Welcome back to Happy!
After a bit of a break, we're glad to be able to welcome you back to Happy!
Happy is an arts festival inspired by the work of Bury-born Victoria Wood, and how she made people feel
Over the weekend of Friday 21st and Saturday 22nd May 2021, we'll be celebrating Victoria's birthday with a short programme of live and online events, ready for a bigger festival come September, when we'll hopefully be able to meet face-to-face!
Happy is a part of the Bury Town of Culture programme.
Highlights
NEW FACES – SONGWRITER COURSE
Calling all budding songwriters! New Faces is Happy’s talent discovery programme. We’re looking for songwriters at any stage of their career to be mentored by David Firman – Victoria Wood’s...
Learn MoreSing Yourself Happy with the Hallé
We’re incredibly excited to continue our relationship with Manchester’s world-famous Hallé orchestra and choir. Join the Halle’s community choir leaders, Stuart Overington and Matthew Roughley, in this free one-hour online...
Learn MoreThe Ukulele Club
A new comedy drama by Steve Cooper A pop-up Ukulele Club on Youtube – with added drama! FIRST RULE OF UKE CLUB – IT’S ALL ABOUT THE UKE. Grab your...
Learn MoreDial Doolally
A special treat for people living in the six towns of Bury! Doolally perform daft songs to make you laugh. Sometimes they’re a bit rude, mostly they’re very silly, but...
Learn MoreOn a Happy Note
An evening of uplifting music and song beamed to you live from The Met in Bury, hosted by Bury’s own Noreen Kershaw. Bringing together musicians and singers from many different...
Learn More
"I'm going North. It's a compulsion with me. Even in Tesco's I head straight for the freezer cabinets on the back wall."
"I'm apparently something of a celebrity since I walked the Pennine Way in slingbacks in an attempt to publicise mental health."
"It's just one of the things I've always wanted to do, swim the Channel. And meet Bonnie Tyler."
"I can't say this often enough. It may be Hamlet, but it's got to be fun, fun, fun!"
"I'm learning a language. It's called 'Get By In Flemish'. I'm learning it in case I ever go to Flem."
"He said, do you want a drink or do you want a kick up the bum with an open toed sandal? I said get you Eamonn Andrews."
"You're separated aren't you? Yes, he's livin int loft. He's got the lilo and the slow cooker. We don't speak…"
"They said they'd made out a little wedding list. Little? It made the Domesday book look like a raffle ticket…"
"I can remember when pants were pants! You wore them for 20 years then you cut them down into pan scrubs or quilts."
"Life is very tough for these Northern women, I did a cameo in a Barbara Taylor Bradford; heartbreaking…."
"Well he's not my husband but he brushed past me in a sports jacket so as good as..."
Sing Yourself Happy with the Hallé
We’re incredibly excited to continue our relationship with Manchester’s world-famous Hallé orchestra and choir. Join the Halle’s community choir leaders, Stuart Overington and Matthew Roughley, in this free one-hour online...
The Ukulele Club
A new comedy drama by Steve Cooper A pop-up Ukulele Club on Youtube – with added drama! FIRST RULE OF UKE CLUB – IT’S ALL ABOUT THE UKE. Grab your...
Dial Doolally
A special treat for people living in the six towns of Bury! Doolally perform daft songs to make you laugh. Sometimes they’re a bit rude, mostly they’re very silly, but...
On a Happy Note
An evening of uplifting music and song beamed to you live from The Met in Bury, hosted by Bury’s own Noreen Kershaw. Bringing together musicians and singers from many different...
