What's On
Keep up to date with the events that are happening throughout the year in Ripon and the surrounding area. We welcome you to add your own event to the Ripon Internet diary.
Beulah Yoga & Movement Festival
Beulah Festival is in its third year at Lime Tree Farm, Nr Ripon, 22nd to 25th July. Throughout the weekend, festival goers will be invited to take part in unique workshops, teaching varied yoga disciplines including Ashtanga and Kundalini yoga. There will also be opportunities to try different and more unusual forms of movement and dance practice, such as Nia; an aerobics and martial arts fusion and 5Rhythms. In addition, a whole range of diverse experiences will be on offer, from creative workshops like Pimp My Clothes; a chance to give your old clothes a bit of sparkle and singing circles. There is also a therapeutic Body Sanctuary for regeneration, a meditation space, vegetarian and vegan food and live music to entertain in the evenings. This year’s headline act is Celtarabia, playing a wild fusion of Arabic, Andalucian, Celtic, Medieval music and contemporary beats designed to get bodies dancing. The festival is family friendly with lots of kid’s activities on offer, including circus skills, bushcraft, kids yoga and arts & crafts. To better facilitate that connection with others, the music, the environment, and ourselves, alcohol and drugs are left at home. Sarah Taylor, the festival organiser was inspired to organise Beulah Festival, following a similar event she attended on her travels to New Zealand. “That festival was the first event I’d ever been to where the focus was primarily on health and well-being and nothing else. The only highs people experienced were natural highs gained from the participation in the yoga and healing workshops. Beulah has taken inspiration, stepping boldly away from the mainstream commercial events, providing a welcome alternative for those who crave something "real".” The festival is a non-profit venture, with any profits going to Pegasus Children’s Project, a charity that provides a caring home for orphaned children in Nepal. A Weekend ticket costs £60 (adult) & £20 (child) and includes all the workshops, music and camping. To purchase tickets and find out more visit www.beulahmovementfest.co.uk
Weber Grill Academy Courses
Weber®, the world’s leading barbecue brand, has expanded their range of Grill Academy cookery courses at Swinton Park. With cookery courses targeting grill enthusiasts of all abilities, you’ll be amazed at what you can create on your Weber® barbecue. The new courses at Swinton Park will run throughout the summer and include a choice of Barbecue Classics, Weber® Essentials, Seafood Essentials and American Barbecue.
St Wilfrid Procession 2016
Street procession of local people through the market place and into the city's streets. Music, laughter, colour and fun to celebrate the birthday of Ripon's saint.
Lightwater Valley opens on 23rd March 2016
Escape to Lightwater Valley and discover the excitement of five unique attractions set amidst 175 acres of glorious North Yorkshire countryside, along with thrilling seasonal events that are guaranteed to keep the whole family coming back for more. Join us for our crime fighting Superheroes Live! Event or come along and meet CBeebies' Andy Day for dinosaur fun, facts and music at Andy's Dinosaur Adventure Weekend. Take on a day out packed with thrills, chills and adventure in Lightwater Valley Theme Park, choose to run wild on the UK's largest Angry Birds Activity Park or head to the Lightwater Falconry Centre to see over 35 amazing birds and watch spectacular daily flying shows. With over 40 rides and attractions for thrill seekers of all ages, Lightwater Valley Theme Park is bursting with mini, mega and ultimate adventures for the whole family. For our mini adventurers, jump aboard one of our Eagle's Creek Farm tractors for a fun and entertaining journey around our farm, or enjoy sliding and hanging around in our brand-new Funkey Monkey's Soft Play & Café (opening Spring 2016). For our mega adventurers, shoot the raging water of the Wild River Rapids, brave the terrifying Falls of Terror or climb aboard The Flying Cutlass for some tummy tickling pirate fun. For our ultimate adventurers, be thrown in the air in the grip of our Eagle's Claw and hurtle through some of our deepest, darkest forest aboard Europe's longest roller coaster - The Ultimate. As well as our Theme Park here at Lightwater Valley Attractions you will also find: Tree Top Nets - High in the trees giant trampolines, walkways, slides and tunnels made out of netting, suspended 9 metres off the ground (Opening Summer 2016). Jurassic Adventure Golf - An 18 hole dinosaur-themed golf course. Lightwater Country Shopping Village - enjoy leisurely shopping for ladies and gents' fashion, furnishings, kitchenware, toys and traditional sweets and drinks. The Granary Café - Treat yourself to a morning coffee and croissant, delicious lunch or fabulous afternoon tea
Please check website for opening/closing dates/times, they do vary during the season.
Lightwater Valley Theme Park, North Stainley, Ripon, North Yorkshire. HG4 3HT
Contact Telephone: 01765 635321 Contact Email Address: leisure@lightwatervalley.co.uk Website URL: www.lightwatervalley.co.uk
Kate Whiteford OBE: False Perspectives
Kate Whiteford explores the reality and the artifice of the landscapes of Lancelot Capability Brown in a transformation of the gallery space with her large-scale prints of trees. Also on show, the artist’s own watercolours and her choice of works on paper from the Mercer’s collection.
Whiteford’s exhibition complements the Capability Brown 300th anniversary celebrations and 'Noble Prospects: Capability Brown and the Yorkshire Landscape' in the Mercer's north galley from 25th June to 11th September reveals more about Brown and his grand landscape designs.
Commissioned by the Mercer Art Gallery with the support of Arts Council England, Yorkshire.
The Mercer Art Gallery is open Tues to Sat 10 to 5, Sundays 2 to 5. Closed Mondays except Bank Holidays.
ADMISSION FREE
The Mercer Art Gallery, Swan Road, Harrogate, HG1 2SA Tel. 01423 556188 www.harrogate.gov.uk/mercerartgallery
Noble Prospects: Capability Brown and the Yorkshire Landscape
The Mercer Art Gallery, Swan Road, Harrogate, HG1 2SA.
An exhibition dedicated to the Yorkshire landscapes of legendary garden designer, Capability Brown, to mark the 300th anniversary of his birth.
Capability Brown is the creator of some of Yorkshire’s most admired landscapes, and this unique exhibition brings together an intriguing collection of artworks, which reveal more about the designer and his designs. Drawn largely from Yorkshire collections the show features portraits of Capability Brown and his Yorkshire clients, original plans, drawings and documents by Brown, paintings of his creations as well as works of art that inspired his landscapes.
'Cascade at Scampston' by Francis Nicholson c.1790s. Courtesy of Legard Family of Scampston.
Noble Prospects: Capability Brown & the Yorkshire Landscape is supported by Savills,The Landscape Agency, Saffery Champness, Coutts, Harrogate Borough Council, The Capability Brown Festival 2016, ArtFund (through a Jonathan Ruffer Curatorial Research Grant), Natural England, The Calmcott Trust, The Friends of the Mercer Art Gallery, Leeds Philosophical & Literary Society, Historic Houses Associations Yorkshire Friends, Mr & Mrs J. Samuel and private donors.