Supporting the historic value of Penistone Church as the centre of the community.
	Sat 24th	Bolsterstone MVC & Karla Ladies' Choir in Concert - 7.30pm, Paramount. £7 entry. (website)
	Sun 25th	Colin Geldard (of Penistone FM) ran Sheffield Half-marathon - with a personal best of 1hr, 59m and 10sec.
	Mon 26th	Penistone Town Assembly - 7pm, Community Centre. Penistone Town Council reports and accounts. (website)
	Mon 26th	Jazz Train (and beers) - Hudds to Sheffield train with The Train Gang. (website)
May	Sat 1st	Love Music Hate Racism, Music Festival - 4pm to 10pm, County Way Car Park, Barnsley. £8 entry. UB40 (a no-show), Chipmunk, Reverend & the Makers, Blackout and more. Also, Festival Fringe with over 40 bands. (website)
	Sat 1st & Sun 2nd	Mild, Cider & Perry Annual Festival - The Rat & Ratchet, Chapel Hill, Huddersfield HD1 3EB. Barbecue Sat. noon to 3pm. Twenty real mild ales and more . Hudds CAMRA pub of the year 2006, 2010. (website)
	Sun 2nd	Spa Sunday - Take Gunthwaite Spa's medicinal waters in this timeless tradition. First Sunday of May. (photo)
	Sun 2nd	Maddy Prior - Birdsedge Village hall, £12 tickets. (website)
	Mon 3rd	Mountain & Cave Rescue Day - Langsett Barn, A616. Rescue awareness, family activities, fun. Free parking.
	Mon 3rd	Mayday Gala - 2pm, Hoylandswaine Sports Ground. Maypole, Craft stall, Games,Tug-o-war, Deepcar Brass Band, Penistone FM, Barbecue, Fun. (website)
	Thurs 6th	Election Day - Parliamentary and Local Elections in the UK. (See the election results page)
	Fri 7th	Pig Race Night - 7pm, Silkstone Lodge. £5, inc. hot roast pork (presumably from the loser) or roast beef sandwich.
	Sat 8th	Winscar Reservoir Open Day - Noon to 4pm. Dunford Bridge. Free entry. Have a go at sailing but don't capsize the boat like I did. Refreshments, toilets and changing facilities. (website)
	Sat 8th	Pen Ladies' Choir & Pen School Children's Choir (& Guests) - 7.30pm, Spring Vale Church. £5 inc. refreshments.
	Fri 14th	Parish Plan Consultation Event - Community Centre. Penistone Town Council is looking for ideas and suggestions from the public towards the formulation of a Town Plan. Refreshments and free raffle. (website)
	Sat 15th	Penistone West Rolling Roadshow - 10am Langsett Barn; 11.30am Thurlstone Primary School; 1pm Ingbirchworth Chapel. Meet councillors and yet another here-today-gone-tomorrow 'partnership'; 'South West Area Partnership Team'. (website)
	Sat 15th	Velvet Burlesque Vaudeville Cabaret - 8pm, Paramount. £17.50 entry. (website)
	Mon 17th	Jazz Train (and beers) - Hudds to Sheffield train, departs Penistone 7.49pm, reappears at Penistone 9.25pm. With The Train Gang. Don't bring your own beer, they want the bar to make some profit. (website)
	Mon 17th	Sue Cunningham (a rare Medium) - Horse & Jockey, Thurgoland. She knew you were coming. (H&J website, Medium's website)
	Tues 18th	Penistone Women's Institute Coffee Morning - 10.30am to 12.30pm, Community Centre. All welcome. Cakes, Books, Bric-a-brac, Tombola, Raffle. Members will demonstrate their speciality craft skills.
	Weds 19th	Ypres and the Somme - 7pm, Penistone Church. Slideshow from recent trip. £5 entry includes Pie & Peas. Raffle.
	Fri 21st & Sat 22nd	Let's Dance - 7.15pm, Paramount. Tickets on sale from Green Kleens from 3rd May, Adults £8, Children/OAPs £6.50, Circle £10. By Betty Chappelle Dance Centre. Used to be called Betty Chapel but you know how it goes. Enquiries Tel. 01226 370057
	Fri 21st to Sun 23rd	The 4th Shepley Spring Festival - Big folksy festival with lots of dancers, singers and beards. Lots of beards. Street theatre, fairground rides, craft stalls, traders, hats, munchies, camping ('hire a yurt'), loos, showers, fun, more beards. (website).
	Fri 21st to Sat 29th	Holmfirth Film Festival Week - Edwardian Picturedrome. Holmfirth's first film festival, from the home of cinema before Hollywood. Special item about Bamforth Films. (website)
	Sat 22nd	Grand Charity Plant Sale - Schole Hill Farm, Chapel Lane. Refreshments. For Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice.
	Sun 23rd	Penistone Boundary Walk - 9am, Cubley Hall. 16 or 8 miles. For Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice. (R T website)
	Thurs 27th	Barry Norman and his favourite films - Picturedrome, Holmfirth. Clips and chat from Britain’s favourite film reviewer. (website)
