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| Their support slot for Wilko Johnson drew praise from audience and headline act alike. Long Trick play raucous juke joint music. They throw in the occasional reflective number too. Dan Collins has a unique rhythm based guitar style influenced by Fred McDowell and Son House but he plays it electric. Dave Rigg plays harmonica with a rare intensity. With Jerome Dineen (Bass) and Tim Gilroy (drums) they are an inspirational way to start your New Year. |
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Saturday January 2nd |
Invite Only | |
| Private Party | ||
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Thursday January 7th 9pm |
£4 | |
| Quiz and Curry Night | ||
| Following festive overindulgence, there’s no better way to get your brain back in shape than our monthly quiz. Dave B is in charge, and promises more unlikely topics for quiz rounds. The curries get better and better. |
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Friday January 8th 9.30pm |
£5 / £6 | |
| Nothing to Declare | ||
| After a very successful first night at the Trades in August Nothing to Declare is back, bringing you the best in 90's house with Nash, Munch, Joel Booth and Marc Jenners. Dedicated to Liam Jones who recently passed away. Funds will be raised for Phoenix House, South Shields. |
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Saturday January 9th 3-6pm |
Free | |
| Trades Club Swap Shop with host Mike Hancock | ||
| Beat the capitalist system by forgetting money and cost; come along and swap books, CDs, clothes and unwanted Christmas presents. Jointly organised by the Trades Club and Hebden Bridge Transition Town. With tea, coffee and biscuits. |
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Saturday January 9th 8pm |
Free – Donations to Amnesty International | |
| Falling Through Clouds: Book Launch and Party | ||
| Falling Through Clouds is the first novel by Trades Club Member Anna Chilvers, published today by Bluemoose Books. ‘Anna’s prose is razor sharp, her dialogue pitch perfect. This, her fine first novel, weaves a tale that moves effortlessly between light and darkness. It’s a serious page turner, moving, witty and engrossing.’ Lesley Glaister. Come and celebrate with Anna at a free party with DJs Johnny Boy (La Puta), Daz & Dave and Ketchup Queen. |
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Sunday January 10th 8pm |
£4 / £6 | |
| Fiona-Katie Roberts + Andy Hill | ||
| Dynamic, jaw dropping harpist with a difference, Fiona-Katie Roberts plays, designs and builds her own harps as well as composing unique and period music. Fiona-Katie continues to deliver time after time giving show stopping, foot tapping performances at both concerts and festivals across the UK and USA. Andy Hill is a singer-songwriter and president of the Earby Liberation Front (ELF) to bring Earby back into Yorkshire where it belongs! |
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Thursday January 14th 9pm |
£7 / £9 | |
| Steve Tilston’s Trades Roots with Pete Coe | ||
| Steve’s guest this month is singer, songwriter, melodeon, banjo, dulcimer and bouzouki player, bandleader, arranger, broadcaster, dance caller, teacher, step dancer, entrepreneur, folk club organiser, record label boss, sallow-faced wit, raconteur and all-round good guy, Pete Coe in many ways represents the
backbone of the modern folk revival." Colin Irwin MOJO & original BBC Radio 2 Artist Database. A fixture on the folk club scene since the 70s, Pete was described by Radio 2 as “a one-man folk industry”. To which one reviewer retorted “An industry? More a multi-national”. The Trades Club and Steve Tilston’s Trades Roots support Folk Against Fascism.  |
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Friday January 15th 9.30pm |
£8 / £11 | |
| Magical Sounds presents a Bearded Theory Festival Fundraiser with  (DJ Greg Dread + MC Spee) Plus Edd Tangent and Magiclantern VJ's. |
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| Featuring Greg Dread (founder member of Dreadzone and Big Audio Dynamite, Dubwiser club nights and Boss DJ) and MC Spee (Dreadzone MC and singer), the Dreadzone Sound System will be spinning grooves to uplift and inspire. The sound re-invents dub for the 21st century with low-end breaks, skanking beats, rolling basslines, tribal dub house, Dread exclusives, hip hop, reggae, freestyling party tunes – as the Dreads themselves put it, the essence of Dread music is freedom from repetition! |
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Saturday January 16th 3pm |
Free | |
| Book Launch: 'Memories of Dolphin' by Tom Greenwood - The life of a climber remembered | ||
| A book, film and talk about Arthur Rhodes Dolphin, the foremost climber of the 1940's, until his untimely death in the Alps in 1953. Compiled and edited by Tom Greenwood with a foreword by Bill Birkett, Memories of Dolphin gathers the collected thoughts and memories of those who knew Arthur Dolphin and remember him as a superb climber and a true gentleman. |
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Saturday January 16th 9pm |
£4 / £6 | |
| Mik Artistik’s Ego Trip | ||
