The Big Give: One Donation, Twice the Impact
Support Ripon Theatre Festival’s Reach Out! Programme through The Big Give Arts for Impact Campaign this March.
2025 highlights:
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Save the Dates! 5-12 July 2026
Launch Night now on sale!
Take a look under the bonnet with us as we reveal our plans for the 2026 Festival. Meet Natalie Spanner in Fixing – our featured theatre event for the evening. A gloriously silly drag car maintenance class which shifts in and out of performer Matt Miller’s childhood memories. It’s a show about family breakups, learning car maintenance and choosing the right shade of lipstick to do it in.
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Calling all Teachers – Schools’ Programme announced!
Our schools’ offer expands this year to include exceptional opportunities for secondary schools alongside accessible and colourful shows and workshops for primary and specialist schools.
Hooray for Ripon BID!
As we look ahead to Ripon Theatre Festival 2026, we want to take a moment to celebrate and thank Ripon BID for their continued support.
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 £70,000 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.
This year we’d love you to donate something between 17-24 March as part of our Big Give campaign.
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
