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What's On Around Harrogate
Harrogate is fantastic all year round with plenty to see and do – but you might want to time your visit to catch one of our very special events when you see what’s on in Harrogate.
The Harrogate Spring Flower Show along with its sister show in autumn attracts some 100,000 green fingered plant enthusiasts each year and is the go-to event for anyone seeking inspiration for their garden.
The out of this world experience of hosting the finish of the first day of the Tour de France Grand Depart in 2014 put Harrogate firmly on the UK cycling map and the legacy endures in the form of a number of events for amateurs and professionals alike.
Harrogate International Festivals now takes its place alongside the leading cultural events in the UK, with a varied program including the Crime Writing Festival, the Children’s festival, and the History Festival.
As well as attracting leading lights in their fields, the Festivals act as a showcase for up and coming talent.
As you’d expect on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales rural life is never far away, but every July it comes to town with the Great Yorkshire Show, the largest agricultural show in Britain.
Around 130,000 visitors flock to Harrogate to see competitive classes of 5000 cattle, sheep and pigs – show jumping and equine competitions – Food Hall – Cookery Theatre - Fashion shows - demonstrations and much much more.
There’s nearly always a show on in Harrogate, with the wealth of music, comedy and drama provided by the Harrogate Theatre, touring companies, the nation’s hottest comics and world renowned orchestras can all be found in the constantly updating line up.
As the new home of the International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival you also can count on things going a little topsy turvy in August.
Live music has many homes in Harrogate from cover bands to stars of the underground music scene there’s always a distinctive sound to be found here.
Harrogate enjoys a wealth of world class venues in its Conference Centre, Pavilions, the Great Yorkshire Showground and the grade II Listed Royal Hall which host numerous events and exhibitions including BBC Good Food, Country Living, Cake & Bake and the Knitting Stitching show just to name a few.
Many of our local attractions also stage their own programmes of events appealing to all the family – take a look at National Trust Brimham Rocks, Ripley Castle and RHS Garden Harlow Carr.
You will be amazed by what’s on in Harrogate so don’t forget to check these pages before you visit!
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Turner: Northern Exposure at the Mercer Art Gallery
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Show / Display
Harrogate
In 1797 JMW Turner embarked on an eight week tour of the North of England that would transform him from an architectural draftsman to a poet of the landscape. At the time, he was just 22 years old.
Northern Exposure is an exhibition of some of Turner’s output during this time and includes…
Venue
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- 18 Jan 2020 To 19 Apr 2020
Winter Show
Type
Exhibition
Harrogate
A fabulous exhibition of emerging and established artists from Yorkshire and further afield. Original contemporary paintings, ceramics, illustration and jewellery. Please see website for opening times and further details.
Dates
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- 24 Jan 2020 To 5 Apr 2020
Harrogate parkrun
Type
Active event
Harrogate
It is a 5km run - it's you against the clock. Every Saturday at 9:00am on The Stray, Harrogate. See Course on the parkrun website page for more details.
Dates
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- 8 Feb 2020 To 5 Feb 2022
Social Run Group
Type
Active event
Harrogate
The SRG meet at 18:30 every Monday for a 5km run. Coming straight from work? Don't worry you can use our changing rooms and leave your belongings safely in the shop while we are out running!
Dates
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- 10 Feb 2020 To 12 Jul 2021
Harrogate Indoor Funfair
Type
Family Event
Harrogate
Looking for a family day out this half term? Finding things to do with the kids over half term can be weather dependent. Harrogate's Indoor Fun Fair provides the perfect day out whatever the weather. Come along and enjoy a range of rides all under one roof – from your classic cup-and-saucer to…
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- 15 Feb 2020 To 23 Feb 2020
February Half Term - Whatever the Weather
Type
Family Event
Harrogate
Youngsters can enjoy a range of fun all-weather activities including a chance to make weather wheels and wind socks during half term and discover more about the wild weather of the UK on a daily garden trail. Normal garden admission.
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- 15 Feb 2020 To 23 Feb 2020
Flights of Fancy modern mosaic exhibition
Type
Exhibition
Harrogate
A selling exhibition of modern mosaics from members of the British Association for Modern Mosaic, with a theme of Flights of Fancy.
