2nd August - Egton Bridge Old Gooseberry Fair
This unique little fair is the oldest of its kind in the country and take place 8 miles outside Whitby in the North York Moors National Park. The event takes place to find the heaviest Goosberry in the area and local gardeners take huge pride in winning the competition. There is live music from 5:30pm and the event takes place on the first Tuesday of August every year in Yorkshire.
egtongooseberryshow.org.uk
3rd August 2011-Thornton-le-Dale Show
This show is considered to be the most popular show in the locality. It comprises a wide range of animal shows and local produce stalls set in one of Yorkshires picturesque villages. It is an annual event where locals come to show their wares and display locally produced goods.
www.thorntonledale.com
3 - 11 August - Peace and Tranquiility
This exhibition comprises a mixture of local ceramic artwork with watercolours . It's intention is to capture the peace and tranquility of the moors and the vibrant life of the North York Moors. The event takes place in the Moors National Park Centre and it exhibits the work of artists inspired by the Moors.
www.northyorkmoors.org.uk/inspiredbygallery
4 – 7 August – Pickering Traction Engine Rally
Don't miss the UK's biggest four day outdoor spectacular. It's a fantastic action packed family show!
www.pickeringsteam.com
5 - 6 August - Richmond Live, Richmond
This is an annual live music event taking place in Richmond with a wide range of artists and groups performing over 2 days and providing over 18 hours of music and entertainment. The event has been taking place since 1998 and has attracted some famous names from the world of rock, pop, indie and dance music.
www.richmondlive.org
5 – 7 August - Burton Agnes Jazz & Blues Festival, Bridlington
With bands over three days, and performances in the Elizabethan Hall and its beautiful grounds, this year's Burton Agnes Jazz & Blues Festival is set to offer a diverse range of laid-back entertainment that inspired the Independent to write that the Festival was ‘Possibly the most enjoyable jazz concert I've ever attended’.
The large stage on the Main Lawn is where the Festival’s main acts perform. With rolling fields behind the stage and pristine woodland to the side, you couldn’t ask for a more stunning setting.
Families flock to the Burton Agnes Jazz and Blues Festival for the safe, easy-going vibe. Of particular interest to children, was our Children’s Corner with play area; 15 acres of magical gardens to explore including a walled garden with maze, jungle garden and giant games; and a woodland walk with forest creatures to find. We had face painters and a children’s entertainer during the weekend.
www.burtonagnes.com
5 - 27 August - Dangerous Obsession, The Robinson Institute, Glaisdale
This play by N.J Crisp is directed by Mark Stratton is a thriller of quality and suspense. You can book pre- theatre dinner, drinks on the lawn and an evening with the proffesional theatre company. This play showcases the very best in local acting talent.
www.eskvalleytheatre.co.uk
6 August - Tockwith Show, Tockwith
The Tockwith Show is a traditional rural crafts fair that brings together craftspeople from across the region to show off their wares. This farmers market is known throughout the UK for the quality of its produce and it has develpoped from a Horticultural Show to a full Agricultural Show and Market. The show has numerous displays including Vintage Machinery, Military and Motor Vehicles as welll as pet shows and Showjumping competitions.
www.tockwithshow.org.uk
7 – 8 August – Todstock, Todmorden
A two-day festival of local musical talent, opened by The Inspiral Carpets' Tom Hingley and featuring over 120 artists, live music bandstage, 2 reggae tents, 5 other dance tents, acoustic music tent, kids' activity tent, inflatable rides, craft and food stalls, live graffiti art, meditation workshops and loads, loads more!
