Yorkshire Dales Diary - what's on in 2019? Events in the Yorkshire Dales
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Plenty to see and do!
Uplifting festivals and other exciting events take place throughout the year. Everything that happens is set within a glorious backdrop of dramatic scenery, fresh air and Dales greenery. Country shows attract locals and visitors to show off their skills, learn some new ones, taste and buy excellent local produce. Look out for ferret racing, pig obstacle courses, proud shepherds, show jumping, fell races, handicrafts and flower displays, food markets and unexpected delights! What's on this weekend & further ahead? Here's a selection of the festivals and country shows that regularly take place in the Yorkshire Dales 15th Feb-3 Mar Dark Skies Festival March - October Flowers of the Dales Festival 25th Mar-5 Apr Wensleydale Tournament of Song 21st-22nd Apr Skipton Castle - The Yorkshire Highwayman 25th-27th April Skipton Beer Festival 27th April Sedbergh Artisan Market 27th-28th April Sedbergh Food Festival 30th Apr-6th May ride2stride, Settle-Carlisle Railway Walking & Music Festival 4th May Long Preston Traditional May Day Celebrations 16th-19th May Hinterlands Rural Film Festival 18th May Sedbergh Gala 25th-27th May Skipton Castle - 15th Century War of the Roses 25th May-8 June Swaledale Festival 25th May Sedbergh Artisan Market 27th May Austwick Street Market & Cuckoo Festival 27th May West Burton May Fair 27th May-11 Sept Overground Underground Festival 1st/2nd June North Yorkshire Open Studios 8th/9th June North Yorkshire Open Studios 15th June Buckden Gala 15th-16th June Dales Festival of Food & Drink 21st-29th June Grassington Festival 22nd June Sedbergh Artisan Market 22nd-23rd June Skipton Castle - Tournee: Re-live 1380 Medieval Life 28th-30th June Dentdale Music & Beer Festival 29th-30th June Settle and District Open Gardens July - Aug Settle Flowerpot Festival 9th-11th July Great Yorkshire Show 13th-14th July Skipton Castle - Stone Carving Association Demo 20th-21st July Masham Steam Engine & Fair Organ Rally 20th-21st July Yorkshire Dales Food & Drink Festival 20th-21st July Skipton Castle – 15th Century Castle Life 20th-21st July Leyburn 1940s Weekend 27th July Birstwith Show 27th July Sedbergh Artisan Market 3rd-4th Aug Skipton Castle – The Trayned Bands 10th Aug Littondale Fete 10th-11th Aug Art in the Pen 10th-11th Aug Skipton Castle – Pirate Captain 10th-18th Aug Kettlewell Scarecrow Festival 15th Aug Brough Agricultural Show 17th-18th Aug Skipton Castle – 12th Century Knights 17th Aug Gargrave Show 24th Aug (tbc) Gargrave Sheep Dog Trials 24th-25th Aug Skipton Castle – Meet the Governor 24th Aug Malham Show 24th Aug Sedbergh Artisan Market 24th Aug Wensleydale Show 24th Aug Burnsall Feast 26th Aug Reeth Show 27th Aug Kilnsey Show 1st Sept The Moorcock Show 4th Sept Muker Show 5th-8th Sept Medieval Music in the Dales 7th Sept Bentham Agricultural Show 8th Sept Hardraw Scar Brass Band Festival 14th-21st Sept Yorkshire Dales National Park Cheese Festival 21st Sept Sedbergh Artisan Market 23rd Sept Nidderdale Show 28th Sept-6th Oct Richmond Walking & Book Festival 28th-29th Sept Yarndale 5th-6th Oct Masham Sheep Fair 12th-20th Oct Three Peaks Arts Trail 23rd Nov Littondale Christmas Fair 30th Nov-1st Dec Festive Farfield Mill Weekend 1st Dec Leyburn Christmas Festival 1st Dec & 8th Dec Skipton Christmas Market 30th Nov, 1st Dec, and 7th-8th Dec Grassington Dickensian Festival 7th Dec Christmas Concert at Malham Cove There's also a vibrant programme of performances and events in these venues around the Dales The Georgian Theatre Royal in Richmond dates back to 1788 and is Britain's oldest working theatre in its original form today, with a really intimate atmosphere. Nearby is the Station Cinema. The Old School House in Leyburn was recently converted into an arts centre with a lively programme of arts events. Victoria Hall in Settle is a grade 2 listed former Victorian music hall, now with a wide programme of drama, comedy and music. The Mart Theatre in Skipton is the world's only theatre residing in a working cattle auction mart - they alternate so you won't be watching a show surrounded by cattle! You'll also find many smaller events taking place in town, village and church halls as well as in pubs, fields and many other intriguing spaces! |
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