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- 15 Feb 2020 To 1 Mar 2020
Spring Quilt Festival Harrogate
Type
Exhibition
Harrogate
Spring Quilt Festival Harrogate 2020 will return to the Yorkshire Event Centre in February. This popular patchwork, quilting, craft and needlework show featuring displays from well known quilters and textile artists.
You can shop for all your new supplies and even attend one of the daily workshops…
Dates
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- 23 Feb 2020 To 23 Feb 2020
Under the Stair
Type
Theatre
Harrogate
This February, writer/performer Adam Z. Robinson brings his brand new show UPON THE STAIR to Harrogate Theatre. The play uses storytelling, live music and fully-integrated British Sign Language (BSL) to bring three chilling ghost stories to life. It is a thrilling experience for hearing and d/Deaf…
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- 25 Feb 2020 To 29 Feb 2020
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Royal Hall Open Days
Type
Heritage
Harrogate
The Royal Hall will open its door to the public once more during 2020. Come along and see Harrogate's glittering palace of gold. Take a tour with one of our knowledgeable guides at either 11.00am or 2.00pm. Entry free.
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- 26 Feb 2020 To 26 Feb 2020
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- 11 Mar 2020 To 11 Mar 2020
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- 8 Apr 2020 To 8 Apr 2020
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- 6 May 2020 To 6 May 2020
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- 23 May 2020 To 23 May 2020
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- 2 Jun 2020 To 2 Jun 2020
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- 16 Jun 2020 To 16 Jun 2020
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- 8 Jul 2020 To 8 Jul 2020
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- 29 Jul 2020 To 29 Jul 2020
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- 26 Aug 2020 To 26 Aug 2020
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- 2 Sep 2020 To 2 Sep 2020
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- 29 Sep 2020 To 29 Sep 2020
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- 14 Oct 2020 To 14 Oct 2020
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- 27 Oct 2020 To 27 Oct 2020
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Wesley Centre Concerts with Julien Brocal
Type
Concert
Harrogate
The French pianist Julien Brocal returns to the Wesley Centre to for an evening recital prior to his London debut at the Wigmore Hall. His programme is: Mozart: Piano Sonata in B flat K333 J S Bach: English Suite No. 3 in G minor BWV808 Interval Chopin: 24 Preludes Op. 28
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- 29 Feb 2020 To 29 Feb 2020
Harrogate International Sunday Series: Ashwell Trio
Type
Harrogate International Festivals
Harrogate
Harrogate International Festivals' season of coffee concerts returns to the Old Swan Hotel with an international line-up of world-class chamber musicians.
Callum Smart | violin Ben Goldscheider | horn Richard Uttley | piano
Callum Smart attracted wide public attention at the age of…
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- 1 Mar 2020 To 1 Mar 2020
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Wesley Centre Concerts - Susana Gaspar and Emma Abbate (
Type
Concert
Harrogate
Susana Gaspar (soprano) and Emma Abbate (piano) give a lunchtime concert, performing songs by Schubert, Debussy (Fetes Galantes), Resphigi, Rodrigo (Cuatro madrigals amatorios) and Korngold (Songs of the Clown)
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- 2 Mar 2020 To 2 Mar 2020
Harrogate Charity Beer Festival
Type
Food & Drink
Harrogate
The Harrogate Charity Beer Festival is set to return from 6-7 March 2020. With a host of beers, wines and ciders to try and with prosecco and gin available this is set to be a great evening out.
Don't forget that Sponsorship Packages are also available please see website for details.
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- 6 Mar 2020 To 6 Mar 2020
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- 7 Mar 2020 To 7 Mar 2020
Tricksters
Type
Theatre
Harrogate
Get up close to the impossible with accomplished showmen, Forster & Smith.
