Diary of Events
What's on - keeping you up to date with all that is happening in the following categories:
- Festivals, Fairs & Events - music & food festivals, local fairs, county shows, transport events, maritime
- Music - popular, folk, jazz, classical, eclectic concerts
- Performance - theatre, musicals, comedy, dance
- Family - nature, trains, days out, seasonal
- Active - birds, aquatic, wildlife walks
- Exhibitions - painting, prints, ceramics, jewellery, sculpture
- Sport - cycling, golf, cricket
- At the Races
- Regular Events
Please check individual websites for the latest information as to whether or not these events have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Festivals, Fairs, Events
type | event | venue | date | |||
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Sailing | Sailing Coble Festival | West End, Bridlington, North Yorkshire | Sat 11-Jul-2020 | to | Sun 12-Jul-2020 | website |
Music | Burton Agnes Jazz and Blues Festival | Burton Agnes Hall, Burton Agnes, East Yorkshire | Fri 17-Jul-2020 | to | Sun 19-Jul-2020 | website |
Coastal Show | Seafest Maritime Festival | Scarborough, North Yorkshire | Fri 17-Jul-2020 | to | Sun 19-Jul-2020 | website |
Music | Meadowfest - Malton's Boutique Music Festival | The Talbot, Yorkersgate, Malton, North Yorkshire | Sat 18-Jul-2020 | website | ||
Fireworks | Fireworks Champions | Newby Hall & Gardens, Ripon, North Yorkshire | Sat 18-Jul-2020 | website | ||
Rally | Historic Vehicle Rally | Newby Hall & Gardens, Ripon, North Yorkshire | Sun 19-Jul-2020 | website | ||
Music | The Popworld Festival | Millennium Square, Leeds, West Yorkshire | Sat 1-Aug-2020 | website | ||
Music | Leeds Ska & Mod Festival | Millennium Square, Leeds, West Yorkshire | Sun 9-Aug-2020 | website | ||
Rally | Scampston Classic Car Rally | Scampston Hall, Scampston, Malton, North Yorkshire | Sun 23-Aug-2020 | website | ||
Rally | Yorkshire Traction Engine Rally | Scampston Hall, Scampston, Malton, North Yorkshire | Sat 5-Sep-2020 | to | Sun 6-Sep-2020 | website |
Rally | Vintage Vehicle Rally | Kirklees Light Railway, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire | Sun 6-Sep-2020 | website | ||
Food & Drink | The World Jam Festival | Helmsley Walled Garden, Helmsley, North Yorkshire | Fri 11-Sep-2020 | to | Sun 13-Sep-2020 | website |
Rally | Hunton Steam Gathering | Hunton, North Yorkshire | Sat 12-Sep-2020 | to | Sun 13-Sep-2020 | website |
Food & Drink | Wensleydale Creamery Cheese Festival | Wensleydale Creamery, Hawes, North Yorkshire | Sat 12-Sep-2020 | to | Sun 13-Sep-2020 | website |
Food & Drink | Malton Harvest Food Festival | Market Place, Malton, North Yorkshire | Sat 12-Sep-2020 | website | ||
Flowers | Harrogate Autumn Flower Show | Newby Hall & Gardens, Ripon, North Yorkshire | Fri 18-Sep-2020 | to | Sun 20-Sep-2020 | website |
Country Show | Stokesley Show | Stokesley Showground, Stokesley, North Yorkshire | Sat 19-Sep-2020 | website | ||
Food & Drink | The Hairy Bikers | York Barbican, York, North Yorkshire | Thur 8-Oct-2020 | website | ||
Arts | Wetherby Arts Festival | Wetherby, West Yorkshire | Thur 8-Oct-2020 | to | Sun 11-Oct-2020 | website |
Food & Drink | Autumn Festival | Burton Agnes Hall, Burton Agnes, East Yorkshire | Sat 17-Oct-2020 | to | Sun 18-Oct-2020 | website |
