Fusing new music with film to create inspiring events across the North of England

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Slapstick Saturday with Laurel & Hardy and friends
Nov 30
Slapstick Saturday with Laurel & Hardy and friends

Laugh along at an afternoon of silent film slapstick with live music

Museum of Dreamworlds
Nov 30
Museum of Dreamworlds

Discover the wonders of ancient Rome and Greece

Battleship Potemkin
Nov 30
Battleship Potemkin

A classic of Soviet silent film on the big screen with live music

What’s on

Featured
Slapstick Saturday with Laurel & Hardy and friends
Nov 30
Slapstick Saturday with Laurel & Hardy and friends

Laugh along at an afternoon of silent film slapstick with live music

Museum of Dreamworlds
Nov 30
Museum of Dreamworlds

Discover the wonders of ancient Rome and Greece

Battleship Potemkin
Nov 30
Battleship Potemkin

A classic of Soviet silent film on the big screen with live music

Latest News
Northern Silents announces the creation of its new orchestra
Northern Silents announces the creation of its new orchestra

Northern Silents announces the creation of its new orchestra - Northern Silents Sinfonia

Get involved in Northern Silent Film Festival 2024
Get involved in Northern Silent Film Festival 2024

Get involved in Northern Silent Film Festival 2024

Artistic Director Jonny Best introduces Northern Silent Film Festival
Artistic Director Jonny Best introduces Northern Silent Film Festival

Northern Silents Artistic Director, Jonny Best, introduces the festival

Improvising with silent film: a weekend for musicians.
Improvising with silent film: a weekend for musicians.

A weekend workshops in Morecambe for improvising musicians.

Yorkshire Silent Film Festival is going north - and everyone is invited!
Yorkshire Silent Film Festival is going north - and everyone is invited!

Be part of this October’s region-wide festival of live-scored film.

Yorkshire Silent Film Festival releases Echoes of the North
Yorkshire Silent Film Festival releases Echoes of the North

New silent film with original brass soundtrack available to watch online until 19th March 2023.

Waxworks at Lancaster Jazz Festival
Waxworks at Lancaster Jazz Festival

Morecambe’s Off the Rails Jazz Orchestra is working with YSFF Artistic Director Jonny Best on a project for Lancaster Jazz Festival.

Hitchcock’s first thriller at Morecambe Winter Gardens
Hitchcock’s first thriller at Morecambe Winter Gardens

Morecambe Winter Gardens’ 125th anniversary season of classic cinema with live music continues with Hitchcock’s first thriller, The Lodger.

Neil Brand with Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band; A new commission
Neil Brand with Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band; A new commission

Neil Brand with Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band - a new commission for 2022/3.

Marking 125 years of Morecambe Winter Gardens
Marking 125 years of Morecambe Winter Gardens

The new season of silent films with live music opens with a double bill of comedy classics in Morecambe this May.

Northern Silents brings together live music with film, presenting a year-round programme across the North of England and Silents by the Sea in Morecambe