The festival – which runs from July 1 to July 13 – has something for everyone with more than 8,000 children and young people expected to take part in events and workshops across the district.

Youngsters aged from five to 19 can meet artists, authors, poets and performers, get involved in activities or just watch Calder-dale's budding musicians compete for the chance to win time in a recording studio.

The July Project is also taking outreach sessions to schools with more than 1,500 pupils across the district taking part in activities including film-making, street dance and DJing.

Now in it's second year, the festival is sponsored by the Halifax and organised by Square Chapel, Eureka and new partner Calderdale Council.

Festivities will officially be launched by Madame Doubtfire and Google-Eyes author Anne Fine and a massive finale on the last weekend July 12 and 13 will see youngsters enjoying a drive-in movie, fireworks, snow sports, beach games and much more.

The People's Park Festival, Halifax's multi-cultural festival of music and the arts, has also become part of The July Project this year and expects to draw over 5,000 people on Sunday July 13.

Karen Tighe, from the Halifax, said: "The July Project is a fantastic addition to the cultural calendar in Calderdale and we're delighted to have supported the festival since the start." Rebekah Smith, from Eureka, said: "We are delighted at the way this festival has grown as it offers young people in Calderdale access to a unique and diverse range of events."

Sally Martin, director of Square Chapel, said: "The festival gives young people the chance to participate in and experience some of the finest performing arts available in the North."

Here's this year's full line-up,

To find out more about The July Project visit www.thejulyproject.co.uk.

To book tickets for any event call the Square Chapel on 01422 349422.



The line-up
Tuesday, July 1
Tatty Bumpkin Young Yoga. Yoga for children aged five to seven. Zion Housing Co-op, Hebden Bridge. 4pm to 5pm. Tickets: £1. Parents must accompany.
Event Photography Workshop. Professional photographers lead the session in live event photography and youngsters can collect their 'press pass' that allows them photographic entry to festival events from July 2 to 13. Eureka Conservatory, Eureka, Halifax. 5.30pm to 7.30pm. Tickets: £2. Cameras provided.
Ultimate Frisbee. Manor Heath Park, Halifax. 6.30pm to 8.30pm. Ages 5 to 19. Tickets: £2. Separate groups for five to 13-year-olds and 14 to 19-year-olds. Wear casual sportswear.
Football Coaching. Centre Vale Park, Todmorden. 6.30pm to 8.30pm. Ages 6 to 12. Tickets: £3. Meet at the band stand. Bring shin pads, trainers or boots and a drink.
Anne Fine. Top children's author will talk and answer questions. Square Chapel Centre for the Arts. 7.30pm. Age 10+. Tickets: £3.50 each and £10 family.
Brass. Series of ten photographic portraits by Benjamin McMahon combining brass instruments with the Yorkshire landscape. Piece Hall Galleries, Piece Hall, Halifax. Until July 5.
Calderdale Theatre School 40th Anniversary. Exhibition of photos from ex-members spanning the 40s of the group. Piece Hall Galleries. Until July 5.

Wednesday, July 2
Beach Fun for Kids. Enjoy sporting activities on the Eureka beach. Eureka. 11am to 1pm.
Giant Puppet Making. Come along and help make a giant puppet, which will be paraded on Sunday, July 13. Ogden Water Cabin. 5pm to 7pm. Ages 11 to 19. Tickets: £1.
Cheerleading Classes. Jo's Dance Centre, Todmorden. 5.30pm to 6.30pm. Ages 7+. Tickets: £1. Wear suitable clothing.
Mountain Biking. Centre Vale Park. 6pm to 8pm. Ages 10 to 16. Tickets: free. Bikes are provided and helmets advised.
Nature, Art and Stories in the Woodland. Choose a story and create nature art sculptures around it. Luddenden Foot Civic Centre. 6pm to 7pm. Ages 7 to 12. Tickets: £1.
Elastic Band and Hebden Bridge Junior Brass Band. The two bands of young musicians perform. Square Chapel. 7.30pm. Tickets: Under 20s £2, 20+ £4.20.
Football Coaching. Wellholme Park, Brighouse. 6.30pm to 8.30pm. Ages 6 to 12. Tickets: £3. Bring shin pads, trainers or boots and a drink. Meet at the bridge.