www.todstock.co.uk
12 – 14 August – Beacons Festival, Skipton
""A fresh art and music boutique festival for the North""
Child friendly, boutique camping, local food and beers, loads of fun stalls and entertainment, fancy dress, stunning scenery, great transport links, caravan hire, dub luv campervan area, mojito bar, secret cycle powered disco, garden shed stage, home baked cake stall, vintage fair, farmers market, massive music quiz, musical bingo and much more TBC
www.greetingsfromthebeacons.com
12 – 21 August – FEVA, Knaresborough
FEVA - Knaresborough Festival of Entertainment and Visual Art. An annual arts and music festival with various events taking place in and around Knaresborough.
www.feva.info
13 – 15 August - Whitby Gegatta, Whitby
One of the oldest sea Regattas in England drawing large crowds into the town. It all started in early the 1800s with fishermen competing against each other in their fishing smacks and salmon cobbles. Gradually yacht racing formed the greater part of the Regatta and was recorded in 1847 with "The Whitby Challenge Cup".
Due to the high cost of building these large yachts they have slowly disappeared from the scene and in about 1872 competitive rowing came to the forefront. Today one of the main attractions of the Regatta are the three major rowing clubs in the region - the Jet Works Amateur Rowing Club, the Friendship Amateur Rowing Club and Whitby Fisherman's Amateur Rowing Club.
The most coveted trophy rowed for today is the "Wilson Cup" presented by the late Alderman JET Wilson J.P - C.C. of West Hartlepool in 1901. 1929 saw the first fancy dress and decorated carts, which form the present day's regatta and carnival.
So come and join us for three full days of entertainment for all the family to enjoy, including yacht racing, rowing races, fun fair and various free forms of entertainment around the town of Whitby, finishing with a prize presentation and spectacular firework display!
www.whitbyregatta.co.uk
13 August - Racing followed by Live Outdoor Concert (Eve) – McFly
McFly are one of the biggest and most successful acts in the UK. Less boy band, more talented legends in the making; Dougie, Danny, Harry and Tom are about to go ballistic once more as their whole new sound takes them to a worldwide audience. McFly will play live after racing at Doncaster on Saturday 13 August 2011. Join us for a day of quality racing followed by live music from one of the most likeable bands in the industry.
www.doncaster-racecourse.co.uk/raceday/fixtures-2010.html?mode=view&fix=1689
17 -21 August - Scarborough Cricket Festival, Scarborough
Since 1876, with only the exception of war years, there has been a Cricket Festival played at Scarborough at the end of the first class season.
Today it is a week of Yorkshire Cricket played at North Marine Road, which usually consists of a four day county championship match and a separate one day fixture, but it is still put on in a festival atmosphere with marquee and band music and a relaxed holiday feeling of Cricket by the sea.
17 – 20 August - Welcome To Yorkshire Ebor Festival, York
Our oldest, richest, fastest, and most famous races provide sporting excellence combined with fashion and fun over four fabulous days.
We are pleased to confirm that Saturday 20th August 2011 will become the final day of the Welcome to Yorkshire Ebor Festival this season set to feature the totesport Ebor itself.
The traditional highlight of the season on the Knavesmire will commence on Wednesday 17th August and run for four days, finishing for the first time with a weekend date.
The prestigious Group One Juddmonte International will remain as the highlight of the opening day, a contest ranked in the top ten middle distance contests in the world and won in 2009 by Sea The Stars, considered by many as the best thoroughbred for a generation. Last year’s winner was, the recently retired, Rip Van Winkle a triple crowned Group One winner.
For many race goers the opening day of the festival is the day when they catch up with friends and look forward to a week of shared enjoyment. Form followers will watch the sportingbet.com Great Voltigeur with particular interest as this York Group Two has already produced thirteen winners of the final Classic of the year, the St. Léger. The racecourse team looks forward to this day and everything is fresh and exciting.
On all four days there will be a real sense of fashion, plenty of hats and sharp suits mixed with those sporting more relaxed summer clothing, however for many there remains an extra special feel about Thursday as it is Ladies day, complete with the chance to win a trip to Dubai courtesy of Marriott hotels. The sporting action attracts the best fillies as the Group One Darley Yorkshire Oaks and Jaguar Cars Lowther Stakes are highly treasured titles.
