What’s on in Yorkshire – gorgeous dates for your diary
Clouds Harp Quartet, Swaledale Festival
Here’s our round-up of upcoming gorgeous events – the perfect place to find out what’s on in Yorkshire. If you’d like to be featured, simply email gorgeousyorkshire@gmail.
THIS WEEK: Swaledale Festival, until June 8, various locations. This year’s event – which covers music, arts and walking – features violinist Tasmin Little, baritone Roderick Williams, the Armonico Consort performing Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas, Kathryn Tickell’s new supergroup The Darkening, the Villiers String Quartet, the Esbjerg Ensemble from Denmark and young musicians Clouds Harp Quartet. There are also guitarists including Paco Peña, Antonio Forcione, Craig Ogden and Manus Noble, and a performance by BBC Young Musician of the Year – pianist Lauren Zhang. Pierce. https://www.swalefest.
THIS WEEK: Vintage @ LS28 (Leeds), Sat, June 1 and Sun, June 2, 10:30am-4pm, The Old Woollen, Sunny Bank Mills, Farsley, Leeds. A one-off vintage fair, within a disused industrial space at Sunny Bank Mills, complete with DJ’s playing soul, funk, indie and more on vinyl. Twenty-five stalls of original vintage, menswear, jewellery, records, books and toys. Incorporating a vintage fashion workshop and clothing alterations area. There’s also a gallery, tea room and textile archive. www.
THIS WEEK: Lou Lou’s Sheffield Vintage Fair, Sat, June 1, 11am-5pm, Sheffield City Hall, Barkers Pool, Sheffield. A great, vintage-filled day out. Find handpicked quality goods among 40 stalls of vintage fashion, accessories, home and collectables. £2.50 on the door, under 12s free. thevintagefair.com/
THIS WEEK: Brighouse 1940s Weekend, Sat, June 1, 10am-5pm, and Sun, June 2, 10am-4pm. Weekend of family fun as the town centre hosts of 1940s events and displays, ranging from from Spitfires to vintage vehicles, from home cooking to 1940s dress and make-up. http://
THIS WEEK: Views of Harrogate, until June 1, Mercer Art Gallery, Swan Road, Harrogate. Portraits of the spa town, from iconic Harrogate landscapes and scenes, such as Doris Zinkeisen’s contemporary society portrait of the Valley Gardens in its early 20th century heyday, to rare collectibles like The Beatles at the Royal Hall poster and rare Eurovision Song Contest programme. Mon-Sat 10am-4pm, Sun 2pm-4pm. https://www.
ON NOW: Ruskin, Turner & the Storm Cloud: Watercolours and Drawings, York Art Gallery, until June 23. Celebrating John Ruskin’s 200th birthday, this exhibition looks at the critical relationship he had with the landscapes of JMW Turner, exploring our relationship with the environment through the watercolours and drawings of two of the most celebrated artists of the 19th century in this major new exhibition. It brings together works from York Art Gallery and Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, with loans from national and regional collections and new commissions by contemporary artists. https://www.
ON NOW: Fabulous antique and vintage wedding dresses from the Harrogate Collection, Royal Pump Room Museum, Crown Place, Harrogate. Spanning almost two centuries, the exhibition includes more than 35 dresses showing how wedding fashion has developed and changed from the Victorian era onwards and also revealing some real life stories behind the dresses. Until Sept 15: adult £3.50, disabled/senior citizen/student £2.50, child (up to and including 16 yrs) £2, family ticket (two adults and up to three children) £10, annual family pass (two adults and up to three children) £30. https://www.harrogate.
ON NOW: Victoria Bellas Carter & Suzanne Jewellery, The Station, Station Yard, Richmond, until Sept 1. Annual spring exhibition of two artists and designers devoted to the use of colour, Victoria Bellas Carter and Suzanne Tweddle. Victoria specialises in original artwork using a tissue paper collage technique while Suzanne is a lampwork artist and jewellery designer. http://www.
ON NOW: Tweet, a new exhibition of bird species captured through the mediums of ceramics, wire, stone, wood, willow and paper handmade by a group of UK artists. Until June 22, the Craft Centre and Design Gallery, City Art Gallery, The Headrow, Leeds, Tues-Sat, 10am-5pm, closed Sun and Mon. http://www.
ON NOW: Gail Kelly Print Exhibition, The Craft Centre and Design Gallery, City Art Gallery, The Headrow, Leeds, until June 22. Woodcut and linocut landscapes printed on to Irish linen, populated by standing stones and fairy thorn trees, mountain cottages and islands, reflecting the seasonal changes in the patterns of the countryside and farmland. http://www.
ON NOW: Chatsworth renewed: The house past, present and future at Chatsworth, Bakewell, Derbyshire, 11am-5pm. Celebrating the restoration of Chatsworth. https://www.
ON NOW: Dolls’ House Exhibition, Newby Hall & Gardens, near Ripon. Seventy houses of all shapes, sizes, styles and ages in one of the world’s most important private collections. www.newbyhall.com
NEXT WEEK: York Festival of Ideas, various locations, June 4-16. Festival aiming to educate, entertain and inspire. This year’s events include a screening of Mike Leigh’s latest movie Peterloo as well as a discussion with the director on Sun, June 9. The film will be shown at 12.30pm before the discussion with Mike Leigh from 4-5pm at the Piazza Building, University of York. For full programme, go to http://yorkfestivalofideas.
COMING UP: Filey International Food Festival 2019, Sat, June 8-Sun, June 9, Filey Evron Centre. Free events featuring artisan pates, homemade cakes, gluten free food, fresh seafood, artisan chocolates, Yorkshire gin and vodka, real ale, prosecco bars and much more. www.facebook.com/
COMING UP: Grassington Festival, June 21-June 29, various venues. This festival, in its 39th year, in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales, offering events ranging from jazz, folk, gospel and classical music performances to exhibitions, workshops, theatre and puppetry. Highlights include Dame Patricia Routledge in Facing the Music: A Life in Musical Theatre on Thurs, June 27. Also appearing are Ed Byrne, Sindhu Vee, David Hadingham, David Starkey, Heath Quartet, Borealis, Cara Dillon, The Young ‘Uns, Dave Finnegan’s Commitments, and Queens of Rock. www.grassington-
COMING UP: Valley Gardens 1940s Day. Sun, June 23,11am-5pm, Valley Gardens, Harrogate. A free event perfect for everyone who loves the 1940s. Featuring stalls selling vintage clothes, hats and uniforms.There will also be wartime military vehicles and vintage cars as well as a full programme of entertainment on the bandstand and children’s activities, food trucks, tea, cake stall and tombola and bar. https://
COMING UP: Weeton Show, Sun, July 28. Gates open 8am. Entry: adults £8, concessions £4. Village show south of Harrogate with a wide variety of events including Punch and Judy, brass bands, ferret racing, riders in the show jumping arena, carriage driving, hounds and beagles and shows throughout the day on the main event field. Also local food, trade and craft stalls, as well as the produce tent, where you can claim a rosette in a bake-off challenge, or local art, craft, horticulture exhibits or children’s classes. Main ring entertainment starts at about 12.30pm. www.weetonshow.co.uk
The Sentimentalists on tour. Hard edged and lyrical
The Orangery at Settrington, North Yorkshire, by Twisted Willow Floristry in Ripon