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May 2026
Day Date Event Start time Notes
Fri.  1st
Sat.  2nd 🎵 📀 Mrs. R`s Retro Roadshow 19.30 💿 Old-fashioned Disco 💿
Sun.  3rd 🎵 Trad. Music group 13.30
Mon.  4th 🎵 Acoustic Music group 19.30
Tue.  5th 📕 Wakefield Word / Black Horse Poets 19.30
Wed.  6th Quiz night 19.30
Thur.  7th RMT (S.Finn) 19.00
Fri.  8th [WBHH]  

With Banners Held High
19.00 Fringe event: Talk (t.b.a.) + 🎵 Live music with Calum Baird
Sat.  9th 19.00 Post-event social: 🎵 Live music with the JJs
Sun. 10th 🎵 Trad. Music group 13.30
Club committee / AGM 19.30
Mon. 11th VIPs 19.00
Tue. 12th
Wed. 13th Wakefield & District TUC 19.00
Quiz night 21.10
Thur. 14th [EWBF]  

East↔West Beer Festival
17.00 🍻 East↔West Beer Festival
Organised by Malcolm Bastow of Five Towns Brewery.

🍻 No tickets needed - pay on the door.

🍻 All proceeds go to charity (Candlelighters - fighting children’s cancer)

🍻 In addition, the club bar will be open as usual.

🍻 Food available.
Fri. 15th 12.00
Sat. 16th 12.00
Sun. 17th 12.00
Mon. 18th 🎵 Acoustic Music group 19.30
Tue. 19th 🌹 Labour party - Wakefield North ward 19.00
Wed. 20th 🌹 Labour party - Wakefield South ward 19.00
Quiz night 21.10
Thur. 21st With Banners Held High 19.00
Fri. 22nd 🌹 Labour party - Wakefield CLP 19.00 (E.C.)
Sat. 23rd 🌹 Labour party - Wakefield CLP 10.00 (G.M.C.)
🎵 Tony Foster Band 19.30
Sun. 24th Private party 16.00 S. Crisham
Mon. 25th VIPs 19.00
Tue. 26th Stop the War Coalition 19.00
Wed. 27th Wakefield Artwalk 17.00
🌹 Labour party - Wakefield West ward 19.00
Quiz night 21.10
Thur. 28th 📕 Wakefield Word / Black Horse Poets 19.30
Fri. 29th 🎵 Tom Hingley Band 19.30 (Sold Out)
Sat. 30th Socialist Historians 13.00
🎵 🎤 Open Mic. night 20.30
Sun. 31st 🎵 Trad. Music group 13.30

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June 2026
Day Date Event Start time Notes
Mon.  1st 🎵 Acoustic Music group 19.30
Tue.  2nd
Wed.  3rd UNISON Health Retired 12.30
Quiz night 21.10
Thur.  4th 📕 Wakefield Word / Black Horse Poets 19.30
Fri.  5th
Sat.  6th 🎵 📀 Mrs. R`s Retro Roadshow 19.30 💿 Old-fashioned Disco 💿
Sun.  7th 🎵 Trad. Music group 13.30
Mon.  8th VIPs 19.00
Tue.  9th 🌹 Labour party - Wakefield East ward 19.00
Wed. 10th Wakefield & District TUC 19.00
Quiz night 21.10
Thur. 11th RMT Healey Mills 19.00
Fri. 12th 🌹 Labour party - Wakefield CLP 19.00 (E.C.)
Sat. 13th 🎵 Peculiar Blue showcase 19.30 + Guests T.B.A.
Sun. 14th Club committee 19.30
Mon. 15th 🎵 Acoustic Music group 19.30
Tue. 16th 🌹 Labour party - Wakefield North ward 19.00
Wed. 17th 🌹 Labour party - Wakefield South ward 19.00
Quiz night 21.10
Thur. 18th 🌹 Labour party - Local Gov`t committee 18.30
Fri. 19th
Sat. 20th 🌹 Labour party - Wakefield CLP 10.00 (GMC)
🎵 Live Music with Baz 19.30
Sun. 21st 🎵 Trad. Music group 13.30
Mon. 22nd VIPs 19.00
Tue. 23rd Stop the War coalition 19.00
Wed. 24th 🌹 Labour party - Wakefield West ward 19.00
Quiz night 21.10
Thur. 25th 📕 Wakefield Word / Black Horse Poets 19.30
Fri. 26th
Sat. 27th 🎵 🎤 Open Mic. night 20.30
Sun. 28th T. Bradley 15.30 ? private event ?
Mon. 29th 🎵 Acoustic Music group 19.30
Tue. 30th North Ave. Allotments group ?

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REGULAR EVENTS

🎤  FOLK MUSIC NIGHT
Open Mic. Open Mic.

On the last Saturday of each month we have a Ceilidh / open mic night run by the organisers of Wakefield Folk & Music Festival.
Starting time 8.30 pm (-ish).
Please fetch along your voices & any musical instruments you would like to play and join in (or just listen & enjoy).

The organisers of this event also hold regular informal acoustic jam sessions.   These are usually on alternate Monday evenings - dates shown in the diary section.

... and now - in addition to these...

Dave’s Song & Tune Sessions
This is the group that used to meet at the Polka Hop pub before it closed - now regular at the Red Shed -
First and third Sunday afternoons each month, from 1.30pm.

All of these are free admission and everybody is welcome.

QUIZ NIGHTS

Quiz Night is a regular and popular feature in the club diary.
It is every Wednesday evening, starting at 9.10pm.
Entry is £1 per person.
Winner gets a fistful of Red Shed beer tokens.


Notes:
[Covid]

• We hope we are now clear of the curse of Covid, but the club committee reserve the right to change events and opening times at short notice if required for protection against coronavirus.

• Items highlighted in red have changed since the diary for this month was first published.

• Times, where shown, are in the 24 hour clock:  19.00 = 7.00pm.

• This page can only be as accurate or as detailed as the information shown in the diary behind the club bar, on which it is based.  If you spot something here that needs adding or changing, or if you would like a bit of publicity for your event in the Shed, let me know about it.  e-mail info *at* the red shed . org . uk
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