A Summer Serenade brings Keighley Vocal Union to their home town along with Nelson Arion Male Voice Choir and professional soloists.

Soprano Amanda Echalaz and baritone Neil Baker, both former Bingley Grammar School students, will perform during the June 12 concert at Keighley Shared Church.

The Vocal Union will perform a mix of ancient and modern music as well as pieces from Elijah, from 7.30pm.

Tickets cost £8 (£6 concessions) from choir members or by phoning 01274 561579.

n Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr and Dean Martin are reunited as the hit show Rat Pack Live from Las Vegas croons into Bradford Alhambra.

The West End hit recreates the three singers' glory years with a concert featuring female singers, dancers and a 15-piece orchestra.

Songs include Night and Day, Strangers in the Night, the Lady Is a Tramp, I've Got You Under My Skin, Witchcraft and That's Amore.

The big-band sound of the Sands Night Club can be savoured on May 31-June 5. Book at Keighley Information Centre or phone 01274 432000. See competition to win tickets below.

n A former Doctor Who takes to the high seas with Gilbert and Sullivan at the Leeds Grand next month.

HMS Pinafore stars Colin Baker in a comic tale of love, hypocrisy and mistaken identity directed by Timothy West.

The traditional production shows how the captain's daughter becomes torn between love and duty when she falls for a common sailor.

Carl Rosa Opera aims to highlight Gilbert's satirical wit on June 1-5. Book at Keighley Information Centre or phone 0113 222-6222.

n New plays by Northern writers are spotlighted in the Northern Exposure festival at Bradford's Theatre in the Mill.

Ghost City, from Contemporary Drama Wales, follows 24 hours of hard-hitting city life in Wales, tonight and tomorrow.

Apart Again uses dance and imagery to portray four people's tragic-comic lives in a single household (Thursday).

Claire Dowie performs a live version of her first novel, Creating Chaos, set in a self-sufficient community at the end of the Sixties (Friday).

Extra Happy Happy is a "satirical and very silly" exploration of the modern travelling experience and the young man's quest to discover himself (May 24).

Warcrime, described as an extraordinary event by The Guardian, confirms the absurdities and human costs of recent wars and interventions (June 12).

An unusual and dramatic piece, containing acting and video, reflects the arts, crafts and memorial rites of the Pueblo and Navaho Indians in Down after Rainbow (June 17-18).

Phone 01274 233190.

n Vodou Nation is a new musical celebrating the extraordinary history and rich artistic heritage of Haiti.

Celebrating the country's bi-centenary, it brings together South Africa's theatrical "enfant terrible" Brett Bailey and Carnival Messiah creator Geraldine Connor.

The allegorical tale of two brothers, representing the material and spiritual lives, is performed by 16 musicians, dancers and singers at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds, from June 1-26.

Book at Keighley Information Centre or phone 0113 213 7700.

n African drumming and dance, and melodies in Urdu and Bengali, feature in a show at St George's Hall celebrating the tenth birthday of South Asian arts company Kala Sangam

Kala Parampara stars maestros Pandit Kishan Maharaj, Chitravina N Ravikiran, Subash Chandran and Martin Kershaw, and members of the BBC Philharmonic.

Brazilian samba also appears in the global music and dance show, tomorrow from 6.30pm. Phone 01274 432000.

n Summer should shine brightly at Harewood House with a whole host of events planned.

This includes jazz with Stacey Kent and George Melly (June 4), Opera with Suzannah Clarke (6), promenade version of The Wizard Of Oz (16-18), Jools Holland and His Rhythm and Blues Orchestra (July 2), Sounds of the 70s (3), A Midsummer Night's Dream (11), Alice Through the Looking Glass (18) and Pride and Prejudice (August 12).

n Ken Dodd is back at the Victoria Theatre, Halifax, celebrating 50 years of his Happiness Show on June 19.

Coming up at Halifax: Dick and Liddys comedy club (tonight 8.30 pm), Roy "Chubby" Brown (June 2); A Night at the Musicals with Duncan Breeze (16); children's show Dream Street (20); Halifax Choral Society and the Black Dyke Band with a summer prom (26). Book tickets at Keighley Information Centre or telephone 01422 351158.