Tales from the Scriptorium

Swanley Grange at National Trust Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal Fountains Abbey, Fountains Lane, Ripon, United Kingdom

Brother Aidan returns to the Festival, bringing heritage crafts, history and storytelling to his new home at Fountains Abbey. Witness the process of creating an Anglo Saxon book whilst he …

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£15

A Spoonful of Julie

Holy Trinity Church Kirkby Road, Ripon, United Kingdom

It’s supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!Who loves Julie Andrews? A practically perfect and truly memorable one-woman tribute. Full of charming stories of Julie’s life with songs, sing-a-longs and medleys from all her best-known shows. …

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£8

Monoliths – Wednesday

Ripon Cathedral Minster Road,, Ripon, United Kingdom

Three women. Three voices. Three stories. An immersive, digital theatre experience, which interweaves three northern UK landscapes – a moor, a city and a coast – with sweeping soundscapes and …

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£5

Look After Your Knees

Ripon Arts Hub 49 Allhallowgate, Ripon, United Kingdom

Look After Your Knees is a new solo work by theatre maker, performer and physical comedian Natalie Bellingham. It is about the pain and beauty of growing older, of connecting …

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£10 – £12

Thursday Lunchtime Concert

Ripon Cathedral Minster Road,, Ripon, United Kingdom

Ripon Cathedral is delighted to host wonderful performers in the stunning setting of the medieval quire for its free lunchtime concerts which take place most Thursdays throughout the summer season. …

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Free

Monoliths – Thursday

Ripon Cathedral Minster Road,, Ripon, United Kingdom

Three women. Three voices. Three stories. An immersive, digital theatre experience, which interweaves three northern UK landscapes – a moor, a city and a coast – with sweeping soundscapes and …

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£5

Stand Up Stories

Storehouse Bar & Eatery The Warehouse, Blossomgate, Ripon, United Kingdom

*SOLD OUT* Join our Storyteller in Residence, Ilaria Passeri, for funny stories with a glass of wine.The product of a bold Scottish mother, an errant Italian father and a little …

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£12

Ripon Ghost Walk

Ripon Marketplace Market Place, Ripon, United Kingdom

Explore the darker side on Ripon’s history from the macabre to the mysterious. Discover ancient burial sites, curious bone finds and characters who lived and died hundreds of years ago, …

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£4 – £6

Shakespeare’s Royals

Ripon Cathedral Minster Road,, Ripon, United Kingdom

Join Barrie Rutter OBE, plus special guest, to celebrate the Bard’s Kings & Queens – their achievements, conquests and foibles – with anecdotes and memories from a career of playing …

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£16 – £18