Date:Fri 27 June – Fri 11 July
Time:Library opening hours
Venue:Bishothorpe Library
Cost:Free
We may be hosting the Grand Depart, but cycling is nothing new to Bishopthorpe. An exhibition of pedal power by Bishopthorpe Local History group.
Sporting memories at Acomb Explore Library tomorrow
Join us for our first Sporting Reminiscence session on Mon 23rd June 10am-12 noon. Share your sporting memories! pic.twitter.com/vkHK0EXvRc
— AcombExplore Library (@acombexplore) June 16, 2014
Yorkshire’s World class brass
Date:22 June
Time:7.30pm – 9.40pm
Venue:York Barbican
Cost:£13.50 under 16s £5.00
Special concert with world-famous Black Dyke Band is the highlight of the Tour de Brass, a weekend of brass band events for the Yorkshire Festival.
York Music Hub Festival
Date:Sat 21 June
Time:2.00pm – 4.30pm, 7.00pm – 9.30pm
Venue:York Barbican
Cost:£5 Adults, £2.50 concessions/unwaged/students, free for under 18s
York is preparing to showcase the amazing musical talent of young people from across the city at the York Music Hub Festival 2014.
York gets brassed on for the Tour de France
Date:21 June
Time:10.30am – 4.30pm
Venue:Parliament Street and Coppergate
Cost:Free
Brassed On York showcases brass bands playing throughout the day at the Food Festival Entertainment Marquee and Coppergate Centre for York – Be Part of It.
Feeling crafty but don’t know how?
Date:Sat 21 June
Time:10.30am – 12 noon
Venue:Explore Clifton Library
Cost:Session free, but a small charge for materials
Want to have a go at a craft but don’t know where to start? Then why not drop into our taster session and be guided by experienced crafters.
Fabulous Festival of food and drink
Date:Fri 20 June – Sun 29 June
Time:Various
Venue:Across York but focused in Parliament Street
Cost:Free entry to the market, some special events will be charged for.
The annual Festival of Food and Drink returns to refresh parts you never knew needed it. Beer, and burgers, cheese and chardonnay what ever tickles you taste buds you will find it here.
Bike story? What’s yours?
Date:Fri 20, Sat 21 June and Fri 4 July
Time:Various
Venue:Rowntree Park
Cost:Free
An outdoor show for everyone celebrating our love affair with life on two wheels. Scripted by award winning playwright Mike Kenny from your bike stories
Council choir tours residential homes
City of York Council’s staff choir will be touring council residential homes in York to celebrate the Grand Départ with a good sing with residents.
Cansing! is make up of council staff who enjoy making music, and some 20 choir members will give their time to visit City of York Council’s residential homes at Willow House, Woolnough House and Grove House on Saturday 28 June. They’ll sing a variety of songs to give residents a taste of the build-up to the Tour de France coming to York on 6 July.
Ted Schofield, chair of the choir, said: “We sang at Willow House before Christmas which went down really well with the residents. It gave us the idea of taking part in York: Be Part of It and bringing old favourites like ‘Daisy, Daisy’ and other cycle-themed songs to bring a flavour of the tour to these communities.”
Cansing! was founded in 2010 and has sung in York Minster, on BBC Radio York, at York Carnival as well as in their own concerts.The choir can be heard rehearsing every Thursday lunchtime in St Helen’s Church, St Helen’s Square, York.
Curious poems at Fulford
Date:Tue 17, 24 June and Tue 1 July
Time:1.30pm – 2.00pm
Venue:Fulford Library
Cost:Free
York Curiouser is working with St Oswald’s CE School and Fulford Library to create curious poems and share them with our youngest customers.