What's On In York, May 2009
York Races May Festival
Fixtures In May
- Wednesday 13th May 09 (Tattersalls Musidora Stakes)
- Thursday 14th May 09 (totesport Dante Stakes)
- Friday 15th May 09 (Emirates Airline Yorkshire Cup)
- Saturday 30th May 09 (National Express Sprint Cup)
York Racecourse, York YO23 1EX - map
yorkracecourse.co.uk | 2009 pdf brochure
York Art Gallery ~ A Different View
(Old Ouse Bridge and St William's Chapel by John Varley)
31 January to 03 May 2009
"A Different View" - The Changing Landscape in York.
Despite the survival of much medieval architecture, the landscape of York is ever changing. The only remaining record we have of many demolished buildings are the sketches and studies of local artists. In A Different View we explore the York of yesteryear through drawings and prints from our collections.
York Art Gallery - Show on map
www.yorkartgallery.org.uk
York Theatre Royal ~ Twelfth Night
25 April to 16 May 2009
Written by William Shakespeare. Directed by Juliet Forster.
Cross dressing, mistaken identity, love, romance, infatuation, confusion, revenge, madness. Twelfth Night has all the elements of a classic comedy. Our heroine Viola is swept onto the shores of Illyria after a violent storm leaves her shipwrecked and separated from her twin brother. Disguising herself as a boy, she takes a post in the Duke’s court and, on his behalf, attempts to woo his loved one, the Lady Olivia. However, Viola has eyes for the Duke herself… What could possibly go wrong?
York Theatre Royal, St. Leonard's Place, York, YO1 7HD
Box Office Tel: 01904 623568
www.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk
York Raceway
Sunday 3 May 2009
0-60 SHOOTOUT, 2NZ (TUNERS)
- 0-60 Challenge Round 1*
- Modders/Tuners Shootout Round 2
- HR Challenge Qualifying for Round 1
- Northern Drag Racing Championship Pro-ET and Sportsman
- ET bracket series Qualifying for Round 1
- Air-Cooled Eliminators Qualifying for Round 2
- Run What You've Brung
Bank Holiday Monday 4th May 2009
UK OPEN NATIONALS
- Jap 2NZ, Yorks event for tuners of Japanese cars
- American Super Stock Round 1
- Northern Drag Racing Championship bracket series Round 1 Eliminations
- HR Challenge Round 1 Eliminations
- Plus plenty of track time for R.W.Y.B.
- Air-Cooled Eliminators Round 2
York Raceway is situated on the old Melbourne Airfield, near Melbourne, Seaton Ross and Pocklington, south west of York. It's signed from the north and south, from junction 37 off the M62. YO42 4SS.
Tel. 01422 843651
To check lastminute info and dates visit www.york-raceway.co.uk
Shepherd Group Brass Band Spring Concert
Friday 8 May 2009 7:30pm
The Joseph Rowntree Theatre
Once again the 3 bands that represent The Shepherd Group Brass Band organisation are back to entertain this spring at The Joseph Rowntree Theatre with songs old and new. The Beginners Band will charm you; The Concert Band will give you a true taste of brass band music that will lead into the main course that is The Senior Band. The music will be uplifting and enjoyable.
Tickets: £6 from Mrs Peacock - 01904 704615
www.jrtheatre.co.uk
Castle Howard ~ Craft & Produce Market
Tuesday 12th May 2009
Craft and Produce Market
The Stable Courtyard. Entrance is free of charge.
Castle Howard is hosting a Craft & Produce Market on Tuesday 12 May at the Stable Courtyard from 10am to 4pm. Stallholders will be selling the best of regional produce including meats, cheeses, handmade jewellery and much more.
The Stable Courtyard is also home to Castle Howard's farm shop, chocolate shop, gift shop, book shop and plant centre. The butcher's counter at the Farm Shop will be selling estate-reared Aberdeen Angus beef and locally sourced meat, most of which comes from a 15 mile radius of the Farm Shop. The deli counter stocks fine regional cheeses, pâtés and cooked meats.
Access to the Craft and Produce Market and shops in the Stable Courtyard is free of charge, and there is also free car parking. The Stable Courtyard is open daily throughout the year from 10.00am to 5.00pm.
Castle Howard, York, North Yorkshire, YO60 7DA
www.castlehoward.co.uk
York Guildhall Orchestra Concert
Saturday 16 May 2009 7:30pm
York Minster
Song of the Earth.
Enigma Variations - Elgar
Das Lied von der Erde - Mahler
Mezzo soprano - Louise Winter
Tenor - Nigel Robson
Tickets for this concert will be available from both the Theatre Royal box office: Tel. 01904 623 568 www.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk
Or from the Minster Box Office Tel. 01904 557208
www.yorkminster.org
yorkguildhallorchestra.com
The Steiner School May Spring Fair
Saturday 16th May 2009
Children's Crafts, Spring Grotto, Circus Skills, Music, Stalls, Raffle, Continental and Main Cafe, Stories, Puppetry. Colourful parade - Dress Brightly. £1 Adults, free to children.
Danesmead, Fulford Cross, off Fulford Road YO10 4PB
www.yorksteinerschool.org.uk
Bettys, York. The Rat Pack Remembered
Friday 22nd May 2009 from 7.30pm until 10.00pm
The ever-popular Some Like It Hot plays an evening of jazz songs made famous by Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr, and many more.
A four-course set meal will be served, followed by tea or coffee with Bettys chocolates. £42.50 per person.
Telephone reservations 01904 659142. www.bettys.co.uk
York St. Mary's ~ 'Five Sisters' Art Installation
23 May to 1 November 2009
York Museums Trust commission artists to create a site specific installation within this unique space every year. After the success of 'The Memory of Place' in 2007 & 2008, St Mary's is putting creating a new exhibition for 2009 named Five Sisters.
Artists: Emma Biggs & Matthew Collings.
Location: York St Mary's.
Oil paintings done in collaboration (Biggs directing the colours, Collings doing the actual painting) and a huge mosaic - these are the materials of Five Sisters. Six thousand medieval pottery shards from the collection of York Art Gallery have been made available to them for the mosaic, which will cover almost the entire floor space of the church. Its design will be intricate: an abstract structure based on the window at York Minster.
York St Mary’s, Castlegate, York YO1 9RN
Telephone: 01904 687687
York Carnival 2009
Sunday 24th May 2009
The 2009 Carnival has the theme 'Going Global'. It will kick off with a parade leaving from the Minster Gardens, weaving through York city centre and ending in Parliament Street as a day of lively music and dance kicks off. King's Square will provide an acoustic stage and St Sampson's Square will host a marquee with workshops for all ages.
For more information visit www.yorkcarnival.org
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