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With a host of events,
festivals, walks and tours,
there is plenty to keep you
entertained throughout
your stay.
Delve into the city’s vibrant café culture, watch the A variety of themed festivals is held throughout the year
world go by while sipping a drink by the river, or take catering for all ages and interests. The long established
time out to enjoy some of the country’s most talented JORVIK Viking Festival brings battle re-enactments and
and authentic street entertainers as they juggle, sing, fearsome Vikings to the city in the month of February,
play, escape from chains or simply paint themselves whilst the York Festival of Food and Drink spotlights
purple and stand motionless for your amusement. regional food and drink in September. In the run up to
Christmas, the St Nicholas Fayre sees York come alive
City Screen, a traditional picture house with a riverside
with carol singers and bustling Victorian market stalls
café bar shows both mainstream and ‘art-house’ films.
selling everything from local produce to traditional gifts
This perfect city centre venue also plays host to an
and roasted chestnuts. At the Festival of Angels, wrap
eclectic programme of events ranging from poetry
gloved hands around a warm glass of mulled wine
readings to concerts and, on Sunday evenings, some
while you marvel at stunning ice sculptures.
outstanding stand-up from the best local and
international comedians at the Other Side Comedy As darkness falls over this delightfully engaging city, why
Club. Alternatively, enjoy a live show at one of two not join an evening ghost walk? This is the most haunted
theatres as they raise their curtains on popular drama, city in Europe and, in the early 1970s spawned the
world class ballet and diverse, one-off showcases. world’s first ghost walks. The walks are amusing accounts
of the city’s past, each professionally, and often
Music lovers will relish a visit to the National Centre for
hilariously presented by knowledgeable local guides,
Early Music. Housed in the peaceful surroundings of a
many of whom hold equity qualifications. Don’t be
converted church, the Centre stages concerts
scared. No visit to York is complete without this
encompassing every medium from classical and
wonderfully enjoyable encounter.
medieval to traditional jazz and contemporary.
With so much to see and do, you may need to
lengthen your stay to squeeze it all in!
City Screen overlooks the river
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