Black history and culture will be celebrated in Kirklees next month.

Huddersfield will come alive thanks to a bustling programme of events throughout October which aim to showcase the talents of diverse communities and highlight important issues.

So far 11 events have been created by Kirklees Council and community groups, from music, theatre and art to campaigns about health.

They include a project by children at Crosland Moor Junior School to create an exhibition about the project, which opens at Huddersfield Library on October 3..

Singers will burst into song at Huddersfield Town Hall at noon on that day to mark the start of Black History Month, which is celebrated annually around the UK.

The re-launch of AMYN, a group which supports African and African Caribbean Communities in areas of education, health and well being and culture, will take place the same day in the hall from 6.30pm.

Crosland Moor Junior School pupils Tyla Naidole, Gareth Bostock, Karolina Sienkiewicz, Lois Naidole, Yasmin Goodhall and Abbey-Leigh Devlin work on art projects for Black History Month

It will include reggae, spoken word artists, gospel singers, a mini play and a fashion show.

The plight of asylum seekers in England will be laid bare in a play The Bogus Woman on October 6, which will be performed at Lawrence Batley Theatre at 8pm.

Those interested in or wanting to learn about Jamaican culture have been invited to an event by the Jamaican National Council Huddersfield on October 10 at 6pm on Hudawi Cultural Centre.

The following day Kirklees Council has organised a mountain bike cycle ride from the car park on Leeds Road playing fields at 9.45am, which will highlight the importance of exercise for Black African or Caribbean men. Attendees must bring their own bikes and helmets.

Cinema lovers will get in on the action on October 13, when a documentary film about about sex, love and relationships for women and men, called Looking for Love, takes place at the Odeon at 5.30pm.

A Black History Month Celebration by students will take place on October 21 at All Saints Catholic College from 6.30pm.

Another will take place on October 24 at a venue to be confirmed Huddersfield Carnival organisers Huddersfield African Caribbean Cultural Trust (HACCT), who will also host an awards presentation.

Here's our pictures from last year's carnival.

And on October 31 a Voices of Cancer Ball in support of Black Health Initiative will begin at 7.30pm at Cedar Court Hotel at Ainley Top, along with an arts, music and cooking event with peakers from the world of sport, politics, entertainment at Hudawi Cultural Centre from 4pm.

And Batley will join in the celebration throughout the month with an exhibition of zulu artefacts, shields, musical instruments and pottery from across Africa at Bagshaw Museum.

More information, including costs of individual events, will be posted onto the council’s website later this month.