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SUMMARY:Holmfirth Art Week 2026
DESCRIPTION:One of the UK’s Largest Open Art Exhibitions\, Featuring over 400 exhibitors and over 2\,000 artworks\, plus dozens of fringe venues across the local area with thousands more works of art and craft. \nHolmfirth Artweek is a local event with a national reputation. The majority of the exhibitors are from this area but large numbers of visitors come from all over the country to view and to buy. It is astounding how much artistic talent there is locally and it is this that makes the event such a success every year. \nIn addition to the main Exhibition at The Civic in the centre of Holmfirth\, businesses and individuals in the Holmfirth area create exhibition spaces and open their doors to showcase the work of artists from across the region. The Fringe features an exciting and diverse array of work from photographers\, painters\, textile-makers\, ceramicists\, sculptors and more. \nhttps://holmfirthartweek.org.uk/ \n \n\n\nHolmfirth Artweek gears up to celebrate 60 th Anniversary \nHolmfirth Artweek returns to Holmfirth and the area this year promising to be the biggest\ncelebration yet for its 60 th anniversary. The annual art exhibition\,is one of the UK’s largest\nopen art exhibitions\, and has become a local event with a national reputation. Now a firm\nfavourite in the calendar\, it welcomes visitors from across the Holme Valley and beyond. \nHolmfirth Artweek\, is a week-long event dedicated to visual art. The event includes a main\nexhibition in the Civic Hall in Holmfirth\, featuring over 400 exhibitors with over 2\,000\nindividual pieces of art. There are also fringe venues across the local area\,that showcase\neven more artists with thousands more pieces of art and crafts\, creating a real buzz in the\nlocal area. \nThis year is set to be more exciting than ever as the team prepare to celebrate 60 years\nsince the very first event. To mark this occasion there will be special celebrations in the\nmain exhibition including a specially curated new artist showcase within the main exhibition\nand multiple fringe venues across the region. The team behind the event hope this year will\nbe the biggest and most successful event to date. \nIt is also the 30th year of Artweek for Curator of the event and local artist Mick Kirkby-\nGeddes. Mick brings his own sense of style to the event each year\, mixing up the format of\nthe main exhibition to keep it fresh and new. His focus is about “bringing everyone together\nto make something great happen”. And this year is promising to be the best one yet.\nFor 60 years the event has brought together a variety of artists across all mediums of art –\nfrom sculpture to paint\, to photography and beyond. It remains one of the UK’s largest and\nlongest running open art exhibitions welcoming artists and visitors from the local area\, as\nwell as across the country. \nAs well as supporting local artists\, a percentage of sales from Holmfirth Artweek are donated\nto charity each year. To date the event has raised over £1.1 million. This year this will be\nsplit between local charity The Kirkwood and long-standing partner Macmillan Cancer\nSupport. In 2025 this amount total £40\,000 or £20\,000 each. \nAcross the event there will be a wide variety of art from both professionals and amateurs\,\nproviding something to suit everyone’s taste and budget in the main exhibition. There are\nalso demonstrations on the stage in the Civic Hall\, showcasing a selection of artists at work\nso you can see behind the curtain on how pieces are made. The Civic Hall in the heart of\nHolmfirth also has a small café and a market on the middle floor\, making it a fun day out.\nIn addition to the main exhibition\, businesses and venues around the area also participate in\nthe Holmfirth Artweek Fringe by exhibiting and selling the work of even more artists. This\nhelps to bring Holmfirth Artweek into the community and to raise extra funds for the charity\npartners. Venues located across Holmfirth\, the Holme and Colne Valleys and beyond\nprovide a great way to see the local area. The venues range from bars and cafés to\nchurches and community spaces\, as well as open art studios which will offer visitors special\naccess into the artists’ workspaces\, this year there will be 60 venues to visit. \nThis year\, the event will run from Sunday 5 th July to Saturday 11 th July. The main exhibition\,\nat Holmfirth Civic Hall\, will be open from 10am – 9pm Monday – Friday and until 5pm on\nSunday and Saturday. \n 
URL:https://holmfirth.info/event/holmfirth-art-week-2026/
LOCATION:Holmfirth Various
CATEGORIES:Art and Culture,Charity,Fairs, Festivals and Shows,Featured,Headline Events
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SUMMARY:Holmfirth Duck Race 2026
DESCRIPTION:Going Quackers since 1983\, Huddersfield & District Roundtable are proud to once again host this years event. \n\n11 am Gala opens on the Sands Recreational Ground\n2 pm Ducks are launched on the bridge in the centre of Holmfirth\nAround 2:30 pm – 3:00 pm the ducks cross the finish line\n4 pm Gala closes on the Sands\n\nGoing Quackers since 1983\, Huddersfield & District Roundtable are proud to once again host this years event. \nFirst duck home wins the winner £1000! Buy yours online now! All profits go to local good causes. Tickets are now on sale online at www.theduckrace.org.uk \nBusinesses can enter into the spirit of the event by buying a blue corporate duck for £25 with the chance of winning a hamper worth over £100! \nhttps://www.facebook.com/HolmfirthDuckRace
URL:https://holmfirth.info/event/holmfirth-duck-race-2026/
LOCATION:Holmfirth Sands\, Huddersfield Rd  Thongsbridge\, Holmfirth\, West Yorkshire\, HD9 3JL\, United Kingdom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Huddersfield & District Roundtable":MAILTO:huddersfield@roundtable.org.uk
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SUMMARY:The Holmfirth Heart Trail
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LOCATION:Holmfirth\, Holmfirth\, Holmfirth\, West Yorkshire\, United Kingdom
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