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This is a list of traditional folk customs and scheduled yearly events.
In other words, it doesn't change from year to year.
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January
- Goathland Plough Stots, Goathland, Early January
- Harrogate International Sunday Series 2012, The Swan Hotel, Harrogate
February
- Continental Market, Parliament Street, York
- Family Quiz Trails, RHS Garden Harlow Carr, Harrogate, Half term
- Harrogate International Sunday Series 2012, The Swan Hotel, Harrogate
- Harrogate Pavilions Antiques & Fine Art Fair, Pavilions of Harrogate, Harrogate, Early February
- Holiday Fun, Fountains Abbey, Nr. Ripon, Half term
- Jorvik Viking Festival, Coppergate, York
- NYMAZ Divas and DJs, Harrogate, Half-term holiday
- Shrovetide Skipping, Scarborough, Shrove Tuesday
March
- Antique Vintage Fair, Auction Mart Blakey Lane , Thirsk
- Choirs Festival, York Minster, York
- Harrogate Competitive Festival of Music, Speech & Drama, Harrogate Ladies College, Harrogate, Mid March
- Harrogate International Sunday Series 2012, The Swan Hotel, Harrogate
- Harrogate Lace Event, Pavilions of Harrogate, Harrogate
- Malton & Norton Folk Festival, Malton
April
- Beer and Music Festival, Harefield Hall, Harrogate
- Charity Spring Ball, Pavilions of Harrogate, Harrogate
- Easter Egg Hunt & Activities, Ripley Castle, Harrogate, Easter Weekend
- Easter Fun Day, Newby Hall, Ripon
- Easter Holidays Fun, Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal, Ripon, Easter School Holidays
- Easter Treasure Hunt, Darley Mill , Harrogate, Easter Holidays
- Family Quiz Trails, RHS Garden Harlow Carr, Harrogate, Early - Mid April
- Gang Show, Royal Hall, Harrogate
- Good Friday Service, Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal, Ripon, Good Friday
- Great Ouseburn Spring Festival, York
- Harrogate International Sunday Series 2012, The Swan Hotel, Harrogate
- Harrogate International Youth Music Festival, Harrogate, Late April
- Harrogate Spring Flower Show, Great Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate, Late April
- Knaresborough Easter Fayre, Knaresborough, Easter Weekend
- Scarborough Literature Festival: The Long Weekend, Scarborough
- Toy Collectors Fair, Yorkshire Event Centre, Harrogate
May
- Battlegroup North & Military Wheels & Wings, Yorkshire Air Museum, York
- Classic Car & Motorcycle Show, Ripley Castle, Ripley
- Continental Market, Parliament Street, York
- Dales Festival of Food & Drink, Leyburn
- Duncombe Park Country Fair, Duncombe Park, Helmsley, Late May Bank Holiday Monday
- Family Quiz Trails, RHS Garden Harlow Carr, Harrogate, End May - Early June
- Food Lovers' Festival, Malton
- Holiday Fun, Fountains Abbey, Ripon, End May - Early June
- Malton Food Lovers Festival, Malton
- Moor and Coast Festival, Whitby
- National Model Engineering & Modelling Exhibition, Yorkshire Event Centre, Harrogate
- Ripon Spring Festival, Ripon, Late May - Early June
- Skiptons Waterway Festival, Skipton
- Swaledale Festival, Various Locations
- The Crystal Committee Charity Event, Ripley Castle, Harrogate
- Tulip Festival, Constable Burton Hall Gardens, Leyburn
- Whitby Shanty Weekend, Whitby
- Yorkshire 10k & 2k Fun Run in aid of Cystic Fibrosis, Newby Hall, Ripon
- Yorkshire Antiques and Art Fair, Great Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate
June
- Amp Fest, Ampleforth
- Ampleforth Summer Gala & Amp'Fest '10, Ampleforth
- Antique Vintage Fair, Auction Mart Blakey Lane , Thirsk
- Classic Wings & Wheels Show, Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington
- CultureShock Festival, Yorkshire Event Centre, Harrogate
- Grand Summer Sale, Ripley Castle, Ripley, Early - Mid June
- Grassington Festival, Skipton
- Harrogate Pavillions Antique & Fine Art Fair, Pavillions of Harrogate, Harrogate, Early June
- Jacobean Day, Ripon Market Square, Ripon, Late June
- Jacobean Farmers Market, Ripon Market Square, Ripon, Mid June
- Knaresborough Bed Race, Knaresborough, Mid June
- Ladies Day at Ripon Racecourse, Ripon, Mid June
