📅 October 2026 Events in York

Fri 9 Oct

PorkPie Live at The Crescent, York

📍 The Crescent Club

Sat 10 Oct — Sun 11 Oct

An Evening of UNDERWORLD

📍 Micklegate Social

From £5.00

Sun 11 Oct

Connaught Brass. French and American Music - a Brass Exploration

📍 Holy Trinity Church

Thu 1 Oct

Henry Grace

📍 FortyFive

Thu 1 Oct

The 9075 - Music By The 1975

📍 The Fulford Arms

£15.00

Thu 1 Oct — Fri 2 Oct

Lap One | Jinky Sounds York

📍 Circuit York

From £5.65

Fri 2 Oct

Dar Williams + Heather Maloney

From £21.50

Fri 2 Oct

The Fairburn Singers w/Bavarian Male & Ladies choirs

📍 Selby Abbey

£20.00

Fri 2 Oct

R.E.M by Stipe - Fulford Arms, York

📍 The Fulford Arms

£15.00

Fri 2 Oct

Skinny Lister | York

📍 The Crescent Community Venue

£22.00

Fri 2 Oct

Skinny Lister

📍 The Crescent

Fri 2 Oct

George! The Concert, a tribute to George Harrison

📍 Howden Shire Hall

From £15.00

Sat 3 Oct

Hop-on Hop-off York 24 Hours

From £17.00

Sun 4 Oct

Hop-on Hop-off York 24 Hours

From £17.00

Mon 5 Oct

Hop-on Hop-off York 24 Hours

From £17.00

Fri 2 Oct

New York Sign Museum October 2nd Tour

Free - $25.00

Sat 3 Oct

Local Links - Tours of Holy Trinity Goodramgate for York Unlocked

📍 Holy Trinity, Goodramgate, Goodramgate, York

Mon 5 Oct

Guided Tour of Selby Abbey

📍 Selby Abbey

Wed 7 Oct

Hop-on Hop-off York 24 Hours

From £17.00

Wed 7 Oct

Guilded Tour of York's Hidden History

📍 York Guildhall

£0.00

Thu 8 Oct

Exploring Environmental Philosophy through the Magic of Plants

Fri 9 Oct

New York Sign Museum October 9th Tour

Free - $25.00

Sat 10 Oct

Bootham Timeline Trail

📍 Bootham Crescent

£10.00

Sun 11 Oct

Hop-on Hop-off York 24 Hours

From £17.00

Thu 1 Oct

York Walls, Wonders & Worthwhile Connections

📍 Malmaison York

£20.00 - £30.00

Fri 2 Oct

Creative Drinks: York Creatives Monthly Social

📍 Patch York

£4.99

Tue 6 Oct

BusinessBelles October 2026

📍 Hotel du Vin

Tue 6 Oct

Webinar: Area-based carbon insetting solutions

📍 VENUE TBC

Tue 6 Oct

Money Matters

Wed 7 Oct

Wednesday Wins - Barco Business Club

📍 Barco Lounge

Wed 7 Oct

North Leeds: Business & Beyond, in Partnership with The PA Hub

📍 The Mansion Leeds

Thu 8 Oct

The Speakeasy Live: Turn Your Business Idea into Reality

📍 Innovation Centre

Thu 8 Oct

Propel York and North Yorkshire Pilot Accelerator - Masterclass Day 3

📍 Priory Street Centre

Thu 8 Oct

Mock Employment Tribunal

📍 The Guildhall York

£216.00 - £240.00

Tue 13 Oct

North Yorkshire LOC Annual CPD Study Day

📍 LNER Community Stadium

£25.00 - £100.00

Tue 13 Oct

York Residential Landlords Association - Preparation for Student Letting

📍 York Pavilion Hotel

£27.80

Thu 1 Oct

Psychic Nights One To One Readings

📍 Windmill Inn

£32.67

Fri 2 Oct

Acomb Community Cafe

📍 Acomb Methodist Church

Fri 2 Oct

Susannah Clegg

📍 FortyFive

Sat 3 Oct

Glazey Days - Ryedale Community and Leisure Centre

Sun 4 Oct

Sunday Worship (Hybrid Worship)

