Festivals in York
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York Comedy Festival 2026 | Russell Howard, Ross Noble, Russell Kane + More | York Museum Gardens
Sun, 12 Jul at 02:30 pm
York Museum Gardens
Super Furry Animals + Baxter Dury, Los Campesinos!, Divorce & Pys Melyn | York Museum Gardens
Sat, 11 Jul at 04:00 pm
York Museum Gardens
York Freshers Welcome Week 2026 🎓 - UK Largest Freshers Events - Sold out 10 years Running 🏆
Sun, 20 Sep at 09:00 pm
Flares & Popworld
Official York Freshers Week Wristband | 2026 🎉
Sun, 20 Sep at 09:00 pm
Various Venues
York Food Festival
Fri, 18 Sep at 10:00 am
Parliament Street
Free
Self Esteem, Moonchild Sanelly, Joshua Idehen in York
Fri, 10 Jul at 05:00 pm
York Museum Gardens
Mamma Mia! Outdoor Cinema ExtrABBAganza at Castle Howard near York
Sat, 18 Jul at 06:00 pm
Castle Howard
GBP 9 to 53
Songs of Nature: An evening of words and music
Tue, 09 Jun at 06:00 pm
Central Hall
Free
The Sky Bet Ebor Festival
Wed, 19 Aug at 11:00 am
Racecourse Road, YO23 1EX York, United Kingdom
York Rotary Dragon Boat Challenge 2026
Sun, 12 Jul at 10:00 am
River Ouse, by Lendal Bridge
Live Better: Midlife and menopause
Fri, 05 Jun at 06:00 pm
Room PZA/103, Piazza Building
Free
The Great Yorkshire Wine & Fizz Festival
Sat, 27 Jun at 01:00 pm
The Vineyard, Pool Lane, YO26 8EL Nun Monkton, United Kingdom
14th Poppleton Beer & Music Festival
Fri, 12 Jun at 04:00 pm
Millfield Lane, York
Elles Bailey
Sun, 17 May at 07:00 pm
FortyFive Vinyl Café
May Half Term: Meet the Romans at York Minster
Mon, 25 May at 10:00 am
YO1 7HH York, United Kingdom
The ABBA Day Party: York 💃🕺
Sat, 01 Aug at 02:00 pm
CIRCUIT York
Savannah Gardner
Fri, 12 Jun at 07:00 pm
FortyFive Vinyl Café
Witches Coven York 2026
Sat, 20 Jun at 06:00 pm
2 Patrick Pool, YO1 8BB York, United Kingdom
Street Weekend - Drag & Drive
Fri, 05 Jun at 10:00 am
Elvington Airfield
York Festival of Ideas presents “La Diva de La Guitarra” Galina Vale returns
Fri, 12 Jun at 12:30 pm
St Helen Church Stonegate
The Power of Anxiety: How to ride the worry wave
Sat, 30 May at 11:00 am
Tempest Anderson Hall,
Free
Space: The final frontier
Thu, 04 Jun at 10:30 am
Tempest Anderson Hall,
Free
Manchester’s Music Soul: Oasis and beyond
Sun, 07 Jun at 07:15 pm
The Ron Cooke Hub
Free
Place: The sky’s the limit
Thu, 04 Jun at 01:45 pm
Tempest Anderson Hall,
Free
Poetry and Place in the Viking World
Mon, 08 Jun at 07:00 pm
North South - Cafe & Bar
Free
Under The Influence Presents: Tom Bright
Sat, 13 Jun at 01:00 pm
Rise, 201 acomb rd, York
Cian Downing
Thu, 28 May at 06:30 pm
The Fulford Arms
SUMMER AT THE STATION
Sat, 13 Jun at 12:00 pm
24 Church Road, Stamford Bridge
The Alan Fletcher Band
Mon, 19 Oct at 06:30 pm
The Fulford Arms
First Time Flyers
Thu, 30 Jul at 07:00 pm
FortyFive Vinyl Café
Ska Day Party: York 🎺
Sat, 13 Jun at 02:00 pm
CIRCUIT York
Swing Commanders
Sat, 27 Jun at 06:00 pm
New Earswick Folk Hall
GBP 17
Street Weekend - Drag & Drive
Sat, 06 Jun at 10:00 am
Melbourne Raceway
Alne Street Fayre
Sun, 07 Jun at 11:30 am
Church Wind, York, YO61 1, United Kingdom
Motown Day Party: York ✨
