10 things to do in Yorkshire during the Bank Holiday weekend

It's the last Bank Holiday Weekend until Christmas and there are plenty of things to do to help you sign off the summer in style.

25th-28th August
Open Air Theatre at Temple Newsam
Heartbreak Productions will be performing all four of their 2022 outdoor productions; Awful Auntie, Jane Eyre, Twelfth Night, and Much Ado About Murder on the West Lawn in the last week of summer
Temple Newsam, Leeds
www.heartbreakproductions.co.uk/venues/temple-newsam-leeds-outdoor-theatre

27th-29th August
Malton Food Lovers Festival
This family-friendly and free-to-enter food festival is one of the tastiest events in Malton's calendar, and features the usual array of chef demos, street food, more than 120 stalls, artisan producers, talks, tastings, a festival bar, live music, and entertainment.
Malton town centre
www.visitmalton.com/food-festival-yorkshire

27th-29th August
Railway Children Bank Holiday Celebration
Across the bank holiday weekend, see re-enactments and locomotives featured in both the original Railway Children film and this year's sequel and visit Oakworth Station, the home of the “Railway Children”.
Keighley & Worth Valley Railway stations
https://kwvr.co.uk/events/railway-children-celebration/

27th-29th August
Vikings at Whitby Abbey
Learn about the Vikings in this special event that involves fully costumed re-enactments with a focus on their everyday life and battles
Whitby Abbey
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/whats-on/whitby-abbey-vikings-27-29-aug-2022/

27th-28th August
Cliffhanger
Cliffhanger is Sheffield’s inner-city festival dedicated to celebrating the great outdoors, with a host of adventure activities spread across the city centre.
Activities take place across the Peace Gardens, Millennium Square, Town Hall Square and Barker’s Pool, and the main event, Bouldering on Devonshire Green.
Sheffield city centre
https://www.welcometosheffield.co.uk/visit/headline-events/cliffhanger/

27th August
Wild Live Safari Nights - Steps Live
The final Summer Safari Nights of the year, where you can visit the animals during the day and attend a concert in the evening.
Pop legends Steps visit Yorkshire Wildlife Park as part of their 25th Anniversary tour, supported by Rak-Su.
Yorkshire Wildlife Park, Doncaster
https://www.yorkshirewildlifepark.com/things-to-do/special-events/steps-live/

27th August
African and Caribbean Food fest
Leeds West Indian Carnival will go ahead on Bank Holiday Monday in the Chapeltown, Roundhay and Harehills areas of the city.
But you can whet your appetite for the main event on Saturday with the wealth of food on offer at the African and Caribbean Food Fest at Leeds Kirkgate Market
Kirkgate Market, Leeds
https://www.leedsinspired.co.uk/events/african-and-caribbean-food-fest

26th August-4th September
Freedom Festival 2022
Friday 26th is the first of nine days of art taking place throughout Hull. There are a number of free and ticketed events, installations and performances taking place over the Bank Holiday weekend.
Hull
https://app.freedomfestival.co.uk/app/lineup

28th-29th August
Big Machines at Thornton Hall Country Park
If you or your little ones are fans of big machines, then head to Thornton Hall Country Park on the Sunday or Monday, where you will find tractors, diggers and bulldozers with demonstrations, sit-ons and displays.
Thornton Hall Country Park, nr Skipton
https://thorntonhallcountrypark.co.uk/events/

Until 5th September
York Maize
York Maize are celebrating their 20th anniversary this year this a special LEGO themed design, in tribute to the iconic brand who are in turn, celebrating their 75th anniversary.
Elvington Lane, York
https://www.yorkmaze.com/