You can find information about all our festival events below, and you can buy tickets by clicking on the ‘Buy Tickets’ link under each event. We highly recommend you purchase your tickets in advance, although tickets can be available on the door, and we do accept card payments.
If you’d like to attend more than one event there are multi-ticket options available, and tickets become cheaper than more events you attend! Furthermore, you can upgrade your ticket at any stage of the festival, and you’ll only pay the cheaper discounted price – we want as many people in our community as possible to have the opportunity to affordably attend live music.
&Piano x A New Leaf Bookshop – Words & Music
Heather Morris (Author), Aimée Fisk (Soprano), Christopher Pulleyn (Piano)
15 Oct 2026
We're partnering with A New Leaf Bookshop to present an evening of words and music featuring the internationally bestselling author Heather Morris, to discuss her new book, The Piano Teacher of Montparnasse, set in 1940s France. &Piano will be performing music featured in the book including Bach, Debussy, and some beautiful French songs.
&P October Weekend – woman.life.song
Beth Moxon (Mezzo Soprano) & Christopher Pulleyn (Piano)
17 Oct 2026
&Piano presents ‘woman.life.song’ - a celebration of music for voice and piano by English female composers, performed by &Piano Artistic Director Christopher Pulleyn and Mezzo-Soprano Beth Moxon. 3pm, North of England Centre for Music & Arts, Marsden.
&Piano – Our Love Is Here to Stay
Vivify Ensemble with Christopher Pulleyn
17 Oct 2026
Join us for a lovely evening with the fantastic Leeds-based six-piece vocal ensemble Vivify, exploring the trials of tribulations of love and relationships through music, in a programme that will guide you through Italian and English madrigals, to some turn of the century jazz standards. 7pm, North of England Centre for Music & Arts
&Piano x Musica Kirklees – Piano Showcase
Piano Students from Musica Kirklees
18 Oct 2026
Join &Piano + Musica Kirklees for a relaxed afternoon showcasing piano students studying with Musica Kirklees. 3pm, The Civic, Slaithwaite.
Song at ‘Shred’ – celebrating 180 years of ‘Shred’ Chapel
Thom Meredith, Sarah Ogden, Isla Jones, Damien Stirling
15 Nov 2026
&Piano is delighted to present a very special one of concert celebrating the very unique and special chapel affectionally known by locals as 'Shred', perched just above Slaithwaite vilage, sitting on the top of the Colne Valley.
For this special event, we've invited &Piano favourites Thom Meredith and Sarah Ogden to perform a varied selection of songs through the ages, including a few pieces that were written in the same year that 'Shred' was founded in 1846! And we're delighted to invite two &Piano young musicians, Damien Stirling and Isla Jones to perform alongside Thom & Sarah, as a nod to the next generation of performers and custodians who we look to in order to keep places like Shred thriving!
Christmas around the Piano 2026
John Ieaun Jones, Christopher Pulleyn & Young Singers
20 Dec 2026
&Piano's festival celebration of singing and song returns - this time at our base of The Civic, Slaithwaite - bringing you a special and cosy early evening event of festive music, in classic casual-yet-informative &Piano style!
Christopher Pulleyn at the piano, will guide you along a journey of festive favourites, musical theatre magic, and classic carols (with plenty of audience participation encouraged!) This year we welcome the very charming and smooth-voiced Welsh baritone singer John Ieaun Jones as our special guest, to perform a wonderful mix of music for the season.
Venue
Slaithwaite is a beautiful village in the scenic Colne Valley, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. There are many excellent cafés, pubs and restaurants to enjoy something to eat and drink. It is nearby from J23 coming from Manchester or J24 coming from Leeds on the M62. The Civic is a short walk away from Slaithwaite train station, and hourly trains stops there from Manchester & Huddersfield. There are also regular buses (181, 183, 184, 185) from Huddersfield that stop at Slaithwaite.