What's On in Beverley
Things to do in and around Beverley: events, days out and family activities, with the practical details.
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Hull Christmas lights: switch-on 19 Nov, festival 21-22 Nov
Hull switches on its Christmas lights on Thursday 19 November, a week earlier than 2025. The Christmas Festival and Santa's parade follow on 21 and 22 November.
Dates for the diary
- Sun 1 Nov Driffield Children's Service of Remembrance
- On now to 1 Nov Spooky Sewerby
- On now to 1 Nov Halloween Half-Term Fun at Burton Constable
- On now to 1 Nov Halloween Spooky Gardens
- On now to 1 Nov Burton Agnes Hall Halloween Trail
- Tue 3 Nov Pocklington Market
- Tue 3 Nov Beverley Firework Spectacular
- Wed 4 Nov Beverley Wednesday Market
- Thu 5 Nov Driffield Firework Spectacular
- Thu 5 Nov Pocklington Community Fireworks Display
- Fri 6 Nov Whitney Houston by candlelight
- Sat 7 Nov Big Beverley Comedy Night, November
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Hull
Hull Santa Run: 6 Dec at Pickering Park, adults £10
Hull Santa Run is Sunday 6 December at Pickering Park: 2.5k or 5k, start 11am, adults £10 with the Santa suit included. How to enter and collect your suit.
Christmas
East Riding grottos: Hornsea 21 Nov, Santa Express 28 Nov
Hornsea Garden Centre's grotto opens 21 November; Bridlington's Santa Express (first ride 1pm) and William's Den follow on the 28th. Dates, prices, free visits.
Christmas
Bridlington Ice Trail: 14 and 15 November, times TBC
Bridlington Ice Trail returns on Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 November. The schedule and road closures are not out yet; last year's free trail ran 11am to 5.30pm.
Christmas
East Riding Christmas markets: 8 dates, Beverley 13 Dec
Eight Christmas markets from 22 November, with Beverley's 120-stall festival on 13 December: roads shut 2am to 7pm, free park and ride from the racecourse.
Remembrance
East Riding Remembrance Sunday 8 Nov: Bridlington closures
Bridlington's parade steps off at 10.40am on Sunday 8 November, roads closed 10.10am to 11.30am. Beverley, Driffield and Hessle times, and what is still TBC.
Halloween
East Riding Halloween: pumpkin patches open, trails 24 Oct
Butt Farm and Bewholme pumpkin patches open to 31 October; Trick or Treat Street, North Cave, 24 to 31 Oct, plus Sewerby, Burton Agnes and Burton Constable.
Christmas
Burton Constable Winterlight: 3 to 23 Dec, adults £23.50
Burton Constable's first Christmas light trail, Winterlight: The Tudor Glow, runs 3 to 23 December from 4pm. Adults £23.50, family £75, free parking.
Christmas
Burton Agnes Hall Christmas: 14 Nov to 23 Dec, carol nights
Christmas at Burton Agnes Hall runs daily 14 November to 23 December, 11am to 5pm, with carol late nights to 9pm on 1 and 10 December. Tickets, parking.
Christmas
Beverley Minster Christmas Tree Festival: 4 to 13 Dec, £6
Beverley Minster's Christmas Tree Festival runs 4 to 13 December, adults £6, under 18s free. Door-decoration workshops £33.75; carols by candlelight 11 and 12 December.
Music
Stolen From God, Middleton Hall Hull: 8 Oct (past event)
Reg Meuross brings his slave trade song cycle to Middleton Hall, Hull, on 8 October, with Jeffrey Boakye narrating. Doors 6pm, show 7.30pm, tickets online.
Beverley
Beverley YBS: free online banking help Tuesdays from 6 Oct
Yorkshire Building Society's Saturday Market branch in Beverley will help people use its website and app free, every Tuesday, 10am to 3.30pm, from 6 October.
Events
What's On in Beverley: fireworks 3 Nov, lights 13 Nov
Beverley fireworks on 3 November, Flemingate's switch-on from 5pm on 13 November, Bridlington lights 27 November, and the Minster tree festival from 4 December.
Beverley
Beverley Open Art Exhibition: 100 works, free, to 17 Dec
The 25th Open Art Exhibition is on at Beverley Art Gallery until 17 December: about 100 works by regional artists, free entry, and the work is for sale.
Christmas
Sewerby Hall Christmas 2026: Fairytales from 21 November
Sewerby Hall's Fairytales at Christmas runs on 15 days, 21 November 2026 to 3 January 2027. House entry £4.75 adult, festive market 22 November.
Beverley
Beverley Christmas Market 2026: Festival of Christmas, 13 December
Beverley Christmas market 2026 is Sunday 13 December, 10am to 4pm, free entry, 120+ stalls. Parade at 10am, St Mary's carol times, free 500-space park and ride.
Beverley
East Riding fireworks: Beverley 3 Nov, Driffield 5 Nov
Beverley's display is Tuesday 3 Nov; Driffield and Pocklington are on the 5th, with West Green shut 4.45pm to 7.30pm. Driffield VIP parking has sold out.
Beverley
East Riding lights: Beverley 13 Nov, Bridlington 27 Nov 4pm
Beverley switches on Friday 13 November from 5pm, Pocklington at 4.30pm on 22 November, then Bridlington (4pm to 7pm), Driffield and Hornsea on 27 November.
Bridlington
Bridlington Spa panto: Cinderella's 29 performances
Cinderella runs 12 December to 3 January across 29 performances. Plus Beverley's Railway Children and Pocklington's A Christmas Sparkle, prices and seats left.
Beverley
Walking East Yorkshire Festival: 23 Beverley walks
Nineteen of the 23 Beverley walks are free, and three have already sold out. Day by day for 12 to 20 September, with times, meeting points and prices.
Beverley
Heritage Open Days 2026: 92 free East Riding openings
92 free openings across the district from 11 to 20 September, 28 of them in Beverley. Goole's Victorian magistrates' court takes bookings from 1 September.