Victoria Hall
Saltaire's unique International and Community Venue
Built in 1871 as the Home for the Saltaire Club and Institute the building has taken on new life as a venue for top name acts, as a centre for community activities and as a museum
Latest news
TODAY - Saturday 21st October 2000: Music in Saltaire - Day of Dance 42 Dance, Music and Song Workshops.
Evening: 5.00 - 7.00 Famuly ceilidh with the Polka Dots
8.00 - 11.30 Ragnarok (street band) and Akimbo (drumming/world music) Swing/jive/rock band (tbc) French Dance with Aubade. Ceilidh with Witch Hazel
enquiries to Louise Eaton
tel: 01274 775161
or
28th and 29th October 2000 Yorkshire Canary Club Open show at Victoria Hall
The Airedale Symphony Orchestra one of the leading amateur orchestras in the UK often plays at the Victoria Hall Read about their history
or look at their concert Schedule
History of the Saltaire Institute
from Bradford's Saltaire Tourist trail
Artists who have appeared at the Victoria Hall since 1995
include
Ally Bain, the Battlefield Band, the Budapest Cafe Orchestra,Kevin Burke's Open House,Máire ní Chathasaigh and Chris Newman,Cherish the Ladies, Dervish, Ronnie Drew, Dick Gaughan, Loyko, Dougie Maclean, Liam O'Flynn, Eleanor Shanley, JuneTabor, Dolores Keane and Sean Keane
Enquiries about future dates may be made to The Bodhrán:
e-mail:
bodhran@legend.co.uk
address:
9 Victoria Rd, Saltaire
SHIPLEY BD18 3LA
WYorks
UK
tel & fax:01274 530102
international: +44 1274 530102
Bodhrán Promotions concerts are only the best known of music events at the Victoria Hall among others are the Days of Dance, the Bradford Youth Orchestra and brass band concerts by the Co-op Band and the world famous Black Dyke Band based at nearby Queensbury
Exhibits
A selection from the Saltaire Village Society's collection of material relating to the Village is displayed in a case near the entrance
Many of the original fittings of the Institute are still in place including the presentation portrait of Sir Titus Salt which hangs in the lobby at the top of the stairs
Harmonium and Reed Organ Museum
Pam and Phil Fluke's collection is housed in the room originally used as the Library and as a class room. Phil, one of the foremost restorers of these instruments is normally on hand to explain their workings and the development of this cinderella of keyboard instruments. The collection includes harmoniums of all kinds from tiny portable versions to the largest ever built there is even combined piano-harmonium
There is a small charge for admission
Open Sunday -Thursday 11.00 - 16.00.
Details: tel:01274 585601(after 18.00) mobile:0976 535980
Enquiries about booking rooms at Victoria Hall should be directed to:
Mark Davies
Bingley Arts Centre
Main Street, BingleyBD16 2LZ
01274-751576
fax 01274 751523
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