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- Regular Events
- World Holocaust Memorial Day (January)
- York Ice Trail (February)
- York LGBT+ History Month (February)
- York International Women’s Week (March)
- Anne Lister in York Anniversary Celebrations (March)
- York City Nature Challenge (April)
- York Fashion Week – Spring
- York Pride (June)
- York Mystery Plays (June)
- Cop Carnival (June)
- York Fashion Week – Autumn
- Heritage Open Days (September)
- York Unlocked (September)
- Black History Month (October)
- Hallowe’en
- York Ghost Week
- Bonfire Night
- Remembrance Day Services
- York Disability Week (December)
- Christmas
- Christmas and New Year Opening Hours
- New Year’s Eve
Thursday, September 17
7pm: Kate Atkinson: Our Noble Selves, The Bookshop, Museum Street, York. Booking essential here.
Friday, September 18
2.30pm and 7.30pm: My Royal Life: An Audience with Lucy Worsley, Grand Opera House, Cumberland Street, York.
7pm: Sebastian Faulks: Farewell to Eden, The Bookshop, Museum Street, York.
Saturday, September 19
Ghosts in the Gardens
10am-4pm: Fishergate Postern Tower Open Day, Lead Mill Lane/Piccadilly junction.
Sunday, September 20
Ghosts in the Gardens
10am-4pm: York Dog Show, York Museum Gardens, Museum Street, York.
Monday, September 21
Ghosts in the Gardens
Tuesday, September 22
Ghosts in the Gardens
6.30pm: People Not Walls, York Theatre Royal, St Leonard’s Place, York.
7pm: Carlo Rovelli: On the Equality of All Things: Physics and Philosophy, The Citadel, Gillygate, York. Booking essential here.
Wednesday, September 23
Ghosts in the Gardens
6pm: Russells International Circus, The Knavesmire, Knavesmire Road, York.
7pm: Rob Cowen: The North Road, The Bookshop, Museum Street, York. Booking essential here.
Thursday, September 24
Ghosts in the Gardens
6pm: Russells International Circus, The Knavesmire, Knavesmire Road, York.
6.30pm: Sarah Hall Baqai Exhibition Preview Night, Rise@Bluebird Bakery, Acomb Road, Acomb, York.
7pm: David Lascelles: Out of Colditz, The Bookshop, Museum Street, York. Booking essential here.
Friday, September 25
Ghosts in the Gardens
Dead Northern: The Festival of Horror, City Screen Picturehouse, Coney Street, York. Various horror films daily.
Vintage Tea Dance, The Folk Hall, Hawthorn Terrace, New Earswick.
5pm and 7.45pm: Russells International Circus, The Knavesmire, Knavesmire Road, York.
7pm: Andrew Pettegree: The Bookshop: A History of Bookselling, The Bookshop, Museum Street, York. Booking essential here.
Saturday, September 26
Ghosts in the Gardens
Dead Northern: The Festival of Horror, City Screen Picturehouse, Coney Street, York. Various horror films daily.
Home Farms Family Fun Day, Home Farm Equestrian, Kirk Hammerton. Fun fair, pony rides, live music, refreshments, equestrian stalls, kids’ games and activities.
10am-4pm: Fishergate Postern Tower Open Day, Lead Mill Lane/Piccadilly junction.
10am-4.30pm (last admission 3.30pm): Vintage Rally, Murton Park, Murton Lane, Murton.
2pm-3.30pm: The Day My Heart Grew, Holy Trinity Chuch, Melrosegate, York. Book launch.
3pm and 6pm: Russells International Circus, The Knavesmire, Knavesmire Road, York.
7.30pm: Jeremy Bowen: Truth Under Fire, Grand Opera House, Cumberland Street, York.
5pm-7pm: Performance Poetry Workshop led by Kirsty Taylor, The Crescent Community Venue, The Crescent, York.
7.30pm: Say Owt Slam, The Crescent Community Venue, The Crescent, York.
Sunday, September 27
Ghosts in the Gardens
Dead Northern: The Festival of Horror, City Screen Picturehouse, Coney Street, York. Various horror films daily.
10am-4pm: Fishergate Postern Tower Open Day, Lead Mill Lane/Piccadilly junction.
10am-4.30pm (last admission 3.30pm): Vintage Rally, Murton Park, Murton Lane, Murton.
10am-5pm (last admission 4pm): Emergency Services Day, Yorkshire Air Museum, Halifax Way, Elvington.
Noon: Russells International Circus, The Knavesmire, Knavesmire Road, York.
Monday, September 28
Ghosts in the Gardens
7pm: Lauren Working: A Golden World, The Bookshop, Museum Street, York. Booking essential here.