📍 Acomb Methodist Church

Wed 7 Oct

York - People Planet Pint™: Sustainability Meetup

📍 Brew York

Free - £5.00

Wed 7 Oct

The Spirit Circle - Wed 7th October

📍 The Knavesmire

£22.00

Thu 8 Oct

YWCS Charity Pub Quiz

📍 Yates York

£5.00 - £50.00

Fri 9 Oct

Acomb Community Cafe

📍 Acomb Methodist Church

Sun 11 Oct

Sunday Worship (Hybrid Worship)

📍 Acomb Methodist Church

Sun 11 Oct

GANS

📍 The Crescent

Tue 13 Oct

Fortus Foundation Pub Quiz

📍 The Marcia

Thu 1 Oct

Sally Coulthard and Jules Hudson at Waterstones York

📍 Waterstones

£5.00 - £26.00

Fri 2 Oct

Design + Screen Print a Small Book

📍 Nunburnholme

Sat 3 Oct

Hand stitch and unique wire pins for Mixed Media Jewellery

📍 Howell Hall

Sat 3 Oct

Casting Director Sam Claypole Acting Workshop

📍 Stableside at York Racecourse

Sat 3 Oct

In Person Workshop: Exploring Fantasy Florals with Jessica Grady (York)

📍 Hobbycraft York

£38.62

Sat 3 Oct

Pottery Power Experience - The Ryedale Community and Leisure Centre

£69.50

Sat 3 Oct

In Person Workshop: Exploring Doodle Stitching with Jessica Grady (York)

📍 Hobbycraft York

£38.62

Sun 4 Oct

Paint and Sip - Bob Ross Snowy Mountains | Yates York

📍 Yates York

£35.37

Tue 6 Oct

Matinee Ballroom, Strictly Ballroom and Latin Social Dance

📍 Riley Smith Hall

£7.00

Wed 7 Oct

Monsters, Mystery and Darkness: 4-Week Creative Writing Course

📍 Moorlands Woodland Nature Reserve

Thu 8 Oct

Level 2 Award for Personal Licence Holders

📍 ASK Italian - York

£30.00

Thu 8 Oct

Lightning Talks

📍 Revolution York Restaurant, Bar, Club

£0.00

Tue 6 Oct

Hilarity Bites Comedy Club ft. Bethany Black & Ashley Frieze

📍 Ripon Arts Hub

From £12.00

Sat 3 Oct

Bongo's Bingo

📍 York Barbican

Sun 4 Oct

Rachel Fairburn: Vexy Beasts

📍 TheatreAT41

Tue 6 Oct

The Crawl

From £13.00

Fri 9 Oct

Sam Campbell: Kid Giblet

📍 York Barbican

Fri 9 Oct

Sam Campbell - Venue Premium Tickets

📍 York Barbican

Fri 9 Oct

Jokes at the Folk

📍 New Earswick Folk Hall

£13.42

Sat 10 Oct

Rob Rouse: Funny Bones

From £16.00

Fri 16 Oct

Tom Stade Rules

📍 York Barbican

Thu 22 Oct

Unwritten the Literary Improv Show takes on a spooky twist

📍 Bluebird Bakery

Sat 24 Oct

Venue Premium Tickets - Troy Hawke

📍 York Barbican

Sat 24 Oct

Troy Hawke: Never Stop, Never Change!