Sat, 04 Jul at 02:00 pm
CIRCUIT York
Jess Tristan
Sun, 31 May at 07:00 pm
FortyFive Vinyl Café
Malton Beer & Gin Festival 2026
Sat, 08 Aug at 01:00 pm
Malton Cricket Ground, Old Malton Road, YO17 7EY Malton, United Kingdom
The Jasmine Lowe Band | Lucy Robinson (Full Band)
Mon, 06 Jul at 06:30 pm
The Fulford Arms
Huby & Sutton Annual Agricultural Show
Sun, 05 Jul at 09:00 am
Sutton Park, York
Demi Marriner
Mon, 01 Jun at 07:00 pm
FortyFive Vinyl Café
SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH
Sun, 12 Jul at 07:30 pm
121 Fulford Road, YO10 4EX York, United Kingdom
THE PALAVA (FINAL GIG)
Sat, 11 Jul at 06:30 pm
The Fulford Arms
Tom Bright | York
Sat, 13 Jun at 07:00 pm
Bluebird Bakery
DEAD NORTHERN HORROR AND FANTASY FILM FESTIVAL 2026
Fri, 25 Sep at 10:30 am
City Screen
The rivers and us: Exploring New Walk and York's rivers
Fri, 07 Aug at 10:30 am
Millennium Bridge
Free
West Bank Park summer fair
Sun, 28 Jun at 01:00 pm
West Bank Park
Elles Bailey
Mon, 18 May at 07:00 pm
FortyFive Vinyl Café
Cud - celebrating 40 yrs of vintage indie rock! + Megafragma
Fri, 04 Sep at 07:30 pm
The Crescent Community Venue
70s Day Disco: York 🌟
Sat, 12 Sep at 02:00 pm
CIRCUIT York
The Mouse Outfit | York, The Crescent
Thu, 15 Oct at 06:30 pm
The Crescent Community Venue
Space Journal: The art and science of cosmic exploration
Sun, 31 May at 03:30 pm
Tempest Anderson Hall,
Free
First Time Flyers - Second Date
Wed, 29 Jul at 07:00 pm
FortyFive Vinyl Café
Pop Goes Metal - Tame the Savage - Pretty Handsome Awkward
Sat, 16 May at 06:30 pm
The Fulford Arms
Malton Roman Festival V
Sun, 19 Jul at 10:00 am
Orchard Fields
Story Time with Mama G - York
Sat, 06 Jun at 01:00 pm
York Theatre Royal
Trance Day Party: York 🔊
Sat, 07 Nov at 03:00 pm
CIRCUIT York
York Dragon Boat Race
Sun, 12 Jul at 12:00 am
River Ouse
Gems of The Romantic Cello
Fri, 15 May at 07:30 pm
National Centre for Early Music
Nortec: Bostich + Fussible (Live Band Show)
Thu, 18 Jun at 07:30 pm
Yo1 6DU
FRUIT FEST v.2
Tue, 26 May at 05:30 pm
The Fulford Arms
The Medieval Guide to Healthy Living
Sun, 31 May at 01:45 pm
Tempest Anderson Hall,
Free
WizardFest 2026 - York’s Festival of Wizardry
Sat, 23 May at 09:00 am
York City Centre
Celtic Magic: A practitioner’s guide
Sat, 06 Jun at 03:45 pm
The Lakehouse - Ron Cooke Hub
Free
York Air Walk
Fri, 05 Jun at 10:30 am
Bar Lane & Micklegate
GBP 6
Democracy on Trial: The verdict and the road ahead
Sun, 07 Jun at 04:00 pm
Room RCH/037 - Ron Cooke Hub
Free
Beyond Borders: York Climate Narratives
Fri, 05 Jun at 07:00 pm
Room LMB/002, Law and Sociology
Free
Hearth of Darkness
Sun, 07 Jun at 06:00 pm
The Lakehouse - Ron Cooke Hub
Free
Regina: A new history of women and power
Fri, 05 Jun at 07:30 pm
Room PZA/103, Piazza Building
Free
All the Rage: Why anger drives the world
Sat, 06 Jun at 01:00 pm
The Lakehouse - Ron Cooke Hub
Free
The Rec’s May Fair Funday 🎪
Sun, 24 May at 12:00 pm
The Rec - Copmanthorpe
Monkstock Rock Music Festival 1st Edition
Fri, 14 Aug at 05:00 pm
Yorkshire Heart Vineyard & Brewery
Utterly Fuzzled #10 Milky Wimpshake < Objections < Silk Cuts < Count Florida and much more!
