The EVENT
Huddersfield Mrs Sunderland Festival is one of the largest festivals in the country, attracting well over 5000 performers during its twelve day event in Huddersfield Town Hall with many hundreds more in audiences. Instrumental, vocal, choirs, musical theatre, spoken word classes for all ages and abilities are complemented by a series of workshops for adult singers, special needs schools, key stage two schools, music for the brain and toddler and baby workshops. The annual Young Musician of the Year competition is held during the festival, it is open to those aspiring to be professional musicians from all over the country and carries prizes of £1000, £500 and £300. Our Festival Dance showcase celebrates dance traditions practiced locally from around the world. The adult disco has proved very popular in recent years and will feature in 2027 too. An evening of Orchestra Tutti during the 2026 festival was a new venture and over 150 musicians came and played Tchaikovsky and Star Wars - a wonderful sound to be repeated in 2027 when we will welcome an audience to this come and play session. Audiences are welcome throughout the festival and there are a number of showcase concerts to enjoy; the culmination of a days singing at the adult choral workshop, a glimpse of some of the performances at the key stage two workshop, the festival dance evening, the youth choirs classes evening and the Last Night of the Festival Concert which showcases some of the best performances of the festival along with the adult choir final class and a performance by the successful Young Musician of the Year.
