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22/09/2026

📣 Calling all women and gender-minority musicians in Huddersfield and beyond!

We’re super excited to announce our next SisterHudd industry session - and this time, we’re stepping inside a professional recording studio! 🎶

We’ll be heading to Vibrations Studios in Huddersfield for a hands-on introduction to the recording process!

Producer and engineer Piper Dawes will talk us through recording techniques, studio equipment and tips for making the most of your time in the studio, before we head into the mix room with producer Abi Swift and put it all into practice.

And, of course, there’ll be time to meet and have a chat with other local musicians! 🤝

So if you ever wondered what actually happens in a recording studio, you’re thinking about recording your first song, or you want to understand the process a little better - come along, ask questions and have a go!

🎟 Tickets to this session are free, but limited due to the studio capacity, so make sure you sign up in advance.
https://buytickets.at/northernquarter/24327

17/09/2026

Beautiful cello improvisation during our last SisterHudd open mic in collaboration with Out + Loud Together at Hive cooperative cafe! ✨

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02/09/2026

Just a reminder that our SisterHudd • Huddersfield open mic in collaboration with is TONIGHT at HIVE Cooperative Café from 7 PM to 10 PM 🫖

Performance slots will be prioritised for women and gender minorities, with additional spaces for q***r performers from the wider LGBTQ+ community where availability allows.

Everyone is welcome to come along, listen, support and enjoy the night!

We hope to see you 💕

30/08/2026

You’ve probably heard a lot about Northern Quarter recently. The current directors are leaving the business so it needs new people to run it. We made an announcement in July outlining the stark situation that was looming. That left everyone uncertain whether we were closing for good. To clear that up, behind the scenes we have been looking for ways to keep the venue open. The future is not set, to quote Sarah Connor!
NQ has always had a lot of love and support from the community, and last Wednesday evening we invited its members to a general meeting to discuss the future of the venue and what form it might take. Lots of people turned out and brought some good ideas.
In summary, the short term plan we came up with was to let the CIC, the Community Interest Company that was set up to manage events, run the whole of the business. For that to happen, it will need new directors, ideally at least three. We asked people from the meeting to get in touch if they thought they could do that.
Then last Thursday we held what was billed as the Final Wood Street Open Mic (to be clear, we hope it wasn’t, but it was important for people to know it might be). It was an amazing night that went on forever, and you could feel the love in the room for the venue and its community.
After that the bar ran dry and now the doors are closed, but we hope that’s not forever.
After we’d come round a bit, the people who’d expressed an interest in directorship arranged a follow-up meeting with the outgoing directors. That happened on Thursday evening. We had a full and frank discussion of the opportunities, the challenges and the possibilities for the venue continuing.
The next step is appointing those directors, who will then make a plan for getting the business on track. That plan will need people to make it real, and that’s where everyone else comes in. Because it’s not really about the directors, that’s just a necessary first step. It’s about the community, and keeping this place alive.

18/08/2026

A few people came together last week to look at options for taking Northern Quarter to its next chapter.
There’s another meeting at NQ tomorrow night (Weds) from 6-8pm to continue the conversation. If you feel you have something to contribute, please feel free to come along.

14/08/2026

Last night Sage Crossley, who runs our Wood Street Open mic account on instagram, interviewed some of the people who come to the open mics 🫶 what a beautiful video!

13/08/2026

There’s been a lot of conversation recently about the future of the venue - and we’d really love to hear from the people who use it, love it, perform here, organise here, or simply want to see a grassroots cultural space continue on Wood Street.

We’re exploring what the future could look like, and we want to know:

→ What would you like to see happening here?

→ What skills, ideas or time could you potentially contribute?

→ Would you consider becoming a monthly supporter?

→ Is there an event, collective or project you’d like to bring here?

→ What is it about this place that matters to you?

It takes about 2–3 minutes, and you don’t need to be a regular - we’d genuinely love to hear from you.

👉We'd appreciate it if you could fill the survey: https://forms.gle/WrsZ6E5FbdT9HrZPA

11/08/2026

We are very happy to announce our next SisterHudd open mic which is an exciting collaboration with Out + Loud! ✨

is a Huddersfield-based q***r arts collective that builds local LGBTQ+ community spaces and showcases emerging q***r talent through music, poetry and comedy!

For this special SisterHudd x Out + Loud edition, we’re bringing our communities together for an evening of live performance and connection 🫶

Performance slots will be prioritised for women and gender minorities, with additional spaces for q***r performers from the wider LGBTQ+ community where availability allows. Everyone is welcome to come along, listen, support and enjoy the night.

Save the date:
📆 Wednesday - September 2
📍 HIVE Cooperative Café from 7 PM

06/08/2026

What’s on at Northern Quarter this week ✨

Thu - Wood St. Open Mic 🎤 Doors 7:30 PM, music from 8 PM | FREE

Fri - Jam Night 🎸 Doors 8 PM | FREE

Sat - Disorder 🪩 Doors 3 PM | £6 ADV / £10 OTD

Sun - Druce & Jones Trio + Holly Macve & Bale Creek Allen 🪗 Doors 5 PM | £10

More info and tickets: https://nqhuddersfield.co.uk/events

05/08/2026

Five months ago we officially launched the Arts Council England-funded chapter of SisterHudd at Northern Quarter 🌸

Time for a little recap...

So far we’ve delivered 8 events - we had busy sold-out shows and first-ever headline gigs, and also cosy open mics and an intimate networking event.

Along the way we’ve created:

- 47 performance opportunities (including paid gigs and open mic slots)
- 17 paid behind-the-scenes opportunities
- welcomed around 270 audience members across the events

Numbers are nice to look at, but it’s been even nicer meeting new artists, watching this community grow, and seeing people support each other!!

Thank you to everyone who’s performed, attended or cheered from the crowd so far 👏

We’ve got plenty more to come! 🫶

Address

28/30 Wood Street
Huddersfield
HD11DU

Opening Hours

Wednesday	5pm - 10pm
Thursday	5pm - 2am
Friday	5pm - 12am
Saturday	8pm - 2:30am

Website

https://nqhuddersfield.co.uk/events

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