Record breaking summer of live music coming to historic venue

Live at The Piece Hall is set for its biggest ever year after ticket sales for this summer’s series of live shows at the historic Halifax venue broke through the 100,000 mark.

Organisers are staging 21 nights of live music throughout June, July and August with headline shows from groups such as Sting, Queens Of The Stone Age, Madness, Rag’n’Bone Man, Hozier, boygenius, Orbital and James, plus many more.

Live at The Piece Hall co-promoters. The Piece Hall Trust and Cuffe and Taylor, have confirmed this year’s ticket sales have broken box office records and hit six figures for the very first time.

Nicky Chance-Thompson, CEO of The Piece Hall Charitable Trust, said: “What a phenomenal milestone to have reached.

Nicky Chance-Thompson

“Our strong partnership with Cuffe and Taylor means we are able to bring world class artists to our iconic venue, and these sales prove just how big the appetite is for quality live music at The Piece Hall.

“This is a huge deal for Halifax and Calderdale in terms of the visitor economy, investment into the area and creating a powerful feeling of pride in place.

“I want to say a big thank you to the team at Cuffe and Taylor for sharing our vision and thanks to every single person who has bought a ticket so far, we can’t wait for you to join us for our biggest and most diverse season of live music yet.”

Many of the shows at the 5,500-capacity outdoor venue sold out in record time – the latest being George Ezra’s 6 July gig which saw fans snap up all tickets within minutes of them going on sale last week.

This summer’s shows will deliver a multi-million-pound boost for the local economy with many thousands of concert goers coming to the shows from outside Yorkshire.

Peter Taylor, co-founder of Cuffe and Taylor which is part of Live Nation – the world’s largest live entertainment company – said: “Last year we broke box office records when we sold 60,000 tickets. To now top 100,000 sales, even before our first show with Madness on 16 June 16, just shows what a truly special venue this is.

“The music industry has certainly sat up and took notice and huge stars, from across many diverse genres from pop to rock to legendary dance acts, want to come and play here.

“Together with The Piece Hall Trust, we will continue to strive to bring the biggest names in music to Yorkshire and this incredible venue.”

Peter Taylor

The Piece Hall originally opened in 1779 for the trading of ‘pieces’ of cloth produced by Yorkshire’s famous woollen mills and is the only remaining Georgian cloth hall in the world.

It has welcomed more than 10.5 million visitors through its gates since it re-opened in 2017.

Cuffe and Taylor, which entered into a co-promoter partnership with The Piece Hall Trust last year, has extensive experience of staging major concerts in Yorkshire and across the UK.

The promoters are responsible for staging UK tours with Britney, Rod Stewart, Mariah Carey and Little Mix, while also curating major festivals and events.