Eight-time Tony and four-time Olivier Award-winning musical smash hit Hairspray spreads its toe-tapping magic across the UK once more during a hotly anticipated regional tour in 2024! Based on the 1988 feature film, the effervescent production first wowed audiences in Seattle in the early 2000s, with acclaimed Broadway and West End runs following soon after. 

Hairspray

Grand Opera House York

The rollicking animal adventure 101 Dalmatians is going on tour! Based on the classic children's story by English novelist Dodie Smith, the reimagined version of the 2022 Regent's Park production will feature book by Johnny McKnight, stage adapted by award-winning playwright Zinnie Harris and music is by Tony and Olivier Award-winner Douglas Hodge.

101 Dalmatians

Are you a self-proclaimed Swiftie? Didn't get tickets to her Eras tour? Worry not, Taylormania might be the night you've been waiting for. This award-winning production pays tribute to one of the most highly regarded pop artists in modern history.

Taylormania

Following a smash-hit debut tour in 2021, Fairytale of New York returns for 2023, offering another opportunity to indulge in an all-out, all-Irish Christmas extravaganza! Expect to hear some of the season's best-loved songs, including of course, the iconic Fairy Tale of New York, alongside some of the Emerald Isle's biggest hits, such as Galway Girl, The Irish Rover, Wagon Wheel, Danny Boy, Dirty Old Town and many more.

Fairytale of New York

Podcast link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ_ZQW5C2pw&amp;t=2s

The Artelize Podcast Presenting Will Shutes: 'Bring it down out of the clouds to human being level'

Podcast link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFe6mW6x9pc

The Artelize Podcast: 'Amplifying What Makes Us Human'. A conversation with Zuly E. Inirio

Podcast link: https://youtu.be/4hagYvrYbuM

The Artelize Podcast and Kasper Holten - Pedefining Opera for the modern world

Podcast link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d36M5Hi6O80

The Artelize Podcast - A legacy of innovation in Opera: Celebrating Marc A. Scorca

Lollipop and I Can Play! come together for an exciting musical morning of Samba Drumming!

You will learn about the different percussion instruments, play some very funky rhythms, and create amazing drumming masterpieces all together, whilst having fun and making friends! No experience necessary!

I CAN PLAY! SAMBA with LOLLIPOP

National Centre for Early Music

Renowned Westcountry songwriter Steve Knightley, former Show of Hands frontman, announces a groundbreaking nationwide solo tour—the first since the iconic band disbanded. Focused on promoting his latest album, ‘The Winter Yards,’ this tour signifies a profound shift in Knightley’s musical journey.

Steve Knightley

The NCEM is proud to work with young jazz players across the city and our developing relationship with York Music Forum.

Renowned UK jazz vocalist and multi-award winner, Claire Martin OBE, reunites with her accomplished Swedish trio, led by the exceptional pianist and arranger Martin Sjöstedt, for their latest collaborative endeavor – ‘Almost in Your Arms’ (Stunt Records). This marks their second collaboration, promising an extraordinary musical journey.

Claire Martin

Leveret is a unique collaboration between three of England’s finest folk musicians, each regarded as exceptional performers and masters of their instruments. Together their performances combine consummate musicianship, compelling delivery and captivating spontaneity. Their playing is relaxed and natural, drawing audiences in and inviting them to share in music making that is truly spontaneous and yet deeply timeless.

Leveret

Alicia Svigals is the world’s leading klezmer violinist and a founder of the Grammy-winning Klezmatics, and pianist Donald Sosin is one of the world’s foremost silent film accompanists. Together, they have been bringing audiences to their feet across Europe and America with their Klezmer-infused silent film scores.

The Ancient Law

In this thrilling 40-minute family concert, five playful musicians set off on an unforgettable journey through music and make-believe, with a little help from a magical dressing-up box!

Hike through enchanted forests, explore mysterious caves, and soar to the moon in a homemade rocket!

TOOT!

York RI Golden Rail Band celebrate their 40th anniversary with this special concert showcasing their versatility and creativity. The popular York-based brass band are situated next to York Station, and the programme pays tribute to their railway connections, as well as telling an environmental themed original story through narration and music.

