York Georgian Festival

York Georgian Festival
After a rip-roaring success in its first and second year we're whirling with excitement to announce the return of the York Georgian Festival this summer!
Thursday 7 August 2025
- 10.00am - Behind-the-Scenes Tour of Fairfax House - book your tickets online
- 10.30am - Georgian Dancing for little Lords and Ladies at York Mansion House - book your tickets online
- 11.30am - Georgian ice cream cooking demo at York Mansion House, free with admission
- 2.30pm - ‘Taking Tea’ with the Georgians demo at York Mansion House, free with admission
- 4.00pm - Georgian Execution Tour, Bloody Tours of York - book your tickets online
- 5.30pm - Terry Deary presents - ‘Revolting’ at York Mansion House - book your tickets online
- 6:30pm - The Fashions of a Georgian Lady: From Laundry Maid to Palace Attire, at Barley Hall - book your tickets online
- 7.30pm - Raree Show or The Fox Trap'd at the Merchant Taylors’ Hall - book your tickets online
Friday 8 August 2025
- 11.00am to 4.00pm - Awakening the Past at Fairfax House - book your tickets online
- 11.00am - Georgian Dance Lesson at the Guildhall - book your tickets online
- 11.30am - Georgian ice cream cooking demo at York Mansion House, free with admission
- 1.00pm - York Georgian Society explores: ‘A Night at the Assembly Rooms’, at the Guildhall, book your tickets online
- 2.30pm - Dressing a Georgian Lady demo at York Mansion House, free with admission
- 4.00pm - Georgian Execution Tour, Bloody Tours of York - book your tickets online
- 6:30pm - Men's Hats Through the Georgian Period, at Barley Hall - book your tickets online
- 8.00pm - Sounds of Regency by Candlelight at York Mansion House - book your tickets online
Saturday 9 August 2025
- 11.00am - A Promenade through the City, parading through York - register your interest online
- 11.30am - Georgian ice cream cooking demo at York Mansion House, free with admission
- 2.00pm - Regency Rejigged dance performance at St Helen’s Square
- 2.30pm - ‘Taking Tea’ with the Georgians demo at York Mansion House, free with admission
- 3.00pm - Regency Rejigged dance performance at St Helen’s Square
- 4.00pm - Georgian Execution Tour, Bloody Tours of York - book your tickets online
- 7.00pm - York Georgian Ball at The Grand Assembly Rooms - book your tickets online
Sunday 10 August 2025
- 11.00am - Regency Rejigged dance performance at St Helen’s Square
- 11.30am - Georgian ice cream cooking demo at York Mansion House, free with admission
- 2.00pm - Regency Rejigged dance performance at St Helen’s Square
- 2.30pm - Dressing a Georgian Lady demo at York Mansion House, free with admission
- 4.00pm - Georgian Gin Tasting with Mad Alice and York Gin at Impossible York - book your tickets online
- 7.00pm - Figures In A Landscape, York Mansion House - book your tickets online
Monday 11 August 2025
- 11.00am - The Radical Georgian Women at the York Mansion House - book your tickets online
- 1.30pm - A Byron letter – and a Royal Kerfuffle at York Mansion House - book your tickets online
- 3.30pm - Mary Robinson: The Romantic Woman Writer Who Challenged Wordsworth at York Mansion House - book your tickets online
- 4.30pm - An Intimate History: the life and loves of Anne Lister at Holy Trinity Goodramgate - book your tickets online
- 5.30pm - Portraits in Jane Austen at York Mansion House - book your tickets online
Accommodation Travelling in for the festival?
Why not treat yourself to the full Georgian experience and stay at the stunningly historical No1 by GuestHouse. This Georgian townhouse is full of character, the perfect place for slow breakfasts, afternoon tipples in the bar, and sinking into spa serenity. The kind of spot that feels like home — if home came with heritage cornicing and a view of the Minster spire.





