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, tickets coming soon!

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