📍 York Barbican

Sun 4 Oct

Heppni Half Marathon

📍 Heppni Bakeri

Sun 4 Oct

York Greyhound and Lurcher Walk

📍 The Fulford Arms

Sun 4 Oct

York Regency Dance Class

📍 St Olaves Church Hall

£7.00

Tue 6 Oct

GO Community Picklers Social - Tuesdays - October 2026

📍 Great Ouseburn Village Hall

From £3

Wed 7 Oct

Private Pickleball Sessions - Wednesdays & Fridays October 2026 (hour)

📍 Great Ouseburn Village Hall

From £18

Thu 8 Oct

An Afternoon with Hearing Dogs (York) 8 October 2026

📍 Hearing Dogs For Deaf People

£5.00 - £10.00

Fri 9 Oct

Private Pickleball Sessions - Wednesdays & Fridays October 2026 (hour)

📍 Great Ouseburn Village Hall

From £18

Fri 9 Oct

October Finale Friday - York Racecourse

📍 York Racecourse

Sat 10 Oct

October Finale Saturday - York Racecourse

📍 York Racecourse

Wed 14 Oct

Private Pickleball Sessions - Wednesdays & Fridays October 2026 (hour)

📍 Great Ouseburn Village Hall

From £18

Fri 16 Oct

Private Pickleball Sessions - Wednesdays & Fridays October 2026 (hour)

📍 Great Ouseburn Village Hall

From £18

Tue 20 Oct

GO Community Picklers Social - Tuesdays - October 2026

📍 Great Ouseburn Village Hall

From £3

Fri 16 Oct

The Wind in the Willows - A One-Man Performance

📍 Friargate Theatre

Tickets from £14

Thu 1 Oct

Lilith: The Other Side of the Story @rise, Bluebird Bakery

📍 Bluebird Bakery

£14.79

Thu 1 Oct — Fri 2 Oct

Spectre Spotlight at the Grand Opera House

📍 Grand Opera House York

From £20

Fri 2 Oct

Ben Portsmouth: This Is Elvis - Venue Premium Tickets

📍 York Barbican

Sat 3 Oct — Sat 7 Nov

Once upon the Grand

📍 Grand Opera House York

From £10

Sat 3 Oct

SCOPYONS + UFOLOGY (SCORPIONS + UFO TRIBUTES)

📍 The Fulford Arms

£1 - £10

Sat 3 Oct

A night at the West end of Tadcaster

📍 Riley Smith Hall

Tue 6 Oct — Sat 10 Oct

Present Laughter

📍 Grand Opera House York

From £15

Thu 8 Oct

National Theatre Live: The Misanthrope

From £10.00

Sun 11 Oct

Caitlin Krisko & The Broadcast

📍 FortyFive

Wed 14 Oct

Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War of the Worlds - Premium Ticket

📍 York Barbican

Thu 15 Oct

Skinship and The Dodo Stories

📍 20 Coney St

Thu 1 Oct

British Carrots Demonstration Day 2026

Sat 3 Oct

Hannah Montana Brunch - York

📍 Yates York

Sold out at source

Sat 3 Oct

York Long Table

📍 York City Church

Mon 5 Oct

Chocolate & Wine Tasting Collab with C'est Chocolat - Wetherby

📍 4 Cross St

Mon 5 Oct

James Long, Corney & Barrow – Transitional wines from summer to autumn

📍 Castlegate House

Wed 7 Oct

Autumn Reds & Cheese Pairing - Wetherby

📍 4 Cross St

Wed 7 Oct

CHOCTALES: York's Chocolate Cocktail Experience at Impossible

📍 Impossible York

Wed 7 Oct

CHOCTALES: York's Chocolate Cocktail Experience at Impossible

📍 Impossible York

£38.62

Fri 9 Oct

STEWdent and Song

📍 York St John University

Sat 10 Oct

Road to Damascus 'A Taste of Syria' Pop Up Restaurant

📍 Gracious Street

Thu 15 Oct

Greece: Beyond the Islands

📍 Love Cheese

Sat 17 Oct

Saturday: Hidden Gems of Italy

📍 Hotel du Vin

Sat 24 Oct

York - DayClubbers: The Halloween Day Party!

