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The UK's largest international festival of new and experimental music. hcmf// 2026: 20-29 November
🎟️ hcmf// 2026 is on sale now. Join us 20–29 Nov for 10 days of world & UK premieres, major commissions, installations, talks and workshops from leading international artists and bold new voices. Book now: hcmf.co.uk/2026-program...
🎧 School's out! Join our music workshops for ages 11–16: DJing, production, live sound & film scoring. No experience needed. £13.50 or FREE for free school meals recipients. Book via the link in our bio.
XN at Moers Festival Curated by Graham McKenzie: Sophie Cooper, Tom Hawkins, Flo Christman, Jan Hendrickse, Heather Roche, Shahbaz Hussain & Helen Anahita Wilson. 📅 22–23 May Link in bio.
Lauri Supponen traces vast ideas to small turning points—where a tree falls, a line shifts, a direction bends. His music reveals how the smallest moments can ripple far beyond themselves. Read more at the link in our bio. Profile by Tim Rutherford-Johnson Photo © Tuomas Tenkanen
Announcing the hcmf// 2026 Composer in Residence: Lauri Supponen A Helsinki-based composer, Supponen creates bold, collaborative work across sound, performance & installation. Discover more — Link in bio. Image: © Pyry Kantonen
We are thrilled to announce that hcmf// 2026 will take place from Friday 20 – Sunday 29 November. Composer in Residence announcement coming soon — watch this space! 👀
From bold world premieres to immersive performances across Huddersfield, hcmf// 2025 wowed critics and audiences alike. Celebrated for adventurous programming and amplifying experimental voices, the festival left a lasting mark. Read more: hcmf.co.uk/hcmf-2025-what-the-press-had-to-say/
🎉 We are thrilled that Claudia Molitor’s Fever (hcmf// 2024 commission) has been shortlisted for the RPS 2026 Chamber-Scale Composition Award! Link in bio
To everyone who joined us, supported us, collaborated with us, or simply listened, and to the wonderful artists who featured at this year’s edition: thank you. Your curiosity, commitment and openness are what keep hcmf// moving forward.
Day Ten closes hcmf// 2025 with a full Cultures of Climate programme — all free. 12–4pm: Soundwalk Betweenness 12–6pm: Tipping Point + Reclaimed Land 12pm: Tell It To The Trees 2pm: When I Grow Up to Be the Apocalypse 4pm: Paradoxical Symmetries 6pm: Sonic Ecologies Link in bio.
Day Nine: 10–4pm 62 Group + Gavin Osborn installation 10.30am Sound Canvas (Heritage Quay) 1pm XN: Stefan Schultze 3pm McKenzie in conversation w/ Tim Isfort 5pm + 9pm XN concerts at Town Hall. Tickets and events schedule tr.ee/1PWaoZlCId:
Day Eight of hcmf// 2025: 10am–4pm 62 Group + Gavin Osborn installation 1pm Saxtronauts (St Paul’s Hall) 6pm Marlaut (Bates Mill Studio) 8pm Ensemble Contrechamps w/ Halal & Kokcharova. Tickets in bio.
Day Seven of hcmf// 2025: 10am–4pm 62 Group + Gavin Osborn installation (Richard Steinitz Building) 1–3pm Resonances of Nusantara workshop 7.15pm Córas Trio / Brìghde Chaimbeul at Town Hall. Link in bio.
Day Six of hcmf// 2025: 11am–4pm The Listening Room at AMPED Coffee (talk at 3pm) 3.30pm 62 Group + Gavin Osborn installation launch 7.15pm RÓIS / Milkweed at Town Hall. Link in bio.
Join us tomorrow (Wed 26 Nov) at AMPED Coffee for After the End of the World: The Listening Room — a day of music, sound + reflection inspired by Natalie Hyacinth’s work. Frances & Natalie in convo at 3pm. Link in bio.
