Yorkshire Dales Diary - what's on? 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 March - October Flowers of the Dales Festival 12th-23rd March Wensleydale Tournament of Song 6th-8th April Settle Stories Storytelling Festival 12th-14th April Skipton Beer Festival 28th April Sedbergh Artisan Market 1st-7th May Ride2stride, Settle-Carlisle Railway Walking Festival 26th-28th May Skipton Castle - 15th Century Wars of the Roses 26th May-9 June Swaledale Festival 26th May Sedbergh Artisan Market 27th May-11 Sept Overground Underground Festival 28th May Austwick Street Market & Cuckoo Festival 3rd-17th June Sedbergh Music Festival 15th-30th June Grassington Festival 16th June Gargrave Open Gardens & Live Music 16th June Buckden Gala 16th-17th June NiddFest Writing & Nature Festival 16th-17th June Dales Festival of Food & Drink 22nd-24th June Dentdale Music & Beer Festival 23rd June Sedbergh Artisan Market 23rd-24th June Skipton Castle - Re-live 14th Century Medieval Life 30th June-8 July Three Peaks Arts Trail July - Aug Settle Flowerpot Festival 1st July Skipton Sheep Day 10th-12th July Great Yorkshire Show 14th-15th July Meadow Connections 21st-22nd July Masham Steam Engine & Fair Organ Rally 21st-22nd July Yorkshire Dales Food & Drink Festival 21st-22nd July Skipton Castle – 15th Century Castle Life 21st-22nd July Leyburn 1940s Weekend 28th July Birstwith Show 28th July Sedbergh Artisan Market 28th-29th July Skipton Castle – The Queen's Regiment 11th-12th Aug Art in the Pen 11th-12th Aug Skipton Castle – Meet the Governor 11th-19th Aug Kettlewell Scarecrow Festival 16th Aug Brough Agricultural Show 18th-19th Aug Skipton Castle – 12th Century Knights 18th Aug Gargrave Show 22nd Aug Gargrave Sheep Dog Trials 25th-26th Aug Skipton Castle – The Yorkshire Highwayman 25th Aug Malham Show 25th Aug Sedbergh Artisan Market 25th Aug Wensleydale Show 25th Aug Burnsall Feast 27th Aug Reeth Show 28th Aug Kilnsey Show 1st Sept Bentham Agricultural Show 2nd Sept The Moorcock Show 5th Sept Muker Show 6th-9th Sept Medieval Music in the Dales 9th Sept Hardraw Scar Brass Band Festival 15th Sept Sedbergh Artisan Market 15th-23rd Sept Yorkshire Dales National Park Cheese Festival 22nd-30th Sept Richmond Walking & Book Festival 24th Sept Nidderdale Show 28th-30th Sept Broughton Hall Children's Literature Festival 29th-30th Sept Yarndale 29th-30th Sept Masham Sheep Fair 1st Dec Christmas Concert at Malham Cove 1st Dec Leyburn Christmas Festival 1st,2nd,8-9th Dec Grassington Dickensian Festival 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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