We empower people to make wonderful things happen on their streets. Our amazing community-centred events bring joyful celebration to outdoor spaces nationwide. We can provide an entire package to help get your local community involved in place-making.
We’re specialists in creating events that excite audiences and our handmade artworks bring real charm to any occasion. We’ll work closely with you to make something truly memorable.
We can help you to reach people, there’s always an inclusive solution to get everyone involved. If they can’t come to us, we go to them! Our outreach sessions can visit schools, libraries, health-care settings, support groups – you tell us who you want to include and we’ll design the perfect way to make a connection.
Do you have a burning desire to see a giant bear dance through your town centre? Has it always been your dream to see a flock of mythical birds fly through your local park? Whatever your idea, we’re here to bring it to life. Our artistic team has decades of experience and we love a challenge – talk to us about your grand plans and we’ll get our thinking caps on.
Ready to upskill? We can teach you how to create an amazing event! Workshops, masterclasses, training sessions and school visits – learn how we work collaboratively, guaranteed fun for all.
As part of the Yorkshire Integration Festival at The Piece Hall, we joined the internationally acclaimed 12-foot puppet of a [...]
An exciting new event based around the amazing folk tales of Calderdale and the area's industrial heritage!
We partnered with Hyndburn Leisure to deliver a series of community workshop which finished in the Accrington Spring Parade.
Colne Winter Bloom was an absolute joy, thank you so much to everyone involved!
Thanks Manchester, and well done to all involved in the Christmas Parade. It’s only the second year, and already it [...]
Barnsley Bright Nights has been a huge success! We have been working with lots of different community groups for this [...]
Halifax is on the move! This year's Christmas event changed from a static display to a more exciting and inclusive [...]
For World Mental Health Day we set up outside Dewsbury Town Hall with our friends from CLEAR Community Links. There [...]
We had a spooky team up in Scotland week for Paisley Halloween Festival.
Spellbound by nature is this years theme to RSPB Wildlights lantern trail.
Here are some amazing photos from the utterly brilliant Preston Torchlight Procession. I was a pleasure to be part of [...]
We were at the Blackshaw Head Fete today working with the Many Hands crew to do something a little different! [...]
Did you know that we’ve been building a cultural bridge with Kapuziner Kreativzentrum in Ravensburg, Germany?
Some great shots here from Harrogate International Festival, we even made ”Picture of the Day” in The Telegraph. Fancy!
We were thrilled to be a part of the gorgeous Peel Street Park Festival celebrates the heritage and history of [...]
It was great to be part of the Holmfirth Arts Festival! What a fantastic parade, well done and many thanks [...]
Our latest puppet-making class at Handmade HQ in Hebden Bridge has been a blast! 12 super talented artists made two [...]
Exciting times! We're delighted to finally share with you our new branding and website.
A spectacular light parade, whimsical window walk, market stalls and performances in Colne.
After the sell out success of Ripples Lantern Trail last year, Handmade Parade returned to RSPB Old Moor, Barnsley, bringing [...]
This 13th and 14th October 2022 we joined in the amazing ‘art in the dark’ light installations of Light Night [...]
Handmade Parade’s long-waited return to Hebden Bridge (after a Covid hiatus of three years) was again postponed but only slightly [...]
As part of Knowsley’s year as Borough of Culture where ‘Every Town and Village Tells Their Story’ Knowsley Village enjoyed [...]
For a colourful and collaborative project, the people of Calderdale together created artwork for an exhibition in Halifax. The Windows [...]
The Whimsical Window Walk took place in Colne on Saturday 12th March 2022. Our artists worked with Colne BID and [...]
The Todmorden Lamplighter Festival has been sorely missed over the last few years but it finally returned on February 12th [...]
Thank you to everyone who came to or participated in Northern Lights – Tameside Winter Celebration! We were overwhelmed with [...]
The 2019 annual Hebden Bridge Handmade Parade had the theme ‘Once upon a time’. The parade was based on European [...]
As part of the celebrations to commemorate David Hockney’s 80th birthday, a fabulous bespectacled parade took place at Lister Park [...]
The Extraordinary Orchard Park Parade and mini parade was the culmination of several months work.
In 2016 we went global with a month-long residency in South Korea. Handmade Parade artists Andrew Kim and Sue Walpole [...]
In celebration of the Tour de France in Yorkshire, the Fantastical Cycle Parade was a glorious ride through the streets of Todmorden with [...]
We taught puppet-making workshops and helped to co-ordinate this puppet parade for the Skipton International Puppet Festival.
Pre-parade costume portraits taken on the last day of open workshops.
In response to the serious flooding in the upper Calder, Valley of Lights was created to help boost spirits and [...]
A one-day pageant we created in Mytholmroyd as part the Rochdale Canal Festival.
Where it all started, the first Handmade Parade!
