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Creative Kirklees Newsletter 29 June 2022 This weekend sees the return of the Cleckheaton Folk Festival - from 1 to 3 July, the festival is back with a great line up of folk music and dance. Take a look at their website and join in the fun! Cultures of Place is running all week until 4 July. Hosted across 3 sites - Queensgate Market, The Piazza and the University of Huddersfield campus – the programme is a celebratory showcase of exhibitions, installations, performances, workshops, podcasts, talks and discussion about place. Join Our Biennale 2022 on Saturday 2 July for a carnival celebration with exhibitions, parades, performance, workshops, and flash mobs! The Magnificent Me Piazza Parade will show the creations children and young people have produced with Kirklees artists and arts organisations. On 2 - 3 July the Lawrence Batley Theatre marks the day on 4 July 1981 when thousands marched through the streets of Huddersfield for the first national Pride. The Day the World Came to Huddersfield is a series of monologues by award-winning and local playwrights, based on people who attended and the events of the day. Holmfirth Art Week is back from 3 - 9 July. This Open Art Exhibition features over 400 exhibitors and over 2,000 artworks, plus dozens of fringe venues across the local area – not to be missed. There are lots more events and activities listed on the What’s On page on Creative Kirklees and certainly plenty of music events this weekend. We include as many as we can in our weekly newsletter but there’s always more on the website   Events Tue 28 Jun to Sat 02 Jul 2022 (5 days) Blood Harmony A powerful new play about love, loss and legacy. Created by Matthew Bulgo, Jonnie Riordan and Jess Williams. With original music by The Staves. Commissioned and produced by ThickSkin and Lawrence Batley Theatre, i...   Fri 01 to Sun 03 Jul 2022 (3 days) Cleckheaton Folk Festival 2022 Festival Postponed until 1st, 2nd & 3rd July 2022 Cleckheaton Folk Festival 2022 preparations …… The fun and games will continue behind the scenes – Artists to be re-contracted, Morris sides to encourage and cajole, sp...   Thu 30 Jun 2022 Comedy Cellar - June 2022 Join us for the June edition of Huddersfield's monthly comedy night. Line up: Rachel Fairburn - Edinburgh Preview. "Huge presence in a pint-sized frame" ★★★★ Chortle. Co-host and co-writer of the worldwide sm...   Fri 24 Jun to Mon 04 Jul 2022 (2 weeks) Cultures of Place Exhibitions, Performances, Workshops, Broadcasts, Talks & Discussion Cultures of Place is a celebratory showcase of exhibitions, installations, performances, workshops, podcasts, talks and discussion about place. ...   Wed 22 Jun to Wed 24 Aug 2022 (2 months) Drawing & Painting Classes in Holmfirth- Wednesday afternoons The class is a balance of structured teaching and supported autonomous working. Classes are small to allow for one-to-one guidance. You can expect to be led through the steps from drawing to finished painting as works pr...   Thu 30 Jun 2022 Free talk: In the Field Date: Thursday 30 June Time: 7pm (doors: 6.30pm) Venue: Small Seeds, Huddersfield, HD1 2UD This event is free to attend and you do not need to book a ticket in advance. As part of our new series, The Current Climat...   Sat 02 Jul 2022 HF2 ARTIST SHOWCASE & NETWORKING EVENT The Saving Grace Collective & Bassment Studios hold the HF Showcase feat sounds from the 2022 graduates of the HF Development Initiative. With performances on the night from: DJ Q - One of the UK's leading garage D...   Sun 03 to Sat 09 Jul 2022 (1 week) Holmfirth Artweek Sunday 3rd - Saturday 9th July 2022 Holmfirth Artweek returns with new many artists and more familiar names. Open: Sun - 10am - 5pm Mon - 10am - 9pm Tues - 10am - 9pm Weds - 10am - 9pm Thurs - 10am - 9pm Fri -...   Sat 02 Jul 2022 Midsummer Music The final concert of our "back in concert" season is an evening of midsummer music. Humperdink: Prelude to Hansel and Gretel Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 Strauss: Symphony No 2 Conductor: Katherine Stonham L...   Mon 13 Jun to Sat 09 Jul 2022 (4 weeks) Northern Artists inspired by Northern Writers Art Exhibition Northern Fringe Gallery, a collective of Yorkshire artists, have produced work inspired by some of the many authors and poets native to Yorkshire. There will be a preview on Saturday June 11th between ...   