A 'Sin City' micro festival is taking place in Wakefield next month, promising to bring a mix of beats, booze and banging food to Yorkshire Scare Grounds Scream Park..
Guests attending can expect top-quality sound, DJs and drinks - plus luxury glamping and more across the weekend.
Held oin the last weekend of July, the unique two-day event is set to be a belter with headline sets coming from the likes of PBR Streetgang, Sean Johnstone and Nancy Noise.
Split into different areas for revelers to explore, like Downtown and The Forbidden Forest, as you meander keep an eye out for 'Dottie' - an original 1971 Airstream customised to house a MasterSounds V4 Rotary Mixer and a TPI Sound system.
Food across the weekend will be supplied by Leeds pop-up Bastards Bistro and Chilled Events, who will also be handling everything on the bar front to make sure no one goes thirsty.
And whilst guests are welcome to bring their own tents, there'll also be boutique camping on-site from Simply Bells - giving you the chance to collapse in absolute luxury at the end of a full-on day of partying.
Speaking on the upcoming festival, a spokesperson said: "We’ve quietly been working away, bringing together the best parts of what we know and do. The years of passion, experience, staying up very late, and imagination have brought us to this exciting point.
"So you lovely lot who brought the vibes last summer, we salute you for planting the seed and collectively contributing to us starting something. This genuinely wouldn’t be happening without you!
"We can wholeheartedly say; ‘you're gonna love this!’
Further musical appearances across the weekend will come from Red Laser Records, Clandestino, Apricot Ballroom, Craig Christon, J Cub and many more.
The festival takes place this year on Saturday 31st July and Sunday 1st August 2021, with advanced tickets starting from £50 plus booking fee.
Saturday's programming runs from 12-11pm, followed by a 'secret' afters, then on Sunday the 'recovery session' with Clandestine runs until 6pm.
These are extremely limited, so don't hang around if you don't want to miss out.
Sheffield based curator and archivist Alex Wilson is taking over a refurbished Victorian unit down the historic Chapel Walk.
The space will be transformed into a record shop, gallery space and micro cinema dubbed 'Sheffield's Smallest Cinema'.
The space will be rooted in, and be a champion of, Sheffield/Yorkshire/Northern cultural heritage; focusing specifically on sound, moving image, design and photography.
Titled 'Memory Dance', the opening exhibition, WE'LL MISS THEM WHEN THEY'RE GONE, will reboot a popular display held on The Moor, Sheffield back in 2012.
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The exhibition will explore the history of record shops in the city, from Bradleys to Virgins, and includes original 78 RPM sleeves, old and new record shop bags, related ephemera from lost Sheffield vinyl retailers, alongside prints by designer Simon Robinson responding to the imagery of these old sleeves.
They're also asking the Sheffield community to come down with anything relating to the history of Sheffield record shops and if suitable, Memory Dance can scan the items on site and hand back a digital file. Or, they can hang them in the venue for the duration of the exhibition.
The ground floor will also open its racks for the first time to a curated selection of used vinyl for sale drawn from some of the best collections the city has to offer, with a real focus on Sheffield artists and labels past/present to carry the legacy forward.
At the end of June, the walls will be refreshed for the first ever exhibition telling the amazing story of 'SHEFFIELD CABLEVISION TV (1972-76)'.
With newly printed photography from surviving staff members and crew, plus archive artefacts and merchandise, the Memory Dance micro cinema space will also be launched with an exclusive, rarely seen collection of Cablevision TV Station archive video.
Memory Dance at Chapel Walk will soft launch on 05.06.26, and you can find out more here.
Leeds’ most famous pub has announced the return of its annual FREE Beer Festival this summer
Clementine Hall
Whitelock’s Ale House has announced the return of its annual Beer Festival - hoorah!
There’s nothing quite like a nice fresh pint, and we all know Whitelock’s Ale House know how to pour a good one.
So it's with great glee that we can fill you in on their upcoming Beer Festival which will be returning to the iconic pub from Thursday 18 to Sunday 21 June 2026.
The four-day festival will celebrate the best of independent brewing in Leeds, with beers sourced exclusively from local breweries.
Featured breweries will include Northern Monk, Kirkstall Brewery, Anthology, Amity Brew Co. and more.
Known as the oldest pub in Leeds, Whitelock’s Ale House has long championed independent beers and local brewing culture.
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This year’s festival aims to spotlight the strength and diversity of the city’s brewing scene, with the tagline 'Beer tastes better up north!'
Beer will be pouring throughout the weekend across Whitelock's Ale House and The Turk's Head, with further brewery announcements and festival details set to be shared in the coming weeks via their Instagram.
The best part? Entry to the festival is completely free.
Talking about this year’s festival, General Manager Beth said: “Beer has always been at the heart of Whitelock’s, so this felt like the right year to celebrate both the breweries on our doorstep and the city we’ve called home for more than 300 years.
"Leeds has a brilliantly strong independent beer scene right now, and we’re looking forward to showcasing some of the best breweries the city has to offer across the weekend.”
You can find out more about Whitelock's Ale House and their fabulous Beer Festival here via their website. Cheers to that!
Georgina Pellant -
17th June 2021 