📍 Circuit York

From £11.99

Thu 1 Oct — Fri 2 Oct

Citrus Events

📍 Bluebox York

£6.50 - £12.00

Wed 7 Oct — Thu 8 Oct

SALVATION WEDNESDAYS Officially York's Biggest Wednesday Night

📍 Club Salvation

Wed 7 Oct — Thu 8 Oct

Official Frat Wednesdays @ Manahatta 🇺🇸🏆

📍 Manahatta

£3.00

Thu 8 Oct — Fri 9 Oct

YORK FRESHERS TAKEOVER -THE BIGGEST BOLLYWOOD FRESHERS PARTY IN YORK

📍 CIRCUIT York

£4.00

Wed 14 Oct — Thu 15 Oct

Official Frat Wednesdays @ Manahatta 🇺🇸🏆

📍 Manahatta

£3.00

Wed 21 Oct — Thu 22 Oct

Official Frat Wednesdays @ Manahatta 🇺🇸🏆

📍 Manahatta

£3.00

Thu 29 Oct — Fri 30 Oct

The Fright Crawl | York Halloween Bar Crawl 2026 | Thursday, October 29

📍 TBA

£16.63 - £70.11

Fri 30 Oct

Ladies Night

📍 New Travellers Rest

Fri 30 Oct — Sat 31 Oct

The Fright Crawl | York's Hottest Halloween Bar Crawl 2026 | Fri, Oct 30

📍 TBA

£16.63 - £70.11

Sat 31 Oct

The Fright Crawl | York Halloween Day Bar Crawl 2026 | Sat, Oct 31

📍 TBA

£16.63 - £70.11

Sat 31 Oct — Sun 1 Nov

The Fright Crawl | York's #1 Halloween Bar Crawl 2026 | Sat, Oct 31

📍 TBA

£21.98 - £80.80

Thu 1 Oct

Halloween House Long Island - New York's #1 Halloween Attraction

$25.39 - $52.24

Fri 16 Oct

The Jesmonite Autumn Workshop in Easingwold - Pumpkins, Pots & Coasters

📍 No.195 Sandwich Shop

£36.00

Sun 18 Oct

Polymer clay jewellery class- Halloween special

📍 Books & Bevs

Sun 18 Oct

Spooky Sculpt and Sip | Yates York

📍 Yates York

£35.37

Wed 28 Oct

A Haunted Halloween Reading from Carole Bromley’s 'Ghosts and Ginnels'

📍 Poetry Pharmacy

£5.00

Thu 29 Oct

Beach House Spooky Sip & Paint

📍 Beach House

Thu 29 Oct

Black History Month 2026: Yasmin Benoit

Thu 29 Oct — Fri 30 Oct

Indie York Halloween Special!

📍 Bluebox York

Fri 30 Oct

PARADISO FREAKY FRIDAY Halloween Special 🦩🎃👻

📍 Club Salvation

£4 - £9

Fri 30 Oct

HALLOWEEN PURGE🩸 York's Biggest Halloween Event 🎃

📍 Revolution York

£4.99 - £14.99

Fri 30 Oct

YORK HALLOWEEN 🎃 - THE ASYLUM - Sold out 10 years running! York's Biggest Halloween Event

📍 Flares & Popworld

£4.99 - £12.99

Fri 30 Oct — Sun 1 Nov

YORK HALLOWEEN 🎃 - THE ASYLUM - Sold out 10 years running!

📍 Flares

From £7.99

Thu 1 Oct

Amanda Mason's, The Dark - Book Launch Event

📍 King's Manor

Tue 6 Oct

WETHERBY BOOK GROUP - TUESDAY - Atmosphere - Taylor Jenkins Reid

📍 Kemps On The Corner (Bookshop)

