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Simon Armitage + LYR
Simon Armitage + LYR
An unmissable evening of poetry and music featuring Poet Laureate Simon Armitage and the band LYR. A poetry...
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Celebrate Eid with Rumi in Huddersfield
Celebrate Eid with Rumi in Huddersfield
Celebrate Eid with a magical and inspirational performance of the 13th-century poet Rumi’s The Alchemy of Love, featuring Gulcin Bulut and the Sahba Ensemble.
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Sairish Hussain & Lucy Sheerman
Sairish Hussain & Lucy Sheerman
The critically acclaimed author of The Family Tree Sairish Hussain talks about her new novel Hidden Fires, set...
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Workshop – Ted Hughes
Workshop – Ted Hughes
Mayday on Holderness is the decisive poem in Ted Hughes’s oeuvre, important for several reasons: it is his...
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Conscious Hour Unplugged
Conscious Hour Unplugged
Conscious Hour Unplugged – where young people step into the spotlight! Conscious Hour Unplugged is an electrifying open...
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Ink Spill Poetry Night: Water
Ink Spill Poetry Night: Water
Ink Spill is a Huddersfield-based poetry organisation which was founded in 2022 with the purpose of bringing together...
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Rose Condo – How to Find Where You Belong – Hybrid Event
Rose Condo – How to Find Where You Belong – Hybrid Event
The critically acclaimed and multi-award-winning poet performs work from her latest collection How to Find Where You Belong,...
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Poetry Slam 2024 – Hybrid Event
Poetry Slam 2024 – Hybrid Event
One of our most popular Festival events – our annual Poetry Slam – returns with 10 amazing poets...
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Talking Zebras Open Mic
Talking Zebras Open Mic
Open Mic slots held in the Festival Tipi, led by long-established local group Talking Zebras. No booking required,...
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When there is always Love – 12pm Wednesday 24 April
When there is always Love – 12pm Wednesday 24 April
A Dark Horse Theatre street theatre production commissioned special for this year’s Festival. Love is an ever-fixed mark,...
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Words, Vision & Sound
Words, Vision & Sound
An immersive, multi-layered experience of literature formed of three specially commissioned texts. Speculative stories will be projected onto...
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When there is always Love – 2pm Thursday 25 April
A Dark Horse Theatre street theatre production commissioned special for this year’s Festival. Love is an ever-fixed mark,...
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Poetry Competition Launch – U3A
Poetry Competition Launch – U3A
Get your creative juices flowing and enter the anniversary poetry competition organised by the Huddersfield & District U3A....
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Book Launch: Eely
Book Launch: Eely
Celebrate the publication of Steve Ely’s new work of poetry Eely. Steve Ely is an award-winning poet...
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Workshop: with Andrew McMillan
Workshop: with Andrew McMillan
A chance to take part in a workshop taught by multi-award-winning poet Andrew McMillan. Exercises will be inspired...
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A Tribute to Benjamin Zephaniah – HYBRID EVENT
A Tribute to Benjamin Zephaniah – HYBRID EVENT
In this special event, poet Michelle Scally Clarke, Colin Grant and Alex Wheatle explore the poetry, music and...
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Polari: Celebrating LGBTQ+ writing talent – HYBRID EVENT
Polari: Celebrating LGBTQ+ writing talent – HYBRID EVENT
Enjoy fabulous performances from a diverse and talented line-up of LGBTQ+ writers. Hosted by author and journalist Paul...
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Out + Loud Open Mic
Out + Loud Open Mic
An open mic night for queer performers of all kinds, hosted by poetic comedian Zee. From music to...
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Open Mic – Young Poet Laureates
Open Mic – Young Poet Laureates
Meet the next generation of West Yorkshire poets at the West Yorkshire Young Poet Laureate Programme 2022-23 Shortlist...
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Ink Spill Poetry Workshop
Ink Spill Poetry Workshop
A workshop challenging northern stereotypes through poetry, hosted by Abbi Senior and Hannah Robinson-Wright of Ink Spill, followed...
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Disunited Jukebox – A 21st Century Opera from Company Carpi
Disunited Jukebox – A 21st Century Opera from Company Carpi
Angry, serious, comic, inquisitive, personal and emotional… Disunited Jukebox is a brand new contemporary anthology chamber opera about...