- Medieval Living History Day, Knaresborough Castle, Knaresborough, Mid June
- Morris Dance Festival, Hutton le Hole, Kirkbymoorside
- North Yorkshire County Show, Otterington Hall, South Otterington, Mid-June
- Northern Aldborough Festival, Aldborough, End June - Early July
- Race for Life, Great Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate, Early June
- Shakespeare in the Gardens, Ripley Castle, Harrogate
- Sowerby Cider & Perry Festival , Crown & Anchor , Sowerby
- Summer Concert, Royal Hall, Harrogate
- Swaledale Festival, Various Locations
- Towerfest Country Music Festival 2011, Drax Power Station, Selby, Mid-June
- York Cycle Show, York
July
- 2nd Annual Scarecrow hunt, Selby
- A Night at the Proms, Ripley Castle, Harrogate
- Beer Festival, Selby Cricket Club, Selby
- Blessing of the Boats, Whitby
- Borrowby Show, Hillside Rural Activities Park, Thirsk, Last Wednesday in July
- Deer Shed Festival, Baldersby Park, Thirsk, Late July
- East Yorkshire Thoroughbred Car Club Rally., Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington
- Eco-Dating, York
- Engage Mutual Midnight Walk, Harrogate, Early July
- Engineering Inspirations ‘100’, Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington
- Family Quiz Trails, RHS Garden Harlow Carr, Harrogate, Late July - Early Sept
- Grassington Festival, Skipton
- Great Yorkshire Show, Great Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate, Mid July
- Harrogate International Festival, Harrogate
- Hearts Yorkshire Three Peaks, Settle
- Historic Vehicle Rally, Newby Hall, Nr. Ripon, Mid July
- Last Night of the Proms, Ripley Castle, Ripley, Early July
- Masham Steam Engine & Fair Organ Rally, Showground, Masham
- Nidderdale Festival, Nidderdale, Early - Mid July
- Party in the Park, Valley Gardens, Harrogate, Early July
- Scarborough Lifeboat Fund Raising Weekend, West Pier, Scarborough, Late July
- St. Wilfrid's Procession, Ripon, End July
- Staxtonbury, Manor Farm, Staxton, Early July
- Summer Horticultural Show, Askham Bryan College, Askham Bryan, Late July
- Summer Saturnalia, Skipton
- Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, Harrogate, Late July
- Thirsk & District Annual Model Railway Exhibition, Town Hall, Thirsk, Late July
- TR Register International Weekend, Yorkshire Event Centre, Harrogate, Late July
- Weeton & District Show, Weeton
- York Early Music Festival, York
- Yorkshire Festival of Ales, Black Swan Pub, Fearby
August
- Autumn Plant Fair, Newby Hall & Gardens, Ripon
- Broken Spoke Festival, Ripley Castle, Harrogate
- Burning of Bartle, Leyburn, Closest Saturday to August 24
- Childrens Day at Ripon Racecourse, Ripon Racecourse, Ripon, Early August
- Ebor Festival Meeting, York Racecourse, York
- Feva, Knaresborough
- Galtres Festival, Crayke
- Gem, Mineral and Gift Fair, Pavilions of Harrogate, Harrogate
- Heaviest Gooseberry Show, Egton Bridge , Whitby
- Hillside Music Festival, Hillside Rural Activities Park, Thirsk
- Kirkby Fleetham Feast, Kirkby Fleetham, Mid August
- Knaresborough FEVA , Knaresborough, Early - Mid August
- Moor Music Festival, Skipton
- Newby Hall Contemporay Sculpture Park, Newby Hall, Ripon
- Northern Green Gathering, Lime Tree Farm, Ripon
- Nunthorpe Stakes, York Racecourse, York
- Osmotherley Show, Home Farm, Thimbleby, First Saturday in August
- Pickering Traction Engine Rally, Pickering, Early August
- Richmond Live, Richmond, Early August
- Ripley Show, Ripley Castle Park, Ripley, Mid August
- Rupert The Bear Exhibition, Newby Hall & Gardens, Ripon
- Scarborough Cricket Festival, Scarborough Cricket Club, Scarborough, Late August
- Scarborough Fair, Scarborough Open Air Theatre, Scarborough
- Street Theatre/Busking Day, Market Square, Ripon, Early August
- Tockwith & District Show, Tockwith Show Field, Cattal Moor Lane, Tockwith, Early August
- Trans Pennine Vintage Commercial Vehicles Run, The Stray, Harrogate, Early August
- Ultimate Showcase of Champions, Yorkshire Event Centre, Harrogate
- Whitby Folk Week, Various locations, Whitby
- Yorkshire Airshow, , York
- Yorkshire Family Show, Great Yorkshire Showground , Harrogate, Mid August