Wed 7 Oct

An Evening with Charlie Higson at Waterstones York

📍 Waterstones

£7.00 - £26.00

Fri 9 Oct

Book Launch: A Guide to Business Networking for Small Business Owners

📍 48 Goodramgate

Fri 9 Oct

Matt Willis Book Signing at Waterstones York

📍 Waterstones

£24.00

Wed 14 Oct

AN EVENING WITH PETER JAMES, MERCHANT ADVENTURERS' HALL, YORK

📍 Merchant Adventurers' Hall

Wed 14 Oct

An Evening with Dan Jones┃City Screen Picturehouse York

📍 City Screen Picturehouse

£15.00 - £38.00

Wed 21 Oct

An Evening with Jasper Fforde at Waterstones York

📍 Waterstones

£6.00 - £29.00

Thu 22 Oct

An Evening with Laurie Gilmore at City Screen Picturehou - Waterstones York

📍 City Screen Picturehouse

£14.00 - £21.00

Fri 23 Oct

An Evening with Dom & Ink and Juno Dawson: Queens of the Crypt

📍 Merchant Adventurers' Hall

£7.01 - £14.48

Mon 26 Oct — Tue 27 Oct

ACOTAR 6 Midnight Launch at Waterstones York

📍 Waterstones

Sold out at source

Thu 29 Oct

A Posse of Prose Poems

📍 Bluebird Bakery

Fri 2 Oct — Sat 3 Oct

CIRCUIT: FRESHERS FRIDAY

📍 Circuit York

Sat 3 Oct — Sun 4 Oct

CIRCUIT: FRESHERS SATURDAY

📍 Circuit York

Sun 4 Oct

Performance Group 2- Early Dance Festival

📍 Theatre@41

£33.00

Mon 5 Oct

YEFest 2026 - What happens when the food system breaks down?

📍 Holgate Dining Room, York St John University

£0.00

Wed 7 Oct

Sound, Vision, Communication and Inclusion (York 50+ Festival)

📍 York Explore Library and Archive

Sat 10 Oct

St Nicks Autumn Fayre

📍 St Nicks - Nature Reserve & Environment Centre

Wed 14 Oct

York Business Festival 2026

📍 York St John University

£0.00

Wed 14 Oct — Sun 18 Oct

La Fête du Champagne New York City 2026

$136.10 - $2449.80

Fri 16 Oct

Lucy Porter: Let Yourself Go!

From £23.00

Fri 30 Oct

Children & families activities at York Environment Festival!

📍 Gateway Centre

Sat 31 Oct — Sun 1 Nov

White Rose Tango Nuevo Weekender

📍 Riley Smith Hall

Sun 4 Oct

Family Funtime

Tue 6 Oct

Open Event: Tuesday 6th October 2026

📍 York College & University Centre

Tue 6 Oct

Open Event

📍 York College & University Centre

Wed 7 Oct

Primary Languages: Effective Subject Leadership Programme

📍 Grimes Dyke Primary School

Sat 10 Oct

Open Morning - Saturday 10 October 2026

📍 The Grammar School at Leeds

Wed 14 Oct

Primary Languages: Vocabulary in Action!

📍 Grimes Dyke Primary School

Sat 17 Oct

Open Event | Selby College | 17th October

📍 Selby College

Tue 27 Oct

UNIVERSITY OF YORK: KILIMANJARO INFORMATION MEETING

📍 University of York (ROOM TBC)

Thu 1 Oct

Abbey Tots

Mon 5 Oct

Nature Tots - Autumn Sessions!

📍 St Nicks - Nature Reserve & Environment Centre

Sun 11 Oct

Guided Battlefield Walk of Towton

📍 Old London Road

Fri 16 Oct

Time Out for Couples - Collaborate

📍 The Citadel

Fri 16 Oct

One For The Road (Day 1)

📍 The Fulford Arms

£1 - £10

Sat 17 Oct

One For The Road (Day 2)

📍 The Fulford Arms

£1 - £10

Sat 24 Oct — Sun 1 Nov

Otter Madness for October Half-Term

📍 Nunnington Hall

Thu 29 Oct

Deadtime Stories for Families

📍 Treasurer's House, York

Thu 1 Oct

Fabric Sale with Stitch

📍 Riley Smith Hall

Sun 4 Oct

Impossible York Wedding Showcase

📍 Impossible York

Sun 11 Oct

Carlton Towers Wedding Fair

📍 Carlton Towers

Fri 16 Oct

York St John Headlock Vintage Clothing Sale

📍 York St John Students' Union

Sun 18 Oct

The Big York Racecourse Wedding Show | The UK Wedding Event

📍 York Racecourse

£3.28 - £9.00

Sat 24 Oct

Black Phillip's Castle Museum Night(mare) Market!

