Discover the WOVEN 2025 Festival Programme and upcoming events

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
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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 @ 12:00 pm - June 30 @ 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

This year, Ravensthorpe’s community is crafting a giant floral display, pop by and see their fantastic floral creations throughout the festival.

Ravensthorpe

Design your own unique tote bag using transfer printing, appliqué & embroidery with the help of an experienced visual artist at hoot Creative Arts.

Dewsbury

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

Birstall, Batley