Tuesday, September 29
Ghosts in the Gardens
Wednesday, September 30
Ghosts in the Gardens
7pm: Nick Hayes: The Medicine Tree, The Bookshop, Museum Street, York. Booking essential here.
7.30pm: The DNA Of History, York Barbican, Paragon Street, York.
Thursday, October 1
Ghosts in the Gardens
6.30pm: James Marriott: The New Dark Ages, Topping & Company Booksellers, Museum Street, York. Booking essential.
8pm: Lilith: The Other Side of the Story, Rise@Bluebird Bakery, Acomb Road, Acomb, York.
Friday, October 2
Ghosts in the Gardens
Saturday, October 3
Ghosts in the Gardens
Sunday, October 4
Ghosts in the Gardens
Monday, October 5
Ghosts in the Gardens
York Restaurant Week
7pm: Palestinian Fiction: Ibtisam Azem: The Sleep Thief, The Bookshop, Museum Street, York. Booking essential here.
Tuesday, October 6
Ghosts in the Gardens
York Restaurant Week
7pm: Owen Jones: The Fall of the West, The Bookshop, Museum Street, York. Booking essential
Wednesday, October 7
Ghosts in the Gardens
York Restaurant Week
7pm: Adalyn Grace: The Wretched Divine, The Bookshop, Museum Street, York. Booking essential here.
Thursday, October 8
Ghosts in the Gardens
York Restaurant Week
7pm: David McCloskey: London Station, The Bookshop, Museum Street, York.
Friday, October 9
Ghosts in the Gardens
York Restaurant Week
7pm: James Fox: Craftland, Tempest Anderson Hall, Museum Gardens, Museum Street, York. Booking essential.
Saturday, October 10
Ghosts in the Gardens
York Restaurant Week
10am-4pm: Fragments of Imagination, York Cemetery Chapel, York Cemetery, Cemetery Road, York. York Textile Artists annual exhibition. Demonstrations: 10.15am Julie Atthews, 11am Nicola Harper, 1pm Taylor Brooker, 2pm Helen Milen and 3pm Molly Owen.
1pm-5pm: Autumn Fayre, St Nick’s, Rawdon Avenue, Tang Hall, York.
2pm: Writers Workshop: Adaptation: Re-Voicing Myth & Memory, York Theatre Royal, St Leonard’s Place, York.
Sunday, October 11
Ghosts in the Gardens
York Restaurant Week
10am-4pm: Fragments of Imagination, York Cemetery Chapel, York Cemetery, Cemetery Road, York. York Textile Artists annual exhibition. Demonstrations: 10.15am Julie Atthews, 11am Alison Spaven, noon Fran Brammer and 1pm Linda Harvey.
10am-5pm (last admission 4pm): Open Cockpits for Kids, Yorkshire Air Museum, Halifax Way, Elvington.
Monday, October 12
Ghosts in the Gardens
York Restaurant Week
7pm: Terry Deary: A History of the World in Ten Wars, The Bookshop, Museum Street, York. Booking essential here.
7.30pm: More Secret Histories of Ancient Rome with Mary Beard, York Barbican, Paragon Street, York.
Tuesday, October 13
Ghosts in the Gardens
York Restaurant Week
7pm: Ian Rankin: The Heights, Memorial Hall, St Peter’s School, Clifton, York. Booking essential here.
Wednesday, October 14
Ghosts in the Gardens
York Restaurant Week
7pm: Paul ‘Piglet’ Middleton: All Aboard!: Tales From a Yorkshire Steam Railway, The Bookshop, Museum Street, York. Booking essential.
Thursday, October 15
Ghosts in the Gardens
York Restaurant Week
6.30pm: Pie & Quiz Night, Hartrigg Oaks, Lucombe Way, New Earswick. In aid of Joseph Rowntree Theatre.
7pm: Rob Wilkins on Terry Pratchett’s The Discworld Bestiary, The Bookshop, Museum Street, York. Booking essential.
Friday, October 16
Ghosts in the Gardens
York Restaurant Week
SASH Sleepout for the Homeless, York Racecourse.
7pm: Jo Baring: Totem: The Untold Story of Sculpture, The Bookshop, Museum Street, York. Booking essential here.
7pm: Paracon, The Milner York, Station Road, York. Stalls, speakers, workshops and paranormal party. Book tickets here.
Saturday, October 17
Ghosts in the Gardens
York Restaurant Week
10.30am-12.30pm: Clych Efrog, York Explore Cafe, Library Square, Museum Street, York. Welsh speaking circle for those that speak Welsh, learning Welsh, thinking about learning Welsh or just want to say mae’n heulog heddiw yn y Gymraeg.