GOLDEN RAIL BAND 40th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT

The ‘Golden Age’ of the Spanish Renaissance with its gorgeous sonorities and sumptuous polyphony is one of the great glories of the choral repertoire. The works of Francisco Guerrero continue to be a revelation for their exquisite sound worlds, and his wonderful Missa de la Batalla Escoutez is a particularly expressive example. This music flourished throughout Spain and even reached the Papal Court in Rome so we present the Guerrero alongside motets by Cristóbal de Morales, Juan Esquivel, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, and Tomás Luis de Victoria.

Ybc: Splendours Of Spain

Internationally acclaimed CALAN emerge with a new, captivating narrative. Ancient tales of Welsh mythology are meticulously brought to life, transcending the pages of folklore to resonate through the enchanting melodies of harp, guitar, fiddle, accordion, and song. ‘Nefydd’ tells stories of murderous princes, thieving highwaymen and the triumphant resurgence of the heart of Welsh folklore.

CALAN

D/deaf children, their siblings and Children of D/deaf Adults (CODAs) are welcome.
Parents of children aged 0-4yrs must stay for the session. Parents of children aged 5+ are welcome (but not obliged) to stay for the session.

I Can Play!

Andy Irvine is one of the great Irish singers, his voice one of a handful of truly great ones that gets to the very soul of Ireland. He has been hailed as “a tradition in himself.” Musician, singer and songwriter, Andy has maintained his highly individual performing skills throughout his over 50-year career. From Sweeney’s Men in the mid 60s, to the enormous success of Planxty in the 70s, his duo with Paul Brady in the later 70s and then from Patrick Street to Mozaik, LAPD and Usher’s Island, Andy has been a world music pioneer and an icon for traditional music and musicians.

Andy Irvine

The NCEM is delighted to be able to welcome back participants for Cuppa and a Chorus! Led by experienced community musician Chris Bartram, sessions will give you the chance to sing some of the songs you know and love and explore new ones from around the world. You don’t need to have sung before or consider yourself musical, just enjoy taking part and singing with other like-minded people.

Cuppa And A Chorus

Erland Cooper is a Scottish composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist originally from Stromness, Orkney. As a solo artist, he has released five acclaimed studio albums, including a trilogy of work inspired by his childhood home, as well as themes of nature, people, place and time. His work combines field recordings with traditional orchestration and contemporary electronic elements. Through music, words and cinematography he explores landscape, memory and identity. He develops these themes further by partnering with other artists, writers and poets. Cooper also works across mixed media projects including installation art, theatre and film. He’s widely known for burying the only existing copy of the master tape of his first classical album in Scotland, deleting all digital files and leaving only a treasure hunt of clues for anyone to seek it. The tape was found in 2023 and the album will be released, exactly as it sounds from the earth, this year along with its world premiere of the completed score.

Erland Cooper

Refreshingly unconventional and snappily attired boutique orchestra. Budapest Café Orchestra bring you folk-flavoured music in their own fresh and surprising way. From Balkan and Russian traditional pieces to artful distillations of the masterpieces by the great Romantic composers to Gaelic folk anthems their infectious music will get into your veins and stay there forever.

Budapest Cafe Orchestra

Join us for a fun, family-friendly magical adventure where fate and love triumph all! Led by a cast of professional opera singers and musicians we invite you to an interactive and relaxed concert where singing and movement is encouraged. Experience the magic of opera, storytelling and music, whatever your age!

Events in York

Hairspray

Grand Opera House York

101 Dalmatians

Grand Opera House York

Taylormania

Grand Opera House York

Fairytale of New York

Grand Opera House York

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The Artelize Podcast: 'Am...

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I CAN PLAY! SAMBA with LO...

National Centre for Early Music

Steve Knightley

National Centre for Early Music

Claire Martin

National Centre for Early Music

Leveret

National Centre for Early Music

The Ancient Law

National Centre for Early Music

TOOT!

National Centre for Early Music

GOLDEN RAIL BAND 40th ANN...

National Centre for Early Music

Ybc: Splendours Of Spain

National Centre for Early Music

CALAN

National Centre for Early Music

I Can Play!

National Centre for Early Music

Andy Irvine

National Centre for Early Music

Cuppa And A Chorus

National Centre for Early Music

Erland Cooper

National Centre for Early Music

Budapest Cafe Orchestra

National Centre for Early Music

Little Listeners – Cinder...

National Centre for Early Music

Red Sky at Sunrise

Orchestra of the Swan