	Sat 29th	Penistone Youth Disco Dance - 7pm to 10.30pm, Community Centre (come on kids, not 'Center', spell it right next time). Ages 10 to 17. Karaoke fun & games, free food & drinks. Organised by Penistone West Crime & Safety Group.
	Mon 31st	Kingswood Open Day - 10am to 4pm, Scout Dike Centre. Family activities with zip wire, archery, leap of faith, etc. (website)
June	Thurs 3rd	Bar-steward's sons plus guest singer Emily Worton - Horse & Jockey, Thurgoland. (website)
	Sat 5th	Summer Fun Day - Sports Ground, Wortley. As advertised on the bridge. Organised by Wortley Rugby Club.
	Sat 5th	RC Church Spring Fayre - 10am to noon, St Mary's, Talbot Rd. £1 entry includes coffee and cake. In aid of CAFOD.
	Sat 5th	Car Booit & Tabletop Sale - 10.30am to 4.30pm. Village Hall, Thurgoland. Refreshments, face painting. (website)
	Sat 5th & Sun 6th	The First Wentworth Castle Game & Country Fair - 9am, Stainborough, Barnsley, S75 3EN. Adults £8, Kids £4, over 65s £7, family ticket (2 + 3) £20. Bring your green wellies for the 'mud'. Assorted dogs, sheep shearing, trades, crafts, nosh, owls, ferrets, clay shooting, gun-dog curry, air rifles, fishing with Hywell Morgan, fun, foxhounds and quad bikes.
	Sun 6th	Penistone FM's First Birthday - Four years in gestation until it was born in 2009. Now it is a year old. (website) (PFM page)
	Sun 6th	Wedding Fayre - 11am to 3pm, The Rag (aka Fountain Inn), Ingbirchworth. Free entry & parking. Well, the car park doesn't belong to them anyway. La Bella Brides.
	Mon 7th	ABBA Train (and beers) - Hudds to Sheffield train, departs Penistone 7.49pm, reappears at Penistone 9.25pm. With The Moorland Singers. Bring your own sequins but not beer, they want the bar to make profit. (website)
	Mon 7th	Public Meeting - 7pm, Pendon House. Discuss policing activities. 'Partners & Communities Together'.
	Fri 11th	Garden Walk - 2pm, Wortley Hall, S35 7DB. £2.50 per person. Fifteen acres of formal Italianate gardens surrounded by eleven acres of informal pleasure grounds. Meet outside reception door at 2pm. (website)
	Sat 12th	Honley Show - Tickets: £7 adults, £2 kids, £5 pensioners. Farnley Moor, Thurstonland Road, Farnley Tyas. Radio Hams (DDARC), vintage tractors, animals from horses to mice, handicrafts, trade stands, refreshments, family fun. (website)
	Sat 12th	Proms in the Park - 1.30pm. Great knees up with City of Sheffield Band and Razzmatazz. Yippeekayay. (website)
	Sat 12th	'Penistone Community Event' - Crystal Palace, Thurlstone. Hog roast, bouncy kids, large raffle, free sweets and world footie.
	Sat 12th	Evening Rock Concert - 7.30pm, The Bootleggers and local band MOJO. (website) (Bootleggers)
	Sun 13th	Sponsored Walk - 9am from Oxspring Sports Field. 8 miles in a circular, scenic walk via Green Moor. Great if one leg is shorter than the other. Pen & District Committee. In aid of Yorkshire Cancer Research.
	Sun 13th	Penistone Mayor's Parade - Theme: 'Films Through the Ages'. (RT Gala website)
	Sun 13th	Penistone Gala - Family fun, refreshments, stalls and Mini Mansell – Stilt Walker, entertainer and looney (his own words not mine). Medieval jousting stunt team - Knights of the Damned. (RT Gala website) (M Mansell) (Damned Knights)
	Sun 13th	Spring Vale School Open Day - Parents chat with staff and look around. Places available now for 3 and 4 year olds.
	Mon 14th	Guided Garden Walk & Dine - 6.20pm (£2.50 per person), Wortley Hall, S35 7DB. £18 per person (£10 deposit). Walk with the Head Gardener around Wortley Hall’s grade II listed Italianate gardens. (website)
	Weds 16th	Oughtibridge Sports Night - 6.30pm, Oughtibridge. Kids: egg & spoon, running, skipping, obstacle, gurning, etc. Races divided into school years. Junior & Senior Gala Chases 3¼ Miles ( Juniors 14 - 16, Seniors 17+, Veterans 40+). (website)
	Thurs 17th	Public Meeting - 7pm, Pendon House. Policing matters with the 'Safer Neighbourhood Team'. Ah, but was there ever a 'Dangerous Neighbourhood Team' or even a 'Downright Lethal Neighbourhood Team' for this lot to be safer? Much pondering.
	Sat 19th	'The Loft' Coffee House - Opens 9am for the first time. Next to 'Light & dark' photographer, Back Lane, opposite Auckland's.
	Sat 19th	Thurgoland Craft Fair - Village Hall, Thurgoland. 10.30am to 4.30pm. Refreshments, handcrafted jewellery, cards, leather goods, embroidery, toys, nail art plus more. Bouncy kids, face painting and kids' penalty shootout. Where's Robert Green? (website)