Collectors' Fair and off-site store open event | National Emergency Services Museum, West Bar, Sheffield, South Yorkshire | Sun 25-Oct-2020 | website |
Music
type | event | venue | date | |||
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Pop | Will Young & James Morrison | Millennium Square, Leeds, West Yorkshire | Fri 17-Jul-2020 | website | ||
Jazz & Afrobeat | Alina Bzhezhinska Hip Harp Quartet | Hull Truck Theatre, Hull, East Yorkshire | Sat 18-Jul-2020 | website | ||
Jazz | Binker Golding Quartet | Hull Truck Theatre, Hull, East Yorkshire | Sat 18-Jul-2020 | website | ||
Jazz | Orphy Robinson All Stars | Hull Truck Theatre, Hull, East Yorkshire | Sat 18-Jul-2020 | website | ||
Rock | George Thorogood & The Destroyers | York Barbican, York, North Yorkshire | Wed 22-Jul-2020 | website | ||
80s Pop | 80s Classical | Millennium Square, Leeds, West Yorkshire | Fri 24-Jul-2020 | website | ||
Pop | Club Classical Anthems | Millennium Square, Leeds, West Yorkshire | Sat 25-Jul-2020 | website | ||
Classic Pop | Showaddywaddy | York Barbican, York, North Yorkshire | Sat 1-Aug-2020 | website | ||
Disco | Brutus Gold's Love Train | Millennium Square, Leeds, West Yorkshire | Sat 8-Aug-2020 | website | ||
Classical | Castle Howard Proms | Castle Howard, York, North Yorkshire | Sat 22-Aug-2020 | website | ||
Britpop | Sleeper & The Bluetones | O2 Academy, Leeds, West Yorkshire | Sat 5-Sep-2020 | website | ||
Northern Soul | Northern Live : Do I Love You | York Barbican, York, North Yorkshire | Sat 12-Sep-2020 | website | ||
Classic Pop | Go West & Paul Young | York Barbican, York, North Yorkshire | Sun 13-Sep-2020 | website | ||
Classic Pop | Kim Wilde: The Greatest Hits Tour 2020 | York Barbican, York, North Yorkshire | Thur 17-Sep-2020 | website | ||
Folk Rock | Lindisfarne Live! | Bradford Cathedral | Sat 19-Sep-2020 | website | ||
Classic Pop | Jason Donovan: Even More Reasons Tour | York Barbican, York, North Yorkshire | Fri 25-Sep-2020 | website | ||
Choral | Military Wives Choir | York Barbican, York, North Yorkshire | Fri 2-Oct-2020 | website | ||
Classic Pop | Dionne Warwick 'She's Back: One Last Time' Tour 2020 | York Barbican, York, North Yorkshire | Tues 6-Oct-2020 | website | ||
Easy Listening | Russell Watson: 20th Anniversary of The Voice | York Barbican, York, North Yorkshire | Fri 9-Oct-2020 | website | ||
Country | A Country Night In Nashville | York Barbican, York, North Yorkshire | Sat 10-Oct-2020 | website | ||
Jazz Funk | Level 42: From Eternity To Here | York Barbican, York, North Yorkshire | Tues 13-Oct-2020 | website | ||
Rock | Black Stone Cherry | O2 Academy, Leeds, West Yorkshire | Wed 21-Oct-2020 | website | ||
Classic Pop | Martin Kemp - Back To The 80's Party | O2 Academy, Leeds, West Yorkshire | Fri 23-Oct-2020 | website | ||
Club | Soul II Soul: Club Classics | York Barbican, York, North Yorkshire | Sat 31-Oct-2020 | website | ||
Singer Songwriter | Paul Weller | York Barbican, York, North Yorkshire | Tues 3-Nov-2020 | website | ||
Folk Rock | The Levellers | York Barbican, York, North Yorkshire | Wed 4-Nov-2020 | website | ||
Pop | Katie Melua | York Barbican, York, North Yorkshire | Sat 7-Nov-2020 | website | ||
R & B | Jools Holland | York Barbican, York, North Yorkshire | Wed 11-Nov-2020 | website | ||
Rock | The Stranglers | O2 Academy, Leeds, West Yorkshire | Thur 12-Nov-2020 | website | ||