Dressed in your finest attire, you'll enjoy a complimentary drink on arrival in the opulent surroundings of Harrogate's finest hotel. Pull up a chair in the evocative setting of a private suite where you'll witness an…
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- 14 Mar 2020 To 14 Mar 2020
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- 11 Apr 2020 To 11 Apr 2020
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- 23 May 2020 To 23 May 2020
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- 13 Jun 2020 To 13 Jun 2020
Harrogate International Sunday Series: Esmé Quartet
Type
Harrogate International Festivals
Harrogate
Harrogate International Festivals' season of coffee concerts returns to the Old Swan Hotel with an international line-up of world-class chamber musicians.
Wonhee Bae | violin Yuna Ha | violin Jiwon Kim | viola Ye-eun Heo | cello
The Esmé Quartet, a string quartet formed of four young…
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- 15 Mar 2020 To 15 Mar 2020
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Art Exhibition by Spirit Art Group
Type
Exhibition
Harrogate
Everyone is welcome to see the art on display.
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- 20 Mar 2020 To 20 Mar 2020
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- 21 Mar 2020 To 21 Mar 2020
The Yorkshire Motorhome and Campervan Show
Type
Exhibition
Harrogate
The Yorkshire Motorhome and Campervan Show 2020 will showcase over 300 new and used motorhomes.
Held at the Yorkshire Event Centre across Hall 1, Hall 2 and external exhibition space.
Come and see displays and products from a selection of over 30 national and local dealers. Catering for both…
Dates
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- 20 Mar 2020 To 22 Mar 2020
The Food of Love
Type
Concert
Harrogate
Join Vocalis Chamber Choir and musical director Alexander Kyle for their spring concert The Food of Love in St Mark's Church, Leeds Road, Harrogate on Saturday 21 March at 7.30pm.
The inspiration for this programme is Purcell's If Music Be the Food of Love and the many wonderful choral pieces…Dates
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- 21 Mar 2020 To 21 Mar 2020
Berwins Salon North: March 2020
Type
Lecture
Harrogate
Three expert speakers deliver TED-style talks designed to change your life for the better. Presenting big ideas, and answering key questions in life, Salon was voted as number six in the 'Top 100 Things to do in the World' by GQ magazine.
With rest expert Claudia Hammond, science writer and…
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- 26 Mar 2020 To 26 Mar 2020
Springtime Live
Type
Agricultural Show
Harrogate
Springtime Live is the much loved springtime event from the organisers of the Great Yorkshire Show. Animals, nature, activites - Springtime Live has it all!
This year for the first time, there will be a selection of animals from Ian's Mobile Farm which is based in Aberford near Leeds.…
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- 28 Mar 2020 To 28 Mar 2020
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Rossini Stabat Mater & Puccini Messa di Gloria
Type
Music
Harrogate
Harrogate Choral Society accompanied by the world famous Manchester Camerata present a concert of two wonderful works.
Although Rossini saw his Stabat Mater as a work of sacred music the lyrical style in which Rossini sets his composition is in parts, quite operatic in character. This is in…
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- 28 Mar 2020 To 28 Mar 2020
Wedding Open Day - The Sun Pavilion
Type
Exhibition
Harrogate
Are you organising your wedding but are yet to book the most vital part….the venue? Then why join us Sunday 29th March 2020 for our Spring Wedding Open Day.
View The Sun Pavilion set for a wedding reception inside and a wedding ceremony on our external terrace. The whole venue will be styled by…
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- 29 Mar 2020 To 29 Mar 2020
Now Time To Sing
Type
Charity
Harrogate
The Collavoce Collective have a License to Sing on Sunday 5th April in The Crown Hotel, Harrogate.To mark the release of the 25th James Bond film,
NO TIME TO DIE, Musical Director Catherine Field-Leather (M), invites you to join The Collavoce Collective Singers as they present NOW TIME TO SING…Dates
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- 5 Apr 2020 To 5 Apr 2020
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- 5 Apr 2020 To 5 Apr 2020
Harrogate International Sunday Series: Joseph Moog
Type
Harrogate International Festivals
Harrogate
Harrogate International Festivals' season of coffee concerts returns to the Old Swan Hotel with an international line-up of world-class chamber musicians.