Day Five of hcmf// 2025: 12pm Saviet/Houston Duo perform new work by @sarahhennies.bsky.social (St Paul’s Hall). 7.15pm Sholto Dobie, Jessie Marino and Fred Frith at Huddersfield Town Hall. Today's tickets & schedule: tr.ee/EmpMLA5lZM
Day Four means our infamous hcmf// shorts programme from 12pm–12pm across St Paul’s Hall, Phipps Hall, Bates Mill + Town Hall. Installations, performances + late-night sets. Full schedule: tr.ee/vy2551En5z
Day Three of hcmf// 2025: 12pm Mivos Quartet: @sarahhennies.bsky.social (St Paul’s Hall) 3pm 'Lady Sapiens' (Bates Mill) 7pm London Sinfonietta (Town Hall) 10pm EMA is sold out. Tickets for today’s schedule: tr.ee/w0h17Bls98
Day Two of hcmf// 2025 brings film, choral + cutting-edge performance: 11am Every Sound a Jewel 1pm Pärt @ 90 4pm Mivos Quartet 7.30pm ONCEIM (SO) 9.45pm Across the North Sea (SO) Buy Tickets Here: tr.ee/aqxMh7d3-j
hcmf// 2025 kicks off today! Explore Ensemble opens at 7pm (Huddersfield Town Hall), followed by Dedalus Ensemble performing @sarahhennies.bsky.social’ Motor Tapes at 9.30pm (Bates Mill Blending Shed). Remaining tickets here: hcmf.co.uk/2025-programme/
Line-up update for hcmf// shorts: Arnas Mikalkėnas can no longer perform. Stepping in is guitar legend Fred Frith, joining Heiner Goebbels for a unique duo encounter. Mon 24 Nov, 6:10pm. hcmf.co.uk/programme/hcmf-shorts-4/
Frazer Merrick, Luis Fernando Amaya & Natalie Hyacinth spent 12 months exploring sustainable composition and creative sound practices. Their new works premiere at hcmf// 2025 later this month. Find out more at link in bio.
Artist Spotlight: The Carice Singers Don’t miss their hcmf// debut: Pärt @ 90 with organist Christopher Bowers-Broadbent + Baltic & Nordic gems, incl. 2 UK premieres. Sat 22 Nov, St Paul’s Hall. 🎟️ £32/£41.60/£7 Buy yours here: hcmf.co.uk/programme/the-carice-singers-part-90/
Artist Spotlight: Marlaut Marlaut — a multisensory performance by Debbie Armour, Maria Sappho, Nadya Hatta & Arum Dayu — blends sound, film & textiles into a living folklore of sea, care & memory. UK Premiere at hcmf// 2025. Link in bio
Artist Spotlight: Sholto Dobie Dobie, Marino & Frith explore experimental soundscapes with concertinas, electronics & guitar. UK Premiere 'cascades’. 🗓️ Tue 25 Nov, 7:15 pm | 📍 Huddersfield Town Hall Tickets: link.dice.fm/Oa3944598256?dice_id=Oa3944598256
Event Spotlight: Resonances of Nusantara 🗓️ 27 Nov, 1–3pm 📍 RS/G 01 Dive into Indonesia’s radical sound worlds at this free vocal workshop with Dinar Rizkianti & Gema Swaratyagita. Secure your free place here: hcmf.co.uk/programme/workshop-resonances-of-nusantara/
Artist Spotlight: Mingo Rajandi 'Lady Sapiens' premieres 23 Nov. Bold, genre-blurring music exploring femininity + human history. Don’t miss it — tickets: hcmf.co.uk/programme/lady-sapiens/
The countdown has begun, just 7 days to go! hcmf// 2025 opens with the phenomenal Explore Ensemble. Tickets are flying out—book now to be part of the opening night. Remaining tickets 🎟️ - hcmf.co.uk/2025-programme/
Artist Spotlight: Ensemble Contrechamps Geneva’s fearless Ensemble Contrechamps bring daring precision to hcmf// 2025 with UK premieres by Wassim Halal & Olga Kokcharova. 🗓️ Fri 28 Nov | 📍Bates Mill Blending Shed 🎟️ Link in bio