Date:Sat 14 June – Mon 7 July
Time:Various
Venue:Across the city
Cost:Mostly free, or donations
Catch the city in the corner of your eye and enter it. Explore the city through contemporary art interventions – colour, texture and word, with a range of artist led walks and workshops for different ages as part of the Festival of Ideas.
Date:Sat 14 June
Time:10.00am-14.00pm
Venue:Acomb Explore Library Learning Centre
Cost:Free
Get involved in York’s biggest community festival! Drop in to find out more about this year’s Acomb Dance Arts and Music Festival and join in!
Date: Sat 14 June
Time: 10.00am-12.00pm
Venue: Explore Haxby Library
Cost: £3 per pair (parent and child)
Try your hand at making paper books. Led by York artist Margaret Beech you will learn to make different types of books with simple folds.
Date:Sat 14 June
Time:10.00am – 6.00pm
Venue:Parliament Street, York
Cost:Free
With over 40,000 people attending every year the atmosphere at York Carnival is electric! Now in our 10th year it is set to be the biggest and best yet!
York Carnival is an annual event organised by students at the University of York. Founded in 2004, it has grown in leaps and bounds, gaining links with local acts, bands, and local businesses to create a fantastic free day of music, dancing and crafts.
Date:Fri 13, Sat 14, Mon 16 June
Time:Various
Venue:Acomb Explore Learning Centre
Cost:Free
Listen to authors Glen Patterson, Jamie Thomson, Dan Vyleta and Raffaella Barker discussing their latest novels. Part of the Festival of Ideas.
Date:Thur 12 – Thur 22 June
Time:Various
Venue:University of York
Cost:Mostly free
Why not immerse yourself in ideas, adventures and excitement with the York Festival of Ideas? With over 120 events to choose from there’s bound to be something to inspire you!
Council concert organiser displays sense of humour
As we revealed yesterday, the Tour de France concert, scheduled for the 4th July, is being snubbed by York residents.
Now the Council has halved the cost of a family ticket – down from £100 to £50.
The offer also includes a ticket to the Grand Depart event at the Racecourse and will run until Monday 16th June.
What residents who have already paid the full price for tickets will think of this discount remains to be seen.
The concert features a group called “Loveable Rogues”
Tickets are on sale now from http://www.ticketline.co.uk/ and http://www.exeriencetherace.com/, and will be available from Visit York on Museum Street in York city centre by Friday (13th June) of this week
The Council has declined to say how many tickets for the event have been sold to date.
Meanwhile it looks like Bradley Wiggins – expected to be one of the main attractions for those attending the Tour de France start – may not now be competing this year
The York Council is introducing a new 6 week course of swimming sessions at Yearsley Pool starting on Thursday 12 June from 2.30pm to 3.15pm.
Welcome Back to the Pool is aimed specifically at people who can swim, or could in the past, but through illness, injury or life changing event may now lack the confidence to get back in the pool.
Swimming has some great health benefits for those returning to exercise.
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Part of the welcome for the Grand Départ in York will be a series of five-metre long banners hung around the city created by hundreds of residents as part of a partnership project between City of York Council and the Quilt Museum and Gallery.
The creative talents of local people young and old have been harnessed across the city where cloth banners have been painted involving over 50 community groups and organisations.
Groups including the Samaritans, St Leonard’s Hospice, the Retreat, Haxby Road after school club, Heslington Rainbows and Holgate Windmill have seized paint brushes to do their bit to celebrate the Tour de France to York. Using stunning banner templates created by volunteers at the Quilt Museum and Gallery and, working alongside community artists, groups have created a bright and beautiful collection of banners.
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— AcombExplore Library (@acombexplore) June 7, 2014
With the central library now closed until the autumn for refurbishing, the opening hours of the Acomb Branch have been extended.
Acomb will in future open additionally on Wednesdays and Sundays
Some other libraries have also extended their hours
- Acomb Explore – Wednesdays 9am to 5pm, Saturday opening will be extended to 4pm, Sundays 11am to 3pm
- Haxby Explore – Thursdays 9am to 6pm
- Tang Hall Explore – Wednesday opening will be extended to 5.30pm