Performances and films

Calling all two- to five-year-olds and their grown-ups. Bring your clapping hands, singing voices and stamping feet for an interactive concert featuring music from Baroque greats.

Join us for an exploration of WH Auden in words and music as York musicians, poets and performers present works written and inspired by the 'Picasso of modern poetry'.

York Musical Society (YMS) will perform Haydn’s oratorio The Creation in York Minster later this month. Come along and hear a rehearsal, and enjoy extracts of this powerful work.

Enjoy an informal chamber music gig as the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment presents Bach’s ‘orchestral suites’ at the NCEM.

The saxophone is most commonly associated with jazz, blues and pop, but Sax Forte demonstrates just how well the instrument sits with a far wider range of music.

Meet the three talented young composers of A Quaker Trilogy at a round-table event and hear their pieces performed by the Micklegate Singers.

Kings Ely Prep School Jazz Band presents an eclectic mix of jazz, blues and rock favourites, as well as classic big band chart hits and South African jazz compositions.

People of all faiths and none are invited to learn more about Evensong and to experience the inspirational power of devotional music in the beautiful historic setting of All Saints North Street.

Violinist and composer Anna Phoebe shares a new personal journey in the intimate space of St Margaret’s Church.

Yorkshire Bach Choir presents Brahms’ Liebeslieder-Walzer (Love-song waltzes, Op.52) alongside his great choral masterpiece, Ein Deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem, Op.45).

University Choir, The 24 and University Symphony Orchestra join forces in the historic setting of York Minster for Mozart’s ‘Great’ Mass in C minor.

Writer and performer James Pretlove shares tales of the extraordinary death and ordinary life of his mother Val in his acclaimed one man show, Seventy-Eight Thank Yous.

Join us for a powerful performance of War Horse, one of the most beloved books by renowned children’s author Michael Morpurgo.

Writer and performer James Pretlove shares tales of the extraordinary death and ordinary life of his mother Val in his acclaimed one man show, Seventy-Eight Thank Yous.

Daniel Cook, Master of the Choristers and Organist of Durham Cathedral, demonstrates the power and versatility of the magnificent 1959 Walker organ in St Helen’s Church.

Join pianist Lucy Parham and actor Sir Simon Russell Beale for an inspiring performance chronicling the life of composer Claude Debussy.

Prepare for an evening of epic music and driving beats at this electrifying concert experience presented by the University of York’s School of Arts and Creative Technologies.

Enjoy a deeply immersive experience with Mon Seul Desir, a composition scored for soprano, harp and narrator, with electronic soundtrack and video projection.

Join us for a talk with performance extracts designed to open doors to the remarkable and evocative dramatic world of Norwegian playwright Jon Fosse.

Join El Parnaso Hyspano, an Hispanic early music ensemble, as they present the first UK performance of the early 18th- century opera, San Francisco Xavier.

Enjoy a performance of Holmes and Watson the Farewell Tour, a comedy gem by Stuart Fortey.

Join internationally-acclaimed guitar virtuoso Galina Vale for a wide-ranging programme including flamenco and arrangements of Latin American and East European world music.

As York musician David Ward Maclean nears retirement, enjoy a night of reflection celebrating his lifelong love of song.

Join us deep in the York Cold War Bunker for a special screening of the film Cold Warnings, which explores the impact of including the Cold War in the new GSCE Curriculum introduced in 1986.

Enjoy a special screening of the filmed performance of Clay Fever - a tender, moving play exploring the world of the 20th-century studio pottery movement - and an accompanying talk.

Join us deep in the York Cold War Bunker for a special screening of the film Cold Warnings, which explores the impact of including the Cold War in the new GSCE Curriculum introduced in 1986.

Join us to celebrate the passion and creativity of the filmmakers of the future at the LUMA Film Festival, hosted by University of York students.

Join us to celebrate the passion and creativity of the filmmakers of the future at the LUMA Film Festival, hosted by University of York students.

Enjoy a special screening of Lost in the Middle, a short documentary featuring a group of bilinguals/bidialectals discussing their language journeys after migration, followed by a Q&A.

A masterwork of the German silent cinema, Diary of a Lost Girl (1929) traces the journey of a young woman from the pit of despair to the moment of personal awakening.