1.30pm-3.30pm: North Sea, Nature Untamed, City Screen Picturehouse, Coney Street, York. Screening followed by a question and answer session with Peter van Rodijnen, Rachael Bice and Andy van der Schatte Olivier . Booking recommended here.
7.30pm: An Audience with Christian Horner, York Barbican, Paragon Street, York.
Sunday, October 18
Ghosts in the Gardens
York Restaurant Week
9am-5pm: The Richard Hall Symposium 20206, Tempest Anderson Hall, York Museum Gardens, Museum Street, York. A full day of presentations and discussion exploring 50 years of research and the questions that continue to shape our understanding of Viking Age York, with tea and coffee refreshments provided throughout the day. Speakers include Steve Ashby, Ailsa Mainman, Andrew Woods, Lucy Moore, Gareth Perry, Chris Martin-Taylor, Jemima Cowey, Steve Allen, Luke Parker, Jane McComish and Graham Coates.
9.30am: Yorkshire Marathon and Jane Tomlinson’s Run For All. Starts at University of York. Multiple road closures in place from Saturday onwards, from the city centre out to Stamford Bridge.
Monday, October 19
Ghosts in the Gardens
7pm: Matthew Rice: A Year in the Garden, The Bookshop, Museum Street, York. Booking essential.
7pm: England Cricketer Chris Woakes: The Wizard, The Bookshop, Museum Street, York. Booking essential.
7pm: An Evening with Red Rising’s Pierce Brown, The Citadel, Gillygate, York.
Tuesday, October 20
Ghosts in the Gardens
6.30pm: Andrew Graham Dixon: Vermeer: A Life Lost and Found, Memorial Hall, St Peter’s School, Clifton, York. Booking essential here.
7pm: Alice Oswald: Rhapsody: A Manifesto, The Bookshop, Museum Street, York.
Wednesday, October 21
Ghosts in the Gardens
6.30pm: The History of York: Susan Major: Blossom Street, Topping & Company Booksellers, Museum Street, York. Booking essential.
Thursday, October 22
Ghosts in the Gardens
7pm: Anthony Dunn – Inbetween Days Poetry Launch, Friargate Theatre, Lower Friargate, York.
7pm: Fiction in Translation: Intan Paramaditha: Night of a Thousand Hells, Topping & Company Booksellers, Museum Street, York. Booking essential.
Friday, October 23
Ghosts in the Gardens
7pm: Hernan Diaz: Ply, The Bookshop, Museum Street, York. Booking essential here.
8pm: Say Owt Showcase, The Old Paint Shop, York Theatre Royal, St Leonard’s Place, York.
Saturday, October 24
Ghosts in the Gardens
Sunday, October 25
Ghosts in the Gardens
Monday, October 26
Ghosts in the Gardens
5.30pm: Book Signing with Christian Watson for How Lucky Am I, The Bookshop, Museum Street, York. Booking essential.
7pm: Francis Spufford: Nonesuch, The Bookshop, Museum Street, York. Booking essential here.
Tuesday, October 27
Ghosts in the Gardens
Wednesday, October 28
Ghosts in the Gardens
6.15pm-9pm: STEW = Another Serving, Rise@Bluebird Bakery, Acomb Road, Acomb, York.
7pm: Wine Tasting with Julia Harding: The World Atlas of Wine, The Bookshop, Museum Street, York.
7.30pm: Northern Silents: The Woman Men Yearn For, National Centre for Early Music, St Margaret’s Church, Walmgate, York. Silent film with live music.
8pm: Joe Marler Will See You Live, York Barbican, Paragon Street, York.
Thursday, October 29
Ghosts in the Gardens
7pm: Cooks & Books: Jess Elliott Dennison: Vegetable Recipes, The Bookshop, Museum Street, York. Booking essential.
7.30pm: A Posse of Prose Poems with Anne Caldwell, Oz Hardwick & Bob Beagrie, Rise@Bluebird Bakery, Acomb Road, Acomb, York.
Friday, October 30
Ghosts in the Gardens
Saturday, October 31
Ghosts in the Gardens
10am-4pm: Fishergate Postern Tower Open Day, Lead Mill Lane/Piccadilly junction.
Sunday, November 1
Ghosts in the Gardens
Tuesday, November 3
7pm: Great British Architecture with Daniel Wilson, The Bookshop, Museum Street, York. Booking essential.
7.30pm: Chris Packham’s World of Wonder: A Planet On The Edge, York Barbican, Paragon Street, York.
