Wainsgate Chapel

28/08/2024

Tickets from www.ticketsource.co.uk/wainsgate for this excellent event on 14th September.

22/08/2024

Sunday 15th September 11-5

Maps, pathways and journeys will be a big focus for this year’s Heritage Open Day at Wainsgate, which will be a day of activities for the whole family.

We'll map out the journeys of some of the people through history who have settled here and others who have left.

Artists - studio holders at Wainsgate, Amanda Allan and Jo Gorner, will lead visitors of all ages through the process of making their own maps, and there will be an informal workshop involving walking and writing with local writer Amanda Dalton.

You will also be able to use your phones to follow our soon to be permanent QR code trail around the graveyard, and others in the building leading to fascinating information about people and objects inside and out.

You can hear excerpts of local people’s stories of Wainsgate’s past in the vestry, find out more about those who are buried here and more through displays, and conversations, and you can also hear the Wainsgate organ being played by Darius Battiwalla.

So come explore, and share your own stories with us too. It will be a lovely friendly space to come and hang out.

And, of course, there will be our customary delicious selection of cakes, tea, coffee etc. 😋

https://wainsgate.co.uk/heritage-open-day/
poster design by Guada Gomez

22/08/2024

One of the textile works in Sue Woods Thirteen Grandmothers exhibition at Wainsgate - on till Monday - 11-5 daily

22/08/2024

Come and catch Sue Woods wonderful Thirteen Grandmothers textile exhibition at Wainsgate... On daily 11-5 until Monday 26th.
https://wainsgate.co.uk/thirteen-grandmothers/

20/08/2024

Les Gillon and the Agents of Karma
Coming to Wainsgate on Saturday 14th September 3pm
Les Gillon guitar, vocals Netty Berry guitar, vocals Alex McCune percussion, vocals Jen Trott violin, vocals Julia Farrants cello, vocals Dave Nelson piano, vocals
Alternative acoustic sextet Les Gillon and the Agents of Karma made their debut at Wainsgate Chapel in May 2022, wowing the audience with their winning blend of great song writing and superb musicianship. They return to the Chapel this September after two years of writing new songs and finetuning the material and its presentation.
Les Gillon is a singer, songwriter and guitarist who is best known as frontman of the alt-rock band Fez, but who throughout his long career has explored a whole range of musical territories, including experimental collaborations with dance and performance practitioners and longstanding work with folk trio Ghost School and improvisation collective Fire Tower 4.
A group of outstanding musicians from the worlds of jazz, classical and folk music, the Agents of Karma take Les’s music into a whole new context, bringing all these styles to the musical melting pot. The result is a unique sound, sometimes intimate, sometimes cinematic, that defies categorisation and underpins the lyrical intensity of the songs, which delve into the personal and political realms with equal depth and insight.
On stage all this is presented by charismatic front-man Les, who entertainingly introduces his songs with typical dry wit, then sings them with great fervour and energy. His vocals are backed up by the other members of AOK – all of whom join in with the singing at various times during the performance.

Alternative acoustic sextet

15/08/2024

Thirteen Grandmothers is a wonderful exhibition of textile art patchworked and embroidered by Sue Wood, and the fruits of 20 years worth of work.

It starts this Sunday 18th August at Wainsgate in the chapel.

Open daily 11am-5pm until 26th August.

https://wainsgate.co.uk/thirteen-grandmothers/

15/08/2024

The "sensational and so darned slick" Cottontown Chorus is coming to Wainsgate on Sunday 7th September... don't miss this one... full of charm and wonderful arrangments of songs. Brian May from Queen said "nice one boys"... "We need to smile !! I defy you not to smile at this !!"
Come for the great music and the smiles.
https://wainsgate.co.uk/cottontown-chorus/

03/08/2024

This year’s Heritage Open Day at Wainsgate will take a look at some of the people through history who have settled here and others who have left.
You will also be able to use your phones to follow our soon to be permanent QR code trail around the graveyard, and others in the building leading to fascinating information about people and objects inside and out.
You can hear excerpts of people’s stories of Wainsgate’s past in the chapel, find out more about those who are buried here and other fascinating histories and exhibitions, so come explore, and share your own stories with us too. It will be a lovely friendly space to come and hang out.
And, of course, there will be our customary delicious selection of cakes, tea, coffee etc. 😋
All this and more... details coming soon.
https://wainsgate.co.uk/heritage-open-day/

19/07/2024

Wainsgate Chapel is a much loved building, entirely run by an ever growing, enthusiastic and multi-talented group of volunteers of all ages with lots of different skills and interests.

There are a wide range of very good things happening in both the building and grounds, and we’re always looking for more people to get involved.

Our activities are hugely varied and include anything from baking cakes and cooking and serving up delicious food and drink to gardening, maintenance, putting on concerts, performances and exhibitions, designing posters and marketing materials, running workshops, and much more.

