The UK's largest international festival of new and experimental music. hcmf// 2026: 20-29 November
Huddersfield, UK
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🎟️ 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-programme/
Discover the traditions and sounds of the borindo with Faqir Zulfiqar + Ben Eaton of Invisible Flock. Explore this ancient clay instrument and learn to play it in a hands-on workshop.
📅 26 Nov, 3pm | 📍 Phipps Hall | 🎟️ Free, booking required: hcmf.co.uk/programme/worksho…
🔥 “Pure joy” – MOJO ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Shovel Dance Collective + Radical Polish Ansambl feature in an electrifying midweek double bill at hcmf// 2026.
25 Nov, 8pm | Huddersfield Town Hall | 🎟️ Book now: link.dice.fm/w4bb0837a716
Only a handful of Weekend 2 Savers remain for hcmf// 2026! 👀
When they’re gone, they’re gone!
Tickets 🎟️: hcmf.co.uk/programme/hcmf-20…
Explore Daphne Oram’s archive recordings with artist Sophie Cooper, using the sounds of an electronic music pioneer to create something entirely new.
📅 26 Nov, 7pm | 📍 Phipps Hall | 🎟️ Free, booking required: hcmf.co.uk/programme/worksho…
🌲 Explore the woods with Tom Hawkins! A free, interactive storytelling adventure for under-5s with live cello, movement + instruments.
📅 29 Nov, 10am and 11:15am.
Book your free place: hcmf.co.uk/workshops-at-hcmf…
Tradition meets experimentation as Shovel Dance Collective + Radical Polish Ansambl bring folk music into the present through improvisation, collaboration and collective music-making.
📅 25 Nov, 8pm | 📍 Huddersfield Town Hall | 🎟️ link.dice.fm/w4bb0837a716
Reich @ 90 // Feldman @ 100: GBSR Duo + friends revisit the New York scene that shaped American music, with works by Reich, Glass + Feldman.
📅 24 Nov, 7pm | 📍 Huddersfield Town Hall | 🎟️ hcmf.co.uk/programme/reich-9…
hcmf// 2026 closes with two UK premieres from Rebecca Saunders + Ann Cleare, performed by Ensemble Resonanz. Expect sound as physical, spatial material in two striking new works.
📅 29 Nov, 7pm | 📍 Huddersfield Town Hall | 🎟️ hcmf.co.uk/programme/ensembl…
Jürg Frey’s Tombeau receives its World Premiere, performed by Chilean guitarists Cristián Alvear + Diego Castro Magaš. Two electric guitars meet as equals in a quiet, spacious sound world.
📅 29 Nov, 1pm | 📍 St Paul’s Hall | 🎟️ hcmf.co.uk/programme/diego-c…
Ensemble for New Music Tallinn + torupill player Katariin Raska bring Estonia’s traditional bagpipe into contemporary music, with four UK premieres exploring tradition, experimentation + new sounds.
📅 28 Nov, 7:30pm | 📍 St Paul’s Hall | 🎟️ hcmf.co.uk/programme/ensembl…
Three UK premieres, new music and a ferocious live set from Steamboat Switzerland. Collegium Novum Zürich join forces for a late-night programme of intensity, improvisation and rock-infused energy.
📅 21 Nov, 9:45pm |📍 Huddersfield Town Hall | 🎟️ hcmf.co.uk/programme/collegi…
hcmf// shorts returns Monday 23 November
14 free performances, including 11 UK premieres and 3 world premieres. Expect experimental sound and fearless new music.
Read more: hcmf.co.uk/programme/hcmf-sh…
Nik Bärtsch brings his distinctive blend of precision + improvisation to hcmf// 2026 with a solo performance of works from his evolving Modul cycle.
📅 26 Nov, 7:30pm | 📍 St Paul’s Hall | 🎟️ hcmf.co.uk/programme/nik-bar…
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What does it mean to perform vulnerability and who controls the gaze?
Kari Watson & Rosie Middleton’s 'A Grammar of Distance' explores masking, identity and agency through voice, electronics and theatrical intervention.
Read the full profile: hcmf.co.uk/mask-on-mask-off-…
Quatuor Bozzini return to hcmf// with UK premieres from Cassandra Miller and Gregor Kulla, alongside music by Egidija Medekšaitė and Gerald Barry.
📅 21 Nov, 12:30pm | 📍 St Paul’s Hall | 🎟️ hcmf.co.uk/programme/quatuor…
UK Premiere: Heinz-Juhani Hofmann’s Myself/Myself/Myself follows Didi as social media, beauty ideals and the pursuit of perfection pull her into an accelerating vortex.
📅 22 Nov, 7:30pm | 📍 Bates Mill Blending Shed | 🎟️ hcmf.co.uk/programme/myself-…
Expect the unexpected. Artisans’ Synthetic Piss gleefully dismantles contemporary music, mixing obsolete tech, MIDI, PowerPoint, Lithuanian folk aesthetics and sonic trash.
📅 22 Nov, 9:30pm | 📍 Bates Mill Photographic Studio | 🎟️ hcmf.co.uk/programme/artisan…
Finnissy @ 80: pianist Rob Hao performs three recent works by Michael Finnissy, exploring folk song, musical history and Chopin in a programme celebrating one of Britain’s most significant composers.
📅 24 Nov, 1pm |📍 St Paul’s Hall |🎟️ hcmf.co.uk/programme/rob-hao…
