What's on in York this week

Take a look at what’s going on in York this week.

This week is the return of the York Georgian Festival – turn back time with a grand ball, a special promenade, and family fun. Join YorkMix at the Thornton-le-Dale Show, there’s circus fun at York Barbican, and a double-bill of Shakespare at the Joseph Rowntree Theatre.

Have a look at our full guide below.

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What’s on in York this week: Monday 4 – Friday 8 August

All week

York Georgian Festival

The York Georgian Festival returns this week! Returning for it’s third year, expect exciting events like the York Georgian Ball, Georgian dance lessons, a promenade through the city, gin tastings, and much more.

Multiple venues
Thu 7 – Mon 11 Aug
Multiple times
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Monday

Cirque: The Greatest Show – Reimagined

Cirque explodes into 2025 with a brand-new show – bolder, braver and more breathtaking than ever before! Get ready for a dazzling fusion of musical theatre and jaw-dropping circus acts, taking the original Circus meets Musical Theatre spectacle to thrilling new heights. Experience iconic West End showstoppers paired with awe-inspiring circus acts showcasing their breathtaking feats of agility. This all-new production promises to transport you on a vibrant, kaleidoscopic journey bursting with colour, energy, and excitement.

York Barbican, Paragon St, York, YO10 4AH
Mon 4 Aug
3pm & 7pm
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Femme Fatale Faerytales

Femme Fatale Faerytales (Adult Storytelling) Presents: Once Upon a Time (Fringe Preview ahead of her Fringe Debut). It was the faeries who taught the witches, the wise women, all that they know. Women spun faerytales on their tongue to spread the word among adult ears. Wise words made infantile by men. Come meet a real-life Faery. Let her whisper her words into your ears. Hear her tale of truth. For it’s true, faeries cannot lie. This, I promise you. This faery has a story that’ll make your hair curl and your eyes sparkle. She’ll change you, transport you, introduce you to a whole new world and show you a view brand new.

Brancusi, 104 Micklegate, York YO1 6JX
Mon 4 Aug
8pm
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Wednesday

Thornton-le-Dale Show

Thornton le Dale Show attracts visitors from far and near. There is something for everyone to enjoy from livestock to crafts to trade stand.

The Showfield, Thornton-le-Dale, Pickering, YO18 7ZP
Wed 6 Aug
From 9am
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The Filthy, Beastly Tour of York

Have you faced the fiery poo-bison? Been chased round York Museums Garden by an escaped brown bear? Or lugged a rotting Arctic whale round the riverside streets on a cart? No? Then you’ve clearly not been on The Filthy, Beastly Tour of York! Join York’s Hidden History for what might just be the number-two tour of York. Or the turd-best guided walk in the city.

Clifford’s Tower, Tower St, York YO1 9SA
Wed 6 Aug
2pm
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Iago Banet, ‘The Galician King of Acoustic Guitar’

Iago Banet, ‘The Galician King of Acoustic Guitar’ launched his third album, TRES, in 2023, with a tour which has included multiple sell-out shows and sensational receptions from audiences across the UK. He has showcased his immense talent at festivals including Brecon Jazz, Hellys International Guitar Festival and Aberjazz, displaying new levels of skill, complexity and versatility, whilst fusing styles, ranging from gypsy jazz, blues, Americana, country and dixieland, to swing, pop and folk.

The Basement @ City Screen Picturehouse, York, YO1 9QL
Wed 6 Aug
7:30pm
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Thursday

Terry Deary Presents ‘Revolting’

Our favourite author returns to the York Georgian Festival to kick things off! Following over three decades of Horrible Histories, his early fans are all grown up and delighting in his trademark wit and humour following the success of A History of Britain in Ten Enemies. Now Terry’s back with a sneak peak into his follow on book, Revolting! Join us at York Mansion House for a glass of fizz as we enter the world of rebellions and revolutions that shaped our history… or were lost to it! A unique event for the inquisitive mind!

York Mansion House, St Helen’s Square, York, YO1 9QL
Thu 7 Aug
5:30pm
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Much Ado About Nothing & Macbeth

Four Forty Theatre returns for a raucous retelling of Much Ado About Nothing and Macbeth – as a comedy! Both performed in one night by only four actors in forty(ish!) minutes each, “this is an exceptionally special, hilarious, speedy tour of two of Shakespeare’s arguably greatest plays!” Experience the hilarity of not only one of the Bard’s best comedies but also a side-splitting (literally!) Macbeth! Prepare for an unforgettable night of laughter delivered in a way only Four Forty Theatre can! The Witches are back. “Four Forty Theatre proves that there doesn’t need to be a high value production to provide high quality entertainment!”