If you’d like to know more, and maybe join our team in making things happen in this very special place, you can find out more here:
https://wainsgate.co.uk/get-involved/

16/07/2024

This very special spoken word event is happening on Sunday. Tickets: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/wainsgate

11/07/2024

FRAN & FLORA AT WAINSGATE CHAPEL,
SATURDAY 20TH JULY 3PM
‘Indisputable virtuosity and a down-to-earth gleefulness’ Songlines Magazine
Multi-award-nominated experimental/folk duo Fran & Flora captivate audiences with their reinventions of traditional Eastern European melodies and songs which draw inspiration from archival recordings, recovered manuscripts and studying with traditional masters, infusing source material with drones, loops, free improvisation and electronics to create a ‘border-defying’ aesthetic (Mojo).
They have appeared live in session on Giles Peterson’s WorldWide FM, BBC 6 Music with Cerys Matthews, BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour, Soho Radio and were nominated for ‘Best Live Act’ by the AIM Independent Music Awards and Songlines Music Awards.
Known for their dynamic live performances, the duo has sold out venues across the UK and have performed at festivals across Europe and North America including Songlines Encounters, Shambala, EFG London Jazz Festival, Between the Lines, Smugglers Festival, Fire In The Mountain, Shietl Neukolln and Hidden Notes.
‘a string duo bound for glory’ BBC Radio 3 Late Junction
‘brave & classy’ Robin Denselow, The Guardian
‘the kind of quality that you couldn’t fake or acquire in a hurry’ Tom Robinson BBC Radio 6 Music

Multi-award-nominated experimental/folk duo Fran & Flora captivate audiences with their reinventions of traditional Eastern European melodies and songs

10/07/2024

And coming up in August...
THIRTEEN GRANDMOTHERS
A wonderful exhibition of textile art patchworked and embroidered by Sue Wood in the chapel.
August 18th – 26th 2024 – opening times 11am – 5pm
https://wainsgate.co.uk/thirteen-grandmothers/

10/07/2024

This Sunday 14th 2pm - an informal afternoon - come see Lucy Suggate and Charlie Morrissey moving to Glenn Gould's 1981 recording of J.S. Bach's Goldberg Variations - with tea and cake on sale.
Part practice, part performance, stay for as little or long as you like, and pay what you feel - https://wainsgate.co.uk/sunday-sessions/

04/07/2024

Wainsgate will have Open Studios on Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th July from 11am to 5pm
Wainsgate Chapel is always a wonderful place to visit as part of the Hebden Bridge Open Studios.
This years Open Studios will be a smaller, but still lovely event with 3 Wainsgate Studio holders showing their work:
The artists are: Kathryn Baker, Sally Dawson, and Amanda Farrell

01/07/2024

COMMONERS CHOIR AT WAINSGATE SUNDAY 13 JULY 3PM
“They sing with fires in their bellies, and tongues in their cheeks.” Beccy Owen
Commoners Choir is a rag bag assortment of ne’er-do-wells, misfits, and cake eaters who have come together from all corners of the globe to sing harmonious insurrection, to rouse the rabble and to raise a smile or two. They are a singing newspaper: They sing about stuff that happens, stuff that should be happening, stuff that matters.
Commoners Choir formed in 2015 with a walk up to the summit of Kinder Scout in the Peak District (to commemorate the Mass Trespassers of 1932), and sang their entire repertoire (two songs) to a handful of startled hikers. From such small acorns, mighty oaks have grown.
Their songs and arrangements are written by Boff Whalley, songsmith for the likes of Chumbawamba and Red Ladder Theatre, with inspiration, input and interjections from choir members. Commoner Choir’s live shows distil all that they are into an hour of marvellous melodies, powerful voices, and passionate ideals. Songs about food riots, inequality, the cultural harrying of the North, Woody Guthrie, the Calder Valley floods, homelessness, refugees, the printed word, and the rhyming possibilities of Chancellor Jeremy Hunt…
Commoners Choir have collaborated on recordings and onstage with: Mark Thomas, Reem Kelani, Leon Rosselson, John Jones (Oysterband), Joe Solo and Nancy Kerr.
“Great songs that really say something, with the l***y verve and empathy of voices joining together in a true spirit of community – The Commoners Choir is exactly what we – and you – need right now!” Nancy Kerr and James Fagan
“Bloody marvellous stuff. I always want to charge at something after hearing them.” Mark Thomas

“Bloody marvellous stuff. I always want to charge at something after hearing them.” Mark Thomas

30/06/2024

We’re ready for you with loads of the tastiest stuff you’ll eat all summer!!!

29/06/2024

Delicous treats being cooked up for tomorrow's Wadsworth Walking Market... pulled pork ready for sandwiches tomorrow and some mouth-watering salt-beef sandwiches with melting cheese and home made pickles.
Come and tuck into these and lods of other tasty grub including veggie hot dogs, and a huge variety of the tastiest cakes in the valley.
😋

29/06/2024

This brilliant concert is TONIGHT! Get tickets in advance here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/wainsgate - also available on the door.

