Welcome to the Riley-Smith Hall, Tadcaster
The Riley-Smith Hall is a charity-run theatre, ballroom and concert venue located in the centre of Tadcaster, North Yorkshire.
BLACK DYKE BAND in concert at the Riley-Smith Hall
The world famous Black Dyke Band will perform at the Riley-Smith Hall on the evening of Thursday 29th October 2026. Tickets are now on sale – their previous concert at the Riley-Smith Hall was a sell-out so please book early. Tickets can be purchased in person from Richard Sweeting at the hall or online at www.ticketsource.com/rileysmith
NATIONAL LOTTERY GRANT Update 19th July 2026
We are pleased to announce that the project to build accessible entrance ramps and new stone steps at the from of the Riley-Smith Hall has been completed. The new entrance was formally opened on Sunday 19th July 2026. A large group of supporters including Tadcaster Community Choir, Tadcaster Theatre Company, Ceroc Tadcaster, volunteers and charity trustees turned out in the sunshine for the ribbon-cutting.
The Riley-Smith Hall Charitable Company is delighted that The National Lottery Community Fund provided a grant of £20,000 towards our project to build accessible entrance ramps at the front of the hall.
The Riley-Smith Hall is a landmark building in the Tadcaster Conservation Area. The scheme has therefore been designed to be of the highest quality with ramps to be built from Yorkshire sandstone and traditional hand-forged iron railings.
In total the project has cost over £100,000 with the majority of the cost, over £80,000, coming from the Riley-Smith Hall’s own charity funds which have been carefully saved over many years to enable us to complete this worthy project.
YORKSHIRE GREEN COMMUNITY FUND Announcement 4th March 2026
We are extremely pleased to report that the Riley-Smith Hall has been awarded a £10,000 grant from the Yorkshire Green Community Fund to improve energy efficiency at the hall. Specifically, the grant will be put towards replacing the array of old high-wattage tungsten-halogen spotlights with new energy saving LED lamps. The old lights used 16,000 watts when all in use. The new ones will use just 10% of the power.
Update – July 2026 – Installation of the new energy saving colour spotlights has been completed.
The Riley-Smith Hall, Tadcaster is available to hire for a wide range of functions. The hall is used for dances and dance competitions, rehearsals and concerts, children’s dance and theatre classes, shows, pantomimes and meetings.