	Sat 19th	Sabre (Original 60s Group) - Blacksmith's Arms, Millhouse Green. Poster went up less than a week before. Shame on you.
	Sat 19th to Sat 26th	Bradfield Festival of Music. Mostly 7.30pm (Sun 6.30pm). A week of musical events in Bradfield. Admission prices vary from Free to £20. Under 17s pay only a pound for all payable events. (website)
	Sun 20th	Car Boot Sale - 11am to 2pm. Dunford Comm. Centre, Victoria (near Crowedge). Food & drinks available. (website)
	Sun 20th	Hunshelf 'Amble Fell Race & Fun Run - 11am, 7½ mile Challenging race on steep terrain of paths, fields, woods and tracks, £3 entry. 11.30am Fun Run, £1 entry. Green Moor Sports Club, Grid SK 281 992.
	Sun 20th	Summer in the Garden - Noon to 6pm, Spring Vale Community Garden, next to the dumpit site and smell the roses. Free entry. Traditional Mozambique dancing, barbecue, cakes, activities for kids. Fun event organised by PDCP. (It was a good one)
	Sun 20th	Guided Garden Walks - Opens Noon. Guided Tours of Wortley Hall’s Gardens, 1pm & 3pm. £4.50 entry. (website)
	Fri 25th	Johnny Cash Tribute Night - 7.30pm, White Heart. £30 inc. three-course meal (veggie option) £10 deposit. 762843
	Sat 26th	Armed Forces Day - National day in support of our Armed Forces. Top marks to you lads. (website)
	Sat 26th	Penistone Church Festival & Gift Day - 10am to 4pm. 10am procession from St John's Junior School to Pen Church led by PGS Samba Band. Books, bric-a-brac, cakes, Penistone archives, community display stands, climb most of the tower from 10am to 2.30pm. Light lunch 11.30am to 1.30pm and refreshments throughout. Deposit your church donations at the lychgate collection.
	Sat 26th	Midhopestones Village Feast and Country Fair. 10.30am to 5pm. Adults £1, kids 50p. Free parking. Country games including: Tug-o-war, welly wanging, egg throwing and dodge the cowpats. Kids' entertainments. Young Farmers' ducking stool. Vintage tractors, dry stone walling, adults and children’s cake competition, classic car treasure hunt, pony treasure hunt, pony & horse show, dog show, sheep racing, music & DJ, barbecue, hog roast, raffle. (website).
	Sat 26th	Oughtibridge Gala - 12.30pm. Lots of family entertainment. Dancers, drummers, Oughtibridge Brass Band, Rokett88 Rock Band, Stripey Jack Band, New Orleans Strollers, Sia-Sano Belly Dancers, bouncy kids, nosh, Bradfield Brewery, Wortley Railway, etc. (Gala website, Belly Dancers website, Strollers' Myspace)
	Sun 27th	Car Booit Sale - 11am start, Hade Edge Football Ground, HD9 2JH. Refreshments.
	Sun 27th	'Rescue Me' - 7pm, Paramount. £8 entry. Mayor's charity event by Penistone Centre Stage, Penistone Theatre Group, PGS, Razzmatazz, and Penistone PJs - in aid of Yorkshire Air Ambulance and Woodhead Mountain Rescue. (website)
	Mon 28th	Guided Garden Walk & Dine - 6.20pm, Wortley Hall, S35 7DB. Entry £18 per person (£10 deposit) includes three-course meal in the Courtyard Restaurant. Walk with the Head Gardener and midges around Wortley Hall’s grade II listed Italianate gardens. (website)
	Weds 30th	The Manfreds - 7.30pm, Paramount. Tickets £20. They used to be called 'Manfred Mann' and sang: "5-4-3-2-1, huh-uh, it's the Manfreds". They are: Paul Jones, Mike Hugg, Tom McGuiness, Rob Townsend, Marcus Cliffe & Simon Currie. (website)
July	Thurs 1st	Back to Back - 7.30pm, Paramount. £10. Clean comedy with Don MacClean, Malcolm Stent & Dave Sealey. (website)
	Fri 2nd to Tues 6th	Flower Festival - Times vary, Silkstone Church. £2 entry. Fri - noon to 8pm; Sat, Mon, Tues - 10am to 8pm; Sun - 10am to 5pm (Sunday Eucharist 9.15am). Flowers by Worsborough & Dist Flower Club. Morning coffee and afternoon tea.
	Fri 2nd	Oxspring Duck Race & Summer Fayre - No details, seen on a small roadside sign. (Nothing on Oxspring websites).
	Sat 3rd	Bolsterstone Village Fair - 2pm to 5pm. Village square, playing field and church. Free entry. Stalls, skills, crafts, flowers, white elephants, refreshments, bouncy kids, shy coconuts, Deepcar Brass Band, hoola hoops, classic cars. (Ad from Penistone FM).
	Sat 3rd	South Yorkshire Festival - Noon to 5pm, Wortley Hall. Free admission. Family fun with stalls, bands, choirs, dancers, kids' games, entertainers, bouncy kids, bars, food, drink and ice cream. Deepcar Brass Band and vintage vehicles. (website)
	Sat 3rd	Summer Party - 7pm, Denroyd Farm, Upper Denby, HD8 8TZ. £5 entry. With singer James Worton & disco DJ Lance. Hog Roast and Bar. In aid of Barnsley Hospice. (website)
