Fantastic Festivals in Yorkshire – we love festivals and here is a great list of festivals in Yorkshire.
Whether you are looking for a music festival like Leeds Festival, a family friendly festival like Deer Shed or a foodie festival like the Yorkshire Dales Food and Drink Festival, then you will find something here for you.
Leeds Festival
25th – 27th August 2023
Dark Skies Festival in the North York Moors
10-26 February 2023
The North York Moors National Park is a stargazer’s paradise, with some of the best dark skies in the country. As such it is one of only 20 locations in the world to be recognised for pristine, dark skies and given International Dark Sky Reserve status, awarded by the International Dark-Sky Association.
It’s all about discovering, learning and enjoying the dark and the stars you can see as a result, with events throughout the year.
In 2023 they’re delighted to be showcasing the eighth Dark Skies Festival – full of activities and opportunities to appreciate the wonders of the night sky.
From 10 – 26 February make sure you visit for some star-studded, wallet-friendly, events suitable for all ages.
Have a look for some ideas on the best locations for stargazing to discover more about their star-studded events.
Pocklington Feastival
Pocklington Town Centre 22nd-23rd April 2023
Pocklington is alive to the sound of music and feasting. A celebration of food and drink in the Market Place with grocery foods, street foods, live music stage, bars and entertainment for children.
Deer Shed Festival
Topcliffe, near Thirsk, North Yorkshire
28th-31st July 2023
The Deer Shed ethos: “If you go and watch a Pixar movie with your children, everyone has a great time. Not just your kids, EVERYBODY!!! We strive for this holy-grail every year.
We don’t have kid’s areas as such, they’re not zoo animals! The whole site is accessible to everyone and we will welcome you as though you were our house guests, which you essentially are.
But we are a cultural event too and you will be exposed to many new things. We like new things. You might be challenged by some of them, but we want every family member to leave Baldersby Park inspired, if that’s ok.
And finally, our music line-up, hitting you through extremely high fidelity PA systems will be as thrilling and contemporary as you will find at any UK festival – it’s just that you can share that thrill with your kids and feel perfectly safe at the same time.”
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Underneath the Stars
Cawthorne, Near Barnsley
4th to the 6th August 2023
Music and Arts Festival where children are welcomed. “We have a whole host of family friendly activities and entertainment for Underneath the Stars designed with kids in mind and packed full of fun.
Children will never be bored as they take part in craft activities, music and dance workshops, theatre, and puzzles, all perfect for little ones and FREE!! No booking needed.”
Yorkshire Dales Food and Drink Festival
Skipton, North Yorkshire
21st-23rd July 2023
From the Yorkshire Dales Food and Drink Festival website:
“The UK’s biggest food and drink festival takes place at Funkirk Farm on 21-23rd July 2023 with a fabulous line up celebrity chefs!
Get up close and personal with Gino D’Acampo, Si King from the Hairy Bikers and Yorkshire’s very own James Martin in the unique big top theatre kitchen.
Our festival is jam packed with a whole host of foodie activities, you can experience an outstanding schedule of culinary talent across our many kitchen stages, sip champagne in the VIP bar, try your hand at cooking in one of the many cookery schools, sample tasters and tipples in a masterclass and get practical in a workshop.
Kids love the festivals as much as grown-ups do and there’s a whole host of activities to keep them entertained.
Build sandcastles in the giant sandpit, ride on farmer John’s mini tractors, become a budding chef in the kid’s cookery school, meet some furry friends at the petting farm, dress up for the princess party, cut, stick and colour in the crafting tent, get messy in the mud kitchen and dance like no one’s watching at the kids disco.
The weekend kick starts its live music line up from Friday 21st July which continues through to Saturday and Sunday evening with amazing tribute acts from Wannabe Spice Girls, Katy Perry, We Are Champion Queen, Take That Live alongside renowned artists DJ Gok Wan, Pat Sharp, Brutus Gold’s Love Train and The Zoots sounds of the 80s. Don your fancy dress, dust on the glitter and dance the nights away!”
TribFest
Sledmere House, near Driffield in East Yorkshire
18th – 20th August 2023
From the Tribfest website:
“Once again we’ve got a great KidZone at Tribfest to make sure everyone can enjoy their time at Tribfest!
The Kidzone line up is below and there will be much more to keep our little tribfesters busy see the timetable below!
WE HAVE SOME EXCITING ADDITIONS UP OUR SLEEVES SO KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED!
Head over to our line up page to see some of the fantastic things we have planned for you!
We are also excited to announce that Scrapstore will be coming back for all of your crafty needs and a new surprise will be pulling up on Friday & Sunday from 2pm – 6pm! You won’t want to miss this!”
WensleyAle Festival
Redmire, North Yorkshire
Dates to be announced
It’s family friendly with music, trains, bands, amazing countryside, it’s on at Redmire Station North Yorkshire.
Also see our posts on What’s on in August in Yorkshire, Family Friendly Festivals in Yorkshire and Family Friendly Festivals in the UK.