Singers, artists and performers joined forces in a glittering spectacle to launch Yorkshire Festival 2014.
And many venues and groups from Huddersfield will be taking part in the huge event to support the Tour de France.
The 100-day cultural festival will see countless events all over the region.
A carnival snail, woolly bikes, choirs and brass bands joined the band Hope & Social for a debut performance of the official Yorkshire Festival song, The Big Wide.
The festival is the brainchild of Welcome to Yorkshire and has been backed by Yorkshire Water, Arts Council England and Yorkshire local authorities.
Out of almost 400 bids, 47 projects were commissioned to be officially part of the 100-day festival – which will also include hundreds of fringe events.
Gary Verity, chief executive of Welcome to Yorkshire, said: “The Yorkshire Festival 2014 will be a countywide celebration of arts and culture creating excitement and anticipation in the 100 days before the greatest free sporting show on the planet arrives in Yorkshire.”
The race starts on July 5 and on July 6, the world’s top riders will be heading through Calderdale, Huddersfield and Holmfirth.
Los Angeles-based sculptor Thomas Houseago, from Leeds, has been tasked to create two magnificent, giant sculptures for Leeds city centre and the Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
Phoenix Dance Theatre, in Leeds, will join forces with Scottish public arts charity NVA to create the world’s first Ghost Peloton, led by Phoenix artistic director Sharon Watson and NVA creative director Angus Farquhar.
West Yorkshire Playhouse will host the play Beryl written by TV star Maxine Peake to celebrate the extraordinary sporting achievements of Morley cyclist Beryl Burton.
Award-winning director Daisy Asquith will team up with cult musician Bill Nelson to create a new film as part of a series of screenings to be shown on 10 outdoor screens in stunning locations across Yorkshire.
Huddersfield’s Lawrence Batley Theatre will hold the world premiere of Lost Boy Racer by Julie Amanda Bokowiec.
Young farmers and artists will create eight stunning major land-art pieces across the South Pennines landscape for Fields of Vision, co-ordinated by Pennine Prospects.