	Sun 4th	'Billy the Kid Dash' - 10.30am, Bridge Inn, Cote Ln, Thurgoland. Hog roast, live music, raffle. (email & website)
	Sun 4th	Holmfirth Duck Race and Gala - The Sands Playing Fields, Holmfirth, HD9 3JL. £1 entry. 10,000 yellow ducks on the Holme. The Pulse Radio Show and Huddersfield Giants stars. (website)
	Mon 5th	The (nearly) Independence Day Train (and beers) - Hudds to Sheffield train, departs Penistone 7.49pm, reappears at Penistone 9.25pm. With The Train Gang. Celebrate our independence from the USA but don't bring your own beer. (website)
	Tues 6th	Public Meeting - 10am, New Fire Station. Policing matters with the 'Safer than ever Neighbourhood Team'. (website) Tel. 766387
	Tues 6th	Today was the date on the Delorean time-machine in 'Back to the Future'. (Little-known fact that nobody cares about No 362)
	Thurs 8th	BBC Antiques Roadshow - 9am to 4.30pm, Chatsworth House. Free entry. Go on, Sonia H-D, you can't miss this one. (Email)
	Thurs 8th	Indian Summer Arts Extravaganza - 6.30pm to 8.30pm, PGS. Tickets: Adults £2, Children £1, family £5 (2 big 'uns, 2 little 'uns). 'Celebrate India - Culture, Crafts and Enterprise'.
	Fri 9th	Birdsedge Beerfest - 7pm, Birdsedge Village hall. Music From Grant Baynham, plus the Look North Funk Band. Hic. Barbecue nosh. (website)
	Fri 9th	Elkie Brooks - doors open 7.30pm, Holmfirth Picturedrome. £20 entry. Fifty years in showbusiness anniversary tour.
	Sat 10th	Birdsedge Village Festival, Village hall. Music, lots of family fun and (even more important) real ale. (Festival website)
	Sat 10th	Penistone Church Coffee Morning - 10.15am to Noon. For Barnsley Hospice.
	Sat 10th	Barnsley Carnival & Parade - 10am, Barnsley town centre. Music, dance, circus acts and stalls.
	Sat 10th	Hade Edge Gala - Hade Edge FC, Penistone Rd, Hade Edge, HD9 2JG. Free entry. Procession 1.30pm. Gala ends about 4.30pm. Family fun with a Pig Roast, Brass Band, Side Shows, Beer Tent, Refreshments, Games and more. (Contact form)
	Sat 10th	Birdsedge 'Festival in a Tent' - 6.30pm for 7pm, Birdsedge Village Hall. With Harry Rowland and 'The Mighty Zulu Nation' from South Africa, plus a special reunion of Artisan. Tickets £14, unwaged £12. (Festival website)
	Sat 10th	Junk Yard Dog (classic rock and pop band) - Horse & Jockey, Thurgoland. (website)
	Sun 11th	Oxspring Open Gardens - 1pm to 5pm. Start at No 32 Field's End, to visit 9+ gardens in Oxspring. £3 entry. Cream teas, Tombola, kids' corner, 'MACcessories', cake stall and a money tree. Refreshments in various gardens. For MacMillan Cancer Support.
	Sun 11th	Shelley Gala - 1.30pm to 4.30pm, Shelley First School. Children's fancy dress competition, pony rides, Scissett Youth Band and Georgie School of Dance. refreshments. (website)
	Sun 11th	Broomhead Show - Broomhead Park, Wigtwizzle, near Bolsterstone. No details on poster but it a fund-raiser for Deepcar Brass Band. It has local groups, dancers, sheep dog trials, tug-o'-war, craft stalls, Bradfield Brewery and Broomhead Chase (a tough fell race organised by our own Penistone Footpath Runners). Advertised on the bridge.
	Sun 11th	Carnival Evening - 7.30pm, Wortley Hall. £12 or £10 advanced booking 0114 2883886. Barnsley Samba plus Latin & Caribbean Cabaret. Dress party/holiday style or fancy dress (audience participation). Meals at the bar or restaurant before the show. (website)
	Weds 14th to Sat 17th	Billy Elliot - Weds to Sat, 7.15pm, Saturday Matinee 2.15pm, Paramount. Tickets £9 & £7. By Razzmatazz Youth Musical Theatre. (Paramount website)
	Sat 17th	Thurlstone Village Gala - 2pm to 4pm, St Saviour's Church. Family fun & entertainment. Thurlstone Brass Band, tombola, stalls, kids' games, raffle, bric-a-brac, football fun and more. Organised by Thurlstone Community Group.
	Sat 17th	Bomfest - 11.30am to Late, Worsborough Mill & Park, Worsborough Dale, S70 5LJ. Pre-fest/On-the-day tickets: Adult £10/£15, U16s £5/£7, Family £25/£35 (2 A + 2 U16s). Barnsley Original Music Festival with 60 bands & 40 DJs. (website)
	Sat 17th & Sun 18th	Wortley Country Festival - Green wellie family fun. Saturday: lurcher racing, Sunday: lurcher and terrier show. Both days: horse and pony show and clay pigeon shooting, gun dog display, craft stalls, horse & pony show, dressage, gun dogs, clay pigeon shooting, bouncy kids, refreshments and more. Tel. 01142 848 200 (email) (Legup website, Wharncliffe Warmbloods website)
