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28-29 <strong>Oct</strong> Michaelmas Fair A bustling street fair, celebrating the traditional feast of St. Michael <strong>and</strong> marking the end of the farming year. Old favourites will return to sit alongside new <strong>and</strong> original stalls <strong>and</strong> offer something for everyone - a wonderful opportunity to make an early start on your Christmas shopping! Traditional street performances will include sword dancing <strong>and</strong> Morris dancing, <strong>and</strong> fairground rides will run throughout the weekend. Burton Agnes Hall YO25 4NB www.burtonagnes.com 28 <strong>Oct</strong> – 5 Nov Spooky Woodl<strong>and</strong> Trail Intrepid visitors are invited on an eerie hunt round the Hall’s atmospheric woodl<strong>and</strong>, where clues are hidden amidst spooky Halloween scenes of witches, spiders <strong>and</strong> ghostly figures. Once the entire puzzle has been solved, a treat awaits in the Gift Shop. Try not to let the haunting sounds <strong>and</strong> mysterious shadows of the historic woodl<strong>and</strong> walk scare you whilst searching! Burton Agnes Hall YO25 4NB www.burtonagnes.com 30 <strong>Oct</strong> Pumpkin Carving Come along <strong>and</strong> carve your very own ghoulish pumpkin in readiness for a spooky Halloween. All materials provided. Sewerby Hall YO15 1EA www.sewerbyhall.co.uk 30-31 <strong>Oct</strong> Haunted Hall There’s something strange going on this Halloween at Barley Hall <strong>and</strong> we need intrepid visitors to help us solve some ghostly mysteries! Barley Hall YO1 8AR www.barleyhall.co.uk 30 <strong>Oct</strong>-5 Nov Guy Fawkes Trail - new for 20<strong>17</strong> Follow the clues to find the barrel of gunpowder in the house with an activity trail in the gardens. Sewerby Hall YO15 1EA www.sewerbyhall.co.uk 31 <strong>Oct</strong> Halloween Crafts Have a go, under the supervision of Shealaghthe craft tutor, at Halloween nmakeup Art, C<strong>and</strong>le making, Modroc Modelling. This day is aimed at 8 to 12 year olds. Please wear old clothes as this day can be messy! <strong>Yorkshire</strong> Waterways Museum, DN14 5TB www.waterwaysmuseum.org.uk 1 Nov Ghostly Tales & Stories Ages 5-8 - Join us in search of the theatre’s resident ghost The Grey Lady; explore the theatre for other ghostly happenings <strong>and</strong> if we don’t find any... we’ll make some up! A fun drama workshop, taking place around the theatre. York Theatre Royal YO2 7HD www.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk LEGO BIG Build Competition <strong>Yorkshire</strong> Waterways Museum, DN14 5TB www.waterwaysmuseum.org.uk 1-11 Nov FROGMAN A multi-sensory coming-of-age, supernatural thriller, this is a ground-breaking, world first theatre experience, told through live theatre <strong>and</strong> 360 degree Virtual Reality. Frogman blurs the boundaries between reality <strong>and</strong> fiction, the physical <strong>and</strong> the virtual. It will be performed to an audience of 30, who will each be given a VR headset to experience new ways into storytelling in a theatre environment. The Deep HU9 1TU www.thedeep.co.uk 3 Nov African/Indian Christmas Market Community <strong>and</strong> Cultures Together are hosting a wonderful African/Indian Christmas market Clements Hall York YO23 1BW Play in a Day – Who’s That Guy? Ages 8-11 - Remember, remember the 5th of November, gunpowder, treason <strong>and</strong> plot! Come <strong>and</strong> join our bonfire themed play in a day. Participants will work together to create <strong>and</strong> devise work based on bonfire night <strong>and</strong> explore the story of York’s infamous Guy Fawkes. The day will culminate in a short performance for family <strong>and</strong> friends. York Theatre Royal O2 7HD www.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk 4 Nov FABULOUS FIREWORKS Join us for a fabulous firework spectacular, choreographed to music <strong>and</strong> set over our picturesque Swan Lake. The theme park rides are all open as usual from 10am <strong>and</strong> once darkness falls our firework show will provide heaps of extra excitement at no extra cost. Lightwater HG4 3HT www.lightwatervalley.co.uk Christmas Fair at Saint Catherine’s If you are looking for some Xmas cheer to kick start this festive season be sure to pop by the Saint Catherine’s Christmas Fair. £2.50adults/£1.50kids, free drink <strong>and</strong> mince pie. 10-1. Saint Catherine’s Hospice, YO12 5RE 4-5 Nov Winter Made by Mummy Market A destination shopping event full of bespoke <strong>and</strong> h<strong>and</strong> made goods created by mums <strong>and</strong> dads from across <strong>North</strong> <strong>Yorkshire</strong>. Featuring fine art, soft furnishings, clothes, confectionery, <strong>and</strong> much more. £1 entry, free parking. Pop up cafe with home made cakes. Made by Mummy Markets DL7 9EH www.madebymummymarkets.com 5 Nov Harrogate Children’s Book Group Join us for storytelling <strong>and</strong> crafts in the Royal Pump Room Museum on the first Sunday of each month. Families attending the book group receive free entry to the museum. Pump Room Museum HG1 2RY www.harrogate.gov.uk/ info/20015/museums_<strong>and</strong>_gallery Firework Spectacular For an amazing bonfire night to remember, remember in York the home of Guy Fawkes, book your tickets for The York Maze Fireworks Spectacular. Held every year on 5th November there will be fireshows, the explosive lighting of York’s biggest bonfire, food stalls, live music, sideshows <strong>and</strong> of course the most amazing fireworks show chorographed to music. York Maze YO19 5LT www.yorkmaze.com 7-12 Nov Scarborough Dance Festival 20<strong>17</strong> The week is packed with a variety of modern, Latin <strong>and</strong> popular social sequence dancing with learn <strong>and</strong> improve sessions, workshops plus demonstrations by the dance stars of the future. Many of our previous demonstrators are now professionals, some even currently appearing on Strictly Come Dancing! Sunday is Modern <strong>and</strong> Latin Competition Day for all ages. So why not come along in November <strong>and</strong> ‘keep dancing’! Scarborough Spa YO11 2HD www.scarboroughspa.co.uk 11 Nov A Victorian Intrigue! Come <strong>and</strong> join us for a fantastic free birthday event here at The Station. Let us take you back to The Victorian era <strong>and</strong> celebrate our tenth birthday in style! The Station DL10 4LD www.thestation.co.uk WHAT’S ON WHERE www.primarytimes.net/nyorks | OCTOBER HALF TERM Issue <strong>Primary</strong> <strong>Times</strong> 13