On 18th May, Mumford and Sons visited Huddersfield prior to their Gentleman Of The Road Stopover show at Greenhead Park on 2nd June to meet local businesses, the council and the local community.  

‘Gentlemen of the Road Stopover…’ shows are a series of one-day, outdoor events and Huddersfield will be the only UK show before the band take it globally. Headlined by Mumford & Sons the event will feature full bills of support acts curated by the band themselves. Mumford and Sons said: 

‘The Gentlemen of the Road Stopover is based loosely upon our favourite festivals like Colorado’s Telluride Bluegrass and Scotland's Loopallu Festivals. We want to stop off in towns not usually heavily toured by bands, and celebrate the people, food and music that inhabit them. 

All of the Gentlemen of the Road Stopover shows will heavily involve the local communities, from the produce sold on the sites, to engaging visitors with the towns as a whole. Today the band met with Huddersfield Giants legend Robbie Hunter Paul, local businesses and the Lawrence Batley Theatre.  To mark the special event, local pub The Star Inn will be serving up a speciality ale produced by local brewery Mallinsons in collaboration with the band. 

The band continued: “We’re keen to promote the town’s local businesses, and we’ll be using the local bars and venues for aftershow parties, whilst working closely with the local people to get everyone involved in making these shows spectacular. It should be a whole lot of fun.” 

Gentlemen of the Road Stopover - Huddersfield Greenhead Park - 2nd June 

Mumford & Sons

Michael Kiwanuka

Willy Mason

Slow Club

Nathaniel Rateliff

The Correspondents

Moulettes 

And more to be announced 

Tickets cost £49.50 and are available HERE