Sat 02 Jul 2022 Our Biennale's 'Magnificent Me Piazza Parade' Join us from 11am - 3pm for a carnival celebration with exhibitions, parades, performance, workshops and flash mobs showing what the young people have achieved working with Kirklees artists and arts organisations for the...   Thu 07 Jul 2022 Paint Your Own Snowdog Workshop at Holmfirth Artweek (Adult) Get creative in our paint your own Snowdog workshops! About this event In partnership with Holmfirth Artweek, Snowdogs Support Life, Kirklees are bringing these exciting paint your own workshops to Holmfirth this Sum...   Thu 07 Jul 2022 Raising Agents 7pm Bunnington WI is a bit down-at-heel. Dwindling membership means they can barely afford the hall, let alone a decent speaker. So when a PR guru becomes a member, the women are glad of new blood. Initially. The milk of ...   Wed 06 Jul 2022 Red Sky at Night 7pm Through the chronicles of history, people have gazed up and marvelled at the mysteries of the weather. Generations have tried to master the elements, and understand the magic of the skies. Hayley’s sunny, beloved dad ...   Thu 16 Jun to Sat 02 Jul 2022 (2 weeks) SAH<2022_SHOWCASE 01 The 2022 School of Arts and Humanities Graduate Showcase takes place from the 17th June until the 2nd July throughout the Barbara Hepworth Building.   Sat 02 Jul 2022 Saturday Taster: Lino Printing Saturday 2nd July 2022 11am – 3pm Your tutor: Rachel Richardson Come and get your hands inky and your creativity flowing in this taster session workshop which will introduce you to the technique of lino print. ...   Sat 02 Jul 2022 Summer Concert Our summer concert is a programme of exciting and varied songs from the UK and across the world. Conducted by Abi Kitching and accompanied by Tim Wilkes. We are the community choir of the Huddersfield Choral Society. ...   Sat 02 Jul 2022 Summer Delights Mirfield Choral Society present 'Summer Delights' - a concert featuring favourite works from British Composers. Saturday 2 July 2022 7.30pm at St Andrews Methodist Church, Old Bank Road, Mirfield, WF14 0HX, Tickets ...   Sat 02 Jul 2022 Summer Slam Head down to the Courtyard at the Lawrence Batley Theatre from 3pm - 7pm for: • A pop-up skate park with 11 ramps from Skate It Yourself • Street art with local artists – have a go at decorating the skate ramps & mor...   Sat 02 Jul 2022 Summer Sounds with Musica Kirklees The Friends of Greenhead Park are launching our annual programme of free concerts on the Greenhead Park bandstand with a special half day event on Saturday 2 July, organised jointly with Musica Kirklees. From 1pm to 7pm...   Sat 02 to Sun 03 Jul 2022 (2 days) The Day The World Came To Huddersfield On 4 July 1981, thousands marched through the streets of Huddersfield. They came from all over the UK for the first national Pride. This new production marks the anniversary with a series of monologues by award-winnin...   Opportunities Mon 04 Jul 2022 Channel 4’s Content Creatives for 18-24 year olds Channel 4’s Content Creatives, is a 14-week paid training and work placement opportunity offering the chance to kickstart a career in the creative industry in Leeds and Manchester. Content Creatives is open to 18-24 ...   Fri 22 Jul 2022 Huddersfield 'Pride of Lions' Artistic Sculptures: Tender The Council are seeking to create Playful Public Art to enhance the public realm and celebrate Huddersfield Towns historic connection with Lions. These commissions will contribute to the Town Centre Blueprint (a 10-year ...   Mon 18 Jul 2022 Light Artworks created with communities: Commission Wakefield Council is looking to commission an artist, organisation or collective to create with participants a light-based artwork to be installed in Heritage buildings in the Westgate area and to encourage people to loo...   Thu 30 Jun 2022 Open Call - Temporary Commission - Union Street Dewsbury We are seeking an artist to develop a creative temporary intervention during Heritage Open Days 2022 that engages the public with Dewsbury’s textile heritage shining a light on innovation. Budget: £4,000 + VAT if appl...   Sun 10 Jul 2022 Saltaire Makers Fair - Call for Exhibitors: 17/18 September 2022 Call for exhibitors to show at The Saltaire Makers Fair, 17-18 September 2022. They are looking for quality CONTEMPORARY CRAFT designer-makers working in a wide range of handmade disciplines to exhibit and sell their...