Anne Lister of Halifax

11/04/2025

Watch the video for more, but the headlines are: the Anne Lister Festival 2025 welcomed an incredible, *at least 650 visitors* to the festival, *from at least 30 countries again*! This equals the number of countries from last year - and *Thank You*, each and every one of you who was able to come.
We are already working on the Anne Lister Festival for 2026 - with lots of exciting events that you have told us you want 😂 - and we hope to see you there… ❤️🎩

11/04/2025

11/04/2025

Hello friends wherever you are - and I hope that you are safe and well.
So we present to you today some *really* exciting news..: we can now reveal the figures for the Anne Lister Festival 2025!!!
You can hear about it in the video below, that was recorded yesterday at ! Please bear with the background sound: you will know how busy it is there if you’ve been to The Piece Hall!

03/04/2025

Well hasn’t today been all about our incredible young people and their inspirational takes on .. You have to feel good with this generation to take us into the future, right??
Enjoy this from !
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03/04/2025

Good morning from The Piece Hall! We are about to go live with the Anne Lister birthday celebrations on what would have been Anne Lister’s 234th birthday 💐 CultureDale The Piece Hall

24/03/2025

Hello friends wherever you are!
So with only **5 days** until the start of the Anne Lister Festival for 2025 we really are on the countdown now, and are extremely busy finalising our prep ready to welcome you all!

We hope that you have tickets for all of the events that you want to go to - including..:
The spectacular Candlelit Concert that the festival is putting on at the magnificent Halifax Minster on Friday 4th April (7.30-10pm). This not -to-be-missed event features the amazing The Square Pianist, the wonderful Fiona Katie Widdop - the Yorkshire Harpist herself! - and then we only have the incredible - very good friends with Mr Wilson's Second Liners to round things off! - can you believe that??
You really don’t want to miss this one!
All ticket info can be found at www.ticketsource.co.uk/calderdale-culturedale
See you there!

Buy tickets for Calderdale Council's upcoming events. Click the link for further information and to secure your tickets now!

20/03/2025

Update on refreshments on for / during the Anne Lister Festival!
And please remember: any questions or queries, at all - just hope over to the Anne Lister of Halifax FB page where they can get answered 🤗.
See you all soon! ❤️🎩

Hello friends wherever you are!
So you might not believe it but the sun is shining today in Calderdale - and it is lovely and warm!! - let’s hope for a bit of this from 29th March for a week for the eh…!
So a couple of people have asked us whether there is going to be tea and coffee available in for the duration of the Festival: and I’m delighted to let you all know that Yes - there will be! And a reminder that ALHQ will be open every day of the festival - that’s Saturday 29th March - Sunday 6th April (inclusive).
We can’t wait to welcome you all from Saturday 29th March - and stay safe and well until then… 🙏 🎩❤️

20/03/2025

Hello friends wherever you are!
So you might not believe it but the sun is shining today in Calderdale - and it is lovely and warm!! - let’s hope for a bit of this from 29th March for a week for the eh…!
So a couple of people have asked us whether there is going to be tea and coffee available in for the duration of the Festival: and I’m delighted to let you all know that Yes - there will be! And a reminder that ALHQ will be open every day of the festival - that’s Saturday 29th March - Sunday 6th April (inclusive).
We can’t wait to welcome you all from Saturday 29th March - and stay safe and well until then… 🙏 🎩❤️

18/03/2025

This is one not to be missed..! - our event on the opening evening of the ! Come along and join us for our Community Regency Tea Dance! - food will be provided, and fun is almost guaranteed…. ! 🤗 It will be a ball! 😉🎩

18/03/2025

Oh my word friends, you’ve only gone and done it..: **600 followers**!!!
Thank. You. *All*!

17/03/2025

Oh yessss!!!!! - come on all of you fans..: a chance to **WIN** our amazing prize of not one. Not two. Not three. Not even four.. - but five. Yes *FIVE* pairs of tickets to events at the !!!
See the post below for details - and GOOD LUCK!!! 🎩😉

🎩 🙌ANNE LISTER GIVEAWAY! 🙌🎩

To celebrate Anne Lister’s Birthday Festival from 29th March - 6th April 2025 we are giving ONE lucky person to WIN all of this…

🫖 2 tickets to the Anne Lister Regency Tea Dance (Tod College) – Saturday 29th March, 7-10pm

🎬 2 tickets to the Community Anne Lister Film Afternoon (Hebden Bridge Picture House) – Sunday 30th March, 1-5.40pm

🍴 2 tickets to the ‘Taste of Halifax: Borough Market Food Tour’ (Halifax Borough Market) – 1st April, 1.30-3.30pm

🎩 2 tickets to An Evening at Shibden Hall (Shibden Hall) – Wednesday 2nd April, 7-9pm

🕯️ 2 tickets to the Anne Lister Candlelit Concert (Halifax Minster) – Friday 4th April, 7.30-10pm

An INCREDIBLE prize for an Anne Lister fan!

