Discover upcoming events

Huddersfield Stitch Social & WOVEN Consultation at the Hub, which will be an opportunity to share your thoughts about WOVEN in Kirklees and what you'd like to see from the festival in the future.

Huddersfield

WOVEN and Thread Republic will be at the Dewsbury Lights switch on and Xmas Market to help you make Xmas tree decorations come along and say hello!

Dewsbury

Join us upstairs at Holmfirth Library for a demonstration of heritage textile skills and an opportunity to get hands on with the techniques.

Holmfirth

Working together WOVEN and Thread Republic invite you to a makers mingle, an opportunity to meet other makers, share business ideas and challenges, find out what, how and where other makers in Kirklees are working. We also ask that you take some time to talk about what you need from WOVEN in the future.

Huddersfield
February 1, 2024 @ 1:00 pm - May 31, 2024 @ 10:00 pm

Fab Art at The Farmers

A collection of contemporary textile wall art by Jill Hayfield.

Holmfirth

WOVEN started its festival journey in 2019 with a series of open planning sessions so that people could tell us what they wanted from he festival. in 2023 / 2024 its time to ask again, what does the future of WOVEN look like! come along and let us know!

Dewsbury

Following the successful February makers market WOVEN and The Arcade Group in Dewsbury are hosting a Clothes Swap and market place. Dewsbury Town Hall on the 18th of May from 11-2pm.

Dewsbury
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Crowdfunding workshop

This year we are working with the Growing Great Places crowdfunding programme to ensure even more groups can get involved in WOVEN Festival 2025.

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Crowdfunding workshop

New funds being announced as part of the Spring 2025 funding round of Growing Great Places and WOVEN!

Come and feel the love at the Clothes Swap and Makers Market with WOVEN & Dewsbury Arcade

Dewsbury

Come and explore the wonders of a working mill where balls of yarn are produced from their raw material to the finished product!

Slaithwaite

Come and explore the wonders of a working mill where balls of yarn are produced from their raw material to the finished product!

Slaithwaite
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WOVEN World Stitch Day

Join us for World Stitch Day, a vibrant celebration of the universal language of stitch and textiles! Inspired by the iconic Red Dress Embroidery Project, this immersive event brings together community groups, expert stitchers, and textile enthusiasts to explore the rich tapestry of global embroidery traditions.

Birstall, Batley
June 1, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - June 30, 2025 @ 4:00 pm

The Red Dress

The Red Dress, a globally-travelled collaborative embroidery project, coming to Oakwell Hall this summer as part of WOVEN Festival.

Birstall, Batley

LS2Y unites schools, clubs, and groups to yarn bomb The Chestnut Centre—celebrating heritage, creativity, and community ties through intergenerational textile art at WOVEN!

Huddersfield
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WOVEN at Pride

Kirklees Pride is back for another celebration of the LGBTQ+ community and WOVEN will be there! Join us...

Huddersfield

Every Child Challenge! Join us for Stitch Saturday, fun family workshops celebrating the stitch - can you do the basic 5 stitches?

Birstall, Batley
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The Pride Ball

Join us for our Pride Ball with House of Suarez! Enjoy fashion, dance, music, and fabulousness, hosted by Rikki Beadle Blair. All welcome!

Huddersfield
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Textile Futures

Textile Futures returns for the third time to the University of Huddersfield.

Huddersfield