Pop | Becky Hill | O2 Academy, Leeds, West Yorkshire | Thur 19-Nov-2020 | website | ||
Eclectic | Nitin Sawhney | Leeds Town Hall, The Headrow, Leeds, West Yorkshire | Thur 26-Nov-2020 | website | ||
Easy Listening | Katherine Jenkins | York Barbican, York, North Yorkshire | Fri 5-Feb-2021 | website |
Perfornance
type | event | venue | date | |||
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Magic | Derren Brown: Showman | Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield, South Yorkshire | Tues 14-Jul-2020 | to | Sat 18-Jul-2020 | website |
Comedy | Paul Smith: Changed | York Barbican, York, North Yorkshire | Thur 6-Aug-2020 | to | Fri 7-Aug-2020 | website |
Musical | 9 to 5 | Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield, South Yorkshire | Tues 15-Sep-2020 | to | Sat 19-Sep-2020 | website |
Comedy | Gary Meikle: Surreal | York Barbican, York, North Yorkshire | Thur 24-Sep-2020 | website | ||
Comedy | Daniel Sloss: HUBRIS | York Barbican, York, North Yorkshire | Sat 3-Oct-2020 | website | ||
Musical | The Commitments | Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield, South Yorkshire | Mon 5-Oct-2020 | to | Sat 10-Oct-2020 | website |
Comedy | Doug Stanhope | O2 Academy, Leeds, West Yorkshire | Mon 12-Oct-2020 | website | ||
Ballet | Swan Lake | York Barbican, York, North Yorkshire | Thur 22-Oct-2020 | website | ||
Comedy | Jimmy Carr: Terribly Funny | York Barbican, York, North Yorkshire | Sun 25-Oct-2020 | website | ||
Play | The Railway Children | Hull Truck Theatre, Hull, East Yorkshire | Fri 27-Nov-2020 | to | Sat 2-Jan-2021 | website |
Comedy | Daniel Sloss | HUBRIS | Leeds Town Hall, The Headrow, Leeds, West Yorkshire | Fri 27-Nov-2020 | website | ||
Comedy | Joel Dommett: Unapologetic (If That's Okay?) | York Barbican, York, North Yorkshire | Fri 11-Dec-2020 | website | ||
Comedy | Alan Carr: Not Again, Alan! | York Barbican, York, North Yorkshire | Wed 16-Dec-2020 | to | Sat 19-Dec-2020 | website |
Comedy | Jason Manford: Like Me | York Barbican, York, North Yorkshire | Wed 17-Feb-2021 | to | Thur 18-Feb-2021 | website |
Diversity: Connected | York Barbican, York, North Yorkshire | Sun 25-Apr-2021 | website |
Family
type | event | venue | date | |||
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Trains | Day Out with Thomas | Kirklees Light Railway, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire | Sat 18-Jul-2020 | to | Fri 19-Jun-2020 | website |
Trains | Family Fun Day at North Bay Heritage Railway | North Bay Railway, Scarborough, North Yorkshire | Sun 19-Jul-2020 | website | ||
Emergency Vehicles | Mega Machines | National Emergency Services Museum, West Bar, Sheffield, South Yorkshire | Wed 22-Jul-2020 | to | Sun 30-Aug-2020 | website |
Country Show | Aldborough & Boroughbridge Show 2020 | Newby Hall & Gardens, Ripon, North Yorkshire | Sun 26-Jul-2020 | website | ||
Trains | Day Out with Thomas | Kirklees Light Railway, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire | Sat 22-Aug-2020 | to | Sun 23-Aug-2020 | website |
Nature | Family Fun: Slugs, Snails & Slime | Scampston Hall, Scampston, Malton, North Yorkshire | Mon 31-Aug-2020 | website | ||
Trains | Steam & Diesel Gala | Kirklees Light Railway, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire | Sat 12-Sep-2020 | to | Sun 13-Sep-2020 | website |
