Get your skates on – Christmas is coming to Kirklees!
You may have noticed a sprinkle of Christmas coming to Kirklees, with trees and festive decorations already springing up across the borough. There’ll be a wealth of wonderful events to enjoy this winter season!
What’s happening?
Huddersfield
For the whole of December, we are transforming the newly reopened Queensgate Square into a dreamy winter wonderland.
From Friday 4 December, visitors can head to Our Cultural Heart to enjoy family-friendly fun, fabulous festive food and an undercover bar – located in a cosy Christmas tee-pee which will also host live stage events throughout the season. Expect lively local acts, plus some festive guests from further afield…
For the kids there will be fun fairground rides, including a Christmas carousel – and for festive folks of all ages, the square will play host to a brrrilliant ice rink!
Dewsbury
Further north, we’re looking forward to fabulous community-led events in Dewsbury, with festivities taking over the town centre on Saturday 5 December.
Dewsbury’s Christmas event will be led by three fantastic local organisations: the Arcade Group, the community organisation who manage the newly reopened Dewsbury Arcade; West-Yorkshire-wide charity Edgeland Arts, who use culture to bring together local communities; and MakerWorld, the creative arts school, who provide free drop-in workshops for budding creatives.
Funding has been contributed through the Our Cultural Heart fund, which we launched in partnership with One Community and BAM Construction Ltd., and from the council directly.
Dewsbury’s event will include fun and crafty lantern-making workshops, culminating in a twinkling lantern parade through the town centre – with some fabulous glowing guests in the form of festive puppets! There’ll be family fun throughout the day, great opportunities for Christmas shopping at the arcade and Dewsbury Market and, of course, a Santa’s grotto.
Wider Kirklees
Other festivities across Kirklees – including the Holmbridge Rural Christmas Fair in Holmfirth on Saturday 21 November, a light switch-on event in Batley town centre on Friday 27 November, and a spectacular concert season at our town halls – can be found creativekirklees.com/christmas.