What's On! Holmfirth & Huddersfield Events Diary 2018

20th - 26th May

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Byram Arcade is a great place to visit throughout the year, but at certain times it’s extra special, with events and live performances taking place.
Art & Craft Fair – On the 4th Saturday of EVERY month.
No two months will be alike, each month there will be a good selection of Art, Jewellery, Textiles, Cards and other items!

VINTAGE @ THE BYRAM

Clothing stalls, re-worked, vintage inspired, antiques, craft, gifts, jewellery, accessories!

Live music – most Saturdays
Vintage Fairs

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Full Award winning English Breakfast, Secure Onsite Parking, Free Wi-Fi and Central Huddersfield Location.

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Doggy Dash For Life Huddersfield is a sponsored 3.5 km run (or jog or walk) around the beautiful surroundings of Beaumont Park in Huddersfield.

The event raises money for two charities:
- Cancer Research UK
- RSPCA Halifax, Huddersfield, Bradford & District Branch

All participants receive a goodie bag per entry, plus rosettes for each dog taking part. We also have an obedience display, stalls and a fun dog show to enjoy on the day.
We encourage you to sign up early to get our early bird registration discount and have plenty of time to start collecting your sponsorship!

Entry until 3rd May: £8 - 1-2 dogs
Entry after 3rd May: £12 - 1-2 dogs .

Honley Show is one of the most prestigious, best attended and well respected rural shows in the country. The Show's Farnley Tyas showground remains one of the region's best venues to showcase a stunning range of activities, agricultural events, stands and displays.

It provides a fun day out for all the family whether you live in Kirklees, West Yorkshire or the North of England.

As in the past there will be games, rides, food stalls and much more. There is also musical treats. We have usually been very lucky with the weather and lots of ice cream has been consumed on the day!

Our biggest event of the year is back!
The Midnight Memory Walk continues to capture the imagination, with over 1,000 people lacing up each year. We'd love you to take part and help us to celebrate 30 years of Kirkwood Hospice.

The Midnight Memory Walk involves participants taking on a circular six or ten mile sponsored walk, starting at the University of Huddersfield. The evening starts from 10pm, with registration, a group warm up and fantastic entertainment. On the stroke of midnight, confetti cannons will pierce the night air to signal the start of the walk. It doesn’t matter why you decide to take part in the Midnight Memory Walk; it could be in memory of a loved one; to get fit or simply to enjoy a great night out with friends and colleagues. Whatever your reason, age or fitness, it promises to be a fun, inspiring and rewarding event, with fellow Hospice supporters coming together for the biggest and best fundraising night of the year.

The usual brilliant party atmosphere awaits you, with entertainment, live music and face painting, along with a group warm-up before you lace up and set off on the walk.

Price: The entry fee is �15 per person (�8 for walkers aged 16 and under). This includes a walker pack (containing sponsor form, walker’s guide & t-shirt) and a breakfast sandwich at the finish line.

Forget Me Not Colour Run is back! And this year it's bigger, better and more colourful than ever!

The Colour Run Festival is the perfect event for all the family!
Run, Walk, Jog or Dance your way around our longest, most colourful course yet!!
Along the route you'll be covered in our bright and colourful paint powder and you'll get to the end looking like you've just had a trip through the rainbow. Bring along friends and family to cheer you on! Spend the day in the Festival Zone which will be buzzing with entertainment throughout the day and after the run. Refreshments will also be available on-site... street food vans, ice-creams, and much more!

Tickets are on sale now so don't miss out on this fantastic event.

Annual 1940's Weekend
We make the village of Meltham go back in time, with themed entertainment and attractions in and around the village centre.

artWEEK is a local event with a national reputation – most of the exhibitors are from this area but visitors come from all over the country to view and to buy. It is astounding how much artistic talent there is locally – it is this that makes the event such a success . . . and brings so many visitors to Holmfirth every year.

RAISING FUNDS FOR HUDDERSFIELD YMCA R.U.F.C AND OTHER LOCAL CHARITIES

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Kingsgate Student Lockin

The Student Lock In - the biggest student shopping extravaganza of the season is here again at Kingsgate Shopping Centre Huddersfield.

With its trademark brand of frenzied student mania to bring you a one-night-only party of crazy savings, cool giveaways and awesome activities. Shopping needed a makeover; prepare for a Takeover...

Watch past video here!  

