Arts Festivals 2024 in Yorkshire
Celebrate all the arts in Yorkshire at an arts festival. From makers fairs, to open studios, to awesome fringe festivals.
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York Open Studios
13th & 14th, 20th & 21st April 2024
Artists and Makers will be able to throw open their doors and windows to welcome visitors, and mpossibly run more outdoor events. Discover art in the artists studios.
Saltaire Arts Trail
4th to 6th May 2024
The residents of homes, creative spaces and businesses in Saltaire and Shipley play host to over 60 artists, displaying an eclectic range of artwork.
Open Up Sheffield
4th to 6th, 11th & 12th May 2024
A fantastic opportunity to visit artists and makers at their studios in and around Sheffield
Open Up festival takes place over the following five days, but please check individual artist profile pages as not all artists open for the full five days
Big Ideas By The Sea
17th to 31st May 2024
Big Ideas by the Sea is a new cultural festival that will bring to Scarborough some of the best speakers locally and from across the UK to talk about the big issues related to the environment, climate change and history.
Swaledale Festival
25th May to 8th June 2024
Swaledale Festival’s Artistic Director Malcolm Creese has spent the last few months putting together a fabulous programme for our 2023 Festival. A tantalising myriad of voices, instruments and artists that will come to our hills and dales.
North Yorkshire Open Studio
1st, 2nd, 8th & 9th June 2024
North Yorkshire Open Studios is an annual event enabling artists and makers to open their studios, meet, promote and sell their work direct to the public over the first two weekends in June.
Ripon Theatre Festival
2nd to 7th July 2024
Four days and five nights of drama, street entertainment, circus, dance, puppetry, storytelling and more. More than 50 lively events and activities for all ages, both indoors and open-air.
Hebden Bridge Open Studios
5th to 7h July 2024
Hebden Bridge stands out as a vibrant, happening little town in the Upper Calder Valley in West Yorkshire. We are famous for our art scene!
Holmfirth Art Week
7th to 14th July 2024
One of the UK’s Largest Open Art Exhibitions, Featuring over 400 exhibitors and over 2,000 artworks, plus dozens of fringe venues across the local area with thousands more works of art and craft.
Freedom Festival
28th August to 1st September 2024
Freedom is an international arts festival where the city is our stage, our aim is to continue to delight, entertain and surprise audiences, as we do justice to the incredible appetite for culture that Hull has.
Staithes Festival
13th to 15th September 2024
Celebrating the rich history of creativity and heritage of the village of Staithes on the coast of North Yorkshire in the North York Moors National Park, Staithes Festival is a cultural highlight of the whole region.
Saltaire Festival
14th to 22nd September 2024
An annual celebration of music and art in the historic village of Saltaire, Bradford.