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Combine this with the city's world-renowned heritage, and you have a cultural offering full of depth and surprises.
York is home to a numerous outstanding theatres, a range of cinemas, some beautiful indie venues, galleries showcasing superb art from the local to the international, as well as world class art and culture festivals throughout the year.
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The Watchers of York: Sculpture Trail
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Art & Culture Experiences
York Fish and Chips Cruise: City Cruises
Prices From £29.00
Sailing daily from the City Centre!Fancy a chippy tea with a view? Of course you do.Combine the best of British tra…
York Gin Tasting
Prices From £35.00
Are you and your friends looking for fun things to do in York? Come along to our gin tasting experience.You’ll learn lo…
York River Bus: City Cruises
Prices From £15.00
Riverbus: City Cruises From Campsite To The City - And Back!Ready to swap the campsite for a day in the city without …
York Sightseeing Cruise: City Cruises
Prices From £14.00
Sailing Daily from the City Centre! Uncover the history of our ancient city from a completely different perspective. Jo…
Abbeys, Ruins and Reformation
Prices From £245.00
Explore Yorkshire’s ruined abbeys, historic villages and Reformation stories on a private driven tour from York.Abbeys,…
Gin School with York Distillery - a home of York Gin
Prices From £95.00
Join our fun 'gin school' for your own gin-making experience, at York Distillery, the home of York Gin.With a gin and t…
Wine Club at York Distillery
Prices From £30.00
Wine Club Tasting Night at York DistilleryJoin us for our monthly wine club, held on a Thursday each month at 7pm - a r…
Self-Drive Boat Hire in York
Prices From £40.00
Sailing daily from the City Centre!Fancy driving your very own boat? Of course you do.Try your hand at skippering y…
Party Nights Afloat: City Cruises
Prices From £47.50
Step off the pavement and onto York’s only floating dance floor.Party Nights Afloat is the city's go-to high-energy c…
Alive After Five: City Cruises
Prices From £14.00
The Happiest Hour on the Ouse! Clocked off or just getting started? Swap the pub for the river. Give happy hour a whole…
Champagne Tasting at York Distillery
Prices From £50.00
A premium guided Champagne tasting at York Distillery, in the heart of York. Hosted by wine expert Emma Moore, you will…
Evening Escape Cruise: City Cruises
Prices From £18.00
Sailing daily from the City Centre!Looking for the most tranquil way to end your day in York?Embark on the Evening …
Art & Culture Events
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Carlton After Dark: Halloween Ball at Carlton Towers
Carlton After Dark, Where History Haunts the Night.Join us for an evening of gothic glamour and exquisite dining within…
Little Monsters Halloween Disco at Carlton Towers
Calling all little witches, wizards, ghosts, and ghouls!Join us for a spooktacular celebration at Carlton Towers filled…
Shoes and the Georgian Man
Shoes are everyday objects but they are loaded with meaning. In this talk, Matthew McCormack will discuss his new book,…
Blackmail and Scandal at the heart of the Court
York Georgian Festival regular Mary Lister is back this year with another illustrated talk, this time about blackmail a…
The Unnatural Trade: Slavery, Abolition and Environmental Writing
How did late eighteenth-century British abolitionists come to view the slave trade and British colonial slavery as unna…
Sancho and Sterne: A Meeting of Minds in Georgian Britain
Join us for the launch of a new student-led critical edition of the correspondence between Ignatius Sancho and Laurence…
Aesthetica Art Prize 2026
Aesthetica Art Prize 202617 July – 15 November 2026Included in general admission | Book nowThe Aesthetica Art Prize ret…
Summer Couple's Bundle Ticket
This summer, treat yourselves to the perfect day out in York for couples or two friends with our £50 Couple's Bundle Ti…
Cappella Lacensis
A special concert by the Cappella Lacensis choir, from the Maria Laach Abbey in Germany, featuring motets by Johann Seb…
Brigantia Exhibition at Ampleforth Abbey
Discover the creativity and craftsmanship of more than 20 talented artists from Brigantia, an association of 2D and 3D …
Summer Holidays - Ampleforth Adventures
Ampleforth Abbey is surrounded by 1,200 acres of beautiful Yorkshire countryside. This summer, we invite you to reconne…
St Benedict's Day
Celebrate the Feast Day of Benedict of Nursia, founder of the Order of St Benedict.Join us for a day of family-friendly…
Art & Culture Offers
Fabrication Crafts
Crafty Corporate Events and Team Building Days
Crafty Corporate events at Fabrication Crafts Fabrication has been running Corporate Events and Team Building…
The York Dungeon
Save up to 30% per person at the York Dungeon
Save up to 30% per person using this link to book tickets for the York Dungeon*.Get ready to journey back thr…
Thin Ice Press: the York Centre for Print
Away Days at Thin Ice Press: the York Centre for Print
Bespoke team building and creative workshops in the heart of York. Get hands on with traditional print.Thin I…
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