What’s on, events in and around Ripon  2024 & 2025

Updated – 3^rd September 2024

Introduction

This is an index of events in and around Ripon in chronological order.  It is updated monthly.  The intended audience is Ripon residents and organisations.

The list simply gives a date, title, location and start time. To find out more details for any event, click on the underlined link, or go to www.visitripon.co.uk which has more details.

This list has been obtained from public information.  Whilst we make every effort to be accurate, we cannot be held responsible for any errors.  Please make sure that you follow the link and contact the venue before making any arrangements.

To avoid repetition, regular daily, weekly or monthly events are listed separately at the beginning.

Regular Events

Ripon Market Days are Thursday and Saturday.

Every night at 9 o’clock, all year round, the Ripon Hornblower Sets The Night Watch  at the four corners of the obelisk in the Market Square.

Every week Waste Not Wednesday at Ripon Community House. 12.00pm – 2.00pm. A selection of low cost and healthy and delicious meals freshly made each week.

Every Week on Wednesday – Ripon Food Tour – Market Square (pre-book essential)

Every 2 weeks – Open Mic Night at So! Bar & Eats

1^st Tuesday of each month –  Hilarity Bites at Ripon Arts Hub.

1^st Thursday of each month – Dementia Forward Fundraising Cake & Coffee Stall – Unicorn Hotel 10am – 2.30pm

2nd Friday of the month apart from August – Singaround – Ripon Wilfrid’s Folk Club

2^nd Friday of the month – Dementia Forward Coffee Morning – George Armitage House, Burton Leonard

Last Friday of the month Guest Night at – Ripon Wilfrid’s Folk Club 7.30pm

Fridays & Sundays in August and Sept – Henge Tour – Thornborough Henge – 11.00am

Fridays and Saturdays from 11^th Oct – 2^nd Nov – Fountains by Floodlight – from 5.30pm

September

Thurs 5^th Sept – Lunchtime Concert ; Daniel Gordon, Piano – Ripon Cathedral – 12.30

Thurs 5^th Sept – Wendy Pratt The Ghost Lake – Little Ripon Bookshop – 7.00pm

Thurs 5^th Sept – Commonwealth War Graves – Elizabeth Smith – Workhouse Museum 7pm

Thurs 5^th & Fri 6^th Sept – Duo Dorado – Markenfield Hall – 2.30pm

Fri 6^th – Fri 13^th Sep – Heritage Open Days (HOD) – See below

Fri 6^th – Sun 15^th Sep – HOD – Explore St John’s– St John’s Church Sharow – Times vary.

Fri 6^th, Tues 10^th & Fri 13^th HOD – Free Tours of Gardens – Ripon Workhouse Museum 10am – 4pm

Fr 6^th & Sat 7^th Sept – HOD – Gazebo Tour – Blossomgate Court Ripon HG4 2AW – 1300 – 1600

Fri 6^th & Sun 8^th Sep – The Central Henge – Thornborough Henge  11.00am

Fri 6^th & Sun 8^th Sep – Connecting to Ancestors at South Henge – Thornborough Henge  11.00am

Sat 7^th Sept – Ripon Workhouse Ghost Hunt – Workhouse Museum 8.00pm

Sat 7^th Sep – The Four Seasons & Lark Ascending – Ripon Cathedral – 7.30pm

Sat 7^th Sep – Atea Quintet – St Mary’s Church Masham – 7.30pm

Sun 8^th Sep & Mon 9^th Sep – HOD – Ripon & District Light Railway – 10-11 Canalside Ripon – 10.00 – 16.00

Tues 10^th Sept – HOD – Learning About Ripon – Ripon Market Place – 11.00

Wed 11^th Sept – HOD – North Bridge Walk – North Bridge Ripon – 10.30

Thurs 12^th Sept – Lunchtime Concert ; Alastair Stone, Organ – Ripon Cathedral – 12.30

Thur 12^th Sep – HOD – Vicar on The Matterhorn – Ripon Workhouse Museum – 1430

Thur 12^th Sep – HOD – Hidden Spaces – Fountains Hall – 11.15 – 1.15

Thur 12^th Sep – Foraging with Wild Food – Castile’s Farm Ripon HG4 3PU

Thur 12^th Sept – ZRI & The Café Danube – St John’s Church Sharow – 7.30pm

Fri 13^th & Sun 15^th Sep – The Central Henge – Thornborough Henge  11.00am

Fri 13^th Sep – HOD – Historical Map of Ripon – Ripon Library – 10.30 – 2.30

Fri 13^th Sept – Miss Syren – Ripon Bowling Club – 8.30pm

Fri 13^th – Sun 15^th Sep – Autumn Flower Show – Newby Hall 9.30am – 5.30pm

Sat 14^th Sept – New World String Quartet – Grewelthorpe Village Hall – 8pm

Sat 14^th Sept – Mashamshire Horticultural Show – Masham Town Hall – 1.30pm

Sun 15^th Sep – HOD – The School Library & WW1 – Ripon Grammar School – 1300 – 1600

