Jorvik Viking Festival

13 - 21 Feb 2010 (annual)

Get some hands-on experience of what it was like to be a Viking. More than 10,000 visitors turn up to York's annual Jorvik Festival to watch Norse warriors fight to the (mock) death with their enemies, the Saxons.

Moor and Coast Festival

May 2010 (annual)

Whitby holds its annual Moor and Coast festival over three days of traditional music, song and dance. The entertainment around town includes ghost walks, street theatre, ceilidhs and workshops.

Swaledale Festival

May - Jun 2010 (annual)

The Swaledale Festival is a well-established annual spring event which takes place in Swaledale, Wensleydale and Arkengarthdale. It presents all sorts of live music, as well as theatre, village concerts, workshops, exhibitions and traditional craft displays.

Great Yorkshire Show

Jul 2010 (annual)

The Great Yorkshire Show - a countryside showcase held at Harrogate's Great Yorkshire Showground - celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2008. The packed programme features show-jumping, pole-climbing, marching bands and cattle parades.

York Early Music Festival

Jul 2010 (annual)

First held in 1977, York Early Music Festival can claim to be Britain's foremost festival of early music. It commandeers a variety of medieval churches, historic houses and Guildhalls in and around this Roman city for its huge range of performances.

Limetree Festival

Jul 2010 (annual)

For people who moan about festivals not being what they used to be, there's the laid-back Limetree Festival at North Yorkshire's Lime Tree Farm. It features up-and-coming bands, comedy, cabaret, street theatre and a stone circle, minus the corporate feel.

Tockwith and District Show

Aug 2010 (annual)

The Tockwith and District Show provides a wealth of rural entertainment every August. Visitors can wander around a vast display of trade stands, livestock exhibits and craft stalls in the Great Yorkshire Showground at Harrogate.

Egton Bridge Gooseberry Show

Aug 2010 (annual)

Upholding the 19th-century tradition of finding the heaviest gooseberry has always been of utmost importance at Egton Bridge in North Yorkshire. Some 200 years after its origin, competition entrants at St Hedda's Schoolroom are as enthusiastic as ever.

Moor Music Festival

Aug 2010 (annual)

The Moor Music Festival brings live music and festival fun to Heslaker Farm in Skipton, North Yorkshire. Three main stages host live music from all genres with performances by bands and DJs.

York Maze

Jul - Sep 2010 (annual)

A popular American pastime is to plant fields with maize, then cut paths to create a maze in the tall crop. The tradition has arrived in England and in late summer you can come and get lost at York Maze!

Harrogate Turkish Baths

Daily

What better place to chill out than in a Frigidarium? The Romans used to do it and it worked well for them. Make your way to Harrogate's Turkish Baths - a slice of history.

York Castle Prison

Daily

Part of the York Castle complex, York Castle Prison invites masochistic visitors to spend the day where others spent a lifetime. With York Castle having been a seat of justice for 1,000 years, the attraction explores its unique history.

The Shambles

Daily

The Shambles is the most famous street in York. Lined with timber-built, medieval shops, it is a magnet for visitors looking for that essential York souvenir.

York Minster

Daily

York Minster is the largest medieval building in England and the biggest gothic cathedral north of the Alps.

National Railway Museum

Daily

York's National Railway Museum takes visitors on a journey through over 200 years of life on the railways, taking in the golden age of steam travel. From "real" platforms, sound effects recreate the busy and exciting atmosphere of another era.

Jorvik Viking Centre

Daily

The Jorvik Viking Centre offers plenty of Viking history on the very site where archaeologists discovered the remains of the city of Jorvik, now known as York. At least 800 of the items found during the archaeological dig are on display.

The York Dungeon

Daily

The York Dungeon delves into the city's dark and haunting past and explores the chilling truth about the suspicious characters who have lived, hidden or died in the city. Watch out for the infamous highwayman Dick Turpin (who was hanged here) and the Viking Ivar the Boneless, who invaded the city on 1 November 1866 AD and caused much bloodshed.

York Designer Outlet

Daily

York's Designer Outlet is a great place to pick up a bargain. More than 120 designer shops sell everything from clothes and jewellery to homeware at up to 50% off their recommended retail price. For label-lovers everywhere.

Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal

Daily

The 800-year-old Cistercian Fountains Abbey is Britain's largest ruin and one of Yorkshire's most visited attractions. It includes the grand Elizabethan mansion, Fountains Hall, and 18th-century Studley Royal Water Garden.

Roman Bath Inn

Daily

In a city as old as York it should come as no surprise that there is a pub in the city - the Roman Bath Inn - with the caldarium or "hot room" of a Roman bath-house in the cellar.