Thursday, July 3
Beach Fun for Kids. Eureka. 11am to 1pm.
Festival of Sport. A fun athletics-based sports session for special educational needs and disabled young people in mainstream primary and special schools. Spring Hall. 12.30pm to 3.30pm. Ages 9 to 11. Tickets: free.
Ballroom and Latin Classes. Jo's Dance Centre. 4.30pm to 5.30pm for ages 6 to 11. 5.30pm to 6.30pm for ages 12 to 16. Tickets: £1. Wear dances shoes or school shoes, no flipflops or bare feet.
Mountain Biking. Calder Holmes Park, Hebden Bridge. 6pm to 8pm. Ages 10 to 16. Tickets: free. Bikes are provided and helmets advised.
Football Coaching. Mixenden Outdoor and Community Centre, Mixenden, Halifax. 6.30pm to 8.30pm. Ages 6 to 12. Tickets: £3. Bring shin pads, trainers or boots and a drink. Meet at reception.
Ultimate Frisbee. Shroggs Park. 6.30pm to 8pm. Ages 5 to 19. Tickets: £2. Casualwear advised.
Open Mic Night. Watch as young songwriters and musicians perform their own material and well-known songs. Winners will get time if a professional recording studio. Victoria Theatre, Halifax. 7.30pm. Tickets: £1 for under 20s and £2 for 20+.
Ravenscliffe and Ryburn Valley High Schools and Grim North Theatre Group. Two performances – Drifters set 130 years in the future and Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. 7.30pm. Tickets: £2 for under 20s and £4 for 20+.

Friday, July 4.
Mountain Biking. Savile Park. 6pm to 8pm. Ages 10 to 16. Tickets: free. Bikes are provided and helmets advised.
Football Coaching. Calder High School, Mytholmroyd. 6.30pm to 8.30pm. Ages 6 to 12. Tickets: £3. Bring shin pads, trainers or boots and a drink. Meet at tennis courts above school.
Junior Battle of the Bands. Calderdale's best young bands perform, vote for your favourite to win time in a professional recording studio. Piece Hall. 7.30pm. Tickets: free.
Musical Soiree. Variety evening of solos and groups from Calderdale Music Service in caberet-style setting with supper provided. Square Chapel. 7.30pm. Tickets: £7 under 20s and £9 for 20+.

Saturday, July 5
Young Brilliance. Artwork from Calderdale schools. Halifax Visitor Centre and Art Gallery, Piece Hall, and Bankfield Museum. Runs until Sunday, July 27.
National Youth Music Theatre Workshop. Skill-specific workshops in singing, dancing and acting. Square Chapel. 10am to 4pm. Age 11+. Tickets: £20.
Out of Darkness. Contemporary and cheerleading dance to open West Vale School fair. West Vale School. 10am to 4pm. All ages. Tickets: free.
Cartoon Class. Former comic editor Tim Quinn will lead the session. Victoria Theatre. 10.30am to noon, 1pm to 2.30pm and 3pm to 4.30pm. All ages. Tickets: £3.
Family Beach Fun. Try volleyball and boules among other activities on the Eureka beach. Eureka. 11am to 1pm.
Mountain Biking. Shibden Park. 1pm to 3pm. Ages 10 to 16. Tickets: free. Bikes are provided and helmets advised.
Shadow Puppet Workshop and Performance. Learn how to make shadow puppets. St Michael's Church, Mytholmroyd. Workshop 1.30pm and performance 2.30pm. Ages 6 to 11. Tickets: free.
Cheerleading Classes. Jo's Dance Centre. 2pm to 3pm. Age 7+. Tickets: £1. Wear suitable clothing.
Adventurous Activities. Including mountain biking, climbing, canoeing and raft building. Mixenden Outdoor and Community Centre. 9.30am to 4pm. Ages 8 to 15. Tickets: £5. Bring packed lunch, change of clothing, towel, swimming kit and old trainers. Must be confident swimmer (50m). Meet at reception.
X Factor. Budding musicians, songwriters and singers can develop their skills and make a song and music video. Mixenden Outdoor and Community Centre. 1pm to 6pm. Ages 8 to 15. Tickets: £5.

