What’s On

Not sure what to do this month? Discover local events and what's on in Harrogate, Ripon & the wider District below...

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Latest Events

  • 20th November - 24th December

    North Pole Post Office

    32 Cheltenham Parade
    The North Pole Post Office: Harrogate Branch, is opening for business on Wednesday 20 November 2024 and will be running until Tuesday 24 December at midday. As the Elves wrap...
  • 30th November - 24th December

    The Harrogate Father Christmas Experience

    Elf Village, Cedar Court Hotel, Park Parade, Harrogate, HG1 5AH
    You're invited along to our magical Elf Village this year for the Harrogate Father Christmas Experience! Choose from a magical Elf Training Workshop experience for believers of all ages, or...
  • 13th December

    Candlelit Christmas

    Christ Church, Church Square, Harrogate, HG1 4SW
    Enchanting harmonies beneath flickering flames: A timeless celebration of Christmas with our mesmerising candlelit concert and captivating string quartet.
  • 31st December - 1st January

    New Year’s Eve House Party

    Rudding Park, Rudding Lane, Follifoot, Harrogate HG3 1JH
    Party like it’s going to be 2025! Featuring Radio 1 DJ and ‘I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here’ contestant, Melvin Odoom Following the success of last year’s House...
  • 25th January

    Classical Gold

    Holy Trinity Church, Kirkby Road, Ripon HG4 2EY
    Brighten the winter with a programme bringing together some of the most enduring and best-loved music of the orchestral repertoire: Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture, with its intense and rolling melodies, Mozart’s...
  • 26th January

    Sunday Series – Junyan Chen

    The Old Swan, Swan Road, Harrogate HG1 2SR
    Junyan Chen was the winner of Second Prize & The Marion Thorpe Silver Medal, the Alexandra Dariescu Award for Work by a Woman Composer and the Yaltah Menuhin Award (Chamber...

Community Events

30th October - 23rd March

Harrogate Competitive Festival For Music, Speech & Drama

Harrogate High School, HG1 4AP.
A festival of competitve classes in music, speech and drama. Young people can perform for an audience of friends and family and receive an adjudication from independent, professional adjudicators.Submissions are being accepted now, with entries closing in January 2025. Find out more at the Harrogate Competitive Festival website.

15th November - 31st March

Secrets of the Majestic

Mercer Art Gallery,31 Swan Road, Harrogate HG1 2SA
Secrets of the Majestic Exhibition. Open Tuesday - Sunday 9.30am - 5pm.  Free Entry. Supported by DoubleTree by Hilton Harrogate Majestic.

16th November - 30th March

Adrift on a Painted Sea

Mercer Art Gallery, 31 Swan Road, HG1 2SA
Adrift on a Painted Sea by Tim Bird is a beautiful and profound graphic novel that explores family, loss, and art through the author's relationship with his mother, Sue Bird, who painted as a hobby throughout her life. Find out MORE> 

11th December

Open House: Well Winter at Artisan

Artizan Cafe & Creative Space

13th December

Christmas Fair at St James Church, Birstwith

St James Church Hall, Birstwith, HG3 2NG
Taking place between 12pm - 2pm, come along and help to raise money for St James Church. It'll be family-friendly fun for everyone to enjoy, including children's games, a raffle, tombola, and prizes to be won. Refreshments are also available, from bacon rolls to lunchboxes for children. Tickets are £2 for adults, £1 for children (this includes games tokens).

14th December

Carols on the Green

Burton Leonard Village Green
Wrap up warm and join the new school choir, sing songs and enjoy a hot drink. Tea, Coffee, Hot Chocolate and Doughnuts from £1.50. 

15th December

Welcome Yule!

Nidd Church, Nidd Hall Hotel, HG3 3BN
A sequence of music and readings for the Christmas season with Yorkshire based Chamber Choir Voces Seraphorum. Children and carers free. Book tickets HERE> 

20th - 21st December

Green Santa

Great Ouseburn & Harrogate
Green Santa will be collecting Christmas gifts for children aged 0-10 to be distributed by IDAS charity to the children they support. Visit him at Hammerton Café, Great Ouseburn on 20th December and at Delicious Café, Harrogate on 21st December, mulled wine and mince pies will be served. Find out more 

9th January

St Peter’s Harrogate – Ethics Matters

St. Peter's Church, Cambridge Road, Harrogate, HG1 1PB
This lecture opens up the field of ethics, explaining and evaulating different approaches to decision-making used by religious and non-religious people, providing some answers and provoke more questions to dicsuss over wine and nibbles at the end - Find out more