5 things to do in Yorkshire this weekend
1. Sheffield by the Seaside
Dates: Thursday 28th July – Tuesday 30th August
Location: Peace Gardens, Sheffield
Sheffield’s own seaside was so popular last year that this Summer it has been extended an extra three days.
With Helter Skelter rides, traditional boat swings, paddling in the fountains, music, food and drink stalls and a huge sandpit, Peace Gardens is the ideal place to take your children this Summer holiday.
2. Riverside Festival
Dates: Wednesday 27th – Sunday 31st July
Location: Tower Gardens, York
This five-day festival is celebrating the creation of the new cultural centre inside an old industrial barge thanks to the Arts Barge Project and the York community.
The festival will host a whole range of activities including arts and crafts, kids theatre, puppetry, sing-a-longs, and a cafe and real ale bar for the adults.
2. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Dates: Friday 29th July
Location: Millennium Square, Leeds
Britain’s Got Talent stars, Boogie Storm are set to once again don their iconic Stormtrooper outfits for two special screenings of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
The dance group will be performing both matinee and evening screenings of the blockbuster, which is offering the audience a unique outdoor cinema experience in a specially constructed fully seated auditorium in the Millennium Square.
4. 1940s War-time weekend
Dates: Saturday 30th – Sunday 31st July
Location: Pateley Bridge, Harrogate
Dance the night away to live renditions of 1940s songs, shop at the vintage stalls and relive war-time this weekend with real Spitfire planes, Khaki Bloomers, military vehicles and more.
5. Scarborough Sea Festival
Dates: Friday 29th – Sunday 31st July
Location: Foreshore Road, Scarborough
Experience live music all day in the Great Yorkshire Brewery ale tent, learn about the North East’s fishing history, watch live cooking and net-mending demonstrations and shop at over 35 stalls selling craft and local produce.