Wednesday, November 4
Ghosts After Dark
Thursday, November 5
Ghosts After Dark
7pm: Lessons in Chemistry’s Bonnie Garmus: Peck & Peck, The Citadel, Gillygate, York.
Friday, November 6
Ghosts After Dark
7pm: Dr John Cooper Clarke, Grand Opera House, Cumberland Street, York.
Saturday, November 7
Ghosts After Dark
10am-4pm: Fishergate Postern Tower Open Day, Lead Mill Lane/Piccadilly Junction, York.
Sunday, November 8
Ghosts After Dark
10am-2pm: Handmade Market, York Against Cancer, The Leveson Centre, Community Stadium, Kathryn Avenue, Huntington.
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3pm: Dame Judi Dench: Is It Too Late To Make A Run For It?, York Theatre Royal, St Leonard’s Place, York.
Monday, November 9
7pm: Nick Harkaway: The Taper Man, Memorial Hall, St Peter’s School, Clifton, York.
Tuesday, November 10
7pm: Miles Salter: The Pretenders: A Dangerous Band, Topping & Company Booksellers, Museum Street, York. Booking essential.
Wednesday, November 11
7pm: British Vogue’s Alexandra Shulman: Black Coffee and Red Lipstick, The Bookshop, Museum Street, York. Booking essential.
Friday, November 13
7pm: Patrick deWitt: Dodge City, The Bookshop, Museum Street, York. Booking essential.
Sunday, November 15
8pm: Dan Schreiber: This Changes Everything, Theatre@41, Monkgate, York.
Monday, November 16
7pm: Wine Tasting with Noble Rot’s Dan Keeling: Pick Your Bottle, The Bookshop, Museum Street, York. Booking essential.
Tuesday, November 17
7pm: Jonathan Coe: Lessons in Harmony, The Bookshop, Museum Street, York. Booking essential.
7.30pm: The Makings of a Murderer – The Undercover Detective, York Barbican, Paragon Street, York.
Wednesday, November 18
7pm: Tim Hayward: The Cocktail Hour, The Bookshop, Museum Street, York. Booking essential.
Thursday, November 19
7pm: Cooks & Books: Alissa Timoshkina: Lozhka, The Bookshop, Museum Street, York. Booking essential.
Friday, November 20
7pm: Alice Loxton: A History of Britain in 21 Paintings, The Bookshop, Museum Street, York. Booking essential.
Saturday, November 21
10am-3pm: Bramble Berry Market, Haxby Memorial Hall, The Village, Haxby.
1pm-3.30pm and 5pm-8.30pm: York Whisky Festival, The Guildhall, The Courtyard, Coney Street, York. Attendees must be 21 or over, photo ID may be required. Booking recommended here.
Monday, November 23
7pm: Cooks & Books: Jaq Brewer: The Saffron Table, Topping & Company Booksellers, Museum Street, York. Booking essential.
Tuesday, November 24
7.30pm: Screening of Grass, National Centre for Early Music, St Margaret’s Church, Walmgate, York. With live music.
Wednesday, November 25
7pm: Emily Wilson: Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea, The Citadel, Gillygate, York.
Monday, November 30
7pm: Translated Fiction: Dorothy Tse: City Like Water, Topping & Company Booksellers, Museum Street, York. Booking essential.
Sunday, December 13
7.30pm: Simon Yates of Touching the Void – Pleasure and Pain, Joseph Rowntree Theatre, Haxby Road, York.
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Saturday, January 23
7.30pm: An Evening with Jimmy Anderson, York Barbican, Paragon Street, York.
Friday, January 29
7.30pm: Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour, York Barbican, Paragon Street, York.
Saturday, February 27
7.30pm: Greg Chapman’s Paranormal Frauds, Fakes, and Flim-Flam, Stamford Bridge Village Hall, Low Catton Road, Stamford Bridge.
Wednesday, March 31
1pm and 4.30pm: Ministry of Science Live, York Theatre Royal, St Leonard’s Place, York.
Saturday, April 3
7.30pm: Hollie McNish: The Paperback Tour, York Theatre Royal, St Leonard’s Place, York.
Sunday, April 4
2.30pm: Murder Trial Tonight V – Death in the Family, York Barbican, Paragon Street, York.
Thursday, May 6
7pm: Ian Gillan – Talking Gib’rish Tour, York Barbican, Paragon Street, York.
Wednesday, June 2
7.30pm: Chris Hadfield: Exploring the New Space Age, York Barbican, Paragon Street, York.
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Saturday, January 29
7.30pm: The Night Sky Show – A Sky Full Of Hope, York Barbican, Paragon Street, York.