Sun 15^th Sept – Nessie The Loch Ness Monster – Ripon Arts Hub 2.30pm

Wed 18^th Sept – Young Persons Volunteer Recruitment Fair – Ripon Grammar School- 12.30pm – 4.00pm

Wed 18^th Sept – Michael Myers Easy Gardening with Style – Grewelthorpe Village Hall – 8pm

Thurs 19^th Sept – Lunchtime Concert ; Helen Dawson, Cello – Ripon Cathedral – 12.30

Thurs 19^th – Sun 22^nd Sept – Ripon Poetry Festival – Various Locations

Thurs 19^th Sep – Reggie from The Heggie with Olivia Mulligan – Ripon Library – 4.00pm

Thurs 19^th Sep – Open Mic Poetry Evening – Ripon Arts Hub – 7.30pm

Thurs 19^th Sept – Louise Thomson – Harp – St Andrews Church Kirkby Malzeard 7.30pm

Fri 20^th Sep – Now That’s What Music Means to Me – St John’s Church Sharow – 7.30pm

Fri 20^th Sep – Kate Fox and Adisa The Verbaliser – Ripon Arts Hub – 7.30pm

Sat 21^st Sept – Family Poetry Workshop – Ripon Library – 10.00 am

Sat 21^st Sept – Adult Poetry Workshop – Ripon Library – 11.00 am

Sat 21^st Sep – Khadijah Ibrahim and Joe Williams – Ripon Arts Hub – 1.15pm

Sat 21^st Sept – Trevor Vaughan, Ian Clarke and Caroline Matusiak – Ripon Arts Hub – 15.00

Sat 21^st Sept – Children’s Anthology Launch – Ripon Arts Hub – 18.00

Sat 21^st Sept – Grown-Ups Festival Anthlogy Launch – Ripon Arts Hub – 20.00

Sat 21^st Sept – Tchaikovsky’s Fifth ; Royal Northern Sinfonia – Ripon Cathedral 7.30pm

Sat 21^st Sep – Bit of a Party in The Park – Ripon Spa Gardens – TBA

Sun 22^nd Sept – Glorious Vane Women – Leper Chapel – 19.30

Sun 22^nd Sep – Little Bird Artisan Market – Ripon Market Square – 10am – 3pm

Thurs 26^th Sept – Lunchtime Concert ; Tim Harper, Organ – Ripon Cathedral – 12.30

Thurs 26^th Sept – Quator Agate – St John’s Church Sharow – 7.30pm

Fri 27^th Sep – The Firebeats – Ripon Bowling Club – 8.30pm

Fri 27^th Sep – Anna Bass & Ray Taylor – St Wilfrid’s Community Centre – 7.30pm

Fri 27^th Sept – Shu Jiang – In Tune with Nature – Fountains Hall Fountains Abbey – 3pm.

Fri 27^th Sept – Silent Disco – Black Swan – From 7pm

Sat 28th Sep – The Golden Age of Hollywood – Ripon Cathedral – 19.30

Sat 28^th Sep – Beer Festival & Harvest Festival – Ripon Racecourse – First Race 1.45pm

Sat 28^th Sept – Brighouse & Rastrick Band – Holy Trinity Church Ripon – 7.30pm

Sat 28^th & Sun 29^th Sept – Masham Sheep Fair – Masham Town & Surrounding – From 10am

Sun 29^th Sept – Apple Day – Newby Hall – 11.00am – 5.30pm

Sun 29^th Sept – Harrogate Spa Town Ukes – Newby Hall – 1.00pm – 3.00pm

October

Thurs 3^rd Oct-  ‘Rattle His Bones’ John Buglass – Workhouse Museum 7pm

Thurs 3^rd Oct – The Busch Trio – St John’s Church Sharow – 7.30pm

Fri 4^th Oct – John Lewis-Stempel – A Natural History of England– Holy Trinity Church – 2.30pm

Fri 4^th Oct – Beyond Madness – Ripon Bowling Club – Doors 7.30pm

Fri Oct 4^th – Six Inches of Soil – Ripon Cathedral – 7.00pm

Sat 5^th Oct – Ripon Together Green Fair – Allhallowgate Methodist Hall – Timing TBA

