GET ready for Our Big Gig 2013 when free concerts will be held in Huddersfield and Dewsbury.

They will be among 330 performances taking place around the UK for the biggest national celebration of music.

Our Big Gig 2013 will see the whole country come together, and enjoy music during a weekend of musical events next month.

Communities Minister Don Foster, has announced the locations of over 330 musical events, as part of Our Big Gig – several of which will be in Huddersfield.

They will be at Kirklees College’s Highfields annex, Birdsedge Village Hall, Beaumont Park Bandstand, The Blue Rooms in the Byram Arcade, The Courtyard at the Media Centre and at Bar Maroc in Castlegate.

More than 200,000 people are expected to attend the free concerts, which run from Thursday to Sunday July 11 to 14.

The variety of free music is taking place thanks to funding from the Department of Communities and Local Government and Arts Council England.

The full list of participating venues across the UK can be found at:

www.ourbiggig.co.uk