Huddersfield Festival

The Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival is a new music festival held in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, founded in 1978. It has a repertoire of cutting-edge jazz, orchestral, choral and electroacoustic performances, along with film, dance and music theatre. Guest composers who have taken part in the festival include , Terry Riley, Brian Eno, John Cage, Steve Reich, Jonathan Harvey, and Sir Harrison Birtwistle.

Venues used include the Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield Town Hall, St Paul's Hall, St Thomas's Church and the Creative Arts Building of the University of Huddersfield. There is also a Festival Hub which offers refreshments, CDs and free live shows every morning of the festival.

The Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival archive is held at the University of Huddersfield Archives at Heritage Quay.

The festival has a website which hosts the most recent programme of events (2016).

In 2005, the festival was held from 17 to 27 November and featured the latest works by Helmut Lachenmann.

In 2006 the festival took place from 17 to 26 November. On the event list was zeitkratzer, Kitchen Motors, Lumen 3, and Psappha.

The 2008 festival ran from 21 to 30 November. A highlight was the performance of several Frank Zappa pieces by the Ascolta ensemble with guests.