Literary-art Events in York

Check out happening literary-art events all around York, EN

Songs of Nature: An evening of words and music

 Tue, 09 Jun at 06:00 pm Central Hall Free

The Smyths + Nick Tudor

 Thu, 23 Jul at 07:30 pm The Crescent Community Venue

Live Better: Midlife and menopause

 Fri, 05 Jun at 06:00 pm Room PZA/103, Piazza Building Free

The Power of Anxiety: How to ride the worry wave

 Sat, 30 May at 11:00 am Tempest Anderson Hall, Free

Human Kindness in a Volatile World

 Sun, 07 Jun at 06:30 pm Room PZA/103, Piazza Building Free

An Evening with Fiona Mozley at Waterstones York

 Thu, 04 Jun at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 22

Manchester’s Music Soul: Oasis and beyond

 Sun, 07 Jun at 07:15 pm The Ron Cooke Hub Free

Poetry and Place in the Viking World

 Mon, 08 Jun at 07:00 pm North South - Cafe & Bar Free

Andrew Sean Greer at Waterstones York

 Tue, 30 Jun at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 20

The Jasmine Lowe Band | Lucy Robinson (Full Band)

 Mon, 06 Jul at 06:30 pm The Fulford Arms

BOTANICALLY BRONTË A Literary Cocktail Experience

 Sat, 15 Aug at 01:00 pm Lower Friargate Free

Space Journal: The art and science of cosmic exploration

 Sun, 31 May at 03:30 pm Tempest Anderson Hall, Free

Malton Roman Festival V

Sun, 19 Jul at 10:00 am Orchard Fields

The Book Exchange - Speed Swap Social - Bring a Book, Find Your Next Read

 Thu, 28 May at 07:00 pm Fossgate Tap GBP 5

Story Time with Mama G - York

 Sat, 06 Jun at 01:00 pm York Theatre Royal

The Medieval Guide to Healthy Living

 Sun, 31 May at 01:45 pm Tempest Anderson Hall, Free

Celtic Magic: A practitioner’s guide

 Sat, 06 Jun at 03:45 pm The Lakehouse - Ron Cooke Hub Free

Democracy on Trial: The verdict and the road ahead

 Sun, 07 Jun at 04:00 pm Room RCH/037 - Ron Cooke Hub Free

An Evening with Jonathan Sims - Waterstones York

 Thu, 09 Jul at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 26

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

An Evening with Jennifer Saint - Waterstones York

 Wed, 22 Jul at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 22

Slow Saturday Mini Retreat // May 2026

 Sat, 16 May at 02:30 pm The Stables Yoga Centre

Democracy on Trial: The promise of democracy

 Sun, 07 Jun at 10:45 am Room RCH/037 - Ron Cooke Hub Free

No Priest But Love

 Sun, 09 Aug at 02:00 pm Holy Trinity, Goodramgate, Goodramgate, York, UK GBP 25 to 30

Nontaines S.C. - Performing The Music of Fontaines D.C.

