What's on in Ilkley for free?
12 upcoming events
We've rounded up 12 upcoming events in Ilkley for free — concerts, parties, theatre, exhibitions, family outings — updated every day. Pick a theme or just scroll.
Events in Ilkley for free
Later
Thu 15 · 6 PM£0–5
🌱Ecology🎪Street party
People Planet Pint: Sustainability Meetup — Ilkley
Ticket Office Bar
Sun 18 · 10 AM£0
📸Photography🌳Outdoors
Phone Photography Walk
Ilkley Riverside Hotel
Mon 19 · 7:30 PMFree
📚Literature
The Grove Book Club
Grove Bookshop
Tue 20 · 7:30 PMFree
📚Literature
The Grove Book Club
Grove Bookshop
Sat 31 · 11 AMFree
Ilkley Dementia Awareness Event
Clarke Foley Community Centre
Sat 7 Nov · 7:30 PM£0–15
Glorious Puccini!
St John's Ben Rhydding
Mon 9 Nov · 10 AMFree
Funeral Wishes Workshop - Full Circle Funerals in Ilkley
Full Circle Funerals Ilkley
Sun 15 Nov · 10:30 AMA$0–128.37
✂️Workshop🪡Crafts
Weaving is Healing Sunshine Coast November 2026
Weavery HQ
Tue 24 Nov · 1:30 PMFree
🗣️Talk🧾Drop-in services
Talk Cancer
Clarke Foley Community Centre
Fri 27 Nov · 7:30 PMFree
🗣️Talk📚Literature
An Ordinary Story - How an Ordinary Story Became an Extraordinary Journey
Clarke Foley Community Centre
Sat 12 Dec · 10:30 AMA$0–128.37
✂️Workshop🪡Crafts
Weaving is Healing Sunshine Coast December 2026
Weavery HQ
Sun 17 Jan · 10:30 AMA$0–128.37
Weaving is Healing Sunshine January 2027
Weavery HQ
See also in Ilkley for free
At 6 PM
🎶Singer-songwriter🪕Folk / Acoustic
Dar Williams
The Live Room @ Caroline Street Social Club, Shipley
Fri 9£16.50
🎫Concert
Paranoid Void
The Kirkgate Community Centre, Shipley
Fri 9£16.69
⚡Punk🎸Rock
TV Smith
Kirkgate Community Centre, Bradford
Fri 9 · 8 PM
🎷Jazz🪕Folk / Acoustic
Martin Taylor: Standards
Otley Courthouse
Sat 10 · 7 PMFree
💿DJ set🎶Singer-songwriter
Ladies Listening Party with Bubbles at Shed Load of Vinyl
Shed Load of Vinyl, Leeds
Sat 17 · 7:30 PM
🎫Concert
MTW Presens: Live at the 'Hive 4
Beehive (Shipley)
Sat 24 · 2:30 PM£19.69–131.53
💿DJ set
ILKLEY Kings Hall SILENT Disco DAY-TIME Party
Kings Hall, Ilkley
Wed 21 · 7:30 PM
🎉Club🏳️🌈LGBTQ+
Where are all the lesbians?
Fanny's Ale House, Shipley
Fri 23 · 1:30 PM
🎪Street party
Uk Oktoberfest / Menston
Kirklands Community Centre, Leeds
Thu 22£11.36
🔬Experimental⚡Electro
Ye Gods
Kirkgate Community Centre, Bradford
Sat 24 · 6:45 PM£19.69–120
🕺Disco💜Soul / Funk
ILKLEY Discos for Grown Ups 70s, 80s, 90s disco party at the Kings Hall
Kings Hall, Ilkley
Fri 23 · 7 PM
🎪Street party
Uk Oktoberfest / Menston / Friday 23rd October
Kirklands Community Centre, Leeds
Wed 14 · 7:30 PM£20.21
🪄Magic
PSYCHIC NIGHT
Yard Bar and Kitchen, Ilkley
Thu 22 · 7:30 PM£6.50
📜Poetry slam📜Poetry
Spooky Spoken Word Night
Vitello Lounge, Ilkley
Fri 9 · 10 AM£15
😂Comedy🎤Stand-up
Milk Club Comedy
Bingley little theatre
Thu 22 · 7:30 PM
🎤Stand-up
Saltaire Brewery's Comedy Night
Saltaire Brewery, Shipley
Wed 21 · 7:30 PM£27
🎤Stand-up
Barry From Watford
Kings Hall, Ilkley
At 7:30 PM
🎭Theatre📚Literature
Wordweaver Stories: Sun, Stars and Straw
Otley Courthouse
Tue 20 · 6:30 PM£9
📚Literature🧘Wellness
Writing for wellbeing in Ilkley: 20 October 2026
4A Queen's Rd, Ilkley
Thu 29 · 6:30 PM£10
🗣️Talk
BASC North Pie & Pea Supper - Let’s talk shooting
Ilkley Rugby Club
Thu 29 · 7 PM£7
🗣️Talk📚Literature
Sniff: A History of Smells with William Tullett
Grove Bookshop, Ilkley
Tomorrow · 7 PM£10–15
🗣️Talk📸Photography
Joe Cornish - A Landscape Photographers Life
Bingley Methodist Church
Thu 8 · 8 PM£5
🎬Cinema
Victoria Hall Saltaire Film Night - Shaun of the Dead
Victoria Hall, Saltaire
Fri 9 · 7 PM
🗣️Talk🪕Folk / Acoustic
Topic Folk Club 70th Anniversary Gig Talk
Shipley Library
Sat 10 · 7 PM£5
🗣️Talk📽️Documentary
Dying To Climb: Shaunna Burke
Otley Common
Sat 17 · 6 PM£44.04
🍽️Food
Vegan Cheese and Wine Night (New Date!)
gaffé, Shipley
Mon 19 · 6 PMFree
🏰Heritage🗺️Guided tour
Let's Walk Milner Field, Saltaire
Higher Coach Road, Baildon
Tue 20 · 7 PMFree
🗣️Talk
Step Into The Orient
The Quays Cafe Bar, Shipley
Tomorrow · 7:30 PM
🗣️Talk🔬Science
Bradford Astronomical Society meeting
Idle & Thackley Conservative Club
Tue 6 · 12:30 PMFree
🗣️Talk
New to being a Music Coordinator
Bradford Music Education Hub, Shipley
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Venues in Ilkley for free
Full Circle Funerals Ilkley
1 event
Ilkley Playhouse
1 event
Kings Hall
20 events
King’s Hall & Winter Garden
2 events
Grove Bookshop
3 events
All Saints' Parish Church, Ilkley
5 events
Manor House Art Gallery & Museum
1 event
Clarke Foley Community Centre
4 events
4A Queen's Rd
2 events
Ilkley Rugby Club
1 event
Ilkley Riverside Hotel
1 event