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What's On in York
Experience amazing world-class festivals and events in York. Don’t miss comedy nights, markets, exhibitions and much more at the city’s varied cultural venues and theatres. If you’re visiting in the winter months, enjoy the UK’s most festive city with the enchanting York Christmas Market and a range of Christmas activities.
York has always been haunted. But this autumn, things are getting a little out of hand. Plan your visit to Haunted York now, if you dare.
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Haunted York: The Intervention
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Haunted York Ghost Hunt at Shambles Market
🗓️ 24th October – 1st November 2026📍 Shambles MarketThe Intervention needs you. 👻Haunted York has a bit of a ghost problem, and now 10 ghosts have been spotted hiding around Shambles Market.This Halloween half term, vis…
Chocolate Truffle Making Masterclass
York Cocoa Works
Join us at York Cocoa Works to learn how to craft your own beautiful box of hand made chocolate truffles to your own fa…
Wicked Web'oween at The Web Adventure Park
Web Adventure Park
There's so much going on during WEB'OWEEN, come along for a SPOOK-tacular time! Meet Elphaba and Glinda too!Our residen…
Pulitzer Prize winner Hernan Diaz for Ply
Topping & Company Booksellers
Hernan Diaz is the Sunday Times bestselling author of Trust, which won the Pulitzer Prize and was longlisted for the Bo…
Fungi Foray
Castle Howard Arboretum
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! Join in the hunt for fungi around the arboretum, see what you can find and learn about each one…
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Haunted York Ghost Hunt at Shambles Market
Halloween Chocolate Masterclass
York's Chocolate Story
Sunday Afternoon Champagne Tasting
York Distillery - a home of York Gin
