What’s on, events in and around Ripon 2024

Updated – 17^th July 2024

 

Introduction

 

To find out more details about each event, click on the underlined link. This list of events 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. We plan to update the list monthly.

 

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 in July, Saturday Night Live Music – The Ripon Inn – 8.30 pm

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

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

 

School Holiday Events

Daily 20^th July – 30^th Aug – White Rabbit Hunt – Ripon City Centre

Daily 20^th July – 1^st Sept – Summer Space Adventure – Lightwater Valley

Daily 20^th July – 2^nd Sept – Summer Trail of 6 Activities – Ripon Museums

Daily 20^th July – 1^st Sept – Summer of Play – Fountains Abbey – 10.00 – 16.30

Daily 20^th July – 1^st Sept – Summer Trail, Painting & Colouring – F. Tate & Sons (Not Mondays)

Daily 22^nd July – 31^st Aug – Free Daily Trail – Ripon Cathedral

Daily 13^th July – 7^th Sept – Summer Reading Challenge – Ripon Library

Tuesdays 23^rd July – 27^th Aug – Tee Off Tuesday Free Mini Golf – Ripon Spa Gardens

Tuesdays 23^rd July – 27^th Aug – Tuesday Morning Crafts – Ripon Cathedral – 10.30am – 12noon

Wed 17^th, 24^th & 31^st July – Family Poetry Workshops – Ripon Library – 4.00-4.45pm

Various dates in July & Aug – Marvellous Makers – Ripon Library – Times Vary

Mon 12^th – Fri 16^th Aug – Summer Holiday Club – St John’s Church Sharow – 10am – 12.30pm

Mon 19^th – Fri 23^rd Aug – Summer Funfest – Various Locations – 10am – 3pm

Tue 30^th July and Tue 20^th Aug –  Alice In Wonderland Adventure – Ripon City Centre

Tue 27^th Aug – Fri 30^th Aug – BOOST Summer Holiday Club – Holy Trinity Church – 9.30 – 12.45

Sat 31^st Aug – Forest Schools Activity Day – Hell Wath Panthers Clubhouse – Time TBC

 

 

July

Fr 19^th July – Tina Turner by Candlelight – Ripon Cathedral – 7.30pm

Sat 20^th July – Cat Rescue Summer Fayre – Allhallowgate Methodist Church – 10am – 4pm

Sat 20^th July – Afternoon Tea in The Garden – Littlethorpe Manor – 2.00pm – 4.00pm

Sat 20^th July – Butterfly Walk – Nosterfield Quarry – 11.00am

Sat 20^th July – Go Racing in Yorkshire – Ripon Racecourse – First Race 2.45pm

Sat 20^th July – Knot Another Choir – Newby Hall – 1pm – 3pm

Sat 20^th July – Summer Garden Party – The Old Deanery – 3pm

Sat 20^th July – Canzona String Quartet  Christ the Consoler Newby Hall – 7.30pm

Sat 20^th July – Ajay Jackson – Ripon Bowling Club – 8.30pm

Sun 21^st July – Open Day – High Batts Nature Reserve – 10am – 4pm

Sun 21^st July – Historic Vehicle Rally – Newby Hall 10am – 3pm

Sun 21^st July – Harrogate Spa Ukes – Spa Gardens – 2.00pm – 4pm

Sun 21^st July – Ripon Men’s Shed Ceilidh – Claro Lounge – 7.30pm

Thur 25^th July – Ghost Tour – Ripon Museum – 7.15pm

Thur 25^th July – Lady Clare’s Consort – St John’s Sharow – 7.30pm

Thur 25^th July – Afternoon of Summer Blooms – Newby Hall – 12.30pm – 5.00pm

Fri 26^th July – An Evening with Ripon City Band – St Mary’s Church Wath – 7.00pm

Fri 26^th July – The Brothers Gillespie – St Wilfrid’s Community Centre – 7.30pm

Fri 26^th July – Storm – Ripon Bowling Club – 8.30pm

Fri 26^th July – Mon 29^th July – Deer Shed Festival – Baldersby Park, Topcliffe.