Here’s what you have to do to enter:

👉 Follow CultureDale Visit Calderdale Shibden Hall Anne Lister of Halifax

👉 Tag a friend that you would bring with you in the comments or just comment their name if they’re not on social media.

👉 Share this post and tag us for an extra entry!

It’s as simple as that! GOOD LUCK 🤞

This competition is in no way associated with Meta. Please be aware of fake accounts, the winner will be announced from this account only. One winner will be chosen (Competition running on Instagram and Facebook).

17/03/2025

Such an exciting - *new*!! - event for this year!
Please join our friends at Sew Different for this fab session - and make and take away your very own creation! 🎩😊

Celebrate the Anne Lister Festival with Sew Different! 🎩🧵

Spend a morning creating your own embroidery masterpiece, choosing designs inspired by the Lister family crest or the iconic hat. This fun workshop uses machine embroidery, metallic threads and appliqué techniques.

All materials & equipment provided.

📅 Wed 2nd April, 09:30 - 12:30 | Crossley Gallery, D Mill
🎫 £55pp

Book now 👉 https://bit.ly/4g0R47r

17/03/2025

See you at Hebden Bridge Picture House Hebden Bridge Film Festival CultureDale

17/03/2025

**ANNE LISTER FESTIVAL PRESENTS: COMMUNITY FILM AFTERNOON** - Part 2
An afternoon showing of three fantastic short films celebrating le***an stories in the heart of Hebden Bridge as part of the , plus post-film discussions with the Directors/film subject themselves.

📆 Sunday 30th March 2025 Session 1: 1-3.10pm, Session 2: 3.45-5.40pm
📍 Hebden Bridge Picture House

Session 2 features the wonderful - shot on location in , in stunning .
Trailer here:

Since the 1970s, le***ans from around the world have been drawn to the island of Lesvos, birthplace of the ancient Greek poet Sappho. When they find paradise...

14/03/2025

And don’t forget Session 2 of the afternoon features the wonderful - shot on location in , in . Trailer and greeting from the director of that coming tomorrow… 🤗!
Book your tickets here:

Tickets are now available for Anne Lister Festival Presents: Community Film Afternoon at Hebden Bridge Picture House, on Sunday 30th March 2025. Click the link for further information and to secure your tickets now!

14/03/2025

…the subject of documentary..

14/03/2025

Oh - and if you want even more reason to buy tickets and come along then here you go..: meet Sarah herself - the subject of documentary!
She, and we, will see you all there…
Here she is..:

14/03/2025

ANNE LISTER FESTIVAL PRESENTS: COMMUNITY FILM AFTERNOON
An afternoon showing of three fantastic short films celebrating le***an stories in the heart of Hebden Bridge as part of the Anne Lister Festival, plus post-film discussions with the Directors/film subject themselves.

📆 Sunday 30th March 2025 Session 1: 1-3.10pm, Session 2: 3.45-5.40pm
📍 Hebden Bridge Picture House

📽 Old Le****ns: Meghan McDonough’s incredibly moving story of the late Arden Eversmeyer’s journey across the USA as she recorded hundreds of oral herstories with a mostly invisible population that is rapidly disappearing.
📽 Not Quite That: the unbelievably humbling story of Sarah – a Jewish woman, a mother and a butch le***an who has a genetic mutation for breast cancer. An intimate exploration of how we are seen and how we see ourselves.
📽 Lesvia (a Yorkshire Premiere!): This film chronicles 40+ years of le***an identity and conflict in the small farming village of Eressos on the island of Lesvos.

And in case you need more tempting for this amazing event, here is a trailer for the Amazing and inspiring **Not Quite That**! - you really will not want to miss this..

Watch for free at watch.telusoriginals.com/view/not-quite-thatNot Quite That tells the story of a nice Jewish butch le***an with a genetic mutation that migh...