Editing Brighouse (section)

==Arts and media==
Smith Art Gallery is in the Brighouse Library and features many paintings from the [[Victorian era]] displayed in the main hall, in addition to a changing programme of exhibitions of artwork by local artists.

The "Calderdale Nightingale", [[Susan Sunderland]], was born in Brighouse in 1819 and lived here all her life. She never sought fame but was considered one of the best singers in the country and she sang concerts including those for Queen Victoria.<ref>{{cite ODNB|title=Sunderland [née Sykes], Susan (1819–1905), singer|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-38430|access-date=20 November 2020|year = 2004|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/38430}}</ref>

Brighouse was the original home of the [[Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band]], founded in 1881 and associated with neighbouring [[Rastrick]]. They originally formed under the name the ''Brighouse and Rastrick Temperance Brass Band'' taking their current title in the early 20th century.
They are currently based next to Brighouse High School in Hove Edge, just north of Brighouse. In 1977 the band recorded "[[The Floral Dance]]" which reached Number 2 in the [[UK Top 40]] and stayed there for 6 weeks. In 1968, the band won the inaugural Brass Band World Championship, and in 1993 became the first Yorkshire team to win the All England Masters Brass Band Championship, a feat repeated in 1998. The band won the National Brass Band Championship Finals in 1946, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1980, 1997, 1998, 2010, 2011 and 2017, and the European Championships in 1981 and 1998.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://brighouseandrastrick.com/contest-successes/|title=Contest Successes|date=12 December 2014|work=Brighouse and Rastrick Band|access-date=9 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.4barsrest.com/news/detail.asp?id=30324|title=Report & Results: 2017 National Championships of Great Britain|work=4barsrest|access-date=9 March 2018}}</ref>

The town is also home to the Yorkshire Co-op Brass band, formed in 1999 by merger of the Jayess '87 and Jayess Queensbury bands.

The area is home to rock band [[Embrace (English band)|Embrace]], who have had three UK number one albums. The town is mentioned in "[[It's Grim Up North]]" by the [[The KLF|Justified Ancients of Mu Mu]] (The JAMS).{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

A local drum & bugle corps, Conquest Alliance was formed, in 1985, by the merger of the Northern Skyryders and Brighouse RBL (Legion). The following year, 1986, Conquest Alliance appeared on the [[Drum Corps United Kingdom|Drum Corp United Kingdom (DCUK)]] field of competition and were declared co-champions of the DCUK.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dcuk.org.uk/archive/rollofhonour.html|title=DCUK Roll of Honour|access-date=12 January 2016}}</ref> In 1987 the corps was placed 1st,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dcuk.org.uk/archive/years/1987.html |title=DCUK Honours 1987|access-date=12 January 2016}}</ref> 5th in 1988,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dcuk.org.uk/archive/years/1988.html |title=DCUK Honours 1988|access-date=12 January 2016}}</ref> 2nd in 1989,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dcuk.org.uk/archive/years/1989.html |title=DCUK Honours 1989|access-date=12 January 2016}}</ref> and 4th in 1990.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dcuk.org.uk/archive/years/1990.html |title=DCUK Honours 1990|access-date=12 January 2016}}</ref>
The corps disbanded in 1990.

===Media===
Local news and television programmes are provided by [[BBC Yorkshire]] and [[ITV Yorkshire]]. Television signals are received from the [[Emley Moor transmitting station|Emley Moor]] TV transmitter. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/tv/Emley_Moor|title=Emley Moor (Kirklees, England) Full Freeview transmitter|date=1 May 2004|website=UK Free TV|accessdate=7 October 2023}}</ref> 

Local radio stations are [[BBC Radio Leeds]], [[Heart Yorkshire]], [[Capital Yorkshire]], [[Hits Radio West Yorkshire]], [[Greatest Hits Radio West Yorkshire]] and [[Phoenix Radio]], a community based radio station. <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.phoenixfm.co.uk/|title=Phoenix FM |access-date=7 October 2023}}</ref>

The local newspapers are the ''Brighouse Echo'', the ''[[Halifax Courier]]'', the ''[[Mirfield Reporter]]'' and the ''[[Huddersfield Daily Examiner]]''