Category: Local News

The bosses at the Coppergate Centre in York are bucking the trend for closing shops in York city centre, announcing that they now have full occupation of all of the units, with the opening of the new Pavers store at the top of Coppergate Walk and a new bubble tea outlet. The final unit to […]

…But the skies above Burton Agnes Hall certainly aren’t grey. It’s the Elizabethan stately home’s Autumn Festival – a reinvented Michaelmas Fair where you can enjoy the finest local food and drink, craft stalls, and festival entertainment, all in Burton Agnes Hall’s beautiful grounds.

Experience the Mystery Plays like never before at their “after- dark” performance in York’s Shambles Market on Wednesday 12th September. For twenty years, the Guilds of York have been performing episodes of the York Mystery Plays on the streets of York. This year they spread a pair of bat-like wings as they show off the […]

York band, Skylights, return to the city on 18th August promising a gig bursting with fresh talent and underwritten with britpop/indie rock influence. The indie rock band, who list their influences as Oasis and The Clash, are in good company at the Fibbers gig with support coming from York band Honours and Fond. The band […]

The National Trust’s Treasurer’s House will be open for free for York residents with a valid York Card on Sunday 29 July. Woop! Along with free entry to the house, the popular ghost cellar tours will be half price for residents with a York Card for the day at just £2 per person. These are […]

What would you like to put in a York Castle Museum of the future? What stories should it tell, what should you experience and how should it make you feel? York Museums Trust are inviting people to answer these questions to help shape the future of York Castle Museum. The Trust are currently working on […]

The North’s only training orchestra, Vacation Chamber Orchestra (VaCO), will be welcoming the cream of the crop from across the UK’s leading  schools, conservatoires and universities for its summer residential course held in August, one of three per year. Descending on North Yorkshire, the musicians lucky to be picked for this VaCO course will be […]

The theme park next door, set across 375-acres of parkland, is still proving that it’s easily one of Yorkshire’s most thrilling attractions says Krystal Starkey. A shock revelation: Flamingo Land felt more fun as a grown up than it ever did when I was little. The heightened sense of self preservation that we seem to […]

The gates to York Maze have once again burst open for another summer season of getting lost. However, as well as all the usual corn-based fun, and the massive maize maze, things have gotten a bit prehistoric at the family attraction just outside Elvington. Howard caught up with owner Tom Percy (AKA Farmer Tom) to […]

Oh York. You’ve done it again. You’ve blown my mind with your incredible sights and culture, your one-of-a-kind unique opportunities, and your overwhelmingly lackadaisical response to it all. Last week, I got to check out Shakespeare’s Rose Theatre, a “pop-up cultural event” that’s the first of its kind in Europe. It’s a recreation of the […]

There’s a lot to be proud of in York. The city is not only a beautiful place, filled with friendly people, but it boasts a booming tourism economy, high levels of education, and the fastest internet speeds in the UK. However, as great as York is, we have a growing problem of food poverty. In […]

By Georgina Klavins  York Maze has revealed its latest attraction. The new challenge, named the Volcorno, opens along with the first open day of the York Maze, which is Saturday the 14th of July 2018. The first of its kind in the UK stands over 4m tall, with a diameter of 17m; volcano climb structures […]

By Georgina Klavins York Castle Museum is hosting a very special exhibit in honour of the Queen of shoes, Vivienne Westwood, which opens tomorrow (Friday the 13th of July, 2018). Some of her most iconic and inspiring shoes will be displayed from a personal collection, along with shoes previously shown on the runways in Paris. […]

Running from 27th July, this year’s Theatre Royal summer spectacular will see a classic story brought to the stage. We caught up with Ella Dunlop, star of The Secret Garden.   Hello. Who are you? Hello. I’m Ella Dunlop.   What do you do? I’m an actor, currently playing Mary Lennox in a production of […]

If you love the sound of traditional jazz, get to the Cross Keys pub, Tadcaster Road, every Thursday afternoon, 1-3.30pm. Each week local jazz bands will serenade the gathered lunch time crowds with cool and playful jazz. If that wasn’t good enough, the performances are also completely free, making the Cross Keys an extremely desirable […]