Fri, 05 Jun at 07:00 pm
Fulfordgate Wmc
TOM BRIGHT| RISE @ BLUEBIRD | YORK
Sat, 13 Jun at 08:00 pm
201 Acomb Road, York, YO24 4HD, United Kingdom
Democracy on Trial: The promise of democracy
Sun, 07 Jun at 10:45 am
Room RCH/037 - Ron Cooke Hub
Free
American Super Stock Street Weekend Rd 5
Sun, 07 Jun at 09:00 am
Melbourne Raceway
An Audience with Gabriella Di Laccio
Tue, 19 May at 05:45 pm
Creative Centre Auditorium
Free
TV SMITH & THE BORED TEENAGERS
Wed, 23 Sep at 06:30 pm
The Fulford Arms
York Whisky Club - Summer York Whisky Festival 2026
Sat, 27 Jun at 01:00 pm
St Lawrence Church Community Hall
American Super Stock Jet Fest Rds 6 & 7
Sat, 11 Jul at 09:00 am
Melbourne Raceway
Track Dogs
Thu, 24 Sep at 07:30 pm
York Basement Bar
Babylon: The mother of all cities
Sat, 06 Jun at 10:30 am
Room RCH/037 - Ron Cooke Hub
Free
The Climate Resilience Jam: A Participatory Panel Experience
Tue, 02 Jun at 03:00 pm
CC/101, York St John Creative Centre
Free
Blowing up the House No60 - Free entry Punk, Psych, Rock and Post Punk 1/2 dayer
Sat, 10 Oct at 05:30 pm
The Fulford Arms
Little Paws Creative Club - Festival of Ideas Special
Sat, 06 Jun at 10:30 am
All Saints North Street (The Shrine and Parish Church)
GBP 2 to 2
Bad Influence: How the internet hijacked our health
Mon, 08 Jun at 06:15 pm
The Lakehouse - Ron Cooke Hub
Free
The Magpies Festival
Fri, 14 Aug at 11:00 am
Sutton Park, York
Festival of Ideas: Beyond Borders
Fri, 05 Jun at 07:00 pm
York Law School
Free
Sensing the 17th Century
Mon, 08 Jun at 06:30 pm
Merchant Adventurers' Hall
Free
A Dose of Nature: Our National Parks as a Natural Health Service
Tue, 09 Jun at 06:00 pm
CC/011, York St John Creative Centre
Free
Swinefest (Day 1)
Fri, 03 Jul at 05:00 pm
The Fulford Arms
Pawchella 2026
Sun, 14 Jun at 11:00 am
Flaxton Dog Park
Country and Western Festival at Allerthorpe Golf and Country Park
Sat, 11 Jul at 12:00 pm
Allerthorpe Golf & Country Park
GBP 0 to 66
Food for Thought and Healing: The Gut-Grief Connection
Sat, 16 May at 03:45 pm
York Explore Library and Archive
Free
2026 Wilberfoss Duck Race
Sun, 17 May at 01:00 pm
Wilberfoss Duck Race
Grateful Dudes (UK Grateful Dead Tribute)
Fri, 19 Jun at 06:30 pm
The Fulford Arms
Steam Pigeon – Songs of Love and Death at York Cemetery Chapel
Sun, 17 May at 03:15 pm
YO10 5AJ
Free
The Tirith - Harmony Of Spheres
Sun, 17 May at 06:30 pm
The Fulford Arms
Swinefest (Day 2)
Sat, 04 Jul at 12:00 pm
The Fulford Arms
Mending: Creative and Historical Workshop
Fri, 15 May at 01:00 pm
Quilters' Guild Of The British Isles
Free
The Future’s in Our Hands: Reclaiming our rivers
Sat, 06 Jun at 04:30 pm
Room LMB/030, Law and Sociology Building
Free
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