A series of events have been planned to promote cycling in Hull in celebration of Bike Week (10-16 June 2024).
Organised by national charity, Cycling UK, Bike Week is the UK’s biggest awareness-raising moment of the year for cycling and a chance to highlight all the benefits that riding a bike can bring, both for health and well-being and more widely in terms of the positive impact it has communities and the planet.
As we celebrate the holidays with family and friends, we also remember those who have passed away.
Light up a Life offers you a rare opportunity to reflect and remember during the festive season, so Dove House would like to invite you to remember your loved one during these difficult months.
A Market Weighton grief charity is celebrating after its founder won the regional final of a BBC Radio competition.
Talking about Loss’s founder, Jacqueline Gunn was presented with the ‘Together’ award at an afternoon tea and awards ceremony to celebrate the BBC’s ‘Make a Difference’ awards that recognise remarkable people and celebrates their achievements and contributions to lives in their communities.
The team at a Market Weighton grief charity are celebrating after reaching the regional finals of a national BBC Radio competition.
Talking about Loss has been shortlisted in the ‘Together’ category of the BBC’s ‘Make a Difference’ awards that recognise remarkable people and celebrate their achievements and contributions to lives in their communities.
Hull will commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Falklands conflict this weekend.
On Saturday 18 June, residents and visitors will be invited into the city centre with a chance to watch and interact with attractions in Queens Gardens and around the rose bowl area.
It is the first time the competition will be held in the UK
Following a successful bidding process by Hull City Council’s Conference Hull team, Hull has been chosen as the host destination for INTERKULTUR’s prestigious International Choir Competition.
Licensees of two city centre pubs are taking centre stage to bring an array of top tipples to Hull with the inaugural Theatre Quarter Beer and Cider Festival.
Tony Garrett, the landlord of the Hop & Vine basement bar in Albion Street, has joined forces with Ian Ibbetson, just round the corner with Chilli Devils @ New Clarence in Charles Street, to present a 10-day celebration of real ales and ciders.
A family firm, which has been building and renovating landmark properties in Hull and East Yorkshire for more than 140 years is streamlining its business in readiness for embarking on new projects worth more than £20m.
The public is being invited to share their views on the future of Hull’s Old Town.
The historic area, home to Hull Minster, Trinity Square, the cobbled High Street and Beverley Gate, is a much-loved area of the city for both residents and visitors.
Proving it’s more than a weekend, in 2021 Freedom Festival will present two internationally renowned performances prior to its annual September festival, with an uplifting spring programme starting in March.
Leading contemporary artists, Heinrich and Palmer, have created a new and stunning visualisation of one of the most popular objects in the Hull Maritime Museum’s permanent collection.
Lumen Prize-nominated artists behind the ‘Ship of the Gods’ at Hull Minster as part of Absolutely Cultured’s Urban Legends and Northern Lights, Heinrich and Palmer have been commissioned to create new and innovative public artwork to reflect the city’s rich maritime history.
Current champions are going head to head with first-time finalists in the battle to be crowned the “best of the best” at this year’s Remarkable East Yorkshire Tourism Awards.
The much-anticipated shortlist of finalists, revealed today by Visit Hull and East Yorkshire (VHEY), is being described as “the most exciting ever”. Tourism bosses say it’s testament to the popularity of the region as a visitor destination and the range of what’s on offer.
Hull’s thriving Trinity Market is well and truly getting into the Christmas spirit this year with a host of events and a special festive transformation.
The market’s food hall will be transformed into a winter wonderland with twinkling lights, greenery and a Christmas wishing tree.
The stage is set for an arts festival like no other as the wonderful city of Hull plays host to the 12th edition of the award-winning Freedom Festival starting on Wednesday.
This week, Hull will see artists from across the world converge in the maritime city to delight, challenge and mystify audiences with jaw-dropping circus, weird and wonderful street theatre, thought-provoking performances and talks, music from all over the world, and mischievous projects that engage all ages. For 2019, a different layer has been added to the festival, offering a new rhythm for the weekend.
A must-see exhibition of Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel masterpiece will allow people to see the iconic work for the first time in a church other than in the Vatican.
“Michelangelo – A Different View” displays Michelangelo’s world-famous work up close for the first time, giving visitors unprecedented access to the artist’s magnificent paintings which adorn the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome.
Hull is no stranger to arts and culture and this summer, the annual Freedom Festival will use the city as its stage once again, in a way it has never done before.
The festival programme has been revealed and tickets for the five incredible indoor shows are available to buy now.
Heads Up Festival’s 12th season will take place from March 27-30 at various venues, including Hull Minster, Hull Central Library and Kardomah94.
This season’s artistic programme includes The Paper Cinema’s Macbeth (March 29 & 30), Now Is The Time To Say Nothing (a collaboration between Syrian film-maker Reem Karssli, a group of young Londoners and artist Caroline Williams, on March 28-30) and Olivia Furber, Ramzi Maqdisi, 9T Antiope and Hannah Mason’s The Land’s Heart Is Greater Than Its Map (March 29 & 30).
