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Tue 21 May 2019
Kirklees Concert Season Previews
The Kirklees Concert Season returns in September, marking the seventeenth year of Opera North and Kirklees Council’s unique partnership, and the first step on the journey towards the region’s Year of Music 2023. You .....Read more
Wed 15 May 2019
King Zepha returns to Hudds for special show at Small Seeds
Local singer, songwriter and producer Sam Thornton, better known by his stage name King Zepha, has had a busy year so far. Shortly after finishing off his new album King Zepha's Northern Sound, which was recorded at his .....Read more
Fri 10 May 2019
GNUF has Landed!
Grand Northern Ukulele Festival has landed! Grand Northern Ukulele Festival (GNUF) has begun with hundreds of ukulele players from all over the world arriving in Huddersfield. What started as a small two day event .....Read more
Mon 15 Apr 2019
Kirklees' Year of Music 2023 launch
A visionary music project is expected to come out of a partnership between groups, festivals, the University of Huddersfield and Kirklees Council. Kirklees Year of Music 2023 launched at the University on Thursday 1.....Read more
Tue 09 Apr 2019
Everybody's Talking, Nobody's listening
“In an ocean of stagnant and floundering creativity, DVEC have reached the shoreline of something new.” Thank you for the wonderful review of the new DVEC album which is the front cover feature article in this month’.....Read more
Mon 08 Apr 2019
Reflections by the Orchestra of Opera North
The final concert in the Kirklees concert season 2018-2019 was performed by the Orchestra of Opera North, presented under the title of “Reflections.” The performance started with Lutoslawski’s ‘Musique Funebre’, followed.....Read more
Fri 05 Apr 2019
Fighting Mental Illness Crisis Among Musicians
Two-thirds of musicians suffer from depression and need help according to Help Musicians UK amounting to crisis. The charity has joined with the magazine Classical Music to launch ‘Harmony in Mind’ which is a campaign to.....Read more
Fri 29 Mar 2019
art at the house 2019
ART@THE HOUSE returns to Cliffe House in Shepley for its second year, promising another fabulous two days of arts, crafts and creativity, combined with good food and drink, woodland walks, children’s activities and musi.....Read more
Wed 27 Mar 2019
Volunteer with Holmfirth Festival of Folk and get involved
Would you like to volunteer during the Holmfirth Festival of Folk in May? We are a community based festival that relies on a dedicated group of volunteers to make the weekend happen. We still need volunteers for stew.....Read more
Fri 22 Mar 2019
Celebrate The Civic "It's all yours!"
The trustees are delighted to announce that The Civic in Slaithwaite has now transferred from Kirklees Council into community ownership - this means Slawit...'It's all yours!'. To celebrate this fantastic news we are.....Read more
Tue 19 Mar 2019
New 4 track Album : Fernworthy
My latest 4 track album called Fernworthy has just been released on the Canadian label Forests and Rivers. Each track is named after a river in Devon and the album title is named after Fernworthy Forest on Dartmoor. (I u.....Read more
Tue 19 Mar 2019
‘I love screaming on the mic’: On the road with hcmf// radio
It seemed like a hair-brained idea: taking a 45-year-old Classic Campervan called Betsy and turning it into a mobile radio, one that would tour Kirklees teaching students to DJ and host radio shows. But it was one our Le.....Read more
Thu 14 Mar 2019
New artwork by Peter O'Toole
New artwork has gone up in the walkway from the Piazza and Queensgate Market in Huddersfield. The illustrations by artist Peter O'Toole celebrate the varied musical heritage of the district. Walk through into the marke.....Read more
Mon 09 Jul 2018
Summer Concert on Saturday 14th July
Sizzling Summer Concert At St Paul's Church Hall, Preston, next Saturday 14th July at 7.30pm. Tickets - only £7 include light refreshments. An evening of musical delights and respite before the World Cup Final the.....Read more
Wed 19 Sep 2018
Ebb tide- a collection of three duets for clarinet and bassoon
Ebbtide is a collection of three duets for clarinet and bassoon which explores the symbolism of an ever-changing coastline as a metaphor for half-forgotten memories that are revealed only to recede again into the fathoml.....Read more