Packhorse Pumpkin Party

This October at Packhorse Shopping Centre we are bringing back the Halloween event bigger and better than ever before.

You are invited to enjoy free face painting and balloon modelling in the mall and Halloween crafts featuring spider stencils, pumpkin templates and Halloween mask making.

There will be a competition for best fancy dress – so dress to impress!

Join us for our Bonfire & Firework Extravaganza at the Stafflex Arena on Friday 3 November.

Cafe, bar and refreshments will be available on the night - everyone is welcome!

This local community event has been attracting people from Huddersfield and the surrounding areas for years and is a permanent fixture on the Bonfire Calendar

Based at Crosland Hill near the Sands House Public House and just above the World Famous Standard Fireworks factory, the event attracts many thousands of people each year. The Bonfire and Firework Display raises thousands of pounds with all proceeds going back into the local community.

We have a wide range of wonderful stalls, stocked full of local produce.

Beer, wine, cheeses, chocolates and much more.

Entry is just �1 with free entry for under 16s.
There are children's activities, hot and cold drinks as well as delicious food from the cafe.

In support of St. Stephen's Church, Lindley.

hcmf// is an annual, international festival of contemporary and new music, over 10 days consisting of approximately 50 events, including concerts, music-theatre, dance, multi-media, talks and film, with a related Learning and Participation programme devised and implemented to reflect the artistic programme and respond to regional need.

Festive Fun & Music, Santa's Grotto,
Festive Food & Drink!
Parade with Celebrities
Switch On!
Fireworks
And closing events

Packhorse Christmas Workshop

We are inviting families and children to enjoy a festive afternoon of fun featuring card making, christmas tree decorating, elf face painting and more.

You will have the opportunity to sign up to our free Kids Club on the day. Once you become a member, you will receive a free backpack, discounts in your favourite shops in Packhorse and more.

The event is completely free for everyone to attend.

An extravaganza celebrating the end of Winter and start of Spring. Includes pyrotechnics, fire sculptures, theatre performances and torchlight parades.

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The Packhorse Valentine's Event

On Saturday 10th February, visit the Packhorse Shopping Centre as cupids roam the mall giving out treats and surprises, along with completing Random Acts of Kindness!

The fun kicks off at 11am.

Over the weekend more than fifty bands will be competing across all sections seeking the honour of representing Yorkshire at the finals of the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain. With some of the finest Bands in Britain such as Black Dyke, Brighouse and Rastrick, Grimethorpe Colliery, Rothwell and many others all competing in the Championship Section, few contests are so fiercely competitive. 

The Parade will consist of floats, pipe band, Ceili group, Celtic Rock band, samba bands, Brass Band, Majorette Troupe, Morris Dancers, themed characters and various organisations representing the spectrum of the Irish Community within Huddersfield and other associated groups.

This year welcoming back the Flute Band from Liverpool who will lead the Parade Musically. As always everybody is most welcome to the Party.
Keep the date it promises to be great.

The parade, supported by the Government of Ireland and Kirklees Council

Live from the centre of Huddersfield

Join us for an annual celebration of books and authors, poetry and performance.

Major authors and multi-arts events, comedy and creative writing, performance poetry and a Free Family Day – whatever you enjoy, you’ll find it here at the Huddersfield Literature Festival.

Our award-winning Festival takes place over 10 days in venues across Huddersfield, with community, accessibility and inclusivity at its heart.

We welcome performers and audiences from all sectors of society and many events are free or low-cost.

There are events with live subtitling by Stagetext for those who are deaf, deafened and hard of hearing, and DisabledGo Access Guides to key venues. Meet your favourite authors, discover new talent, hone your own skills or simply come along and enjoy the entertainment on offer.

Golcar Lily Day is in the dynamic village of Golcar, on the edge of Huddersfield where the locals are known as Golcar Lilies. The local village fete, has an art exhibition, face painting for the children and fun and events for all ages.

Colne Valley Museum will be open all day offering children's make-it-and-take-it-home activities as well as baking the famous Golcar Lily Loaf in the Victorian kitchen. There will be ongoing craft demonstrations throughout the day and delicious homemade cakes etc on sale in the cafe.

Golcar Lily Day takes over Golcar village each year bringing live music, dancing, stalls, food and drink, children's activities and more.

The village fete also boasts a parade, competitions, beer tent, morris dancers, tractor pull.

A fun day out for all the family.