The son of two orchestra musicians, Joseph Moog’s ability to combine exquisite technical skill with a mature and intelligent musicality…
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- 5 Apr 2020 To 5 Apr 2020
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Wesley Centre Concerts - Daniel Tong
Type
Concert
Harrogate
Daniel Tong (piano) gives a lunchtime redital playing Brahms' Piano Sonta no 3 and the Three Intermezzi Op 117
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- 6 Apr 2020 To 6 Apr 2020
No Horizon
Type
Theatre
Harrogate
The new 'must see' musical, inspired by the astonishing true story of Nicholas Saunderson. No Horizon is uplifting, inspiring and truly astounding. Now cruelly forgotten by history, Saunderson sought to make the impossible possible. No eyes. No braille. No hope. It is 1682. Rejected at every turn,…
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- 7 Apr 2020 To 8 Apr 2020
J S Bach Mass in B minor
Type
Concert
Harrogate
The world-famous English soprano Emma Kirkby DBE will be taking the soprano 2 solo part at the performance of J S Bach's Mass in B minor at St Peter's Church, Harrogate during Holy Week. The concert is on Wednesday 8 April at 7.15pm. Tickets cost £15 and are available from the parish office (01423…
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- 8 Apr 2020 To 8 Apr 2020
Harrogate Spring Flower Show
Type
Show / Display
Harrogate
Join us to celebrate a century of showing!
The North of England Horticultural Society supported its first show in 1920 and the rest, as they say, is history.
We are celebrating this major milestone with a special Roaring 20s spring theme taking you back to the days of Art Deco, Charlie…
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- 23 Apr 2020 To 26 Apr 2020
Martin House Glitter Ball
Type
Charity
Harrogate
A night of glamour and entertainment at Rudding Park, Harrogate. Enjoy a champagne reception, three-course dinner, live music and auctions. Our host for the evening will be TV antiques expert Charles Hanson (Antiques Roadtrip, Bargain Hunt). Tickets cost £100 each, with tables of 10 and 12…
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- 1 May 2020 To 2 May 2020
Wesley Centre Concerts - Ashley Riches and Joseph Middleton
Type
Concert
Harrogate
Ashley Riches (bass-baritone) and Joseph Middleton (piano) give a lunchtime song recital on the theme of A Musical Zoo. The programme is made up of:
Schubert - Die Forelle
Schumann - Die Lowenbraut
Wolf - Der Rattenfanger
Faure - Le Papillon et la Fleur
De…
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- 11 May 2020 To 11 May 2020
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Wesley Centre Concerts with Clare Hammond
Type
Concert
Harrogate
Clare Hammond returns to Harrogate prior to her debut in the International Piano Seies at London' s South Bank Centre. Programme: Mendelssohn: Songs without words - Book 6, Op.67 Beethoven: Sonata in C, Op.2 No.3 Interval Albéniz: El Puerto; Evocación from Iberia, Bk.1; Triana from Iberia, Bk.2 L.…
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- 16 May 2020 To 16 May 2020
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Harrogate car enthusiasts motor show and family fun day
Type
Motorsport
Harrogate
Motor show of all kids of cars, bikes, tractors and steam engines. Charity stalls, animal encounters, bbq and more
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- 23 May 2020 To 23 May 2020
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Robbie Williams Tribute
Type
Concert
Harrogate
If you like tribute nights then you are in for a treat!! Here at The Cairn Hotel we have Robbie Williams tribute night which includes a 2 course dinner with coffee, tribute act and a disco until midnight for only £27.00pp. If you wanted to dance the night away without the worry of travelling home…
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- 23 May 2020 To 24 May 2020
Wesley Centre Concerts - Lorenzo Gatto and Julien Lieber
Type
Concert
Harrogate
Lorenzo Gatto (violin) and Julien LIbeer (piano) are two highly regarded Belgian musicians with a growing international reputation. In this lunchtime concert they will be playing Beethoven’s Kreutzer sonata and Ravel’s second violin sonata.
