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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
- Harrogate Pavilions Winter Antiques & Fine Art Fair, Pavilions of Harrogate, Harrogate, Early January
- Plough Slots Service, Goathland, Monday after January 6
February
- Continental Market, Parliament Street, York
- Family Quiz Trails, RHS Garden Harlow Carr, Harrogate, Half term
- Holiday Fun, Fountains Abbey, Nr. Ripon, Half term
- Shrovetide Skipping, Scarborough, Shrove Tuesday
March
- Choirs Festival, York Minster, York
- Harrogate Competitive Festival of Music, Speech & Drama, Harrogate, Mid March
- Malton & Norton Folk Festival, Malton
April
- Antique and Collectors Fair, Thirsk
- Easter Fun Day, Newby Hall, Ripon
- Family Quiz Trails, RHS Garden Harlow Carr, Harrogate, Early - Mid April
- Four Seasons Concert, The Arts Centre, Helmsley
- Four Seasons Concert, St Andrews Church, Aysgarth
- Harrogate Antique & Fine Art Fair, Harrogate International Centre, Harrogate, April - Early May
- Harrogate International Youth Music Festival, Harrogate, Early - Mid April
- Harrogate Pavilions Spring Antiques & Fine Art Fair, Pavilions of Harrogate, Harrogate, Early April
- Harrogate Spring Flower Show, Great Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate, Late April
- Holiday Fun, Fountains Abbey, Nr Ripon, Early - Mid April
- Scarborough Literature Festival The Long Weekend, Scarborough
May
- Classic Car & Motorcycle Show, Ripley Castle, Ripley
- Continental Market, Parliament Street, York
- Dales Festival of Food & Drink, Leyburn
- Family Fun Day, Brackenholme, Selby
- Family Quiz Trails, RHS Garden Harlow Carr, Harrogate, End May - Early June
- Food Lovers' Festival, Malton
- Great Ouseburn Spring Festival & Hidden Gardens, York
- Holiday Fun, Fountains Abbey, Ripon, End May - Early June
- Knaresborough Spring Fayre, Knaresborough Market Square, Knaresborough, Mid May
- Malton Food Lovers Festival, Malton
- Moor and Coast Festival, Whitby
- Ripon Spring Bank Festival, Ripon, Late May - Early June
- Skiptons Waterway Festival, Skipton
- Swaledale Festival, Various Locations
- Tulip Festival, Constable Burton Hall Gardens, Leyburn
- WHITBY SHANTY WEEKEND, Whitby
June
- Amp Fest, Ampleforth
- Ampleforth Gala, Ampleforth
- Classic Wings & Wheels Show, Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington
- Grand Summer Sale, Ripley Castle, Ripley, Early - Mid June
- Grassington Festival, Skipton
- 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
- Northern Aldborough Festival, Aldborough, End June - Early July
- Ripon Charter Year Exhibition, Ripon Town Hall, Ripon, Throughout June
- Swaledale Festival, Various Locations
- Towerfest Country Music Festival, Drax
- York Cycle Show 2010, York
July
- 2nd Annual Scarecrow hunt, Selby
- A Night at the Proms, Ripley Castle, Harrogate
- Blessing of the Boats, Whitby
- East Yorkshire Thoroughbred Car Club Rally., Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington
- Eco-Dating, York
- 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
- Harrgate 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
- St. Wilfrid's Procession, Ripon, End July
- Summer Horticultural Show, Askham Bryan College, Askham Bryan, Late July
- Weeton & District Show, Weeton
- York Early Music Festival, York
August
- Antique and Collectors Fair, Thirsk
- Autumn Plant Fair, Newby Hall & Gardens, Ripon
- Burning of Bartle, West Wilton, Closest Saturday to August 24
- Childrens Day at Ripon Racecourse, Ripon, Early August
- Feva, Knaresborough
- Fleetham Feast 2009, Kirkby Fleetham, Early August
- Galtres Festival, Crayke
- H2008: Beached, Scarborough
- Heaviest Gooseberry Show, Egton Bridge , Whitby
- Kirkby Fleetham Feast, Catterick
- Knaresborough FEVA - Festival of Entertainment & Visual Arts, Knaresborough, Early - Mid August
- Newby Hall Contemporay Sculpture Park, Newby Hall, Ripon
- Northern Green Gathering, Lime Tree Farm, Ripon
- Ripley Show, Ripley Castle, Ripley, Mid August
- Rupert The Bear Exhibition, Newby Hall & Gardens, Ripon
- Street Theatre/Busking Day, Market Square, Ripon, Early August
- Tockwith & District Show, Bilton Grange, Bilton-in-Ainsty, Early August
- Trans Pennine Vintage Commercial Vehicles Run, The Stray, Harrogate, Early August
- Yorkshire Airshow, , York
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
- 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
- Harrogate Antique & Fine Art Fair, Harrogate International Centre, Harrogate, Late September - Early October
- Harrogate Autumn Flower Show, Great Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate, Mid September
- 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
- York Festival of Food and Drink, , York
- York National Book Fair, York
October
- Captain Cook Festival, Whitby
- Carnegie Sporting Words Festival, Headingley Stadium and Cedar Court Hotel Hotel, Harrogate
- Family Quiz Trails, RHS Garden Harlow Carr, Harrogate, Late October
- Ghost Festival, , York
- Holiday Fun, Fountains Abbey, Nr. Ripon, Late October
- SightSonic Digital Arts Festival, , York
November
- Gift & Food Fair, Ripon Cathedral, Ripon, Mid/Late November
- Knitting & Stiching Show, Harrogate International Centre, Late November
- Remembrance Sunday, Allied Air Forces Memorial (Yorkshire Air Museum), York
- St Nicholas Fayre, , York
December
- Continental Market, Parliament Street, York
- Grassington Dickensian Festival 2008, Grassington
- Holiday Fun,, Fountains Abbey, Nr. Ripon, Late December
- Knaresborough Edwardian Sunday, Market Square, Knaresborough, Early/Mid December
- Santa’s Plane!, Allied Air Forces Memorial (Yorkshire Air Museum), York
- York Early Music Christmas Festival, , York
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