Harrogate’s spa heritage is to be celebrated this month, with a unique light display in the town’s Valley Gardens…
Archives for Yorkshire
Have you got rhythm? Join the dance in Harrogate
This month, RedHouse Originals Gallery in Harrogate will present I Got Rhythm, a new exhibition by artist Dudley Edwards…
Fine fromage and delicious dairy in the Dales
This month, the Yorkshire Dales Cheese Festival returns for a week of themed events, including a cheesy run, wine and cheese tasting, cheese making courses, and a Truckle Trail…
Lifesize puppets and pop up events at Saltaire Festival
Expect quirky street theatre, wonky games, eclectic displays and hidden heroes in Yorkshire this month at the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Saltaire…
Enjoy some Rhythm and Brews in Yorkshire
A new two-day festival in the North York Moors National Park will be celebrating local beer and music this weekend…
Music, dancing and revelry in Yorkshire
There’ll be tradition and tomfoolery in the Calder Valley this weekend as the Sowerby Bridge Rushbearing festival takes place…
Catch an outdoor dance-circus show at Yorkshire festival
Playfully poking at our expectations of relationships between ages and genders using dance, circus, and sound, Upswing’s new dance-circus hybrid will be touring to Hull…
Soapboxes take to the cobbles in York
Participants in York’s most unusual road race are undertaking final preparations on their person-powered vehicles, ready for the fourth annual Micklegate Run Soapbox Challenge…
A coast to coast canoe trail launches
The UK’s first coast to coast canoe trail launches this month, with a fortnight of celebrations organised by the Canal & River Trust…
Roll on down to Harewood’s Soapbox Derby
This weekend, teams will be competing in the 4th annual Harewood Hill-climb Soapbox Derby in West Yorkshire…
Quirky scarecrows take over Kettlewell in Yorkshire
Discover a host of quirky characters at this year’s Kettlewell Scarecrow Festival in the Yorkshire Dales…
The humble gooseberry celebrated in traditional show
First established back in 1800, the annual Egton Bridge Gooseberry Show is the oldest surviving gooseberry show in the world…
Skipton hosts a day dedicated to sheep
Skipton means ‘sheep town’, so it’s not surprising that the North Yorkshire town holds an annual event celebrating sheep…
Bales of fun at Oxenhope Straw Race
What connects bales of straw, fancy dress teams, pints of beer and the Yorkshire village of Oxenhope? One of the summer’s quirkiest races, of course!
Canoe trails, pirates and gun fire at Leeds Waterfront Festival
There’ll be canoe trails, water taxis, activities, performances and even gun fire at this year’s Leeds Waterfront Festival…