Friday offers the chance to race into the weekend, perhaps enjoying a short break in historic York or the wider white rose county click here for more information on staying in Yorkshire). The fastest race of the season, the Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes often decides the accolade of leading sprinter and is a blur of colour that needs to be seen and heard to be believed. The smile on the faces of connections of Borderlescott, the 2007/2008 dual champion, trained locally by the Bastiman family is one of the great memories of recent years. Last year’s race saw Sole Power take the title as a surprise 100-1 winner!
The feature race of the Saturday will become the totesport Ebor, the oldest, probably most famous race at York and the richest handicap in Europe. The excitement that this famous handicap generates has been constant since the 1840s; Mudawin a winner at over 100-1, Sergeant Cecil, a victor who became horse of the year, Purple Moon who landed a nationwide gamble and then headed down under and very nearly became the first British trained winner of the Melbourne Cup - and that’s just in the last decade! The buzz about the racecourse on Ebor day is infectious as groups of friends enjoy, relax and hopefully unravel the puzzle to find the winner of the totesport Ebor.
www.yorkracecourse.co.uk
20 – 26 August – Whitby Folk Week, Whitby
Seven days of dancing in the streets, music and singing in the pubs, concerts and dances until late into the night, and a whole lot more. Seven days of meeting old friends and making new ones.
Altogether, Whitby Folk Week is a compelling reason for ignoring the ‘Costas’ and heading to the north east of England in late August each year.
This long-standing celebration of the traditional music, dance and song of the British Isles has taken on the trappings of a tradition in its own right. With over 600 events covering workshops, concerts, singarounds, dance, sessions, street entertainment and the extensive ‘fringe’ events that blossom spontaneously. Folk Week is a festival that no lover of real music should miss.
Whitby itself is filled with examples of our rich and colourful heritage. This picturesque seaport town has a greater concentration of visitor experiences per square mile than in many of the better-known tourist destinations. From the Jet workshop to the Dracula Experience via Captain Cook’s cottage and the ruined Abbey dominating the cliff tops above the town, there is culture and tradition in abundance. Folk week could not have a better setting.
For the ‘inner person’ there are many excellent restaurants, cafes and bars, real-ale pubs, and the best fish and chips in the northern hemisphere. And all this can be digested in the company of some of the finest musicians and singers in the British Isles.
www.whitbyfolk.co.uk
21 August – National Hill Climb Championship, Scarborough
National Hill Climb Championship - Oliver's Mount
www.auto66.com
26 - 28 August - The Forest of Galtres Festival, Hambleton
This is a relatively new festival and is quite family friendly. The venue consists of four stages for the performers and stalls with plenty of local produce including over 100 locally brewed ales, beers and cider. It has a real family feel to it with lots of activities for kids and lots to keep the adults interested too. This is a charitable event held in a picturesque setting looking over the Vale of York.
www.galtresfestival.org.uk
26 – 28 August – Leeds Festival, Leeds
www.leedsfestival.com
27 August - Wensleydale Show, Leyburn
Wensleydale Agricultural Show is a traditional dales show, located on the outskirts of Leyburn, North Yorkshire in the heart of Wensleydale. The show has an extensive range of competitive livestock events for sheep, cattle, heavy horses, ponies and carriage driving plus poultry classes which were very successfully reintroduced in 2010. The show has some of the best handicraft, homecraft and horticultural classes in North Yorkshire! Dry stone walling and Wensleydale Sheep competitions reflect local aspects. Ring displays continue throughout the day, there is a vintage procession with towards 60 vehicles, over 100 trade stands offer a wide range of products and produce, Leyburn Band plays and a local quoits competition can be entered on the day. The main attraction this year is from the dramatic Moto Stunts International which includes car and fire stunts, a motorcycle stunt display team and much more.
www.wensleydaleshow.org.uk