Daniel Johnston Night
Friday 16 January 2026
Join us for an evening celebrating the life and work of Daniel Johnston.
Daniel would have been 65 on the 22nd January, and because we’re probably not going to Austin, Texas to celebrate, we thought we might do it here instead.
Donations for this event will go to support a local organisation that makes Worry Monsters to support young adults with their well-being.
Friends of the Rumble will be performing covers of Daniel’s songs along side some of their own offerings.
Confirmed artists included:
- Augustin Bousfield
- The Argent Grub
- (members of) Billy Billy 5P
- (members of) The Mellon-Collies
- (members of) Bradford Sound Artists
Expect the usual warm Rumble welcome at the excellent home of alternative music in Bingley, The Ryshworth Club.
Daniel Johnston
An American singer, songwriter, musician, and artist.
Daniel Johnston spent the last 30 or so years of his life exposing his heartrending tales of unrequited love, cosmic mishaps, and existential torment to an ever-growing international cult audience. Initiates, including a healthy number of discerning musicians and critics, have hailed him as an American original in the style of bluesman Robert Johnson and country legend Hank Williams. A number of artists – among them the Dead Milkmen, Yo La Tengo, the Velvet Underground’s songs. And he as collaborated with the likes of Jad Fair (a founding member of Half Japanese, who’ve also done Daniel’s songs), the Butthole Surfers, Bongwater/Shimmydisc guru Kramer, and members of Sonic Youth. Daniel gained his widest public exposure to date when, at the 1992 MTV Music Awards, Nirvana leader Kurt Cobain (who constantly touted Daniel in interviews) wore a Johnston T-shirt.
– from Hi How Are You? Website
Picture of Daniel by Paul Hudson from United Kingdom - Daniel Johnston and British Sea Power, CC BY 2.0
Hi How Are You mural from the Library of Austin Texas, retrieved from baynews9
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Venue
The Ryshworth Club
Keighley Rd
Crossflatts
Bingley
BD16 2HB
What Three Words: caressing.sandals.engraving
Phone: 01274 564567
Travel
Live Music finishes in time for the last buses and trains, but do check the times in case we’ve got it wrong.
Bus
Buses stop right outside The Ryshworth Club. Chose from:
- 60 60A - Aireline - Keighley - Leeds
- 662 - The Shuttle - Keighley - Bingley - Saltaire - Bradford
- B5 - Crossflats - St Bedes
- K4 - Keighley - Cullingworth via East Morton, Bingley, Harden, Wilsden
See Bustimes.org for more details.
Trains
Crossflatts Station is five minutes walk from the venue on the Airedale line, with regular trains to and from Bradford, Shipley, Saltaire, Leeds, Keighley, Skipton.
Walking
Approximately half a mile from Bingley town centre along the main road.
The club is very close to the Leeds / Liverpool canal if you want an off road route - but is dark in winter.
Bicycle
The Leeds / Liverpool canal provides an off road route to a point very close to the venue. There is cycle parking at the station, and it’s possible to find places to lock your bike up outside the venue.