Harrogate International Festivals’ nine-day cultural line-up includes a carnival, outdoor Shakespeare, a music festival, the annual crime writing festival and the return of the Spiegeltent.
Arts & Culture
Carnival coming to Harrogate as part of summer programme
Harrogate is to hold a carnival for the first time in three years as part of a summer programme of cultural activities announced today. Harrogate International Festivals will stage nine nights of events. starting on July 28 with the Brodsky Quartet at St Wilfrid’s...
Knaresborough to host history festival for jubilee weekend
The festival will take place at Knaresborough House next week from 10am to 4:30pm each day from Thursday to Saturday.
Two free events for Ripon literary lovers on Thursday evening
If you’re interested in the Yorkshire dialect, or like performing to an audience of fellow writers, there’s something for you in Ripon on Thursday evening.
Exhibition shows Fountains Abbey’s natural and man-made beauty
The exhibition is accompanied by a children’s trail, which encourages young people to hunt for hidden faces in the bark of trees at the World Heritage Site near Ripon.
The Damned United to feature at Ripon Theatre Festival
Tickets for performances at the first Ripon Theatre Festival are now on sale, though many events will be staged free of charge.
Castley grandmother turns lockdown story for grandchildren into first book
During those early months of the pandemic, Ms Lishman couldn’t work her job as a reflexologist or see her youngest family members, so with time on her hands, she began to write them a story. She was inspired by the nature surrounding her dairy farm in Castley.
From the Valley Gardens to owning her own art gallery: Claire Baxter’s road to success
In 2008, Claire Baxter was struggling to get a post as an art teacher. Fast forward to 2022, Claire is a successful artist with her own gallery in Pateley Bridge and has just been nominated for a national art award.
Your guide to Valley Gardens’ Fire and Light Experience, which starts tonight
All you need to know about the Fire and Light Experience, which begins its three-night run in Harrogate’s Valley Gardens this evening.
‘Fire and Light Experience’ arrives in Harrogate’s Valley Gardens this week
Harrogate’s Valley Gardens is set to be lit up for a fire and light experience from Thursday to Saturday. Here’s all the essential information about the event.
Festival date marks new era for Harrogate thrash metal band
Acid Reign was formed by Granby High School pupils in the 1980s. They would rehearse in Calcutt Village Hall, before signing to a major record label.
Harrogate district set to become health destination in echo of Victorian past
More than a century after the Victorian spa era, Harrogate’s new tourism body Destination Harrogate is to promote the district as a health and wellbeing hotspot once again. Gemma Rio, the woman leading the initiative, reveals how it plans to do it.
Families invited to enjoy the sights and sounds of Ripon
Harrogate Borough Council has joined forces with seven Ripon venues to organise a free day of family entertainment next month.