September
- Acoustic Gathering, Scarborough
- Allied Services Commemoration Day, Yorkshire Air Museum, York, 2nd
- Allied Services Day, Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington
- Battle of Britain Service, Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington
- British Wool Weekend, Yorkshire Event Centre, Harrogate
- Continental Market, Parliament Street, York
- Country Food & Craft Show, Newby Hall & Gardens, Ripon
- Darlington Dog Show, Newby Hall, Ripon
- Festival on the Moor, various, Whitby
- Great Northern Needlecraft Show, Yorkshire Event Centre, Harrogate, Early September
- Harrogate Autumn Flower Show, Great Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate, Mid September
- Harrogate Ladies' College Equestrian Team Challenge, Yorkshire Event Centre, Harrogate
- Health and Healing Festival, Pavilions of Harrogate, Harrogate
- Heritage Open Days, Various locations
- Masham Sheep Fair, Market Square, Masham, Late September
- Matombo Zimbabwean Sculpture Experience, Newby Hall & Gardens, Ripon
- Nidderdale Show, Bewerley Park, Pateley Bridge, Mid September
- RAF Association Battle of Britain & Allied Services Day, Allied Air Forces Memorial (Yorkshire Air Museum), York
- Ripon International Festival, Ripon, September
- Scarborough Jazz Festival, Spa Complex, Scarborough, Late September
- Settle Festival, Settle
- Whitby Pirate Day, Whitby
- York Festival of Food and Drink, , York
- York Festival of Traditional Dance, York, First weekend in September
- York Food & Drink Festival, Various locations, York
- York National Book Fair, York
October
- Antique Vintage Fair, Auction Mart Blakey Lane , Thirsk
- Captain Cook Festival, Whitby
- Carnegie Sporting Words Festival, Headingley Stadium and Cedar Court Hotel Hotel, Harrogate
- EEIBA Yorkshire Ridings Power Ball, Pavilions of Harrogate, Harrogate
- Fountains by Floodlight, Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal, Ripon
- Ghost Festival, , York
- Halloween Family Quiz Trails, RHS Garden Harlow Carr, Harrogate, Late October
- Haunted Halloween Week, Ripley Castle, Harrogate, Last week in October
- Holiday Fun, Fountains Abbey, Nr. Ripon, Late October
- Northern Soul Weekender, Spa Complex, Scarborough
- SightSonic Digital Arts Festival, , York
- Winter Warmer Autumnal Craft Fair, Danby
November
- Antique Vintage Fair, Auction Mart Blakey Lane , Thirsk
- Christmas Fair, The Moors National Park Centre, Danby
- Christmas Music & Lights, Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal, Ripon, Late November
- Gift & Food Fair, Ripon Cathedral, Ripon, Mid/Late November
- Knitting & Stiching Show, Harrogate International Centre, Late November
- North of England Woodworking & Power Tool Show, Yorkshire Event Centre, Harrogate
- Remembrance Sunday, Allied Air Forces Memorial (Yorkshire Air Museum), York
- St Nicholas Fayre, , York
- Toy Collectors Fair, Yorkshire Event Centre, Harrogate
- Yorkshire Antiques and Art Fair, Great Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate
December
- A Victorian Christmas at Kiplin Hall, Kiplin Hall, Richmond, Early December
- Carols by Candlelight, Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal, Ripon
- Christmas Fair, Ripley Castle, Harrogate
- Christmas Theatre, Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal, Ripon, Early December
- Christmas Tree Sales, Yorkshire Event Centre, Harrogate
- Continental Market, Parliament Street, York
- Grassington Dickensian Festival, Grassington
- Harrogate Pavilions Winter Antiques & Fine Art Fair, Pavilions of Harrogate, Harrogate, Early December
- Holiday Fun,, Fountains Abbey, Nr. Ripon, Late December
- Knaresborough Edwardian Sunday, Market Square, Knaresborough, Early/Mid December
- Magic of Christmas, RHS Harlow Carr, Harrogate
- Santa’s Plane!, Allied Air Forces Memorial (Yorkshire Air Museum), York
- Thirsk Auction Mart Christmas Antique Craft & Collectors Fair, Thirsk
- White Rose Winter Festival, Ripley Castle, Harrogate, Early December
- York Early Music Christmas Festival, , York
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