On National Poetry Day, Thursday 3 October, Bridlington Central Library in King Street will be throwing open its doors to any poets in the area.
The public is being invited to bring any books in, read their own poetry or their favourite poetry, or simply enjoy sitting and listening to poetry.
Popular author Christy Lefteri will be coming to Beverley Art Gallery on Friday, 18 October, at 7pm.
Shew will be there as part of the East Riding Festival of Words While there she will talk about her bestselling work, The Beekeeper of Aleppo.
Motorists in the East Riding are being advised to check before they travel as there will be a number of temporary road closures ahead of the Yorkshire 2019 Para-Cycling International later this month.
On Saturday, 21 September, some of the world’s top para-cyclists will be taking part in the race, which for the first time is taking place alongside the UCI Road World Championships.
A £2.7million scheme to improve East Riding roads and help protect them against potholes has now been completed for 2019.
As part of its annual surface dressing programme, East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s highways maintenance team carried out work at 190 sites across the area during the spring and summer months.
East Riding College’s new level 2 marketing and events management full-time study programme starts this September, with it already proving incredibly popular.
The course is the first step towards a career in wedding planning, organising fashion shows, music events, promotions, sporting events, product launches and all manner of other marketing and promotional events.
Since 2017 the Culture Train project has taken some of the top musicians from Hull out to play at locations across East Yorkshire and on August 31st the current tour has its finale at the majestic St Mary’s Church.
The project is funded by East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s Active Creative fund and began during the 2017 Hull City of Culture year to take musicians out of Hull and visit locations along the Hull to Bridlington rail line.
Classically Yours, winner of the 2017 Royal Philharmonic Society Award for Audience and Engagement, is to return to the East Riding to allow people to discover, enjoy and take part in a range of orchestral music activities.
This new season will bring some of the UK’s top orchestras, including Manchester Camerata, Sinfonia Viva, Britten Sinfonia and The Hallé Orchestra to the area. Performing in Beverley, Bridlington and Withernsea, there will be special concerts for children, families and older people, and opportunities for community groups to work with the orchestras.
Bus company East Yorkshire is set to revamp fares from Sunday 1 September 2019, including brand new child tickets.
Children aged under 16 will benefit from new weekly tickets in the Hull Plus Zone, allowing travel all week for just £9.50, anywhere within Hull, Cottingham, Anlaby, Hessle and Willerby.
The East Riding Festival of Words will be back from 15 – 20 October, bringing popular authors to the local area to talk about murder, belonging and a great deal more besides.
Writers including Christy Lefteri, Ann Cleeves and Jessica Fellowes will all be in Beverley, as part of the event organised by East Riding Libraries.
The Drifters will be back on tour in the UK with a brand-new show performing all their classic hits from the last six decades.
Following the phenomenal success of their 65th anniversary tour in 2018, they’ve added further live shows for 2019 including one night only at Bridlington Spa on Sat 17th August.
Selladoor Family and Beano Studios are delighted to announce that their all-new musical stage production Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed! will be heading to Bridlington Spa for a week-long run from Tuesday 28 January 2020, as part of a year-long UK tour throughout 2020.
This new family-friendly show is based on the hit TV show Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed! and is being developed by Selladoor – the company behind hits including Madagascar the Musical and Little Shop of Horrors.
This July, Remarkable Arts are bringing their Remarkable production of ‘Rock Britannia’ to the Parkway Cinema and Theatre at the Flemingate Shopping Centre, Beverley, in an event supported by East Riding of Yorkshire Council.
Starring their Rock Choirs from across the county and accompanied by an exceptional live band of professional musicians, for one night only Remarkable Rock brings Beverley the best of British Rock.
Six East Riding of Yorkshire schools including Longcroft School. They will be taking part in the northern Finals of Rock Challenge.
Longcroft School and Sixth Form College have retained their Premier Division Status. This is as a result of a successful 2018.
The 2019 Bridlington Seafood Festival will once again set taste buds tingling when it returns to the town on The Spa Promenade on the weekend of 15-16 June.
The two-day event, which runs from 10am-4pm both days, will offer seafood cookery demonstrations, free children’s entertainment, live music, educational sessions and, of course, a wide selection of food stalls, traders and exhibitors.
Shoplifting in Beverley is on the increase according to a number of local retailers. The issue was highlighted following a video released by an independent retailer, Molly Browns this weekend.
In the video, which went viral, it showed two women helping themselves to over £3,000 worth of stock.
Two of Yorkshire’s biggest bus operators are today announcing a new partnership to offer smooth and easy travel from East Yorkshire to Leeds and York and on York City Sightseeing services.
Local bus company East Yorkshire is teaming up with Transdev-owned Coastliner to make it easier for customers to use the bus directly from their nearest stop to travel to some of Yorkshire’s biggest cities, with great value tickets which can be used for through travel across both companies.
Grab your picnic blanket and head down to the coast as Bridlington Kite Festival returns bigger and better for 2019!
Beautiful and vibrant kites will be soaring high over Sewerby Fields on Saturday, 18 and Sunday, 19 May, flown by some of the world’s most internationally renowned flyers.
There is still a chance for residents to visit the council’s electrical goods amnesty events, as they enter their final week.
Waste and recycling officers will be visiting Beverley to collect residents’ old, broken and unwanted electrical items.
Notifications