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Yahoo
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Tower Works Street Fest to return to Leeds during summer months
A street food festival is set to return to Leeds this summer. The team behind the North Leeds, Harrogate, Ilkley, and Ripley Castle Food & Drink Festivals will bring the Tower Works Street Fest back to Mustard Wharf, in Leeds, this summer, following its debut last year. The market will be hosted in Verona Square, among the surrounds of Tower Works and its three Venetian towers. It will run every first weekend of the month (including the preceding Friday) during June, July, August, and September, with the first three days of activity being Friday, June 6, Saturday, June 7, and Sunday, June 8. In the words of a spokesperson, attendees can expect "a jam-packed line-up of some of the best street food and drink vendors, artisan markets, independent bars, and groovy tunes, as well as plenty of furniture to lounge on." Tower Works Street Fest production manager Michael Johnston said: "The vibe was incredible last year and we can't wait to bring back this event at the picturesque Tower Works, making it even better than the last. "With top-notch international food and drink vendors from across the north to host the festival each month, it's shaping up to be another belter." More details will be made available at
BBC News
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Bradford 2025: Giant red ball rolls into City of Culture
A giant red ball hailed as the "world's longest-running street art work" has rolled into Bradford as part of its UK City of Culture designed by New York artist Kurt Perschke, has already visited Barcelona, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Paris, Sydney and other cities around the world, following its first appearance in St Louis, Missouri, in 15ft (4.6m) inflatable arrived in Keighley on Sunday, headed to Bradford on Monday and Tuesday, and is due to arrive in Ilkley 2025 organisers said they were "delighted to roll out the red carpet" for its visit to seven locations around Bradford, "from Haworth to Saltaire". Perschke said: "It's as tall as a lorry. It's somewhere between a sculpture and a performance."I wanted something that would play with a place as opposed to being another sculpture on a corner." On his website, Perschke said he was inspired when asked to improve an "ugly area underneath an overpass" in St Louis as part of a US arts said: "I was drawn to the way the concrete bridge merged into the earth and the space it created."RedBall came out of my thinking about that space, and how to show what I was seeing."After many false starts I drew this huge red sphere under the bridge, and laughed out loud." RedBall can be seen at the following locations between 10:00 and 17:00 BST:28 May - Lister Horsfall Jewellers, 2 The Grove, Ilkley29 May - Queensbury snicket, Bradford30 May - Haworth Main Street31 May - Shelter at Roberts Park, Saltaire Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
BBC News
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Bradford celebrates with 'magic' weekend of music
A celebration of music made in Bradford took place in the city over the weekend. Songs and sounds from all over the world were performed by musicians based in the city at a variety of in Ilkley and finishing in the city centre, the Bradford Progress was billed as an unbroken 36-hour long musical Harper, CEO of the Paraorchestra who helped create the event, said: "It's just been such a lovely thing working in Bradford on this project." "The musicians, the audiences, the people on the street, they have welcomed us with open arms," Mr Harper said."There has been interest, there has been confusion, there has been that bit of magic where people get it and get really excited by it." Starting at 05:00 BST on Saturday in Ilkley, musicians travelled along the Leeds and Liverpool Canal to the Roberts Park bandstand before heading to Bradford Industrial Museum and on to Undercliffe Sunday the performers moved from the cemetery to The Broadway shopping centre before reaching The Mirror Pool for the finale. The music played ranged from Qawwali, jazz, Bhangra and brass of musicians took part in the project that was free for people to attend and was part of the Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture. Music played originated from different parts of the world, including Africa and South Asia, to celebrate Bradford's diversity. The Bradford Progress has been two years in the making and was organised by artist Jeremy Deller and conductor Charles both help run the Paraorchestra, described as "a fearless collective of disabled and non-disabled musicians".Musicians from the Paraorchestra, who also took part in Bradford Progress, told BBC Look North that it was "great fun" to be part of the weekend of music. Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Harriet Dart and defending champion Rebecca Marino set for 2025 Lexus Ilkley Open