Sunday, July 6
Brass and Calderdale Theatre School 40th Anniversary. Square Chapel. Until July 13.
Adventurous Activities. Mixenden Outdoor and Community Centre. 9.30am to 4pm. Meet at reception. Ages 8 to 15. Tickets: £5. Bring packed lunch, change of clothing, towel, swimming kit and old trainers. Must be confident swimmer (50m).
Patterns from the Past. Stone rubbings, word chains and poem-making. Shibden Hall. 10am to 12.30pm and 1.30pm to 3.30pm. All ages. Free entry.
Family Beach Fun. Eureka. 11am to 1pm.
Mountain Biking. Wellholme Park. Ages 10 to 16. Tickets: free. Bikes are provided and helmets advised.
Words on the Street. A street festival of singing from community and schools in partnership with Hebden Bridge Arts Festival. St George's Square, Hebden Bridge. 1pm to 4pm. Free entry.
Handmade Parade Workshop. Work with professional parade artists to create your own costume, mask, banner or puppet to be part of the Hebden Bridge Handmade Parade on July 19. Unit 8, Pennine Industrial Park, Hebden Bridge. 1pm to 4pm. All ages. Tickets: £1.
X Factor. Mixenden Outdoor and Community Centre. 1pm to 6pm. Ages 8 to 15. Tickets: £5.
Make a Collage Book and Write a Limerick. Luddenden Foot Civic Centre. 4pm to 6pm. Ages 7 to 12. Tickets: £1.
A Midsummer Night's Dream. Shakespeare's classic performed by Heartbreak Productions. Manor Heath Park. 7.30pm. Tickets: £10, £8 concessions and £5 under 20s.
Les Enfants Terribles. Dark, magical musical. Square Chapel. 2pm. Ages 6+. Tickets: £9, concessions £7 and under 20s £5.

Monday, July 7
Football Coaching. Spring Hall Athletics Track, Halifax. 6.30pm to 8.30pm. Ages 6 to 12. Tickets: £3. Bring shin pads, trainers or boots and a drink. Meet at grassed area in middle of the track.
Calder High School. Music, dance and drama from students based on theme of food. Square Chapel. 7.30pm. Tickets: £4 and £2 for under 20s.

Tuesday, July 8
Tatty Bumpkin Young Yoga. Central Library, Halifax. 3.30pm to 4.30pm. Ages 5 to 7. Tickets: £1.
Giant Puppet Making. Ogden Water Cabin. 5pm to 7pm. Ages 11 to 19. Tickets: £1.
Command Tasks. Test your problem solving techniques. Wellholme Park. 6pm to 8pm. Ages 10 to 16. Tickets free. All equipment provided.
Football Coaching. Centre Vale Park, Todmorden. 6.30pm to 8.30pm. Tickets: £3. Ages 6 to 12. Bring shin pads, trainers or boots and a drink. Meet at the band stand.
Ultimate Frisbee. Manor Heath Park. 6.30pm to 8.30pm. Ages 5 to 19. Tickets: £2. Wear casual sportswear.
Calder High School. Square Chapel. 7.30pm. Tickets: £4 and £2 for under 20s.
The Hypochondriac. Actors' Workshop perform farce by Moliere. Actors' Workshop, Halifax. 7.30pm. Tickets: £6 and concessions £4. Runs until July 12.

Wednesday, July 9
Beach Fun for Kids. Eureka. 11am to 1pm.
Model Car Racing Workshop. A hands-on experience for budding drivers. The Halifax Track, West Vale. 5pm to 8pm. Ages 8 to 19. Tickets: £1.
Cheerleading Classes. Jo's Dance Centre. 5.30pm to 6.30pm. Ages 7+. Tickets: £1. Wear suitable clothing and shoes.
Giant Puppet Making. Ogden Water Cabin. 5pm to 7pm. Ages 11 to 19. Tickets: £1.
Command Tasks. Shibden Park. 6pm to 8pm. Ages 10 to 16. Tickets: free. All equipment provided.
Football Coaching. Wellholme Park, Brighouse. 6.30pm to 8.30pm. Ages 6 to 12. Tickets: £3. Bring shin pads, trainers or boots and a drink. Meet at the bridge.
Peter Pan. Heartbreak Productions perform J.M Barrie's classic. Piece Hall. 7.30pm. Ages 5 to 95. Tickets: £10, concessions £8 and under 20s £5.
Halifax High School Class Enemy. Students have worked with practioners from the O20 Theatre Company to devise this reworking. Square Chapel. 7.30pm. Tickets: £4 or £2 for under 20s.