	Thurs 22nd	Jumble Sale - 9.30am to 11am, Community Centre. Organised by St. Mary's RC Church.
	Fri 23rd	American Wrestling - 7pm for 7.30pm. Picturedrome, Holmfiirth, HD9 7DA. £9 Adults, £7 Child/OAP, £28 Family saver (2 adults + 2 children/OAPs). (Wrestling website & Picturedrome website)
	Fri 23rd	Paul Parker (medium) - 7.30pm, Stocksbridge Spritualist Centre, Inman Pavilion, Moorlands Drive, S36 1EG. Looks like £5 entry.
	Fri 23rd	Penistone Pictorial website is Ten Years Old today. "Hip - hip.....".
	Sat 24th	Dunford Parish Gala - 2pm, Dunford Parish Community Centre, Victoria (the other side of Crowedge). Turn right at Hazlehead crossroads. Gala stalls, car boot, classic cars and family fun. More details Barbara on 762533. (website).
	Sat 24th	Guided Walk (6m around Bleaklow) - 8.45am, Huntsman, Thurlstone or 9.30am, Black Clough, SK114 998. Expect lots of mud.
	Sat 24th	Brass on the Grass - 6pm for 7pm. Gawber Primary School. Entry £5 Adults, Under 16s free. Thurnscoe Harmonic MVC and SY Police Band perform on grass(!) Bring your own wine and a picnic for this musical evening. For Barnsley Hospice. Info: Tel 323627.
	Sat 24th	Laughing Gravy (5 piece rock band) - Horse & Jockey, Thurgoland. (website)
	Sat 24th	Garden Carnival - 4pm to 9pm, Cannon Hall. Free. Music with Guillano Modarelli, food & celebrations aimed at young people. Tickets: 01226 790270 (contact email)
	Sun 25th	Car Booit Sale - 11am start, Hade Edge Football Ground, HD9 2JH. Refreshments. (Contact form)
	Mon 26th - for 4 wks	Summer Events Programme - 1pm to 4pm, Skateboard Park, Showground. Launch of four weeks of youth-focussed activities (11 to 19 y.o.): Zumba Dancing, Football Skills, Street Dancing, Roller Disco, Team Sports, Arts and Crafts. Leaflets in Co-op. (website)
	Mon 26th	Guided Garden Walk & Dine - 6.20pm, Wortley Hall, S35 7DB. £10 deposit per person, meal price is probably £18 (not stated). Walk with the Head Gardener around Wortley Hall’s grade II listed Italianate gardens. (WH website, What's on website)
	Tues 27th	Club Trip to Southport - (RBL members) Adult Coaches leave 9.15am, all others at 8.45am. Organised by the Royal British Legion. Closing date for bookings 18th July. Tel. 766911
	Fri 30th	Public Solar Evening - 6.30pm to sunset, if the sun is clearly visible. Huddersfield Observatory (website has a map). Entry £2, £1 conc. Say hello to my friend Lisa and claim to know me. On the other hand... Anyway, view the sun through the right equipment. (What's on website)
	Fri 30th	PCFC versus Wakefield FC - (time not stated) Penistone Church Football Club, Church View Rd. (No PCFC website, Wakefield FC website) Tel. 01226 370095
Aug	Sun 1st	Yorkshire Day - Penistone shops are expected to display the Yorkshire rose. Yes you are. Official celebrations are at Hedon, East Riding (near Hull), accompanied by the 150th (Yorkshire) Transport Regiment Band. (Hedon website)
	Sun 1st	Yorkshire Day - Afternoon, Royal British Legion Club. John Dyson tickles the ivories with vocalist Stuart Fielding leading the audience into singing the traditional songs.
	Sun 1st	'Five Star Festival Barbecue' - White Heart. Music by Mumbo Jumbo and James Wharton. Tel 762843
	Mon 2nd	The (Not Quite) Yorkshire Day Music Train - Hudds to Sheffield train, departs Penistone 7.49pm, reappears at Penistone 9.25pm. Hade Edge Brass Band will belt out the good stuff. Beers too but don't bring your own. (website)
	Weds 4th	Fans & Secret Codes - 11am to 1pm and 2pm to 4pm, Cannon Hall. £3 per child. Aimed at ages 5 to 11 to make their own Regency fans and learn secret signals. Hang on, isn't that called 'semaphore'? Bookings 01226 790270 (email)
	Sat 7th	The 92nd Emley Show - 9am. Factory Farm, Nr Emley Moor mast. Adults £8, conc. £5, kids (2-15) £2. Brass and jazz bands, horsey, pony & green wellie stuff, seven show rings, sheep, goats, pets, dogs, stick-making, horticulture, bonsai trees, rides, trade stands, bar, food, bouncy kids, lots of 'mud' & family fun. Like a small Penistone Show. Worth a look. New location HD8 9TE. (website)
	Sun 8th	Summer Garden Party - 1pm to 5pm, Grounds of Hepworth Church. Admission free. Games, Stalls and Refreshments.
