Anne Lister Birthday Week (ALBW 2022)

It’s Anne’s 231st birthday—come party with us!

With the 2019 release of Sally Wainwright’s amazing BBC / HBO, Halifax’s own Anne Lister—and Ann Walker—took the world by storm, igniting a fan base that just won’t let go of the dynamic and dazzling Anne Lister. And how happy are we that Season Two launches in 2022?

If you’re a fan, devotee, or academic in pursuit of more of Anne and more Gentleman Jack, ALBW is the place for you! Join our community as we give both Anne and Ann every bit of attention they so richly deserve, and bring you together with your equally smitten community. Over 80 events, all of them built to enrich, educate and—yes, absolutely—entertain.  And our Guest of Honor? None other than the woman who started it all, the amazing Sally Wainwright.

ALBW 2022: History, Mystery, Discovery, and most of all, Community, right in the heart of Anne’s hometown! See YOU in Halifax!

Friday April 1, 2022 – Welcome to the Early Arrivals!

Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £23 / $30.82

What better way to meet the community than in an Anne Lister haunt: the Alibi Bar Grand Salon.

Saturday April 2, 2022 – The Halifax Historians

Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £45 / $60.30

The most thorough Anne and Ann tour we can offer, designed specifically for Anne Lister Birthday Week, giving you the entire broad view into the lives of these courageous women.


Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £15 / $20.10

A wonderful two-hour walking tour led by experienced guides, giving you a real sense of Anne’s life in the 1800’s, and featuring the places Anne frequented.


Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £45 / $60.30

The most thorough Anne and Ann tour we can offer, designed specifically for Anne Lister Birthday Week, giving you the entire broad view into the lives of these courageous women.


Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £15 / $20.10

The most thorough Anne and Ann tour we can offer, designed specifically for Anne Lister Birthday Week, giving you the entire broad view into the lives of these courageous women.

THIS EVENT INSTANCE IS NOW SOLD OUT - Please email box.office@calderdale.gov.uk to be added to a waiting list 


Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £50 / $67

The real Crow Nest was, sadly, demolished decades ago, but you can tour Sutton Park, the home used for all Gentleman Jack Crow Nest shots.


Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £15 / $20.10

A wonderful two-hour walking tour led by experienced guides, giving you a real sense of Anne’s life in the 1800’s, and featuring the places Anne frequented.


Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £39 / $52.26

A Calderdale Heritage Walk (though yes, this one is on a coach). The perfect tour to learn so much more about courageous Ann Walker, who faced such adversity in her own search for love.


Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £15 / $20.10

A Calderdale Heritage Walk. The Minster is beautiful on its own, a place of worship for over 900 years.

THIS EVENT INSTANCE IS NOW SOLD OUT - Please email box.office@calderdale.gov.uk to be added to a waiting list 


Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £17 / $22.78

No better way to kick off ALBW than with the women whose work has changed the lives of so many.

Sunday April 3, 2022 – Happy Birthday Anne Lister!!

Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £59 / $79.06

This is a chartered coach to the beautiful city of York, so important in Anne’s early life.


Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £50 / $67

The real Crow Nest was, sadly, demolished decades ago, but you can tour Sutton Park, the home used for all Gentleman Jack Crow Nest shots.


Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £15 / $20.10

A Calderdale Heritage Walk. Shibden Valley is one of the most beautiful areas in Yorkshire.

THIS EVENT INSTANCE IS NOW SOLD OUT - Please email box.office@calderdale.gov.uk to be added to a waiting list 


Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £15 / $20.10

A wonderful two-hour walking tour led by experienced guides, giving you a real sense of Anne’s life in the 1800’s, and featuring the places Anne frequented.


Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £45 / $60.30

The most thorough Anne and Ann tour we can offer, designed specifically for Anne Lister Birthday Week, giving you the entire broad view into the lives of these courageous women.


Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £45 / $60.30

The most thorough Anne and Ann tour we can offer, designed specifically for Anne Lister Birthday Week, giving you the entire broad view into the lives of these courageous women.


Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £15 / $20.10

A wonderful two-hour walking tour led by experienced guides, giving you a real sense of Anne’s life in the 1800’s, and featuring the places Anne frequented.


Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £15 / $20.10

A Calderdale Heritage Walk. A wonderful way to experience Lightcliffe, Ann Walker’s home, as she might have during an afternoon stroll through her community and parts of her estate.


Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £15 / $20.10

A Calderdale Heritage Walk. David Glover, an acknowledged expert on Anne Lister’s life in Halifax, takes you on a truly unique journey to many of the places that played a role in young Anne Lister’s life.


Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: From £20 / $26.80

Please join us for this very special interview with the phenomenal writer / director of Gentleman Jack.


Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £7 / $9.38

Join the ALBW community as we celebrate Anne’s birthday and ourselves, gathered together in Anne’s hometown!

Monday April 4, 2022 – Ann Walker Day

Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £59 / $79.06

This is a chartered coach to the beautiful city of York, so important in Anne’s early life. It was York that led her to Eliza Raine, Mariana Belcombe, Tib Norcliffe and so much more.


Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £15 / $20.10

A wonderful two-hour walking tour led by experienced guides, giving you a real sense of Anne’s life in the 1800’s, and featuring the places Anne frequented


Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £45 / $60.30

The most thorough Anne and Ann tour we can offer, designed specifically for Anne Lister Birthday Week, giving you the entire broad view into the lives of these courageous women.


Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £15 / $20.10

A wonderful two-hour walking tour led by experienced guides, giving you a real sense of Anne’s life in the 1800’s, and featuring the places Anne frequented


Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £39 / $52.26

A Calderdale Heritage Walk (though yes, this one is on a coach). The perfect tour to learn so much more about courageous Ann Walker, who faced such adversity in her own search for love.


Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £15 / $20.10

A Calderdale Heritage Walk guided by Mike Beecham. This circular walk explores many areas associated with Anne Lister around the Shibden Hall estate.

THIS EVENT INSTANCE IS NOW SOLD OUT - Please email box.office@calderdale.gov.uk to be added to a waiting list 


Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £15 / $20.10

A Calderdale Heritage Talk: We know so much about Anne Lister, after her days at the Manor School. But what about her childhood, her youth? What was the tragedy of Anne’s mother Rebecca? Who was the 32-year-old Halifax woman Anne seduced at age of 17? Why was she twice expelled from school?


Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £17 / $22.78

What do we really know about the courageous woman who bucked society and chose to live a life as the wife of Anne Lister?


Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £7 / $9.38

Join us as we celebrate Ann Walker with fun, merriment, drinks--and music!

Tuesday April 5, 2022 Discovery: Anne Lister’s Travels Day One

Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £100 / $134

Join us as we follow their path, with Helena’s daughter Rachel Whitbread as our guide. This is a very special tour with limited seating, and allows you to fully appreciate this truly beautiful area.

THIS EVENT INSTANCE IS NOW SOLD OUT - Please email box.office@calderdale.gov.uk to be added to a waiting list 


Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £59 / $78.06

Join us on this wonderful coach tour, which includes entry to their home and gardens, an exhibition that includes many of their belongings and a light lunch, followed by tea and cake.


Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £15 / $20.10

A Calderdale Heritage Talk. A wonderful way to experience Lightcliffe, Ann Walker’s home, as she might have during an afternoon stroll through her community and parts of her estate.


Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £15 / $20.10

A Calderdale Heritage Walk. The Minster is beautiful on its own, a place of worship for over 900 years. But what secrets lie in its baptismal font, memorials, and ledger stones?

THIS EVENT INSTANCE IS NOW SOLD OUT - Please email box.office@calderdale.gov.uk to be added to a waiting list 


Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £15 / $20.10

A Calderdale Heritage Walk. The Minster is beautiful on its own, a place of worship for over 900 years. But what secrets lie in its baptismal font, memorials, and ledger stones?


Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £20 / $26.80

Join us for traditional morning tea at what was once an Anne Lister destination.


Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £17 / $22.62

We’ve got 4 headline-worthy stand-ups for a very special Anne Lister Birthday Week Comedy Club performance.

Wednesday April 6, 2022 Discovery: Anne Lister’s Travels Day Two

Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £100 / $134

Join us as we follow their path, with Helena’s daughter Rachel Whitbread as our guide. This is a very special tour with limited seating, and allows you to fully appreciate this truly beautiful area.

THIS EVENT INSTANCE IS NOW SOLD OUT - Please email box.office@calderdale.gov.uk to be added to a waiting list 


Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £48 / $64.32

Many have wondered if the Brontë sisters—Charlotte, Emily and Anne--and Anne Lister ever crossed paths, given that they were all alive at the same time.


Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £15 / $20.10

A Calderdale Heritage Walk guided by Mike Beecham. This circular walk explores many areas associated with Anne Lister around the Shibden Hall estate.


Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £20 / $26.80

Join the West Yorkshire Archive Service at the West Yorkshire History Centre in Wakefield for a private viewing of the Anne Lister In Her Own Words exhibition.


Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £15 / $20.10

A Calderdale Heritage Walk. David Glover, an acknowledged expert on Anne Lister’s life in Halifax, takes you on a truly unique journey to many of the places that played a role in young Anne Lister’s life.


Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £20 / $26.80

Join the West Yorkshire Archive Service at the West Yorkshire History Centre in Wakefield for a private viewing of the Anne Lister In Her Own Words exhibition.


Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £15 / $20.10

A Calderdale Heritage Walk. Jill Liddington leads this walk, a thought provoking look at important years in the lives of Anne and Ann.

THIS EVENT INSTANCE IS NOW SOLD OUT - Please email box.office@calderdale.gov.uk to be added to a waiting list 


Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £20 / $26.80

Join us for traditional afternoon tea at what was once an Anne Lister destination.


Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: TBC

We can’t release details quite yet, but rest assured this will be a very special night for all of ALBW! Information and ticketing to follow.


Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £7 / $9.38

Halfway through, so let’s get together and celebrate what we’ve done so far! A fabulous night with DJ Mandy from the famous Todmorden’s Women’s Disco. Don’t miss this—women travel from all over the UK to attend the Tod!

Thursday April 7, 2022 The Heart of the Matter

Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £50 / $67

The real Crow Nest was, sadly, demolished decades ago, but you can tour Sutton Park, the home used for all Gentleman Jack Crow Nest shots. Located 50 miles from Halifax, this stately home is as beautiful in real life as it is on screen.


Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £59 / $79.06

This is a chartered coach to the beautiful city of York, so important in Anne’s early life. It was York that led her to Eliza Raine, Mariana Belcombe, Tib Norcliffe and so much more.


Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £15 / $20.10

A Calderdale Heritage Walk. David Glover, an acknowledged expert on Anne Lister’s life in Halifax, takes you on a truly unique journey to many of the places that played a role in young Anne Lister’s life.


Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £18 / $24.12

Jill Liddington discusses the complex relationship between Anne Lister and Christopher Rawson in his own home, circa 1808-49.


Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £15 / $20.10

Join the hilarious Kate McCabe as she and her team of improv artists host our very own Anne Lister Murder Mystery event, a completely improvised comedy murder mystery.

Friday April 8, 2022 Welcome The Anne Lister Society

Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £20 / $26.80

We are delighted to host the inaugural meeting of the Anne Lister Society.


Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £15 / $20.10

A wonderful two-hour walking tour led by experienced guides, giving you a real sense of Anne’s life in the 1800’s, and featuring the places Anne frequented.


Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £48 / $64.32

Many have wondered if the Brontë sisters—Charlotte, Emily and Anne--and Anne Lister ever crossed paths, given that they were all alive at the same time, in nearly the same place.


Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £15 / $20.10

A Calderdale Heritage Walk. The Minster is beautiful on its own, a place of worship for over 900 years. But what secrets lie in its baptismal font, memorials, and ledger stones?


Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £15 / $20.10

A Calderdale Heritage Walk. The Minster is beautiful on its own, a place of worship for over 900 years. But what secrets lie in its baptismal font, memorials, and ledger stones?


Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £18 / $24.02

This special Anne Lister Society evening event features a conversation between Sally Wainwright OBE (writer, director, and producer) and literature scholar Prof. Laurie Shannon (coordinator of the ALS).

THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT - Please email box.office@calderdale.gov.uk to be added to a waiting list 


Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £7 / $9.38

Join all of our ALBW community for our Friday night wrap party, held at the fabulous Arches at Dean Clough.


Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £15 / $20.10

A Calderdale Heritage Walk. Jill Liddington leads this walk, a thought provoking look at important years in the lives of Anne and Ann. At Easter 1834, they took the sacrament together in York.

Saturday April 9, 2022 Farewell Until Next Time!

Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £12 / $16.01

Day Two of the inaugural meeting of the Anne Lister Society.


Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £15 / $20.10

A Calderdale Heritage Walk. David Glover, an acknowledged expert on Anne Lister’s life in Halifax, takes you on a truly unique journey to many of the places that played a role in young Anne Lister’s life.


Anne Lister Birthday Week
Price: £23 / $32.82

One last quiet farewell to Halifax, once again at the Alibi.