Thursday, July 10
Beach Fun for Kids. Eureka. 11am to 1pm.
Giant Puppet Making. Ogden Water Cabin. 5pm to 7pm. Ages 11 to 19. Tickets: £1.
Ballroom and Latin Classes. Jo's Dance Centre. 4.30pm to 5.30pm for ages 6 to 11. 5.30pm to 6.30pm for ages 12-16. Wear dances shoes or school shoes, no flipflops or bare feet. Tickets: £1.
Command Tasks. Savile Park. 6pm to 8pm. Ages 10 to 16. Tickets: free. All equipment provided.
Football Coaching. Mixenden Outdoor and Community Centre. 6.30pm to 8.30pm. Meet at reception. Tickets: £3. Ages 6 to 12. Bring shin pads, trainers or boots and a drink.
Ultimate Frisbee. Shroggs Park. 6.30pm to 8pm. Ages 5 to 19. Tickets: £2. Casualwear advised.
Applause Theatre School and Queensbury Theatre Group. Extracts from popular musicals. Halifax Parish Church. 7.30pm. Tickets: £2 and unders 20s £1.
Senior Battle of the Bands. Piece Hall. 7.30pm. Free entry.
Open Mic Night. Victoria Theatre. 7.30pm. Tickets: £2 and £1 for under 20s.
Dance Night. Five local dance schools showcase their talent. Square Chapel. 7.30pm. Tickets: £4 and £2 for under 20s.

Friday, July 11
Nature, Art and Stories in the Woodland. Luddenden Foot Civic Centre. 5pm to 6pm. Ages 7 to 12. Tickets: £1.
Giant Puppet Making. Ogden Water Cabin. 5pm to 7pm. Ages 11 to 19. Tickets: £1.
Football Coaching. Calder High School, Mytholmroyd. 6.30pm to 8.30pm. Ages 6 to 12. Tickets: £3. Bring shin pads, trainers or boots and a drink. Meet at tennis courts above school.
Command Tasks. Calder Holmes Park. 6pm to 8pm. Ages 10 to 16. Tickets: free. All equipment provided.
Roger McGough. Bad Bad Cats. The Liverpool poet speaks. Square Chapel. 7.30pm. Ages 7+. Tickets: £10, concessions £8 and under 20s £5.

Saturday, July 12.
Family Athletics. Fun event for disabled young people and their families. Spring Hall. 9am to 12pm. Ages 6 to 18. Tickets: free.
Giant Puppet Making. Ogden Water Cabin. 10pm to 3pm. Ages 11 to 19. Tickets: £1.
Handmade Parade Workshop. Unit 8, Pennine Industrial Park, Hebden Bridge. 1pm to 4pm. All ages. Tickets: £1.
Command Tasks. Centre Vale Park. 1pm to 3pm. Ages 10 to 16. Tickets: free. All equipment provided.
Cheerleading Classes. Jo's Dance Centre. 2pm to 3pm. Ages 7+. Tickets: £1. Wear suitable clothing and shoes.
Calderdale Theatre School. 1968 and Nightmare on Gibbet Street. Performance of the play the group are taking to the Big Youth Theatre Festival in London. Square Chapel. 6.30pm. Tickets: £4 and under 20s £2.
Eureka Weekend. Grand finale celebrations including street entertainers, balloon modelling, fairground rides, beach games and snow. Eureka. 10am to 5pm. Free entry. Bring proof of addresss.
Drive-In and Fireworks. Eureka. 8.30pm. Watch Grease on an enormous outdoor screen from the comfort of your own car or the picnic area. Followed by a firework display. Tickets: £6 per car (up to four people), £1.50 per person on foot.

Sunday, July 13.
Eureka Weekend. Eureka. 10am to 5pm.
People's Park Festival. Multi-cultural festival of music and the arts. 12noon to 6pm. Free entry.
Handmade Parade Workshop. Unit 8, Pennine Industrial Park, Hebden Bridge. 1pm to 4pm. All ages. Tickets: £1.
Sing Final. The winning singer in this competition will receive recording time in a professional studio. Square Chapel. 4pm. Tickets: £2 and under 20s £1.
Battle of the Bands Final. Piece Hall. 7.30pm. Free entry.