	Thurs 12th to Sun 15th	Huddersfield Food and Drink Festival. 10am - 6pm (Sun 11am - 5pm). St. George's Square, Huddersfield. 40+ exhibitors including Yorkshire Ice Cream (High Flatts), all kinds of food: continental, farm, vegetarian, cheese, tea, coffee, cakes, bread, seafood, Yorkshire curd pies. Also oils, vinegars, cider, beer, &c. It's worth a visit and right next to the railway station (& Head of Steam pub). Festival coordinators: 01484 487933. (website)
	Sat 14th	Take 2 Big Band/Kevin Grunhill - 2.30pm, Paramount. £8.50. Big music. (website)
	Weds 18th	Mask Making - 11am to 1pm and 2pm to 4pm, Cannon Hall. £3 per child. Aimed at ages 5 to 11. Diana Bates shows the urchins how to make their own beautiful masks. They 'can go to the ball'. Bookings 01226 790270 (email)
	Thurs 19th	Southport Flower Show Trip - £11. Organised by Penistone Gardening Club. Tickets 767918 and 762129.
	Fri 20th	Tom Jones Tribute - 7.30pm, White Heart. £29.95 including 3-course meal. 'Danny Roman is the voice of Tom Jones.' Ladies take some spare underwear for throwing. (website)
	Thurs 26th	Crazy Crow - Huntsman, Thurlstone. Five-piece Sheffield band with mostly Irish music. Line-up is: Chris Barber, Uillean (Irish) pipes and whistle, Dave Markham, guitar and vocals, Julie Fotheringham, vocals, Jon Baker, Fiddle and Tim Fearon, Flute. (website)
Sept	Sat 4th to Sun 5th	Wartime Weekend - Battle for Elsecar Heritage Railway (times not given) and that's just the queue. Two-day event features a 'Foreign Field Battle for the Liberation of the Railway Station' and 'Living History Camps' through both days. (Event website and railway website)
	Fri 10th	Toby Foster & Friends - 8pm, Paramount. A great evening of comedy with all your favourite jokes. (website)
	Sat 11th	Penistone Show - Showground. Adults £8, Seniors £6 (prebooked tickets £1 cheaper), accompanied children <15 free, unaccompanied children £2.50. PFR 10 km fell race. Approximately: Family fun and attractions, horse rings, vintage vehicles, bands, entertainment rings, children's rides, puppet show, 'trading village', steam machines, horsey stuff, show jumping, dogs, pigs, goats, ferrets, poultry, cattle, ducks and sheep, horticulture, photography tent, arts & crafts, military stands, hot food, rubber burgers, sandwich tent, beer tent, various demonstrations and much more. Get your hand stamped and dine properly in Penistone. (PFR website, Penistone Show Website)
	Sun 12th	Charity Auction - 8pm (probably), Royal British Legion. Non-members must be signed in. Prize-winning flowers, fruit, vegetables and cakes from the Show. Also soaps, fancy goods, shirts, etc. auctioned in an entertaining style for this year's chosen charity.
	Thurs 16th to Mon 20th	Tuby's funfair - Showground. Thurs, Fri and Monday times: 6pm to 10pm, Saturday: 2pm to 10pm, not open Sunday. Lots of fun for the family, from ducks to dodgems. Print vouchers from their website to get £5 off rides. (website)
	Sat 18th	Hank Muldoon and the Hangovers - 7pm, Denroyd Farm, Upper Denby, HD8 8TZ. £10.00 entry. More info - Mob. 07917 582451. (website)
	Thurs 23rd to Sun 26th	Continental Market - 9am to 6pm Thurs to Sat, 10am to 4.30pm Sun. Barnsley town centre. Traders from all over Europe have food, drink, fancy goods and soaps. Polish 'piwo' last year (cena trzy funtów). Also knitted goods from Peru and exotic far east things.
Oct	Sat 9th	James Keelaghan - 7pm (starts 7.30pm), Birdsedge Village Hall. Tickets £8. (Live Events website)
Nov	Sat 6th	Bonfire Night - 6.45pm, Showground. Always a great fireworks display. Bring a bright torch. (Bonfire Night page)
	Fri 12th	Rolling Back the Years - 2.30pm & 7.30pm, Paramount. £13 (£11 conc.). 'Timeless Theatre' production. (Timeless website) (website)
	Sat 13th	Cara Luft with Hugh McMillan - 7pm (starts 7.30pm), Birdsedge Village Hall. Tickets £7. (Live Events website)
Dec	Date not ann.	Christmas Church Events - Penistone Church itinerary will be available nearer the time.
	Sat 4th tbc	Christmas Fairy Lights Ceremony. Penistone church. Special guests are Santa Claus and Penistone's Mayor. (Christmas Lights page)
	Sat 4th	The Mighty Zulu Nation - 7pm (starts 7.30pm), Birdsedge Village Hall. High octane party of joyous music, percussion and dance from South Africa, interspersed with stories. Tickets £9. (Live Events website)
	Mon 20th	Christmas Jazz Music Train - Check train times. Music from the Train Gang. Beers too. (website)
	Sun 26th	Boxing Day Meet of Rockwood Harriers (fox hunt gathering), 11am, George Inn, Upper Denby. Chasing the uneatable?

