Arts Festivals 2025 in Yorkshire

Celebrate all the arts in Yorkshire at an arts festival. From makers fairs, to open studios, to awesome fringe festivals.

Bradford 2025 - Year of Culture

Events throughout 2025
From bassline to the Brontës, immersive political theatre to interactive community cookbooks, the Bradford 2025 programme celebrates who we are today - young, diverse, proud of our heritage and focused on the future.

Colliderfest

13th to 16th March 2025
The weekend invites families and young people to enjoy interactive exhibits, creative challenges, and live performances, while evening events feature content for older audiences.Building on a legacy of iconic sci-art events, Colliderfest promises to inspire, educate, and entertain.

York Open Studios

5th & 6th, 12th & 13th April 2025
Artists and Makers will be able to throw open their doors and windows to welcome visitors, and mpossibly run more outdoor events. Discover art in the artists studios.

Saltaire Inspired banner outside Victoria Hall in Saltaire.

Saltaire Arts Trail

24th to 26th May 2025
Explore the Open Village to see contemporary artworks in unique spaces across Saltaire. Plus the ever popular Makers Fair in the Victoria Hall.

Open Up Sheffield

3rd & 4th, 10th & 11th May 2025
A fantastic opportunity to visit artists and makers at their studios in and around Sheffield Open Up festival takes place over the following five days, but please check individual artist profile pages as not all artists open for the full two weekends

row of five different seats including a stool and a camping chair on the beach, the fourth chair has a man sitting in it facing away from the camera towards the sea.

Big Ideas By The Sea

16th to 30th May 2025
Big Ideas by the Sea is a new cultural festival that will bring to Scarborough some of the best speakers locally and from across the UK to talk about the big issues related to the environment, climate change and history.

Swaledale Festival

24th May to 7th June 2025
Swaledale Festival’s Artistic Director Malcolm Creese has spent the last few months putting together a fabulous programme for our 2023 Festival. A tantalising myriad of voices, instruments and artists that will come to our hills and dales.

North Yorkshire Open Studio in orange capital text on a white background

North Yorkshire Open Studios

7th, 8th, 14th and 15th June 2025
North Yorkshire Open Studios is an annual event enabling artists and makers to open their studios, meet, promote and sell their work direct to the public over the first two weekends in June.

Ripon Theatre Festival

1st to 6th July 2025
a joyful celebration of live performance, bursting with theatre, music, dance, storytelling, puppetry, and plenty of laughs. Ripon Theatre Festival is fast becoming a highlight of the region's cultural calendar—welcoming audiences of all ages with a programme that's packed with high-quality performances, friendly faces, and magical moments.

collage of pictures from the open studio event

Hebden Bridge Open Studios Summer

4th to 6th July 2025
Hebden Bridge stands out as a vibrant, happening little town in the Upper Calder Valley in West Yorkshire. We are famous for our art scene!

Holmfirth Art Week

6th to 12th July 2025
One of the UK’s Largest Open Art Exhibitions, Featuring over 400 exhibitors and over 2,000 artworks, plus dozens of fringe venues across the local area with thousands more works of art and craft.

Scarborough Art

5th July to 3rd August 2025
Artwork of a wide range of media will be showcased from paintings and sculpture to photography and printmaking.

Freedom Festival

29th to 31st August 2025
Freedom Festival is an international arts festival where the city is our stage, our aim is to continue to delight, entertain and surprise audiences, as we do justice to the incredible appetite for culture that Hull has.

Staithes Festival

13th to 14th September 2025
Celebrating the rich history of creativity and heritage of the village of Staithes on the coast of North Yorkshire in the North York Moors National Park, Staithes Festival is a cultural highlight of the whole region.

Saltaire Festival

2025 Dates TBC
An annual celebration of music and art in the historic village of Saltaire, Bradford.

Hebden Bridge Open Studios Winter

6th to 7th July 2025
Hebden Bridge stands out as a vibrant, happening little town in the Upper Calder Valley in West Yorkshire. We are famous for our art scene!

Art in the Gardens

6th and 7th September 2025
This event is a truly wonderful opportunity to buy the perfect piece of art or craft direct from the artists, whilst enjoying the stunning surroundings that the gardens have to offer.

Light Night Leeds

2025 Dates TBC
Light Night invites people to see the city in a new light and discover free arts events across the city centre. From large-scale light projections and interactive installations, to music, dance and street performances, there is always something for everyone!