North York Moors National Park

Daily

Encompassing 554 square miles of some of England's most amazing countryside, the North York Moors National Park was designated in 1952 (the year after the first National Parks were founded). With the country's largest expanse of heather moorland as well as 26 miles of spectacular coastline, it is a haven for flora, fauna, 25,000 residents and the millions of visitors seeking natural regeneration every year.

The Living Room

Daily

The Living Room is one of York's swishest venues and boasts an extensive food and cocktail menu. With a terrace looking over the River Ouse, it is a popular place to enjoy a quiet sundowner before partying the night away.

York Art Gallery

Daily

York Art Gallery houses one of the region's finest collections of European painting, spanning over 600 years and displayed in themed areas. Among the artists on show are Belloto, Reynolds, Parmigianino, Lowry and Nash. The gallery also stages temporary exhibitions.

Yorkshire Dales National Park

Daily

The Yorkshire Dales National Park covers a collection of river valleys and hills in the North of Yorkshire and Cumbria. Famed for their beauty, the Dales offer visitors extensive options for walking, biking, caving and sightseeing.

York Castle Museum

Daily

York's Castle Museum brings more than 400 years of history back to life in its award-winning exhibitions and displays.

BPM

Daily

Popular with students and those looking for a late night, BPM is open seven days a week. Two floors, three bars and a rooftop terrace make this place a fixture on York's party circuit.

Roman Walls

Daily

York has more miles of intact city walls than anywhere else in England, visited by over a million people every year. Originally built as defences in Roman times, they've been added to and rebuilt over the centuries.

Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Daily

The Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) sits in a 200-year-old landscaped park outside Wakefield. It aims to utilise the natural beauty of the area to display a changing array of sculptures including, most notably, works by Barbra Hepworth and Henry Moore.

Burnby Hall Gardens

Daily

This spectacular landscaped garden in York is home to the National Collection of Waterlillies, making it a wonderful place to visit especially during the summer when all 80 varieties spread gloriously across the garden's two lakes.

RHS Garden Harlow Carr

Daily

Just outside Harrogate, garden lovers can immerse themselves in floral heaven at the Royal Horticultural Society Garden Harlow Carr, themed to reflect the trends of gardening in the past 200 years.

Henshelwood's Deli

Daily

Henshelwood's Deli, in the heart of historic York, sells everything from hampers to sandwiches, 40 types of British and Continental cheese and Whiby crab. There is always an expert on hand to answer your questions.

No monthly events available.

York National Book Fair

Sep 2010 (annual)

The York National Book Fair is the largest rare, antiquarian and out-of-print book fair in Europe. Around 200 leading booksellers offer an immense collection of books, maps and prints at the Knavesmire Centre.

York Maze

Jul - Sep 2010 (annual)

A popular American pastime is to plant fields with maize, then cut paths to create a maze in the tall crop. The tradition has arrived in England and in late summer you can come and get lost at York Maze!

York Festival of Rivers

Jul 2010 (annual)

Following its success last year, the Festival of Rivers returns to York with exhibitions and musical performances, walks and dancing, swimming and fishing on the riverbanks and on long boats lining the Ouse and the Foss.

York Festival of Food and Drink

Sep 2010 (annual)

Providing a great opportunity to broaden your culinary knowledge and expand your waistline, the York Festival of Food and Drink returns for ten individually themed days. Events are held at venues all over the city.

York Festival of Fairtrade

22 Feb - 7 Mar 2010 (annual)

There's more to York's Fairtrade Festival than the Parliament Street market, yet with its quality produce from around the globe it's certainly the highlight. However, make sure you take in the street entertainment and explore the exhibitions around town.

York Early Music Festival

Jul 2010 (annual)

First held in 1977, York Early Music Festival can claim to be Britain's foremost festival of early music. It commandeers a variety of medieval churches, historic houses and Guildhalls in and around this Roman city for its huge range of performances.

Tockwith and District Show

Aug 2010 (annual)

The Tockwith and District Show provides a wealth of rural entertainment every August. Visitors can wander around a vast display of trade stands, livestock exhibits and craft stalls in the Great Yorkshire Showground at Harrogate.

The Scare Witch Trials

Oct 2010 (annual)

The Scare Witch Trials show The York Dungeon at its most dastardly. Deep in the dungeon's depths, unwitting visitors are suddenly embroiled in a 17th-century trial - accused of witchcraft. Will you be condemned to a long drop in a short noose?

Swaledale Festival

May - Jun 2010 (annual)

The Swaledale Festival is a well-established annual spring event which takes place in Swaledale, Wensleydale and Arkengarthdale. It presents all sorts of live music, as well as theatre, village concerts, workshops, exhibitions and traditional craft displays.

St Nicholas Fayre

Nov 2010 (annual)

The streets of York come alive for the St Nicholas Fayre, which stretches across the city's main squares and into the historic halls. Specialist stalls, carol singers, festive food and entertainment get shoppers in the Christmas spirit.