Events in 2011

• 'Aladdin' - 27th January to 5th February. presented by Penistone Theatre Group. Adults £8, conc £5. All seats £4 on opening night.
• 'Anything Goes' by Cole Porter - Third week of March. Penistone Centre Stage is auditioning singers to rehearse in September 2010. Prospective singers contact Eileen on 370121 or Mike on 764310.

Paramount Box Office
The Paramount has a full programme of live performance and cinema events and much more than is included here. For live event tickets/enquiries, Tel. 01226 767532 or call in 10am to 2pm weekdays or any time when the cinema is open. Credit or debit cards are gleefully accepted when pre-booking a seat. Film schedule message on Tel. 01226 762004 or see Penistone Paramount website. Films are cheaper on Tuesdays at £3.50 each (usually £5 in the stalls). See how civilised we are in Penistone - you can have a beer as you watch the film. The bar is open before events and during the intermission, when an ice-cream lady wheels out her little cart. Go on say it: 'I'd love a kia-ora'.

Regular Community Events
Markets and Shopping :
Penistone has a street of small shops but it comes alive on Market Days and Saturday mornings. Thursday is Penistone Market Day. "Battle through the rain and gales!" is how Barnsley council 'promotes' it but it's seldom as bad as all that. Home-made produce is on sale in the 'Country Market' (cakes, marmalade, etc.) at the Community Centre on Market Day and refreshments are served there. Penistone Archive is also available to peruse on Market Day at the Town Hall. Penistone Church usually has light meals, tea, coffee and buns on Thursdays and some Saturdays and the church guide is well worth a look. Have a meal at SK's Cafe, Ward's Chip Shop cafe or the Rose & Crown on a good day.

