STRUT: Fashion + Music + Identity

Join us outside Dewsbury Town Hall, for a free day of fashion, music & fun!

Schools, community and youth groups will kick off the day to model upcycled and embellished fashions that help to show their individuality. The catwalk will also be a celebration of uniforms, sports kits and traditional dress and performances.

Kirklees Year of Music will set the soundtrack to this exciting event, with live acts playing throughout the day!

The event is family-friendly and everyone is invited to take part in creative drop-in activities with the West Yorkshire Print Workshop and Dewsbury Maker World to create fashion accessories.

Plus, get your skates on at a pop-up skate park, hosted by Skate It Yourself. Skaters of all abilities are welcome to take part, equipment and coaching will be provided.

Please note that a road closure will be in place along Long Causeway for your safety.

11:00  Event opens
11:15  Catwalk – Schools
12:00  Catwalk – The Children’s Art School
12:45  Music Stage – Before Breakfast
13:30 Catwalk – We Great Ladies performance
14:00 Catwalk – Community
15:00 Catwalk – Community
15:30 Catwalk – SONG GEET Yorkshire’s first South Asian women’s choir
15:45 Music Stage – tbc
16:15 Catwalk – Community
16:40 Catwalk – Hardeep Sahota Bhangra performance
17:00 Music Stage – Klonk
17:45 Catwalk – Finale
18:00 Event Ends

The day will be hosted by Rima Ahmed, BBC Presenter and there will be lots of free, drop in activity such as: the pop up skate park by Skate it Yourself; Pop up Photo Studio by Casey Orr for Saturday Town – an award winning photographic portrait project exploring identity and self expression through fashion and portraiture; Print Your Own T-Shirt with West Yorkshire Print Workshop; and Dewsbury MakerWorld inviting families to get creative to make their own weird and wonderful head-wear.

Live Captioning will also be available on the day.