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- 1 Jun 2020 To 1 Jun 2020
Harrogate Music Festival
Type
Festival
Harrogate
The Hallé Orchestra return to Harrogate, bringing the quality and excitement they did under the baton of Sir Barbiroll. From the Leeds International Piano Competition winner Eric Lu, to the youngest ever joint winner of the Junior 1st Prize at the Menuhin Competition in 2018, Christian Li,…
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- 1 Jul 2020 To 31 Jul 2020
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Wesley Centre Concerts Richard Weatherall Trio 2020
Type
Concert
Harrogate
The Richard Weatherall Trio (Richard Wetherall-piano, Steve Buckley -guitar, Pete Turner-bass) makes a welcome return to the Wesley Centre for another highly enjoyable lunchtime jazz concert
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- 6 Jul 2020 To 6 Jul 2020
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Lunchtime Jazz Concert with The Richard Wetherall Trio
Type
Concert
Harrogate
The Richard Wetherall Trio (Richard Wetherall-piano, Steve Buckley -guitar, Pete Turner-bass) end the Wesley Centre Concerts with lunchtime jazz
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- 6 Jul 2020 To 6 Jul 2020
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Harrogate International Festivals - Museum Of The Moon
Type
Science
Harrogate
Museum of the Moon: An out of this world experience for the whole family…
Imagine having the moon close enough to be able to nip over to its dark side and see what’s happening in its nooks. Luke Jerram’s touring artwork Museum of the Moon allows you to do just that – well almost!
To mark…
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- 7 Jul 2020 To 14 Jul 2020
Great Yorkshire Show
Type
Exhibition
Harrogate
The 161st Great Yorkshire Show will take place in Harrogate, celebrating the very best of farming, food and the countryside from Tuesday 9 – Thursday 11 July 2019.
Over 130,000 visitors and 8,500 animals flock to the Great Yorkshire Showground every year for the three day show, making it one…
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- 14 Jul 2020 To 16 Jul 2020
Freddie Mercury Tribute
Type
Concert
Harrogate
If you like tribute nights then you are in for a treat!! Here at The Cairn Hotel we have Freddie Mercury tribute night which includes a 2 course dinner with coffee, tribute act and a disco until midnight for only £27.00pp. If you wanted to dance the night away without the worry of travelling home…
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- 15 Aug 2020 To 16 Aug 2020
Great Northern Quilt and Needlecraft Show
Type
Exhibition
Harrogate
An open competitive quilt show with entries invited from all over the world. Beautiful feature display quilts from well-known quilters and textile artists.
A variety of exhibitors selling patchwork & quilting supplies for all your needs. Demonstrators on hand to show you their techniques and to…
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- 4 Sep 2020 To 5 Sep 2020
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- 6 Sep 2020 To 6 Sep 2020
Harrogate Autumn Flower Show
Type
Show / Display
Harrogate
Join us for the 2020 Harrogate Autumn Flower Show at our fabulous new venue, Newby Hall & Gardens.
Situated just off the A1M, Newby Hall is a jewel in the crown of North Yorkshire with one of the country’s finest 18th Century stately homes and was recently voted 2019 Historic Houses Garden of…
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- 18 Sep 2020 To 20 Sep 2020
Harrogate Comedy Festival
Type
Festival
Harrogate
The 8th annual Harrogate Comedy Festival (1st-16th Oct 2016) features handpicked acts from across the globe to the town. With acts from Australia, America, Ireland, New Zealand, Canada and Europe it’s a comedy festival with an exciting international twist.
The 2016 line-up includes Ross Noble,…
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- 7 Oct 2020 To 19 Oct 2020
George Michael Tribute
Type
Concert
Harrogate
If you like tribute nights then you are in for a treat!! Here at The Cairn Hotel we have George Michael tribute night which includes a 2 course dinner with coffee, tribute act and a disco until midnight for only £27.00pp. If you wanted to dance the night away without the worry of travelling home…
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- 14 Nov 2020 To 15 Nov 2020
Country Living Magazine Christmas Fair
Type
Fete / Fair
Harrogate
Christmas is a time for celebration and what better way to start the festive season than with a trip to the Harrogate Country Living Christmas Fair.
Meet hundreds of artisan designers and makers along with regional food producers, all under one roof. A lively programme of talks, demonstrations…
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- 5 Dec 2020 To 8 Dec 2020
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