The Saturday Fruit and Veg Market is always worth a visit for fresh and affordable foodstuffs and for various other stalls. There is also a monthly Local Food & Farmers' Market, 9am to 1pm-ish on the second Saturday of the month (website). Half-day closing in Penistone is nominally Wednesday but some shops also close Saturday afternoons.

Organ recitals:
Paramount (Penistone Town Hall/Cinema) at 2.30pm Saturdays and St. Andrews Church (the Allen digital theatre organ), 1pm Thurs. Paramount recital tickets are available via the box office (see below), alternatively tel. 07944 566972. See Penistone Cinema Organ Trust.

Quiz Nights:

• A few Sundays each year, fortnightly - 9pm, British Legion (non-members must be signed in).
• Tuesdays - 9.30pm (ish), The Huntsman, Thurlstone.
• Wednesdays - 9pm, The Old Crown and 9.30pm, Hoylandswaine Sports Club.
• Thursdays - Horse & Jockey, Thurgoland.
• Fridays - The Britannia, Spring Vale
  

Bingo Nights:

• Monday - British Legion (non-members must be signed in).
• Sunday dinnertimes and Monday evenings - Penistone Church Football Club.

Open Mike/Buskers:

• Tuesday - Horse and Jockey Thurgoland.
• Wednesday - British Legion (non-members must be signed in) and The Huntsman, Thurlstone.

Live Music, Singers, Discos:

• Friday - Disco and sometimes live music, Spread Eagle, White Heart and Old Crown.
• Saturday - Singers, British Legion (non-members must be signed in).
• Saturday - Disco, Spread Eagle

Other Stuff:
Market Day Coffee Morning - 10am to noon, Royal British Legion (open to non-members). Stop-‘n’-Surf bus (for young 'uns) - Fridays 6.30pm, two hours outside Penistone Church. Penistone History Group meets every Weds (Sept to Easter), 2pm Community Centre with guest speakers, cup of tea, chat. Local historical records can be inspected Market days at the Town Hall. 'Poetry Fireside Hour' - 9pm, last Weds of the month, The Monkey (formerly the 'Eastfield Inn'), Hollingmoor Lane, Thurgoland.

Parking
All parking in Penistone is free but main streets are restricted by double yellow lines. There are car parks by the market and the Town Hall, with some time-limited parking by the Spar/Co-op and occasional spaces outside Penistone Church. You can also park at the Railway Station or on the road opposite the Dolphin Chip shop (after a visit to Green Kleen's emporium of course) but be prepared for a bracing walk up the steep hill of Shrewsbury Road, past the Town Hall/Paramount Cinema (which has Market Day organ concerts). You might be also able to park in the Community Centre car park on the other side of the church, where a sign proclaims that it isn't a public car park (that's a very Penistone quirk). When the new Tesco comes along, there will be time-limited parking in their new car park and fewer shops to visit.

Official Happenings
Public meetings about policing occur more or less every month either 10am at the Fire Station or Pendon House at 7pm. Organised by Penistone Police Station aka 'Partners & Communities Together' or 'Penistone Safer Neighbourhood Team'. Details appear on the council noticeboard by the Britannia BS and on the SY Police website, Tel. 766387. Penistone Town Council meetings are 7pm on the third Monday of each month except August, Town Hall Council Chambers. The public are invited to attend and put questions. (Town Council website).

Notification of Events
Too many events miss this page because the poster goes up only days before it happens and even then some details are often missing. Let's face it, you, the events secretary, knew about it well in advance when your committee made the decision, then you booked the hall, entertainer, caterer, bar, got the licence, printed the leaflets, etc., The last thing you did was put the posters up and tell people. Advertise well before the time (more than two weeks is good), give plenty of information (date, place, time, entry fee, etc.) and people might turn up and make it into a success.

Update the website early; put a poster in Robinson's News and possibly the Co-op; go to Visit Penistone's Events Page (enquiries@visitpenistone.co.uk); contact Penistone FM (studio@penistonefm.co.uk) for their 'Community News' slot (which includes the Barnsley and Stocksbridge areas); put posters in shop windows; tell everyone who you know; put it my Guestbook (nobody does); put it in the Library's Events Book and contact What's On.

Related Events pages on this Website
First a bit of nostalgia. It's not what it used to be, you know.

• 2009 events list
• 2008 events list
• 2007 events list

• About our markets and local events
• Penistone Parades and Galas
• Dressing Well
• Emley Show
• Penistone Show - Always the second Saturday of September.
• Yorkshire Day 2006
• HM Queen's visit to Huddersfield 2007
• Remembrance Ceremonies
• Bonfire Night
• Christmas Lights Ceremony, 2009
• Penistone at Play