With plans afoot for the return of live performances to the Kirklees Concert Season for 2021-22, we have announced the appointment of David Pipe as Guest Curator of the forthcoming organ programme, and a new Emeritus position for the popular former Borough Organist Dr Gordon Stewart.
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Our museums and galleries will benefit from just over £124,000 of Arts Council England funding from the Culture Recovery Fund Grants programme, ensuring that the district’s much-loved heritage assets can continue to benefit local people and visitors. This funding creates capacity for Covid safe reopening of Oakwell Hall, Bagshaw Museum and Tolson Museum in line with the government’s roadmap, as
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Get in the Christmas spirit with the University of Huddersfield Brass Ensembles this December. The Kirklees Concert Season has looked a little different this year, and the Christmas concert is no exception. The University of Huddersfield Brass Band normally performs at both the Huddersfield and Dewsbury Town Hall Lunchtime concert series. Sadly, this year due to COVID-19 restrictions, these concerts
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Kirklees Libraries is inviting people to take a trip down memory lane and explore Dewsbury’s historical architecture.
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Borough Organist Dr Gordon Stewart is retiring, after providing a programme of world-class music for Huddersfield audiences for the last 30 years. World-renowned performer and teacher, Gordon has been a regular conductor on BBC’s Songs of Praise as well as a musical director for countless broadcasts on BBC Radio. His former students have held positions at St Paul’s Cathedral London,
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Get your little monsters dressed up (and wrapped up) and go exploring in one or more of our main parks and follow our free pumpkin trails.
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Halloween is fast approaching and this year’s celebrations will be very different.
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Let’s creep it real, half term can be fun for the kids but hell for mummies (and daddies) looking for new ways to keep the little devils entertained.… let’s face it, it can be a challenge.
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