Trains | Halloween Ghost Trains | Kirklees Light Railway, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire | Thur 29-Oct-2020 | to | Sat 31-Oct-2020 | website |
Trains | Day Out with Thomas | Kirklees Light Railway, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire | Sat 7-Nov-2020 | to | Sun 8-Nov-2020 | website |
Christmas Event | Santa Specials Experience 2020 | North Bay Railway, Scarborough, North Yorkshire | Sat 28-Nov-2020 | to | Wed 23-Dec-2020 | website |
Active
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Exhibitions
type | event | venue | date | |||
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Jewellery | Ring Exhibition 2020 | The Craft Centre and Design Gallery, Leeds, West Yorkshire | Sat 4-Apr-2020 | to | Sat 25-Jul-2020 | website |
Ceramics | Ceramic Showcase - Katrine Barber | The Craft Centre and Design Gallery, Leeds, West Yorkshire | Tues 21-Apr-2020 | to | Sat 25-Jul-2020 | website |
Textiles | Sheila Hicks | The Hepworth, Wakefield, West Yorkshire | Wed 24-Jun-2020 | to | Wed 7-Oct-2020 | website |
Prints | Summer Print Exhibition 2020 | The Craft Centre and Design Gallery, Leeds, West Yorkshire | Sat 27-Jun-2020 | to | Sat 31-Oct-2020 | website |
Paintings | The Expressive Mark | The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, Leeds, West Yorkshire | Tues 30-Jun-2020 | to | Sat 1-Aug-2020 | website |
Ceramics | Ceramic Showcase - Marina Bauguil | The Craft Centre and Design Gallery, Leeds, West Yorkshire | Tues 28-Jul-2020 | to | Sat 31-Oct-2020 | website |
Photography | Hannah Starkey | The Hepworth, Wakefield, West Yorkshire | Fri 23-Oct-2020 | to | Sun 24-Jan-2021 | website |
Sport
type | event | venue | date | |||
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Golf | Great North Air Ambulance Charity Golf Day | Rockliffe Hall, Hurworth on Tees, Darlington, County Durham | Thur 16-Jul-2020 | website |
At the Races
event | venue | date | |||
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Go Racing In Yorkshire Festival - Ripon Races | Ripon Races | Sat 18-Jul-2020 | website | ||
Children's 'Fancy Dress' Day - Ripon Races | Ripon Races | Mon 3-Aug-2020 | website | ||
Family Brick Adventure II - Ripon Races | Ripon Races | Mon 10-Aug-2020 | website | ||
An Evening of Quality Racing - Ripon Races | Ripon Races | Mon 24-Aug-2020 | website | ||
Bank Holiday Family Day - Ripon Races | Ripon Races | Mon 31-Aug-2020 | website | ||
A Quality Afternoon Of Racing - Ripon Races | Ripon Races | Tues 1-Sep-2020 | website | ||
Theakston Beer & BBQ Festival - Ripon Races | Ripon Races | Sat 26-Sep-2020 | website |
Regular Events
type | event | venue | |
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Food & Drink | Afternoon Tea Cruise on the Leeds & Liverpool canal | Waterside Court, Skipton, North Yorkshire | website |
Family | RSPB Bempton Cliffs | RSPB Bempton Cliffs, Bempton, East Yorkshire | website |
Food & Drink | Malton Monthly Food Market | Malton, North Yorkshire | website |
Walks, Climbing, Photography, Family Activities | National Trust, Brimham Rocks | Brimham, Summerbridge, North Yorkshire | website |
Family | Scampston Wildlife Club | Scampston Walled Garden, Scampston, Malton, North Yorkshire | website |
Food & Drink | Wine Tasting and Appreciation | Bon Coeur Fine Wines, Melsonby, North Yorkshire | website |
Food & Drink | Abbey Markets | Kirkstall Abbey, Kirkstall, Leeds, West Yorkshire | website |