Thursday 1st May 2026 at 7:30

_{VENUE: The Castle, 20, Grattan Road,  Bradford BD1 2LU 
Singers and Musicians}

_{A chance for you to sing a song or play a tune or just listen.}

_{Entry £1}

_{Doors open 7pm}

_{ACCESS and PARKING for The Castle, 20, Grattan Road,  Bradford BD1 2LU.} 

_{There are two entrances to the pub, the lower one with steps, the top one at ground floor level.}

There are some parking spaces on Sunbridge Road, cost: £1 from 6pm to midnight. 

_{Parking is free after 6 pm on Thornton Road, a few minutes walk from the venue. There are small side roads off Thornton Road with no parking restrictions. Jacob's Well car park charges £1.50 per hour. There's also the car park behind the Media museum (Sharpe Street), but that's also £1.50 an hour and it's a bit further to walk than Jacob's Well.}

_{Bradford Interchange is about six minutes walk from the venue, Forster Square about 10 minutes.}

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_{Songs With A Bradford Accent: To mark Bradford City of Culture in 2025 The Topic gathered a collection of folk songs about Bradford District. See the 62 songs uploaded at SWABA-LYRICS-FINAL.pdf .}
 

Coming Soon

14 May

_{Venue: The Wallers Bar, Sunbridge Wells Complex}

_{Becky Taylor and Sam Lawrence}

_{Becky Taylor is a highly talented player (and teacher) of the Uilleann and Northumbrian pipes and many other instruments, and Sam Lawrence is a wizard on stringed instruments and brings a varied selection of songs to the table. He is also a pipemaker.}

_{At their first gig they deployed three sets of Uilleann pipes, four chanters, hurdy-gurdy, accordion, guitar, bouzouki, mandolin and four whistles}

_{Expect jigs, reels, songs and plenty of good natured chat.}

_{“Two of the finest musicians on the planet – seriously they don’t come any better… both are class performers individually, and together they make more than the sum of their parts - strings and pipes of all kinds…don’t miss it” – Mike Harding}

_{Entry £9 (£6 members)}

_{Doors open 7pm}

_{https://wegottickets.com/event/696432}

21 May

<sub>Venue: The Castle, 20, Grattan Road BD1 2LU

Singers and Musicians</sub>

_{A chance to sing a song or play a tune or just listen.}

_{Entry £1}

_{Doors open 7pm}
 

_{28th May: Tom Bliss with Den Miller and Slide
Venue: The Wallers Bar, Sunbridge Wells Complex
https://wegottickets.com/event/696778}

_{4th June: Singers and Musicians
Venue: The Castle, 20, Grattan Road BD1 2LU}

_{11th June: Damien Barber + support Pen and Stu
Venue: The Wallers Bar, Sunbridge Wells Complex
https://wegottickets.com/event/696780}

<sub>18th June: Singers and Musicians
Venue: The Castle, 20, Grattan Road BD1 2LU

25th June: Double header: Paula Ryan and Roberta Smith
Venue: The Wallers Bar, Sunbridge Wells Complex
https://wegottickets.com/event/696784</sub>

_{2nd July: Singers and Musicians
Venue: The Castle, 20, Grattan Road BD1 2LU}

_{9th July: The Hunch
Venue: The Wallers Bar, Sunbridge Wells Complex
https://wegottickets.com/event/696786}

_{16th July: Singers and Musicians
Venue: The Castle, 20, Grattan Road BD1 2LU}

_{23rd July: Singers and Musicians
Venue: The Castle, 20, Grattan Road BD1 2LU}

_{30th July: Johnny Dyer and Vicki Swan
Venue: The Wallers Bar, Sunbridge Wells Complex
https://wegottickets.com/event/696788}

_{August 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th: Singers and Musicians
Venue: The Castle, 20, Grattan Road BD1 2LU}

_{10th September: Cohen Braithwaite Kilcoyne
Venue: The Wallers Bar, Sunbridge Wells Complex}

_{17th September: Singers and Musicians
Venue: The Castle, 20, Grattan Road BD1 2LU}

_{24th September: Emily Slade
Venue: The Wallers Bar, Sunbridge Wells Complex}

_{1st October: Singers and Musicians
Venue: The Castle, 20, Grattan Road BD1 2LU}

_{8th October: Mossy Christian
Venue: The Wallers Bar, Sunbridge Wells Complex}

_{15th October: Singers and Musicians
Venue: The Castle, 20, Grattan Road BD1 2LU}

_{22nd October: Steve Jinski
Venue: The Wallers Bar, Sunbridge Wells Complex}

_{29th October: Mick Ryan and Paul Downes
Venue: The Wallers Bar, Sunbridge Wells Complex}

_{5th November: Singers and Musicians
Venue: The Castle, 20, Grattan Road BD1 2LU}

_{12th November: Dana Robinson
Venue: The Wallers Bar, Sunbridge Wells Complex}

_{19th November: Singers and Musicians
Venue: The Castle, 20, Grattan Road BD1 2LU}

<sub>26th November: The Hooliemen
Venue: The Wallers Bar, Sunbridge Wells Complex

3rd December: Singers and Musicians
Venue: The Castle, 20, Grattan Road BD1 2LU</sub>

_{10th December: Bryony Griffith and Alice Jones
Venue: The Wallers Bar, Sunbridge Wells Complex}

_{17th December: Singers and Musicians
Venue: The Castle, 20, Grattan Road BD1 2LU}

_{24th December: Christmas Eve}

_{31st December: New Year's Eve}

_{PARKING for The Wallers Bar, Sunbridge Wells Complex, Upper Millergate BD1 1SX}

There are some parking spaces on Sunbridge Road, cost: £1 from 6pm to midnight. 

_{Parking is free after 6 pm on Thornton Road, a few minutes walk from the venue. There are small side roads off Thornton Road with no parking restrictions. Jacob's Well car park charges £1.50 per hour. There's also the car park behind the Media museum (Sharpe Street), but that's also £1.50 an hour and it's a bit further to walk than Jacob's Well.}

_{Bradford Interchange is about six minutes walk from the venue, Forster Square about 10 minutes.}

_{ACCESS and PARKING for The Castle, 20, Grattan Road,  Bradford BD1 2LU.} 

_{There are two entrances to the pub, the lower one with steps, the top one at ground floor level.}

_{Parking: there's on-street parking on Barry St, which is the road along the side of The Castle pub on a hill, and a couple of spots on Grattan Road outside the top door (check signs for parking charges). Also on Fulton St, which is a nearby turning off Grattan Road.}

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