Saturday Pop-Up Events

Ripon City Centre

We love our Pop-Up Events! Surprising events in surprising places. Puppets, storytelling, music, heritage tales, poetry, music and theatre. Venues large and small, across our beautiful city. Professional performances alongside …

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Arcade

Ripon Marketplace Market Place, Ripon

Casson & Friends has a passion for bringing dance to people in new and unusual ways. Set to a bouncing electronic soundtrack, ARCADE’s interactive dance games will connect you with …

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Medusa

Ripon Cathedral Minster Road,, Ripon

Medusa Gothic Morris are a women’s dance group, we are based in Knaresborough and practice on Thursday evenings.  We dress in black and purple, and regularly dance at local events.  We would …

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The Tea Cosies

Ripon City Centre

Meet Dorothy Dunker, Tippy Teapot and Barbara Bourbon. Come and have a natter with our colourful crochet trolley dollies! There’s always a warm brew and plate of goodies on show …

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Rock Choir

Ripon Cathedral Minster Road,, Ripon

The UK's original award-winning, local, contemporary choir. Local leader Flo Glen says "If you love to sing, you'll love Rock Choir! No auditions and no musical knowledge needed. We meet …

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FREE

Ayla’s Dream

Ripon Library The Arcade, Ripon

Another magical miniature suitcase show from expert puppeteers, Eye of Newt. A captivating tale of night skies, light and counting sheep. Puppet workshop making beautiful moths accompanies the library performance. …

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PWYC

Logy on Fire

Ripon Marketplace Market Place, Ripon

Juggling danger and excitement, this show is raw, rock ‘n’ roll and full of danger. Playing with fire and risking lacerations and climaxing in a perilous display of equilibrium and …

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Theatre for One

Ripon Cathedral Minster Road,, Ripon

Street theatre with a difference. 3 short performances lasting 3 minutes. Each performed to only one person at a time, (plus curious onlookers!) A most intriguing, and then exclusive, theatre …

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Workhouse Walkabouts

Minster Gardens Minster Road,, Ripon

FREE EVENT 11am-12noon Minster Gardens 1.15-2pm Minster Gardens

Sedan Chair Stories

Ripon City Centre

Hail down the ultimate in Georgian era transport and be carried above the hoi polloi, hear scurrilous tales from Ripon’s scandalous past as your footmen pass on their knowledge and …

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The Wakeman Mummers

Ripon Cathedral Minster Road,, Ripon

FREE EVENT 11.15-11.30am Ripon Cathedral forecourt 1.15-1.30pm Ripon Cathedral forecourt

Medieval Maniax

Ripon Marketplace Market Place, Ripon

Death by Laughter. Giggle and guffaw as the fatal fools amuse and bemuse you. These award-winning street-performers perform all over the world and are ready to make you laugh with …

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Yorkshire Voices

Ripon Cathedral Minster Road,, Ripon

FREE EVENT 11.30am-12 noon Ripon Cathedral

FREE

Arcade

Ripon Cathedral Minster Road,, Ripon

Casson & Friends has a passion for bringing dance to people in new and unusual ways. Set to a bouncing electronic soundtrack, ARCADE’s interactive dance games will connect you with …

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The Tea Cosies

Ripon City Centre

Meet Dorothy Dunker, Tippy Teapot and Barbara Bourbon. Come and have a natter with our colourful crochet trolley dollies! There’s always a warm brew and plate of goodies on show …

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Ayla’s Dream

Ripon Cathedral Minster Road,, Ripon

A story of imagination and illumination, performed in miniature on beautiful sets within a vintage suitcase. This very short tale of duration is told through puppetry, spoken word and music. …

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Ripon Youth Theatre

Minster Gardens Minster Road,, Ripon

FREE EVENT 12-12.30pm Minster Gardens

Rock Choir

Ripon Marketplace Market Place, Ripon

The UK's original award-winning, local, contemporary choir. Local leader Flo Glen says "If you love to sing, you'll love Rock Choir! No auditions and no musical knowledge needed. We meet …

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FREE

U3A Folk Group

Ripon Cathedral Minster Road,, Ripon

FREE EVENT 12.30-1pm Ripon Cathedral

Logy on Fire

Minster Gardens Minster Road,, Ripon

Juggling danger and excitement, this show is raw, rock ‘n’ roll and full of danger. Playing with fire and risking lacerations and climaxing in a perilous display of equilibrium and …

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Arcade

Ripon Marketplace Market Place, Ripon

Casson & Friends has a passion for bringing dance to people in new and unusual ways. Set to a bouncing electronic soundtrack, ARCADE’s interactive dance games will connect you with …

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Sedan Chair Stories

Ripon City Centre

Hail down the ultimate in Georgian era transport and be carried above the hoi polloi, hear scurrilous tales from Ripon’s scandalous past as your footmen pass on their knowledge and …

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The Wakeman Mummers

Ripon Cathedral Minster Road,, Ripon

FREE EVENT 11.15-11.30am Ripon Cathedral forecourt 1.15-1.30pm Ripon Cathedral forecourt

Workhouse Walkabouts

Minster Gardens Minster Road,, Ripon

FREE EVENT 11am-12noon Minster Gardens 1.15-2pm Minster Gardens

Medusa

Ripon Cathedral Minster Road,, Ripon

Medusa Gothic Morris are a women’s dance group, we are based in Knaresborough and practice on Thursday evenings.  We dress in black and purple, and regularly dance at local events.  We would …

Medusa Read More »

The Tea Cosies

Ripon City Centre

Meet Dorothy Dunker, Tippy Teapot and Barbara Bourbon. Come and have a natter with our colourful crochet trolley dollies! There’s always a warm brew and plate of goodies on show …

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Stone Soup

Ripon Marketplace Market Place, Ripon

A wandering stranger holds the secret to making delicious soup, fit for the finest folk in the land. But can they really make soup with just a stone? Performed from …

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Theatre for One

Kirkgate Kirkgate, Ripon

Street theatre with a difference. 3 short performances lasting 3 minutes. Each performed to only one person at a time, (plus curious onlookers!) A most intriguing, and then exclusive, theatre …

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Medieval Maniax

Ripon Marketplace Market Place, Ripon

Death by Laughter. Giggle and guffaw as the fatal fools amuse and bemuse you. These award-winning street-performers perform all over the world and are ready to make you laugh with …

Medieval Maniax Read More »

Arcade

Ripon Marketplace Market Place, Ripon

Casson & Friends has a passion for bringing dance to people in new and unusual ways. Set to a bouncing electronic soundtrack, ARCADE’s interactive dance games will connect you with …

Arcade Read More »

The Tea Cosies

Ripon City Centre

Meet Dorothy Dunker, Tippy Teapot and Barbara Bourbon. Come and have a natter with our colourful crochet trolley dollies! There’s always a warm brew and plate of goodies on show …

The Tea Cosies Read More »

Stone Soup

Minster Gardens Minster Road,, Ripon

A wandering stranger holds the secret to making delicious soup, fit for the finest folk in the land. But can they really make soup with just a stone? Performed from …

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Theatre for One

Kirkgate Kirkgate, Ripon

Street theatre with a difference. 3 short performances lasting 3 minutes. Each performed to only one person at a time, (plus curious onlookers!) A most intriguing, and then exclusive, theatre …

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We’re Not Going Back

Ripon Arts Hub 49 Allhallowgate, Ripon

75 Mines. 3 Sisters. 1 Cause. (And a six-pack of Babycham) 2024 is the fortieth anniversary of the 1984/85 miners’ strike, a dispute that still resonates today. But the strike …

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£12 – £14