Ryedale Festival
The Ryedale Festival brings two weeks of great music and world-renowned performers to beautiful Yorkshire places every July.

☀️Summer festival
When
☀️Summer festival
Fri, 10 July 2026 — Sun, 26 July 2026
Sun, 19 July 2026
About
Every year, the Ryedale Festival welcomes outstanding performers from all over the world to perform a wide-ranging and distinctive programme in the many spectacular venues in and around Ryedale, North Yorkshire – an area full of history and natural beauty.
Founded in 1981, the festival enjoys a large, loyal and enthusiastic audience, the warm support of the local community and a reputation as one of the most exciting and enterprising summer festivals in Europe.
'The kind of life-chaging event that concert-goers always want but rarely find' - Classical Music Magazine
'A festival immersed in its local community but of international quality' - Yorkshire Post
'Yorkshire's boldest festival' - The Times
Events

Unquiet Thoughts
Dowland's Foundry
Sun, 19 July 2026
St Gregory’s Minster, Kirkdale
10:00pm
£20 (conc. available)
Ryedale Festival

Unquiet Thoughts
Dowland's Foundry
Mon, 20 July 2026
All Saints’ Parish Church, Northallerton
11:00am
£18 (conc. available)
Ryedale Festival

The Salt Road
In Echo
Fri, 24 July 2026
Church of Christ the Consoler, Skelton-on-Ure
3:00pm
£20 (conc. available)
Ryedale Festival
Location
Ryedale, North Yorkshire