27/06/2024

This was last November's Wadsworth Walking Market at Wainsgate... come along to the Summer version this Sunday 30th 11-4
Four venues across the hilltop... It's a lovely thing.

27/06/2024

Some great pictures of Wainsgate taken by a drone from above by NigglePics

26/06/2024

😍This Sunday it's the wonderful Wadsworth Walking Market across four venues in Old Town. There will lots of handcrafted goodies made by local artists and makers, and delicious food and drinks...
At Wainsgate this year we're pulling out all the culinary stops and there will be home roasted pulled pork sandwiches - a big hit last year, and then the tastiest salt-beef bagels in the valley with home-made pickles + vegan hot dogs and a host of scrumptious cakes to munch on + prosecco, and teas, coffees and cold beers + drinks.
Come and tuck in on your way round. 😋😋😋

25/06/2024

Coming up this Friday at Wainsgate... it's going to be a corker.

25/06/2024

Hello to all of you who have an interest in exploring the heritage of Wainsgate, Old Town and the surrounding area.

We’d love to meet people who have an interest in heritage in its broadest sense - both past and present.

We’re exploring the cultural heritage of Wainsgate and this area, the heritage and history of the landscape; people, industries, pastimes and traditions.

We’re interested in how this place we live in holds onto and tells its stories, the hidden and not so hidden tales held in the buildings that remain and those that have disappeared.

We’re building a picture of the place we live in and we’d like to find out more about it;
The people buried at Wainsgate, the different and changing industries in the area, the routes and passages through the area and who and what has traveled along them, the stories of the changing landscape; the movement of people to and from the area; the famous, infamous and little known people who have lived here or had associations with Wainsgate through time.

We’re thinking about the distant and more recent past.

If you would like to be involved with a team of people looking at any of the above, we would love to hear from you.

We will be meeting up to discuss some ideas - initially for Heritage Open Day which will take place on Sunday 15th September at Wainsgate, and also as an ongoing project.

You can get in touch by emailing [email protected]

Chris Barnett has created a great website and resource about the history of Wainsgate and the area. You can find it at: https://wainsgategraveyardproject.co.uk/

24/06/2024

Great gig coming up at Wainsgate this Saturday evening - Paul Edis and Vasilis Xenopoulos, definitely one of the best piano/saxophone duos in the UK. Great tunes and fantastic virtuosic playing...what's not to like? Lots on Youtube including this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRkMIPLZsBk
Tickets available at https://wainsgate.co.uk/xenopoulos-edis/ and quite possibly on the door. Did I mention there's a bar?

Jazz piano and sax

18/06/2024

Coming right up... A very live and physical evening with
ROADHOUSE IMPROVISATION
On FRIDAY 30 JUNE 7.30PM £10

Roadhouse is a performance event dedicated to dance improvisation, led by acclaimed Leeds-based duo Eleanor Sikorski and Lewys Holt.

The night involves three 20 minute sets, with each artist invited to perform open, unplanned improvisation. Roadhouse is a space for artists to practice performing and for audiences to practice watching.

This special edition of Roadhouse at Wainsgate Chapel will feature:

A duet by Charlie Morrissey & Katye Coe
And solos by Lewys Holt and Eleanor Sikorski

Come for a relaxed, fun and unique evening, and stay on for drink and tunes in Wainsgate Bar - best pop-up bar for miles around :)

For info and to book:
https://wainsgate.co.uk/roadhouse-improvisation/

18/06/2024

WENDY HOUSTOUN WORKSHOP COMING UP...
20-21 JULY 10-5 £80
Email Rob at [email protected] to book

Come and spend some time in the company of the inimmitable Wendy Houstoun - Described by The New York Times as ” a brilliant renaissance woman of performance art”, the last workshop with Wendy at Wainsgate was a riot, with some great work coming out of it.

PERFORMING IMPROVISATIONS

A workshop using structured improvisations to investigate the nature of Performance .
The emphasis will be on a relatively traditional theatre/ performance context and will include voice/ body warm up and extended guided improvisations to explore ideas that come up in the group.
Participants should feel comfortable discussing ideas in a group and be happy to be foolish and serious.
Movement/ text experience is helpful but commitment , curiosity and playfulness are more important. Wendy is committed to facilitating a space for free and open expression/ discussion on any arising subjects.
https://wainsgate.co.uk/wendy-houstoun-worksho

15/06/2024

Brassy 6-piece New Orleans R&B band specialising in Swamp Funk, Voodoo Blues and Mardi Gras street beats

15/06/2024

There's lots coming up at Wainsgate this summer... Take a look at our UPDATED website to find out more...

https://wainsgate.co.uk