British women's number four Harriet Dart and 2024 champion Rebecca Marino are set to compete in the women's draw at the 2025 Lexus Ilkley Open, with the entry list confirmed by the LTA. Dart has been a key figure in recent Lexus Great Britain Billie Jean King Cup teams, and enjoyed a strong 2024 season which saw her reach a career-high singles ranking of 70, including notable performances on grass at Wimbledon, where she reached the third round, and in Eastbourne, where she reached the quarter finals. Joining Dart will be the 2024 women's singles champion from Ilkley, Rebecca Marino. The Canadian, who has a career-high singles ranking of 38, triumphed over France's Jessika Ponchet in last year's final, with the Frenchwoman also returning to see if she can go one step further. Other names set to travel to Ilkley include US rising star Iva Jovic, a former junior world number two, and the Philippines' Alexandra Eala, who is enjoying a breakout year on the WTA Tour, including reaching the semi-finals of the recent WTA 1000 Miami Open. The full entry list can be found here: Lexus Ilkley Open Tennis Event Player Entry List As part of a revamped summer calendar announced by the LTA last year, the Lexus Ilkley Open has moved to the second week of June, and this year's event features a WTA 125 level event for the first time alongside an ATP Challenger 125 draw, having previously been an ITF W100 level event. The ATP Challenger entry list will be confirmed later in May. Rik Smith, Tournament Director of the Lexus Ilkley Open, said, 'We're thrilled to be welcoming another high-level group of players to Ilkley this summer. As one of the world's most spectacular settings for tennis, this event consistently attracts some of the world's best to Yorkshire, and we're looking forward to seeing more world class tennis in 2025 as we welcome Harriet, Rebecca and the rest of the WTA competitors to Ilkley.'
BBC News
11-05-2025
- General
- BBC News
Ilkley Lido celebrates 90th anniversary with birthday picnic
An open-air swimming pool is celebrating its 90th year as it reopens for the summer Lido, which opened in 1935 as part of King George V's Silver Jubilee celebrations, is holding an anniversary birthday picnic on part of the event, local swimmers have shared their memories of taking a dip at the architect Simon Cape, a member of The Ilkley Pool and Lido Community Group, describes the site as the town's "riviera". 'I was first in' An indoor swimming pool was added to the site in 1974, and Mr Cape remembers being the first person to jump said: "I was 10, me and my brothers, and a few friends, were the first to get let in and I was barging my brothers out of the way to dive in, so I was the first person in."Mr Cape also remembers the time his father got the indoor pool closed down. "My dad was collecting us from the pool one evening and everyone used to flick the fluffy substance from the ceiling, which would come down like snow, and my dad asked the then pool manager what that substance was, and he said it was fireproofing."My dad said 'do you mean asbestos?' It turned out it was blue asbestos which we had been flicking down with our towels. So my dad rang environmental health that night and it got closed down."The resulting shut down meant the swimming team had to move training to the outdoor pool in March."We had to train at night in the darkness," says Mr Cape. "I remember one night, the coach had us running around the outdoor pool in the cold and the rain to get warm and then dive in. One of my mates had to drag my brother out to save him from drowning." 'Lido months are ones to treasure' The site was designed by architect Percy D Tempest in an Art Deco design and unique mushroom outdoor swimming pool, cafe and changing rooms were Grade II listed in 2009. Last year Bradford Council almost closed the pool as part of budget cut but the plans were axed after objections from the Malby, chair of Ilkley Pool and Lido Community Group, says swimming in the lido is a "unique experience"."The lido months are ones to treasure. When we were worried about the future of the pool, hundreds of people got in touch to tell us how important it is, and to offer to help the lido to continue to be a fantastic experience for so many," she Cape says the group is now looking at ways the site can bring Ilkley's many sporting clubs together."Ilkley is a remarkable town for the amount of sports facilities it has. It's an incredibly sporty place and we see the lido site as central to that," he says."We're now looking to the whole site and thinking about how we can improve it and get it back to its former glory of the 1940s." 'You can't top it' Jay Robinson has worked as a lifeguard and duty manager at the pool for nine is excited for it to open for the summer season."When we get weather like this, it's a good atmosphere to be around. It gets really busy but working in the sun feels like a holiday," he says."This is the main tourist attraction for Ilkley especially with the health benefits of the cold water. "For the older generation, it's meant to be good for dementia, and for younger ones, the fitness side of it. Temperatures vary from 11 to 20 degrees if you're lucky."You can't top it. The weather, the water, it all comes together." Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
