While some of our events are reserved for members only, others are available to all. You can find out what’s on offer from talks to guided walks and tours via our Eventbrite page here. Many of our events are offered free of charge and some are offered both as ‘in person’ and live-stream events.
Here’s what’s coming up next in our Autumn programme for 2025:
Thursday, 19th February 2026, Kingswood Suite, Wakefield Town Hall: County Hall, Wakefield – An Architectural Icon.
A talk about the history and architecture of Wakefield’s County Hall. A free event, open to all, but please book your tickets via Eventbrite here. Attend in person or watch the live stream. Starts at 7:30pm.
Wednesday, 4th March 2026, Wakefield Exchange: Blue plaque unveiling
Join us as we unveil a new blue plaque to mark the history of British Jeffrey Diamond. The unveiling event will start at 3pm and is free to atted and open to all. Please book via our Eventbrite page here.
Thursday, 19th March 2026, Kingswood Suite, Wakefield Town Hall: These Isles – A People’s History of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales with Brian Groom.
Join us for this free talk by author and journalist Brian Groom who will be talking about his latest book: These Isles – a People’s History of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
The event is open to all and will start at 7:30pm. A live stream will also be available for anyone unable to attend in person.
Please book via our Eventbrite page here.
Catch up on talks you may have missed!
With the advent of lockdown in March 2020, the Society moved many of its events on-line. Most of the webinars we have organised since March 2020 have been recorded and are available to watch on our Vimeo page. To see these and some other short films that we and our partners have produced, visit our Vimeo page here: Wakefield Civic Society (vimeo.com)
(Some of our talks have been recorded but are only available to view by members of the Society and members are sent details of how to access these recordings. If you are a member and have lost the details of how to access the recordings, please get in touch.)