Sat 5^th Oct – Apple Day – Ripon Walled Garden – 9.30 – 16.30

Sat 5^th Oct – GirlsOn45 Vinyl Night – Water Rat – 8.30pm

Sat 5^th Oct – Round Ripon Ultra and Relay Trail Run – Studley Roger Village Hall – 9.00am

Sat 5^th Oct – Oktberfest Party – Ripon Rugby Club – 5pm onwards

Sat 5^th Oct – Janusz Piotrowicz – piano – St John’s Church Sharow – 7.30pm

Wed 9^th Oct – The Princes in The Tower – Ripon Library – 7.00pm

Wed 9^th – Sat 12^th Oct – Avenue Q The Musical – Ripon Arts Hub – 7.30pm

Thurs 10^th Oct – Lunchtime Concert ; Jonathan Richards, Guitar – Ripon Cathedral – 12.30

Sat 12^th Oct – Ripon Rotary Sponsored Charity Walk – Ripon Cathedral – 10.00am

Sat 12^th Oct – The Wilderness Yet – Grewelthorpe Village Hall – 8pm

Sun 13^th Oct – Ripon Sunrise Trail – Sawley Village Hall – 6.30am

Sun 13^th Oct – Land rover, 4×4 & Vintage Spares Day – Ripon Racecourse 9.30am – 2.00pm

Sun 13^th Oct – Ripon Concerts – The Treske Quartet – Details TBA

Sun 13^th Oct – Nicola Mills ‘Opera For The People’ – Masham Town Hall 2.00pm

Mon 14^th Oct – Annie Garthwaite ; The King’s Mother – St John’s Church Sharow – 7.00pm

Thurs 17^th Oct – Lunchtime Concert ; Lucinda Taylor, Harp – Ripon Cathedral – 12.30

Fri 18^th Oct – Back To The 80s – Ripon Bowling Club – 8.00pm

Sat 19^th Oct – Fakemaker Oasis Tribute – Masham Town Hall – 8.00pm

Sat 19^th Oct – Frankie Heart; Northern Soul and Motown Night – Ripon Bowling Club – 7.30pm

Sat 19^th Oct – Ghost Hunt – Ripon Workhouse Museum – 8.30pm

Fri 25^th Oct – Bella Gaffney – St Wilfrid’s Community Centre – 7.30pm

Fri 25^th Oct – Harrogate Theatre Choir Fountains by Floodlight – Fountains Abbey – 19:00

Sat 26^th Oct  – Medieval Hog Roast – Air Ambulance Fundraiser – Staveley Arms – 7.00pm

Sat 26^th Oct – Collavoce Collective & Eurythmia Ensemble – Fountains Abbey 19.00

Sat 26^th Oct – Jervaulx Singers ; Les chansons des roses – St John’s Church Sharow – 7.30pm

Sun 27^th Oct – Little Bird Artisan Market – Ripon Market Square – 10am – 3pm

Tue 29^th  Oct – Gigspanner Big Band – Masham Town Hall – 7.30pm

Thur 31^st Oct –  Ghost Tour – Ripon Museum – 5.15pm & 7.15pm

 

November

Fri 1^st Nov – Citizen Smith – Ripon Bowling Club – 8.30pm

Sat 2^nd Nov – GirlsOn45 Vinyl Night – Water Rat – 8.30pm

Sat 2^nd Nov – Chris Banister – Grewelthorpe Village Hall – 8pm

Thurs 7^th Nov – Lunchtime Concert ; Students from Leeds Unversity – Ripon Cathedral – 12.30

Thur 7^th Nov – A Concert of Remembrance – Ripon Cathedral – 7.15

Fri 8^th Nov – Eagles by Candlelight – Ripon Cathedral – 7.30pm

Fri 8^th Nov – Special Kinda Madness – Masham Town Hall – 7.30pm

Sun 10^th Nov – Ripon Concerts – Songs & Poems of Remembrance – Details TBA

Thurs 14^th Nov – Lunchtime Concert ; The Dales Ensemble – Ripon Cathedral – 12.30

Sat 16^th Nov – Orff:Carmina Burana & Last Night of The Proms – Details TBA

Sun 17^th Nov – Community Christmas Craft Fair – Ripon Community House – 10am – 3pm

Fri 22^nd Nov – Eliza Carthy & THe Restitution – Masham Town Hall – 7.30pm

Fri 22^nd & Sat 23^rd Nov – Christmas Food & Gift Fair – Ripon Cathedrale – 9.30 – 16.30

