COMING UP · FRI 9 - SUN 11 OCTOBER
36 reasons this weekend is sorted
Every event, opening and one-off across York this weekend, plus where to eat when everyone's flagging. Your only problem now is choosing.
October Meeting 2026 - Finale Friday
A race day at York Racecourse with entry from £10, from the grassy Clocktower bank to the County Stand.
FRI 9 OCTOBER
Friday
SAT 10 OCTOBER
Saturday
SUN 11 OCTOBER
Sunday
NO ALARM CLOCK NEEDED
Running all weekend
FRI + SAT + SUNThe Yorkshire Dales of All Creatures Great & Small
Grand Yorkshire - Day Trips and Tours · 08:25
from £99
FRI + SAT + SUNAll Creatures Great and Small from Windermere
Mountain Goat -York · 09:00
from £69
FRI + SAT + SUNDinosaur Backpacks
Yorkshire Museum · 10:00
free
FRI + SAT + SUNForest Through Your Eyes
Dalby Forest · 10:00
- FRI + SAT + SUN
Gallery Talks
Yorkshire Museum
free
FRI + SAT + SUNBoxing Hares and Other Sledmere Animals
Sledmere Estate · 10:00
FRI + SAT + SUNDaily Shows
Royal Armouries Museum · 10:00
free
- FRI + SAT + SUN
Malton Sculpture Trail at Dalby Forest
Dalby Forest
FRI + SAT + SUNYork Gate Garden Art Trail
York Gate Garden · 10:00
FRI + SAT + SUNPumpkin Festival
Spilman's Farm
FRI + SAT + SUNFestive Skating
Wentworth Garden Centre · 10:00
FRI + SAT + SUNFeel Good Fridays
National Coal Mining Museum for England
- FRI + SAT + SUN
Genghis Khan: How the Mongols Changed the World
Royal Armouries Museum
- FRI + SAT + SUN
Yorkshire Dales from York
Mountain Goat -York
from £69
FRI + SAT + SUNExhibition: Robert Dutton & Andrew Moodie - Into The Light
Helmsley Arts Centre
free
- FRI + SAT + SUN
All Creatures Great and Small from York
Mountain Goat -York
from £69
- FRI + SAT + SUN
Crossbow Challenge
Royal Armouries Museum · 10:30
from £8
FRI + SAT + SUNLagoon of Light Talk
The Deep · 11:00
FRI + SAT + SUNCecil Beaton: Staging Icons
Harewood Castle · 11:00
free
- FRI + SAT + SUN
Kingdom of Ice Penguin Talk
The Deep · 11:30
- FRI + SAT + SUN
Lagoon of Light Artefact Handling
The Deep · 11:30
- FRI + SAT + SUN
Daily Talks
Harewood Castle · 12:00
FRI + SAT + SUNMeet Santa
Askham Bryan Wildlife & Conservation Park · 16:00
- SAT + SUN
Members' Week at Dalby Forest
Dalby Forest
SAT + SUNFright Fiesta
Gulliver's Valley
from £19
- SAT + SUN
Pumpkin Picking & Carving
Wentworth Garden Centre
from £4.25
SAT + SUNPlay Revolution: A New Way to Play
National Railway Museum · 10:00
SAT + SUNGarden Tours
Museum Gardens · 12:00
from £5
FOOD & FUEL
Where to refuel when everyone's flagging
And if none of that lands, the bankers
Open most weekends, no booking needed. Check hours on the listing before you set off.
5 of the 36 are completely free 👏
Nothing to pay on the door. Some still want a booking, so check the listing.
PLAN A DIFFERENT DAY
What's on, when you need it
Everything open and on in York today, with times and prices.
TOP PICKExhibition: Robert Dutton & Andrew Moodie - Into The Light · free- Fri25 things · The Yorkshire Dales of All Creatures Great & Small
- Sat32 things · The Yorkshire Dales of All Creatures Great & Small
- Sun1 thing · The Yorkshire Dales of All Creatures Great & Small
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