📍 York Castle Museum

Sat 24 Oct

24th October - York's BEST Vintage Thrift Event & Kilo Sale

📍 Central Methodist Church

Free - £7.21

Sat 24 Oct

Black Phillip's Castle Museum Night(mare) Market!

📍 York Castle Museum

£5.00

Fri 2 Oct

Marcia Hutchinson & Rozie Kelly, in conversation at Waterstones York

📍 Waterstones

£5.00 - £14.00

Sun 4 Oct

New York Power Circle: On the Ground: Canvassing, Field Work, and Building

Tue 6 Oct

Conversations in Community Music

📍 York St John University

Fri 9 Oct

Who's in charge?

📍 University of York

Wed 14 Oct — Thu 15 Oct

Senior Bursar in New York

📍 Kohn Pedersen Fox

Sat 17 Oct

YoCo - Building Community for Future Generations

📍 St. Barnabas Church

Thu 22 Oct

YEFest 2026 - National Emergency Briefing with panel

📍 Creative Centre Auditorium

Thu 22 Oct

Spear York Celebration

📍 York Vineyard Church

Mon 5 Oct

York: Menopause & Cancer Support Sessions

📍 The Leveson Centre

£0.00

Wed 7 Oct

Mental Health Awareness Training for the VCSE

📍 Priory Street Centre (Denham Room)

Thu 15 Oct

What would a community supported farm bring to York?

📍 Bluebird Bakery

Sun 18 Oct

Autumn Soundbath Sheriff Hutton Village Church Sunday October 18th 4pm

📍 St Helen & the Holy Cross

£20.00

Mon 19 Oct

Women in York - a therapeutic photography project to support wellbeing

📍 St Sampson’s Social Centre

Sold out at source

Tue 20 Oct

Sands Bereavement Training York

📍 York Hospital

Sat 3 Oct

Board Games at York Environment Festival: Carbon City Zero

📍 University of York

Mon 5 Oct

Shiver: The Vanishing Road

📍 The Falcon

£11.55

Sat 10 Oct

Board Games at York Environment Festival: Catan New Energies.

📍 University of York

Sat 17 Oct

Board Games at York Environment Festival: Daybreak

📍 University of York

Sat 24 Oct

Board Games at York Environment Festival: Kyoto

📍 University of York

Sat 3 Oct

Lipstick and vinyl lesbian daytime disco York 3pm till 8pm

£9.38

Thu 8 Oct

Innovation Way – Slackrr

📍 The Fulford Arms

From £1.00

Sat 10 Oct

Rainbow Bookfest - York, UK

📍 Radisson Hotel York

£35.00 - £50.00

Sat 10 Oct

The Black Dyke Band at Selby Abbey

From £20.00

Sat 17 Oct

MILK,ALL WHITE, NEW YORK ‼️

$44.52

Fri 2 Oct

PAS Finds Day - Yorkshire Museum, York

📍 Yorkshire Museum

Thu 15 Oct — Fri 16 Oct

New York State of Mind Art Exhibtion

$23.18

Fri 23 Oct

New York Sign Museum October 23rd Tour

Free - $25.00

Thu 29 Oct

BLACK: the Color of Velvet (York)

📍 Friargate Quaker Meeting House

Thu 1 Oct

Speed Dating in York | Ages 40-55

📍 Manahatta

Sun 25 Oct

Unified Dating - Meet Singles in York

📍 York Secret Venue (TBA)

From £17.99

Tue 27 Oct

Unified Dating - Meet Singles in York

📍 York Secret Venue (TBA)

From £17.99

Fri 30 Oct

Unified Dating - Meet Singles in York

📍 York Secret Venue (TBA)

From £17.99