Sun 28^th July – Ripon Classic Car Gathering – Ripon Racecourse

Sun 28^th July – Little Bird Artisan Market – Ripon Market Square – 10am – 3pm

 

Aug

Thur 1^st Aug – Free Guided Cathedral Tour – Ripon Cathedral – 2.00pm

Fri 2^nd Aug – Pink Tribute – Ripon Bowling Club – 8.30pm

Sat 3^rd Aug – Family Fun Day & Tractor Run – Tate’s Garden Centre Studley Road – 9.00am

Sat 3^rd Aug – St Wilfrid’s Procession – Ripon City – 13.40pm – 16.30pm

Sat 3^rd Aug – Locked Up : Ripon Prison – Ripon Museum – 20.00

Sun 4^th Aug – Mini Music Festival – St Wilfrid’s Community Centre – 12noon

Sun 4^th Aug – Ripon City Band – Ripon Spa Gardens – 2pm – 4pm

Mon 5^th Aug – Afternoon Racing – Ripon Racecourse – First Race 2.45pm

Thur 8^th Aug – Free Guided Cathedral Tour – Ripon Cathedral – 2.00pm

Sat 10^th Aug – Live Music by The Pond – Grewelthorpe – 7.30pm

Sat 10^th Aug – GirlsOn45 Vinyl Night – Water Rat – 8.30pm

Sun 11^th Aug – Family Olympics Day – Ripon Racecourse – First race 2.45pm

Thur 15^th  Aug – Free Guided Cathedral Tour – Ripon Cathedral – 2.00pm

Thur 15^th Aug – Ghost Tour – Ripon Museum – 7.15pm

Thur 15^th Aug – The Beatles by Candlelight – Ripon Cathedral – 7.30pm

Fri 16^th Aug – Hamlet – Open Air Theatre – Newby Hall – 7pm

Fri 16^th Aug – Pink Floyd by Candlelight – Ripon Cathedral – 7.30pm

Sat 17^th Aug – Ripon City Allotment Society Stall – Market Square

Sat 17^th Aug – William Hill Great St Wilfrid – Ripon Racecourse – First race 1.35pm

Sun 18^th Aug – It’s Not Taylor – Ripon Bowling Club – 2pm

Mon 19^th – Friday 23^rd Aug – Summer FunFest – Various Locations – 10am – 3pm

Thur 22nd Aug – Free Guided Cathedral Tour – Ripon Cathedral – 2.00pm

Sat 24^th Aug – Fun for All The Family – Ripon Market Square – 12:00 – 23:00

Sat 24^th Aug – Beer Festival – Ripon Cathedral – 11.30am – 5pm

Sat 24^th Aug – Fireworks Championships – Newby Hall – 6pm – 10.30pm

Sun 25^th Aug – Little Bird Artisan Market – Ripon Market Square – 10am – 3pm

Sun 25^th Aug – Paying Fairground Rides – Market Square

Mon 26^th Aug – Paying Fairground Rides – Market Square

Mon 26^th Aug – Bank Holiday Family Day – Ripon Racecourse – First Race 2.25pm

Tue 27^th Aug – Afternoon Racing – Ripon Racecourse – First Race 2.15pm

Thur 29^th Aug – Free Guided Cathedral Tour – Ripon Cathedral – 2.00pm

Thur 29^th Aug – The King’s Men, Cambridge – Ripon Cathedral – 7.30pm

Sat 31^st Aug – A Night At The Opera – St John’s Church Sharow -7.30pm

Sat 31^st Aug – Paranormal Event/Ghost Hunt – Ripon Workhouse Museum – 20.00

Sat 31^st Aug – Ripon City Photographic Society Exhibition – Allhallowgate Methodist Church Hall – 9am – 4pm

 

September

Sun 1^st Sept – Ripon Horticultural Show – Ripon Racecourse – Time TBA

Sun 1^st Sept – Generation Groove Band – Newby Hall – 2pm – 4pm

Sun 1^st Sept – Woodside Big Band – Ripon Spa Gardens 2pm — 4pm

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 – TBA

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

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

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

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

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 – 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

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 – 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 – Season Finale – Ripon Racecourse – First Race 1.45pm

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

November & Later

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

 

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