Sun, 24 May at 06:30 pm The Fulford Arms

Robert Harris at Tempest Anderson Hall - Waterstones

 Thu, 03 Sep at 06:30 pm Museum Gardens GBP 18 to 40

The Ocelots @ The Arts Barge, York

Fri, 29 May at 07:30 pm The Arts Barge

Babylon: The mother of all cities

 Sat, 06 Jun at 10:30 am Room RCH/037 - Ron Cooke Hub Free

England and York Before and After 1066

 Sat, 30 May at 10:00 am St Oswald's Church Hall, Main Street, Fulford GBP 5

Shakespeare 2026: Relevance, resilience and no more Hamlet

 Thu, 04 Jun at 07:15 pm Room CL/057 - Church Lane Building Free

Bad Influence: How the internet hijacked our health

 Mon, 08 Jun at 06:15 pm The Lakehouse - Ron Cooke Hub Free

A History of Medieval Britain in twelve illuminated manuscripts

 Mon, 08 Jun at 06:00 pm Merchant Adventurers' Hall Free

Sensing the 17th Century

 Mon, 08 Jun at 06:30 pm Merchant Adventurers' Hall Free

An Evening with Lucy Steeds at Waterstones York

 Wed, 24 Jun at 07:00 pm City Screen Picturehouse GBP 5 to 15

Consciousness and Education Conference 2026 - In Person & Online

 Tue, 16 Jun at 09:30 am York St John University GBP 0 to 185

The Hollywood History of Art

 Sat, 06 Jun at 11:30 am The Lakehouse - Ron Cooke Hub Free

Graveyards: A history of living with the dead

 Sun, 07 Jun at 01:30 pm The Lakehouse - Ron Cooke Hub Free

I, Clara

 Wed, 24 Jun at 07:30 pm Alborough, YO51 9EP York, United Kingdom

Chasing Jessop: The mystery of England cricket's oldest record

 Tue, 09 Jun at 07:30 pm Room RCH/037 - Ron Cooke Hub Free

After the Bombardment

 Sat, 30 May at 01:15 pm York Explore Library Free

In Conversation with Tina Makereti

 Sun, 07 Jun at 04:30 pm The Lakehouse - Ron Cooke Hub Free

The Jasmine Lowe Band | Lucy Robinson (Full Band) | Greg Welburn-Kelly

 Mon, 06 Jul at 07:30 pm 121 Fulford Road, YO10 4EX York, United Kingdom

Athens and Sparta: The rivalry that shaped ancient Greece

 Sat, 06 Jun at 01:30 pm Room RCH/037 - Ron Cooke Hub Free

There’s a Ghost in My Room: Living with the supernatural

 Mon, 08 Jun at 07:45 pm The Lakehouse - Ron Cooke Hub Free

Things We Found in the Ground

 Sun, 07 Jun at 03:00 pm The Lakehouse - Ron Cooke Hub Free

Tidings: Poetry Quarterly Presents...Alex Wylie

 Thu, 18 Jun at 07:00 pm City Screen Picturehouse GBP 4

Tempest & Volcanoes: Ten Things You Should Know

 Sun, 31 May at 02:00 pm York Medical Society Free

Adventures in Time, Space and Television

 Sat, 06 Jun at 03:00 pm Room RCH/037 - Ron Cooke Hub Free

The Writer's Room

 Sun, 07 Jun at 12:15 pm The Lakehouse - Ron Cooke Hub Free

Shakespeare's King Lear: Place and the Unplaceable

 Thu, 04 Jun at 06:00 pm Room CL/057 - Church Lane Building Free

Our Future, Our North: From local roots to regional wealth

 Wed, 10 Jun at 11:00 am Room RCH/037 - Ron Cooke Hub Free

Royal Observatory Greenwich: A History in Objects

 Sun, 07 Jun at 06:00 pm Room RCH/037 - Ron Cooke Hub Free

First Helpings: A history of children and food

 Sat, 30 May at 10:30 am York Explore Library Free

NONTAINES D.C. – PERFORMING THE MUSIC OF FONTAINES D.C.

 Sun, 24 May at 07:30 pm 121 Fulford Road, YO10 4EX York, United Kingdom

Nontaines D.C. - Performing The Music of Fontaines D.C.

Sun, 24 May at 06:30 pm The Fulford Arms

Love's Labour's Found

Wed, 27 May at 05:30 pm Micklegate Social

The Way the Water Held Me: Talk and Reading with Catherine Redford

 Wed, 27 May at 07:00 pm 20 Coney St Free

The Final Chapters: Two writers on ageing and care

 Sat, 30 May at 12:00 pm York Explore Library Free

Grunge Included 2026

 Mon, 07 Sep at 10:00 am York St John Creative Centre, York St John University Free

Creative Discipline, Harmonious Homes

 Wed, 17 Jun at 07:00 pm York Steiner School GBP 5

Rainbow Bookfest - York, UK

 Sat, 10 Oct at 10:00 am Radisson Hotel York GBP 35 to 50

Literary Escape Festival - `York

 Sat, 08 Aug at 10:30 am Priory Street Centre GBP 0 to 12

One Yellow Eye May Book Club Author Event

 Thu, 18 Jun at 06:30 pm Fossgate Tap GBP 5 to 6

Bex Benjamin and AK Faulkner

 Mon, 08 Jun at 06:00 pm Over the Rainbow / Portal Bookshop Free

A Healing Art: Northern Poets in Conversation

 Fri, 19 Jun at 07:00 pm 20 Coney St Free

The Jasmine Lowe Band | Lucy Robinson (Full Band) | Greg Welburn-Kelly

 Mon, 06 Jul at 06:30 pm The Fulford Arms