Huddersfield Events Diary  2009
Last Updated 04/07/09

We list here some major events taking place within Huddersfield Town Centre and Surrounding Villages during 2009.
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2009

July

Date  July 4th 2009 11 am - 4pm
Event Fire Service Fun Day

Demonstrations, trampoline, play bus, refreshments and much more
 

Location Huddersfield Fire Station
Tel 01484 461090
Web www.westyorksfire.gov.uk
Video/
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Date  July 4th 2009
Event Concert on the Hill.
Lindley Band and Holme & Colne Valley Male Choirs will entertain you at this popular annual event with Firework finale. Bring your deck chairs food and drink.
Location YMCA Grounds Salendine Nook
Tel 01484 461090
Web  
Video/
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Click here to watch video Watch a 3 min Preview of Concert from previous year.
 

 

 

Date  Saturday July 4th
Event Plant Sale 9.30 - 4.30

Annual event held on New Street by Huddersfield Town Centre Partnership.  A great opportunity for gardeners to stock up on plants from local and regional growers and nurseries.
 

Location New Street
Tel 01484 487933
Web www.huddersfield-htcpl.co.uk/contents/events
Video/
Webcam
See the German & Dutch Market Watch Video Trailer Now
 

 

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Date  Sunday July 5th  2009
Event 256h Annual   Pendragon Round Table Duck Race

Gala & Fun Fair at Sands from 11am , Race launch from the Bridge Holmfirth at 2pm

Andy Raleigh & Danny Kirmond will be around from 12.30 until the launch at 2pm to sign autographs etc. both on the Sands Gala field & at the bridge
 

Location Holmfirth Centre and Sands Park
Tel 07930 915595
Web www.theduckrace.co.uk 
Video/
Webcam
See the German & Dutch Market Watch Previous Year Video

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Date  July 11th
Event Huddersfield Carnival

Huddersfield African Caribbean Cultural Trust and Kirklees Council are
pleased to announce that the Huddersfield Carnival returns to Greenhead
Park on Saturday 11th July 2009.

The Park event, this year titled Mas Mania, is regarded by many as the
main event of the Huddersfield Carnival.  It provides an opportunity for
all those who have taken part in and supported the carnival procession
through the streets of Huddersfield to celebrate together with friends
and family.  The participants perform on the main stage and young people
demonstrate their talents in their own performance area.  There are
plenty of food, drink, clothes and other artefacts for sale around the
Park. 
 

Blessing by the Vicar of Huddersfield, Canon Catherine Ogle at St.Peter's Church.

Location Greenhead Park  
Tel 01484 536542
Web www.huddersfieldcarnival.com
Video/
Webcam
 
 

 

Date  Friday 24th July 2009
Event Summer Festival Opening Day - including Pulse Radio outside broadcast.

A Tribute to the Caped Crusaders with all the favourite characters and of course a Batmobile...

Pulse Radio presenter Darren Kelly will be presenting his mid-morning show from 10am to 3pm

Location  
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Piazza Shopping Centre
Tel 01484 534594
Web www.piazzacentre.co.uk
Video/
Webcam
Click to Watch Videos of Shops, Businesses and Events see video highlights of Piazza entertainment
 

 

 

 

Date  Saturday 25th July 2009
Event James Bond Tribute Day - featuring a young Sean Connery lookalike, Jaws, Odd Job and of course an Astin Martin DB5
Location Piazza Shopping Centre
Tel 01484 534594
Web www.piazzacentre.co.uk
Video/
Webcam
Click to Watch Videos of Shops, Businesses and Events see video highlights of Piazza entertainment
 

 

 

 

Date  Saturday 1st August 2009
Event Yorkshire Day and The Piazza Centre will be celebrating in traditional style with a Brass Band
Location Piazza Shopping Centre
Tel 01484 534594
Web www.piazzacentre.co.uk
Video/
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Click to Watch Videos of Shops, Businesses and Events see video highlights of Piazza entertainment
 

Date   
Event Grand Finale - Haurel & Lardy present their Laurel & Hardy tribute show as performed throughout Europe.