| Come and witness the surreal punk, funk, catholic, electric comedy phenomenon that is Mik Artistik's Ego Trip. Mik gives the impression he’s just escaped from a sanatorium and crashed the stage. He probably has. He is described as “unpredictable, unnerving and with the tendency to incorporate his audience in the act, impossible to ignore”, and by Johnny Vegas as “the Mad Professor of Comedy”. |
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Thursday Januay 21st 9pm |
£5 / £7.50 | |
| Nancy Elizabeth | ||
| Nancy Elizabeth is going places, albeit at her own speed, and we are lucky to get her at the Trades as her career takes off. Anne Bilston (Guardian) wrote that Nancy “has the kind of voice that rings out like something being struck: a bell or a bar or a billet”, and that her music is “bare and somehow devotional. Every song seems cloistered, removed from the cut and thrust and the wild, hot fuss of life.” A review of new album Wrought Iron found “a record of subtle beauty, subdued yet immediate. For every Tori Amos there’s a PJ Harvey and Nancy Elizabeth could just be of the same lineage - haunting, ethereal and totally compelling, everything a singer-songwriter should be.” She is described as “a beacon for future folkies” and “the best thing to come out of Wigan since Poole's Pies”. A must see. |
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Friday January 22nd 9pm |
£3 | |
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| Love Music Hate Racism uses the positive energy of music to fight the racism peddled by organisations like the BNP. Tonight Pete Bentham & the Dinner Ladies give it loads of positive energy, delivering kitchen sink punk rock n roll from Liverpool to the Upper Valley. Pete (guitar/vocal), Marigoldy (bass/vocal) and Gabrielle Fray Bentos (drums/vocal) are not at the subtle end of the spectrum, but they’re certainly entertaining – “hopelessly lovable … a way more fun version of Pulp, and a Victoria Wood sketch all rolled into one”. |
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Saturday January 23rd 9.30pm SOLD OUT Ring 01422 845265 For More Information |
£12 / £15 | |
 + Fat Rascals + DJ Dillinger P |
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| Formed in the working class suburbs of industrial Birmingham in 1978, The Beat arose at a time of high unemployment and social upheaval. From the outset the band‘s message of hope and peace would later, alongside The Specials, see them heralded as forerunners of the 2-Tone Ska movement. Their hits include “Tears of a Clown”, “Mirror in the Bathroom”, “Can’t Get Used to Losing You”, “Hands Off … She’s Mine” and “Stand Down Margaret”. The Beat disbanded at the height of their fame but, after much urging, reformed in 2003, with Ranking Jnr on vocal duties alongside his dad, Ranking Roger. Their last gig at the Trades was a great night, so book early for this one. With support from local favourites the Fat Rascals. |
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Sunday January 24th 7pm |
Free Admission but donations will always be welcome! |
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| A night to Remember Gaza with Halifax Friends of Palestine | ||
| Including Personal Witness Reports from Gaza, Films and Discussions from 7.30 and a performance of Seven Jewish Children by Caryl Churchill, a ten-minute history of Israel, ending with the bombing of Gaza, the proceedings start with Food from 7pm. |
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| £7 Members and Concessions / £10 Others | ||
| HX7 Jazz Club at the Trades with Rod Mason's Elements. Hosted by Dave Nelson (piano). | ||
| Dave Nelson launches the HX7 Jazz Club with Rod Mason’s Elements, one of the best quartets in the country, four fine musicians at the top of their game. Rod plays all the saxes and has appeared with John Surman, Alan Skidmore and other leading artists. An all star band featuring Richard Weatherall (keys), Rich Hammond (bass) and Dave Walsh (drums). http://www.hx7jazz.com |
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| Free with Donations to Haiti Earthquake Appeal | ||
| The Hub fundraiser for Haiti Earthquake Appeal | ||
| Scott and the regulars are back with their rockin’ beats, house and dance sounds to raise funds for the Haiti Earthquake Appeal. |
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Saturday January 30th 9pm |
£7 / £9  Get Tickets Now! |
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Cabaret Heaven with  and Frank Dapper |
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| We're excited to welcome the hilarious Zoe Lyons who's won a hatful of comedy awards. Funny Women Winner 2004, If.comedy best newcomer nominee in Edinburgh 07, and Best Joke of Edinburgh 08. (We'll try and make sure she tells it!) The Observer said she was "confident and razor-sharp" and her incisive and warm style has led to a string of TV and radio credits as well as becoming a patron of London Pride. She's joined by Frank Dapper, foolish but incredible manipulator of tennis rackets, balls and pretty much anything you can throw at him in a jaw-dropping show. There'll be plenty of surprises from Peggy, Bernard and the crew and a guest DJ. |
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Note: Quoted prices are subject to a discount of upto 33% on production of a current membership card.
To find out how to become a member of the Trades Club, Click here. |