Richmond Walking & Book Festival

Sep - Oct 2010 (annual)

Boots and books take over North Yorkshire this autumn. Bookworms and walkaholics join forces for the annual Richmond Walking & Book Festival, where guided walks take place and famous guests from the literary world come to visit.

National Brass Band Championships

25 - 26 Sep 2010 (annual)

With polished cornets and buffed brass bells, scores of British brass players descend on the Harrogate International Centre to compete in the National Brass Band Championships finals. Tense but enthralling, it's an absolute must on the brass-band calendar.

Moor and Coast Festival

May 2010 (annual)

Whitby holds its annual Moor and Coast festival over three days of traditional music, song and dance. The entertainment around town includes ghost walks, street theatre, ceilidhs and workshops.

Moor Music Festival

Aug 2010 (annual)

The Moor Music Festival brings live music and festival fun to Heslaker Farm in Skipton, North Yorkshire. Three main stages host live music from all genres with performances by bands and DJs.

Midwinter Beer Festival

Dec 2010 (annual)

Suddaby's award-winning Malton Brewery hosts its Midwinter Beer Festival, giving visitors a warm glow before Christmas! With more than 40 excellent cask-conditioned real ales to choose from, it's not surprising that the event has become a popular annual fixture.

Limetree Festival

Jul 2010 (annual)

For people who moan about festivals not being what they used to be, there's the laid-back Limetree Festival at North Yorkshire's Lime Tree Farm. It features up-and-coming bands, comedy, cabaret, street theatre and a stone circle, minus the corporate feel.

Knitting and Stitching Show

Nov 2010 (annual)

The Knitting and Stitching Show at the Harrogate International Centre comprises almost 300 exhibiting companies selling a galaxy of products for knitting, sewing, embroidery, quilting and crochet. Contemporary and historic exhibits, workshops and lectures complete the programme.

Jorvik Viking Festival

13 - 21 Feb 2010 (annual)

Get some hands-on experience of what it was like to be a Viking. More than 10,000 visitors turn up to York's annual Jorvik Festival to watch Norse warriors fight to the (mock) death with their enemies, the Saxons.

Harrogate Spring Flower Show

Apr 2010 (annual)

The Harrogate Spring Flower Show, held at the Great Yorkshire Showground, is the year's premier spring horticultural event. It features the Largest Daffodil Show in the North and the Early Season Tulip Show.

Harrogate International Festival

Jul 2010 (annual)

Harrogate's annual International Festival encompasses live classical, jazz and global music performances, held at venues throughout the town. It has attracted leading international performers such as BB King, Dionne Warwick and Wynton Marsalis, as well as talented newcomers.

H2O Festival

Oct 2010 (annual)

Fire and light sculptures illuminate Yorkshire's countryside for the H2O Festival. The mystical Women in White lead visitors around Fewton Reservoir to watch as shimmering water comes to life at this festival of the elements...

Great Yorkshire Show

Jul 2010 (annual)

The Great Yorkshire Show - a countryside showcase held at Harrogate's Great Yorkshire Showground - celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2008. The packed programme features show-jumping, pole-climbing, marching bands and cattle parades.

Grassington Festival

Jun - Jul 2010 (annual)

The Grassington Festival brings a variety of classical and popular music, jazz, comedy and lectures to the Yorkshire town. Aside from the main programme, and for something a little different, learn about the Yorkshire Dales' abundance of dry stone walling.

Egton Bridge Gooseberry Show

Aug 2010 (annual)

Upholding the 19th-century tradition of finding the heaviest gooseberry has always been of utmost importance at Egton Bridge in North Yorkshire. Some 200 years after its origin, competition entrants at St Hedda's Schoolroom are as enthusiastic as ever.

Darlington Championship Dog Show

Sep 2010 (annual)

The North East of England's rich canine heritage is reflected in Darlington Championship Dog Show, held at Newby Hall, near Ripon. The event caters for all people interested in the world of pedigree dogs. Stalls sell goods with a canine theme.

Cromwell's Bloody Banned Christmas

Dec 2010 (annual)

The year is 1647 and fanatical puritan henchmen wait in the York Dungeon to punish anyone celebrating the festive season, at Cromwell's Bloody Banned Christmas. Follow Jack the Ripper's footsteps, wander past speared robins and heads choking on mince pies.

Christmas Early Music Festival

Dec 2010 (annual)

Following the success of its well-established summer event, the National Centre for Early Music provides seasonal entertainment at venues across the city during its Christmas Early Music Festival. Concerts take place everywhere from York Minster to the centre itself.

A Day at York Races

May - Oct 2010 (annual)

York Racecourse (aka The Knavesmire) hosts regular flat and National Hunt races from May to October. A day out here is an excuse to dress up, have a flutter and generally enjoy yourself.

No biennial events available.