They have a vast array of props which are second to none, the centrepiece of which is their original Ford Model T - as used by Laurel and Hardy themselves!

Location Piazza Shopping Centre
Tel 01484 534594
Web www.piazzacentre.co.uk
Video/
Webcam
Click to Watch Videos of Shops, Businesses and Events see video highlights of Piazza entertainment
 

 

Date  TBC FOR 2009
Event Caribbean Carnival.

Street Parade and Events

Location Huddersfield Town Hall and Greenhead Park,
Tel 01484 222087
Web www.huddersfieldcarnival.com
Video/
Webcam
click for live web cam view Click for Live Webcams in. St.George's Square
August

 

Watch the Food & Drink Festival Video

Watch the Food & Drink Festival Video


 

Date  13th - 16th August 2009
Event
Location TBA Member of Huddersfield Town Centre Partnership
Tel 01484 487933
Web www.foodanddrinkfestival.co.uk
Video/
Webcam
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 Live Mobile Webcam With video highlights same day !

Watch Previous Years' Videos

 

Visit the Holmfirth Food & Drink Festival

Date  26th September 2009
Event Food & Drink Festival, Holmfirth Town Centre

Visit the food and drink festival in Holmfirth and be prepared to take your taste buds on a tantalising journey. Food stalls offering the very best of local, European and international foods will fill the streets of this idyllic town centre. Cookery demonstrations will take place over the weekend including chef’s master classes, celebrity ready steady cook and much more.
 


BBC Look North Presenters
Christa Ackroyd & Ian White in
Cook Off! See the Video NOW

Location Holmfirth  
Tel 01484 223730
Web www.holmfirthfoodanddrinkfestival.com
Video/
Webcam
Watch 2008 video NOW


 

 


Click here to watch this video

 

Date  TBC FOR 2009
Event Fire in the Sky

Fireworks! Music! Action! Kirklees Council, Standard Fireworks and the Pulse Radio Roadshow combine in this massive firework display with fire and light performances in this exciting family event. Fire in the Sky is the last major event in Greenhead Park until it reopens after its restoration programme.
 
Location Greenhead Park  
Tel 01484 222087
Web www.kirklees.gov.uk/events
Video/
Webcam
  2008 Video NOW Online
 
 

 

Date    9th-11th 0ctober 2009
Event Marsden Jazz Festival
Location various venues in Marsden
Tel 01484 846969
Web www.marsdenjazzfestival.com
Video/
Webcam
 
 

Date  November 2009
Event Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
Location various venues in Huddersfield
Tel 01484 425082
Web www.hcmf.co.uk
Video/
Webcam
 



Christmas Lights Switch On
with Comedian Billy Pearce

 

Pendragon Round
 Table Santa & Sleigh

Date  November 2009
Event For All Christmas Events in Town visit

www.huddersfield-htcpl.co.uk 

Christmas Lights Switch On with Comedian Billy Pearce
With Brass Band, The Mayor, Santa and Sleigh, Pulse Radio Roadshow.

Location Piazza Shopping Centre
Tel 01484 223220
Web www.piazzacentre.co.uk
Video/
Webcam
 Click to Watch Video

Watch the Christmas Lights Switch on 2007

2008 Video from Friday 14th 2pm onwards

 

 

 

 

 

Date  TBC FOR 2009...Watch Video Now
Event Lindley Christmas Lights Switch On  6pm - 8pm

The shops are open and the road closed for this annual switch on . This year with the Pulse Roadshow & Natalie Anderson from "The Royal" singing her latest single. Santa in his Grotto, Choir, Street Performers and lots of fun. Fund raising for the Laura Crane Trust

      www.lauracranetrust.org www.pendragon843.org.uk

 

 

 

holmfirth markets

 

 

Date  Saturday 29th November 2008
Event Holmfirth Christmas Lights Switch On

The lights will be switched on by "Bart Simpson" at 5pm.

