Wainsgate Chapel

12/01/2026

Coming to Wainsgate on Sunday 8th February, the fabulous Ensemble Renard - since forming in 2018, they’ve quickly gained a reputation as one of the UK’s most exciting chamber ensembles, performing across the country and on BBC Radio 3’s In Tune, as well as at major festivals including Aldeburgh and Folkestone New Music. Their programmes are known for being imaginative, adventurous and full of colour.
Tickets: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/wainsgate/ensemble-renard-wind-quartet/e-qgomdy

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11/01/2026

🎶 Music at Wainsgate 🎶

We’re delighted to welcome Ensemble Renard, an outstanding UK wind quintet, to Wainsgate Chapel for an evening of rich, expressive chamber music.

📅 Sunday 8 February
⏰ 7.30pm
📍 Wainsgate Chapel, Hebden Bridge (now fully heated)

The programme moves fluidly between classical and contemporary worlds, featuring music by Mozart, Barber, Ligeti, Amy Beach and Anton Reicha, alongside Celtic tunes with Hazel Bone (harp) and Jim Ledwidge (accordion / concertina).

Ensemble Renard are known for their precision, warmth and adventurous programming — this promises to be an intimate, absorbing winter concert in our beautiful space.

🎟️ Tickets: £15 / £12 / £5 (Under 18s)
👉 Book here: https://wainsgate.co.uk/ensemble-renard/

A perfect Sunday evening of live music — we’d love to see you there.

01/01/2026

Come and experience CAPPO in this special Sunday Session at Wainsgate on 25th January 3-6 - part performance, part exhibition. And there's delicious food and a bar too.
https://wainsgate.co.uk/cappo/

24/12/2025

24/12/2025

OPEN DRAWING STARTS MONDAY 12TH JANUARY

Open Drawing is an hour for drawing and mark-making in the company of others, to a daily-changing music playlist.

It’s a space to tune into the day through drawing — no experience needed, just curiosity and openness. This isn’t a taught session: you lead your own time, following intuition alongside others doing the same.

Each week there’s a simple drawing prompt to get you started if you want one — feel free to ignore it. Drawing can extend far beyond pencil and paper, so bring tools you enjoy, or something you’ve never tried before. You might not think of yourself as someone who draws, but we all make marks and leave traces.

Open Drawing is a space to develop practice, but also to play, experiment, and explore the unfamiliar. Draw first, think later.

The nitty-gritty

£2 minimum donation - Monday–Friday, 9–10am (doors open 8.50am)Assembly Room, The playlist runs for 60 minutes from 9am
Come often or occasionally. It’s fine to arrive late or leave early — please do so considerately.

Please bring your own materials. If your practice involves tidying or cleaning, allow time for this. Be mindful of how we share space. Open Drawing is a chat-, phone- and computer-free space.

No on-site parking, but there is parking nearby on Old Town Mill Lane.

Access
Open Drawing takes place on the ground floor at Wainsgate in an accessible space.
Wainsgate is working to improve accessibility, but there is more to do. The venue is reached via an uneven track and is not currently wheelchair accessible. There is disabled parking nearby and a ramp giving step-free access to the ground floor where Open Drawing takes place. Two gender-neutral toilets are available, one fully accessible.

22/12/2025

Cappo — a legend of the UK hip hop scene, Nottingham-born, academically grounded and artistically fearless — comes to Wainsgate on 25th January for a special Sunday Session with extracts from his CAPStone project: a body of work that transcends rap to become a multi-layered meditation on isolation, connection, and community. Part music, part performance, part intellectual inquiry, CAPStone invites you to listen not just with your ears — but with your whole self.
https://wainsgate.co.uk/cappo/

Tickets: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/wainsgate-dances/t-njovzey

09/12/2025

Come and catch Cappo at Wainsgate for a very special Sunday Session on 25th January - more details soon...

S.T.A.R.V.E. Durational PerformanceThe performative aspect of S.T.A.R.V.E. was developed during the summer of 2024. I wanted to create something unique to my...

07/12/2025

🎄Day Two of Advent at Waingate🎄 - come and taste some of the incredible food we have on offer + it's looking gorgeous everywhere... and there's the Elf Academy workshops from 11-2, Santa's magical grotto, lovely hand-made things to buy, wreath making, a raffle with amazing prizes donated by local businesses, and Christmas trees decorated by local groups and businesses too.
At 2pm the heartwarming Old Town School Choir singing, and at 4pm Ted O'Hare will play Christmas tunes of the Wainsgate organ.
Dave Nelson's Christmas Singalong is SOLD OUT.
https://wainsgate.co.uk/advent/

06/12/2025

Santa’s grotto is open at Advent at Wainsgate!!
https://wainsgate.co.uk/advent/

05/12/2025

👀On Thursday morning there was scaffolding up in front of the organ. By Friday evening it was replaced with this beautiful wreath.
🤩The whole building is looking stunning ready for Advent at Wainsgate this weekend - and it's warm in every space, so come and take shelter from the cold and the rain for a genuinely heart-warming and joyous weekend up at Wainsgate.
🌟It's going to be a very special one:
Santa's Grottos is looking magical and really brings that awe and wonder back to to the festive season.
A host of wonderful stalls from local makers and creatives on Saturday.
Ben Fogarty's meat and vegan sandwiches are really some of the best most delicious tasty treats around (I challenge you to disagree with me) - all served up in the beautiful Assembly Room cafe alongside delicious cakes, mulled wine and loads of tasty drinks and other food.
There will be wreath making both days with all materials provided and tea and cake too.
The chapel will be filled with music - the Hebden Bridge Youth Band and Ted O'Hare playing the organ on Saturday + the Old Town Primary School Choir singing carols on Sunday.
Local businesses and groups have been busily decorating Christmas trees for the chapel and are looking lovely.
The Elf Academy on Sunday is going to be a a buzzing hive of creativity with ceramic Christmas trees, paper making, printing your own wrapping paper, elf hats, decorations and more.
All topped off at the end with Dave Nelson's raucaus Christmas Singalong.
It's really going to be a very special weekend.
A huge team of talented volunteers have been working night and day to bring this to you, and all the proceeds go to keep this building alive and thriving, so come and join in this very special two-day festive celebration.
We look forward to welcoming you in.
Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th December from 11am...
https://wainsgate.co.uk/advent/