First of all
GNUF this year
It’s been a while, we’re glad you can be here.
You should have all major info in your artist packs, or in emails from Robin.
If you haven’t please contact him ASAP.
For the course of the weekend, Robin is your festival contact, and you can contact him via phone, email, Facebook messenger or WhatsApp.
Please make sure you’ve saved at least some of his info.
What's going on
The Schedule
You can find full details of what’s going on and performance times in our Festival Schedule, as well as the artist packs.
We also have Souvenir Programmes for sale if you want a printed version.
About the town
Local Info
Huddersfield is a great town, with loads to do, and see. We’ve made a handy festival map of key locations.
If you’re looking for good restaurants there are loads to choose from but we often end up at:
- Nandos
- Kebabish
- Thai Sakon
- Kwas
- The Parish
- The Head of Steam
- Humpit
Getting to Huddersfield
By Road
Huddersfield is close to both the M1 and the M62, pop it in your sat nav, or just follow the signs.
From London: Head North up the M1 to Junction 38. Head Northwest up the A637, then West along the A642. That’ll get you to the Huddersfield Ring Road in the town centre.
From Manchester: Head East on the M62. Exit at Junction 23, and head Southeast on the a640 towards Huddersfield.
This handy page about parking on the Kirklees website shows all the parking in town and rates.
Currently, there’s close-by daytime parking at Cambridge Road car park, and evening parking at Springwood and Civic Centre 1 car parks. Most accommodation also has parking, and everything in the town centre is walkable.
By Rail
Huddersfield is on the Manchester-Leeds line, with services regularly through the day. London Kings Cross Station to Huddersfield via Leeds takes just over 3 hours, and Manchester to Huddersfield takes less than 45 minutes.
The Lawrence Batley Theatre is only a 10 minute walk from Huddersfield Station, with many of our other venues even closer (the Head of Steam is in the station itself!)
You can also get to Huddersfield via coach, and there are good local bus routes.
By Air
Where possible we advise flying into Manchester Airport, which is then only a short train journey to Huddersfield.
If flying to Leeds Bradford Airport there are regular (and cheap) flyer buses every half hour to Leeds Station. It’s then easy to hop on a direct train to Huddersfield.
It is possible to get to Huddersfield from most London airports, but that does require travelling through central London. The tube is quite easy to navigate, but be prepared!