Great family fun all afternoon with Craft Fair, Grotto, Carols and Pennine FM Radio.

     

Location Holmfirth
Tel 01484 225852
Web  
Video/
Webcam
click for live web cam view Live from the centre of Holmfirth
 

Click here to watch this video

Date  Friday 21st and Saturday 22nd November
See you next year...Watch Video Now
Event Festival of Light. Spectacular event now in 5th year.

A procession of performers, Xarxa Teatre, will leave from Macauly Street, outside the Bus Station, along Market St, Westgate, New Street, with firework finale over the Civic Centres

7.45 pm Friday and family friendly 6.30pm Saturday .Free

Location Town Centre  
Tel 01484 414853
Web www.kirklees.gov.uk
Video/
Webcam
Watch 2008 video NOW  (and previous years in our archive)

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March

 

 

Date  See you in 2010
Event The 9th Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade through the Town Centre.

Pre Parade fun starts at 11 am in the Market Place. Live Music & Dancers.

Location Town Centre
Tel 01484 648141
Web www.theparadeonline.org
Video/
Webcam
Click to Watch Video see video highlights from 2008
 

 

 


Huddersfield Literature Festival.


 

Date  see you next year
Event
Huddersfield Literature Festival.

This year’s festival promises to be the biggest and best yet. The festival launch party is in the style of a cheeky cabaret called Doctor Buck’s Burlesque and will feature, comedy, music, poetry, sketches and burlesque dancers, all tied together with the theme of literature past and present.

Other highlights include Ian McMillan and Tony Husband’s Cartoon History of Here:Comedy, cartoonery, poetry & impro. A very funny live-action cartoon of Huddersfield starring its friendly folks, fantastic fortunes, dazzling ambition and tender moments.

...more on web site

Location University of Huddersfield and others
Tel 01484 471895
Web www.litfest.org.uk
Video Click to Watch Videos of Shops, Businesses and Events Watch  Previous Year Video Here

 

 

holmfirth markets

Date  TBC 2010
Event Holmfirth Festival of Folk

The following weekend is the fabulous Festival of Folk when folk traders will join the regular traders in the market hall on Saturday May 9 and Sunday May 10. Goods on sale include vintage and recycled clothing, hemp clothing, jewellery, paintings, knitted items, bags, accessories and much more.
Location Holmfirth
Tel 01484 225852
Web www.holmfirthfestivaloffolk.co.uk
Video/
Webcam
click for live web cam view Live from the centre of Holmfirth

 

 

Date  TBC 2009
Event Festival Market

The Festival Market is a combination of all the best elements of our continental markets and will bring the town centre alive with its unique display of colour, vibrancy and bustle, and its fabulous variety of authentic quality produce from across Europe.

New Street will play host to a wide range of continental market stalls, including the very best of French charcuterie, Dutch and French cheeses, German Sausages, a great variety of garlic and vegetables, Italian Leather and a host of other delights to tempt the most discerning purses. Biscuits from Britanny, olives from Europe's sunny south, delicious French honey and jams, and much more. The German beer garden will be open alongside the market on New Street for a well-earned refreshing drink after a hard-day shopping or working!

The magnificent Dutch flower garden which offers a huge selection of plants will once again fill the street with a sea of fresh plants perfect for spring planting.

The Piazza will be transformed into an international food and drink quarter. Covered by a large marquee, visitors will be able to wine and dine in the very heart of our town centre, enjoying foods from around the world. The market will open at 9am until 5pm (Sunday 10am to 4.30pm) with the food quarter opening until late into the evening.

 
Location New Street, Huddersfield
Tel 01484 223730
Web http://www.kirklees.gov.uk/events/eventdetails

 

 

Date  Sunday 17 May from 8am until 2pm
Event Farmers Market, Holmfirth

The hustle and bustle of this busy food market is a wonderful way to spend a Sunday morning. With fresh meats, vegetables, beers, cakes, cheese there is everything you need for a mouth-watering Sunday lunch!
 
Location Holmfirth
Tel 01484 223730
Web  

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