n The comprehensive guide to what’s on in York OPEN WEEKEND, Holgate Windmill, 11am-4pm. Visit the restored windmill to see the exhibition ‘Seeing the Wood and the Trees’, as well as perusing the stalls around the local houses on the 12th. Visit www. holgatewindmill.org The Great Antiques Fair, Wetherby Racecourse, 8am(9am Sun)-5pm. A great fair, with excellent on-site catering and free parking. Visit www. jaguarfairs.com 11th Carmina Burana, York Barbican, 7.30pm. York Musical Society presents a choir of 150, a children’s chorus, three soloists and a team of six percussionists for a performance of Orff’s popular and joyous salute to spring, love and drinking. Call 0844 8542757. CELEBRATE THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY, The White Swan, Thornton-le-Clay. Enjoy a barbecue, live music and a bouncy castle. Call 01653 618286. 12th SUMMER FAYRE, Madhyamaka Kadampa Meditation Centre, Pocklington, 11am-4.30pm. Enjoy games and prizes, performances, a treasure hunt, bouncy castle, and guided meditation sessions for adults and children. Call 01759 304832. Garden Walk & Honey Bee Talk, York Cemetery, 26
2pm. Enjoy a tour of the cemetery gardens with Clive Dawson, then find out about bees with Beekeeper Tom Robinson. It’ll be the place to bee. Call 01904 610578.
the world-famous Grimethorpe Colliery Band in a programme of favourites for choir and band including Jerusalem. To book, call 01904 322439. 16th Cupcake Day, York Market, 10am-12.30pm. The Alzheimer’s Society are collecting donations for cupcakes to raise money for their work helping people who are living with dementia. Call 01904 567701.
Countryside Day, Askham Bryan College, 10.30am3.30pm. Don’t miss a jam-packed day full of demonstrations, stalls and children’s activities. Enjoy falconry, donkey rides, a dog show, drystone walling, tractor and trailer rides, and lots of stalls to peruse. Call 01904 772269. DADS ARMY 1940’s FESTIVAL, Bridlington Old Town, from 10.30am. A Celebration of ‘WalmingtonOn- Sea’, as well as a new 1940s festival with Battle of Britain memorial flight. Also some great Entertainment including ‘George Formby Experience’, Lola Lamour, York Military Wives Choir, Ukele Orchestra, Military Vehicles, and Home Guard Re-enactors. Visit www. bridlingtonoldtown1940sfestival. com 15th University Choir & Grimethorpe Colliery Band, York Barbican, 8pm. The University Choir is joined by
17th-19th Awesome Seventies & Heritage Diesel Gala, North York Moors Railway. Seventies attire is highly encouraged for this fun gala celebrating both the 1970s and some classic diesel engines. Enjoy live music and lots of display vehicles. Visit www.nymr.co.uk 17th Summer Ball, Carlton Towers. Lord and Lady Gerald Fitzalan-Howard invite you to their 17th century ancestral home to enjoy drinks, dinner and dancing to live music under glittering chandeliers. It promises to be an enchanting evening in this stunning stately home. To book, call 01405 861662.
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