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Young dancers will step out in competition for the first time in three years when our dance festival bounces back from lockdown on Platinum Jubilee weekend!

Singer Evonne Beardsworth went home with an armful of silverware from the Luther Greenwood song festival.

A Lancashire v Yorkshire contest is in prospect after young singers from across the border lined up to boost Colne’s annual Luther Greenwood music competition.Fifteen performers aged eight to 16, more than double last year’s total, will compete on Saturday November...

We are saddened to report the death of retired teacher Mrs Muriel Waite, a mainstay of the Luther Greenwood Memorial Festival for many years, at the age of 96.As secretary to the festival’s music section and also secretary to the festival’s executive committee, she...

This year’s Luther Greenwood music festival will have a streamlined new look and a slightly different title, with all competitive classes held on one Saturday instead of two.It will be the Luther Greenwood ‘Festival of Song’ without the usual instrumental classes,...

Singers from all over the North came to Colne to compete in the adult music classes on the second weekend of this year’s music festival. The lion’s share of the honours went to newcomer Polly Sedman, an occupational therapist from Sheffield, who uses music to help...

Teenage singer Kate Overend followed her sister’s footsteps by winning one of the top trophies at our annual music festival at The Muni, Colne.Kate, aged 15, from Barrowford, carried off the coveted Silverman Shield, originally donated by the late Nelson and Colne MP...

Entries in junior music classes for under-18s have fallen to an all-time low for the opening Saturday of this year’s music competitions, but adult entries a week later are the highest in at least 20 years. In its heyday, the Luther Greenwood festival attracted dozens...

A newcomer to our festival, Laurette Evans, went home to Bury with one of our most coveted prizes, the Diamond Jubilee Trophy.

A newcomer to our festival, Laurette Evans, went home to Bury with one of our most coveted prizes, the Diamond Jubilee Trophy.

Nelson Ladies Choir beat Yorkshire opponents in a singing ‘War of the Roses’ at the 2017 Luther Greenwood Memorial music festival.

Winners from our speech and drama competition are being urged to return their trophies to the organisers.