JORVIK Viking Festival will feature forgotten stories of Viking women, a battle spectacular, a Viking encampment, Strongest Viking and Best Beard competitions, mead tasting, a Viking banquet and Poo Day…
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Krampus visits Whitby for an alternative Christmas event
As Father Christmas makes his annual visit to towns across the UK for the festive season, there’s another, much darker character making his way to Whitby in North Yorkshire…
Indian artist beams into Settle with screening of contemplative film
Arts Charity Settle Stories is to screen a creative documentary, The Poetics Of Fragility, at The Joinery in Settle on Sunday 11th November…
Sheep racing, wool competitions and brewery tours at Masham Sheep Fair
The annual Masham Sheep Fair will take place on Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th September, with sheep themed events including racing, demonstrations and shows…
A Festival of Thrift and a Burlesque Ball
This month, Picnic Cinema will be bringing their quirky cinema event, the Burlesque Ball, to the Festival of Thrift at Kirkleatham, Redcar…
Medieval music, minstrels and storytellers in the Dales
A Yorkshire Dales castle will provide the perfect backdrop for one of Europe’s largest festivals devoted to medieval music this September…
Meet ‘Fast Donnie’ and a host of quirky competitors at Micklegate Run Soapbox Challenge
Participants in York’s most unusual road race are undertaking final preparations on their gravity powered vehicles, ready for this bank holiday’s Micklegate Run Soapbox Challenge…
Cinema and stories at Kettlewell Scarecrow Festival
This year’s Kettlewell Scarecrow Festival will take place from Saturday 11th to Sunday 19th August, with the themes ‘Movies’ and ‘Magical Stories’…
A little gooseberry show with a big history
The annual Egton Bridge Gooseberry Show is the oldest surviving gooseberry show in the country, and this year takes place on Thursday 7th August…
A sausage and beer festival in North Yorkshire
The Camp Hill Sausage and Beer Festival will take place this weekend in North Yorkshire with beer, bangers and live music…
Step inside Harrogate’s Luminarium
This month, take a step inside the Luminarium, an installation with a difference in Harrogate, North Yorkshire…
Join the resistance in Ingleton this weekend
Once a year, over a weekend in July, the north Yorkshire village of Ingleton turns itself into a French style 1940s village, with dancing, music and parades…
Join the Junk Orchestra at Harrogate’s Spiegeltent
Like music? Like recycling? Love making a noise? Why not join the Junk Orchestra at the Spiegeltent in Harrogate this weekend?
Head to ‘sheep town’ for a day of themed fun
Skipton means ‘sheep town’, so it’s not surprising that the North Yorkshire town holds an annual event celebrating sheep, with demonstrations, stalls and dancing sheep…
Wake up to the ultimate bed challenge!
The Great Knaresborough Bed Race will take place on Saturday 9th June in North Yorkshire, with teams competing over a tough course in fancy dress…