Events and Festivals Archive

Article by Adam Kingham - Musica Kirklees Area Manager: Musica Holme Valley Big Band, Musica Colne Valley Big Band and Musica Youth Jazz ventured up to the North East yesterday (Sunday 1st March) to perform at the 17th Annual...

Holmfirth Festival of Folk 2020 is just around the corner and the Ukuele Jamboree will take place on Saturday, May 9 at 2pm. Everyone is invited to strum and sing along at the jamobree - we hope

A huge thank you to all our performers, supporters and staff for a great day of live music at the Marsden Jazz Festival .  Over 150 talented Musica Kirklees musicians...

There was a fantastic atmosphere at Holmfirth Festival of Folk 2019. Amongst the many events, performances and guest artists Musica Kirklees were represented on the Saturday (May 11) in great style.  The day started off with a...

Musica Kirklees's first ever Big Band Festival took place on May 11 at Shelley College.  Almost 5 hours of incredible music-making proved a real treat for the audience, performers and adjudicators. Big bands from Musica...

The Music for Youth Regional Festival in Huddersfield is always a special event.  It's part of a series of 50 festivals all around the country where around 40000 young people get the...

The Great North Big Band Jazz Festival  at Chester-le-Street lived up to its name this year and we were delighted to be part of the celebrations. ...

There's so much going on at Holmfirth Festival of Folk 2019 and Musica Kirklees is delighted to be part of the festival.  Here are the events that we are involved with and there will be

For 130 years the Huddersfield Mrs Sunderland Festival has provided a platform for local musicians, poets, actors and dancers to share their talents and gain performance experience.  The...

By Ginette Eady, Musica Kirklees Area Manager - Holme Valley: Every year Holmfirth Festival of Folk brings musicians and dancers together from around the country for a weekend of music and merriment - this year's festival didn't...

  We enjoyed some fantastic live and recorded performances as part of this year's Music for Youth (MfY) Huddersfield Regional Festival in March.  There was excellent feedback from the MfY Music Mentors and we're delighted to...

Big congratulations to Musica Kirklees students Sasha who and Ursula have been awarded the Todmorden Folk Festival Youth Award 2018! They've now been offered the prestigious opportunity of opening the Todmorden Folk Festival Saturday...

We were delighted to welcome ambassadors from National Youth Jazz Orchestra (NYJO) for a workshop for all our young jazz, swing and big band musicians on September 31 and October 1, 2017.  The two-day workshop was a big hit and a huge...

We were delighted to once again be invited to be part of the Music for Youth National Festival 2017. In March, groups from all over Kirklees but on superb performances at the Regional Festival, held at Colne Valley High School....

The hills were alive with the sound of music once again at the Holmfirth Festival of Folk 2017 in May.     Musica Kirklees were represented brilliantly at a Schools's Concert, Ukulele Jamboree and sensational Samba...

Congratulations to all Music Kirklees performers who took to the stage at this year's Great North Big Band Jazz Festival in Sunderland on Sunday, March 5. Representing Musica Kirklees were Mr Kingham with Musica Shelley Big Band and the...