Slaithwaite Moonraking Festival

Slaithwaite Moonraking Festival Slaithwaite Moonraking Festival

Taking place on 25th Feb 2017, Slaithwaite Moonraking Festival was started over 30 years ago by Satellite Arts with Slaithwaite Community Association. The festival now takes place every two years (in the odd year) and has grown and developed into an exciting celebration of creativity, crafts and storytelling.

Now an independent, charitable organisation run by local people, the Slaithwaite Moonraking Festival has embraced a role in profiling the uniqueness of Slaithwaite as a place to live, work and visit.

February is a dark time of year; by the end of it we are all ready for a ‘lift’ and the Moonraking Festival provides a welcome diversion from the winter gloom. At its heart is a week of lantern making workshops, where people of all ages create wonderful willow lanterns of all shapes and sizes. This is interwoven with storytelling, music workshops and performances building to the finale day.

The Handmade Fringe is brought to you in 2017 by local businesses and venues in and around Slaithwaite and will showcase artisan food and craftspeople in the valley and entice people to explore the village and sample its handmade wares before the ultimate enactment of the Slaithwaite Moonraking, grand procession and lots of dancing.

View my website http://slaithwaitemoonraking.org/

My Location

Slaithwaite Village Centre

Slaithwaite Village
Colne Valley
Huddersfield
HD7 5JN

Telephone: 07961 941 862
Email: mrmoon@slaithwaitemoonraking.org
Website: http://slaithwaitemoonraking.org/

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Slaithwaite Moonraking Festival Ceilidh Bop / <span itemprop="startDate" content="2017-02-25T00:00:00Z">Sat 25 Feb 2017</span>Slaithwaite Moonraking Festival Ceilidh Bop / Sat 25 Feb 2017

Post Finale Fundraising Family Ceilidh and Bop With The Moonraker Band and special guests Easy Stride Band, caller Gill Bond. Bar and supper available. Finish the night at the Moonraking Party with friends and neighb...

Slaithwaite Moonraking Finale / <span itemprop="startDate" content="2017-02-25T00:00:00Z">Sat 25 Feb 2017</span>Slaithwaite Moonraking Finale / Sat 25 Feb 2017

12 – 6pm – Handmade Fringe Handmade Fringe brought to you by local artisan makers in venues throughout the village, including local arts and crafts at Globe Art Education and the Emporium, Co-Up Artisan Food Market, an...

Slaithwaite Moonraking Festival Space Carousel Workshops / <span itemprop="startDate" content="2017-02-21T00:00:00Z">Tue 21</span> to <span  itemprop="endDate" content="2017-02-23T00:00:00Z">Thu 23 Feb 2017</span> <span>(3 days)</span>Slaithwaite Moonraking Festival Space Carousel Workshops / Tue 21 to Thu 23 Feb 2017 (3 days)

Youth Hub Lantern Making Sessions Special youth sessions for 11-16 year olds to create ‘The Mechanical Universe,’ a set-piece Space Carousel with lantern planets and stars to feature at the Moonraking Finale. Free for y...

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Slaithwaite Moonrkaing Festival-call out for stewards / <span itemprop="startDate" content="2017-02-24T00:00:00Z">Fri 24 Feb 2017</span>Slaithwaite Moonrkaing Festival-call out for stewards / Fri 24 Feb 2017

Slaithwaite Moonraking Festival is looking for stewards and volunteers for this Saturday 25th February 2017. The festival is only every two years, attracting around 3,500. There will be candle-lit lanterns, moving lan...