Sat 23^rd Nov – Christmas Lights Switch On – Market Place – Details TBA

Sun 24^th Nov – Little Bird Artisan Market – Ripon Market Square – 10am – 3pm

Wed 27^th Nov & Thur 28^th Nov – Queen by Candlelight – Ripon Cathedral – 7.30pm

Thurs 28^th Nov – Lunchtime Concert; Students from Leeds University – Ripon Cathedral – 12.30

Fri 29^th Nov – All Revved Up, Meatloaf Tribute – Masham Town Hall – 7.30pm

Fri 29^th Nov – M.F.O.R – Ripon Bowling Club – 8.30pm

Fri 29^th Nov – Martyn Wyndam Read – St Wilfrid’s Community Centre – 7.30pm

Fri 29^th Nov – Carolling & Crumpets Christmas Show – Ripon Workhouse Museum – 8.00pm

Sat 30^th Nov – Littlethorpe Christmas Fair – Littlethorpe Village Hall – 11am – 3pm

 

 

December

Thurs 5^th Dec –  Spital – St Mary Magdalen Hospital – Workhouse Museum 7pm

Sat 7^th Dec – G4 at Christmas – Ripon Cathedral – 7.30pm

Sat 7^th Dec – GirlsOn45 Vinyl Night – Water Rat – 8.30pm

Sat 7^th Dec – Ripon Tinsel Tractor Road Run – F.Tate & Sons Larkhill Nurseries

Sun 8^th Dec – Ripon Concerts – Prince Bishops Brass Ensemble – Details TBA

Sat 14^th Dec – Ripon Choral Society & Handel : Messiah – Details TBA

Sun 15^th Dec – Carols by Candlelight – Christ the Consoler Newby Hall – 6.00pm

Sat 21^st Dec –  CRAZY NIGHTS Christmas Special – Masham Town Hall – 8.00pm

Sat 21^st Dec – Jervaulx Singers – Carols by Candlelight – St John’s Church Sharow – 7.30pm

Sun 22^nd Dec – Little Bird Artisan Market – Ripon Market Square – 10am – 3pm

Fri 27^th Dec – Folk Club Christmas Party  – St Wilfrid’s Community Centre – 7.30pm

Fri 27^th Dec – Ghost Tour – Ripon Museum – 7.15pm

Sat 28^th Dec – Christmas Family Concert by Candlelight – Ripon Cathedral – 5.30pm

Say 28^th Dec – Vivaldi Four Seasons at Christmas – Ripon Cathedral 7.30pm

Sun 29^th Dec – Jolly Holly Jog – Hell Wath Nature Reserve

 

2025

Thurs 9^th Jan Science and Sand – David Winnpenny – Workhouse Museum 7pm

Sun 12^th Jan – Ripon Concerts – Ilyad Sughayer – piano – Details TBA

Sat 25^th Jan – St Cecilia Orchestra Winter Concert – Holy Trinity Church 7.30pm

Sun 9^th Feb – Ripon Concerts – Tim Lowe, Jack Liebeck & Katya Apekisheva – Details TBA

Sat 1^st March – Dinner is Served – St John’s Church Sharow – 7.30pm

Sat 8^th March – Sights and Sounds of Ripon – Ripon Cathedral

Sun 9^th March – Ripon Concerts -Kosmos Ensemble – Details TBA

Thurs 13^th March – The Glam Rock Show – Ripon Cathedral – 7.30pm

Fri 24^th March – Re-Take That Tribute Act – Ripon Cathedral – 7.30pm

Sat 22^nd March – St Cecilia Orchestra Spring Concert – Ripon Cathedral – 7.30pm

Sat 5^th Apr – Ripon Choral Society & Bach : St John Passion – Detail TBA

Sat 10^th May – Ripon Rotary Bike Ride – Bishop Mokton Village – From 9am

Sat 14^th June – St Cecilia Orchestra Summer Concert – Holy Trinity Church Ripon – 19.30

Sat 21^st June – Ripon Choral Society & Mendelssohn: Elijah – Ripon Cathedral – Detail TBA

Sat 28^th June – Beer & Music Festival – Ripon Rugby Club – Time TBA

Sun 27^th July – Ripon Classic Car Gathering – Ripon Racecourse

Sat 2^nd Aug – St Wilfrid’s Procession – Streets of Ripon – Starts Studley Road 1.40pm

Sat 24^th Aug – Ripon Clubs & Classics Motor Show – Ripon Racecourse

More details at https://visitripon.co.uk/