Open Call: Winter-Themed Musical Performance

The Northern Quarter, Huddersfield is looking for musicians to play at their winter-themed Unprecedented Event in December*.

Northern Quarter is looking for solo acts or duets to perform either one or two 45-minute sets. They want to hear from anyone with musical talent- singers, DJs, bongo players, woodwind, brass, you name it! The only musical requirement they have is that your set(s) be winter-themed, be that through lyrics, costume, or subject matter.

Your performance will be filmed by Northern Quarter’s in-house film crew on Tuesday 8th December, and then projected in 4k on a 150’’ screen, 2 weeks later, to a socially distanced audience in a historically important grassroots music venue in Huddersfield.

Northern Quarter would love to work with artists local to Huddersfield and surrounding areas, but welcome applications from further afield too.

As a safe and inclusive space, Northern Quarter welcomes applications from performers of any cultural background; people of colour, womxn/trans/non-binary performers, performers with disabilities, LGBTQ+ performers, etc. Everyone is welcome to apply.

The fee for this work is £150 per person (so a duet would receive £300 total).
As this is a freelance job, artists should be responsible for their own tax and National Insurance contributions.

To apply, fill out both the application form here: https://forms.gle/yqtb4pwXhkuAphE96
And also out the diversity monitoring form here: https://forms.gle/Kizx1tc51Naj4Dvy8

The deadline is 9am on the 23rd November.

Northern Quarter will aim to contact all applicants by Thursday 26th November. Please note you MUST be available for the filming date on the 8th December.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Emily on emily27696@gmail.com or Sam on 07941 635 262.

Northern Quarter is a safe, inclusive music venue and small independent bar for developing artists and new & existing audiences. They have hosted Grammy Award winning Keyon Harold, Cultural Olympiad Yazz Ahmed, Mercury Prize nominated Laura Jurd, Björk drummer Chris Corsano & PRS supported Vula Viel.

Unprecedented Events is a pandemic-resilient, high production digital media project for grassroots music in Huddersfield. Northern Quarter have been awarded a Project Grant by Arts Council England, and are supported by Kirklees Council’s ‘Year of Music 2023’. The project will provide new ways for emerging artists’ to develop and engage local audiences through the innovation and adaptation of digital performance styles.

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*Covid-19 restrictions permitting. If the event cannot go ahead in December, it will be postponed until the venue is allowed to reopen safely.

For more information visit https://www.facebook.com/NorthernQuarterHuddersfield/