New Year, New Look: stepping into RTF26
As we step into 2026, Ripon Theatre Festival is setting off with a fresh look and a renewed sense of adventure.
2025 highlights:
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Save the Dates! 5-12 July 2026
Get set for 2026!
It’s all go at Festival HQ. We’re finalising plans with artists and theatre companies, shaping our Community and Outreach activities and working hard to secure the funds needed for another stonkingly good RTF.
Unbelievably, RTF26 will be our FIFTH festival. Be the first to hear what’s in store by signing up to our mailing list. Sign up before the end of January and you’ll also receive a DISCOUNT CODE to our Launch Night on Friday 27 March.
We can’t wait to bring another bumper year of colour, culture and community spirit to our wonderful city.
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Call-Out for Community Performers!
Deadline announced for Community Acts to sign up for 2026. We are looking for choirs, dance troupes, theatre groups, musicians and solo performers to join us for our Family Weekend on the 11th and 12th July.
Help Us Win £1,000 this December
We are excited to be taking part in the Benefact Group’s annual “12 Days of Giving” campaign – a zero-cost opportunity for you to support us!
About Us
RTF is run by a small team of volunteers. We work together with our funders, venues and community partners to bring colour and culture to all the communities of the city, contributing to Ripon’s development as a vibrant place to live, work and visit.
RTF is the primary project of longstanding local charity, The Ripon City Festival Trust (charity number 514981).
Find out more about us here.
Get Involved
The festival welcomes professional performers onto our city streets and venues, but it’s the people of Ripon who will really make the festival fly!
We rely on volunteers for:
- Event Stewards
- Publicity team members
- Walkabout Marshalls
- Venue & Refreshments staff
- Performers for our Community Programme
Whether you want to check tickets, look after our visiting performers or sing your heart out on a street corner, please do get in touch.
Support Us
It costs around £50,000 each year to stage the festival and run our Community Outreach Programme. We are very grateful to all those who have supported us in our journey so far, but of course we constantly need to find new sources of funding. As a registered charity, all the funding we raise goes directly towards making the festival happen.
Ways you might like to help us:
- Follow us on social media
- Like and share our posts
- Buy lots of tickets
- Make a donation
- Volunteer your time
- Encourage your company to sponsor us
