Come and enjoy the amazing atmosphere at the Summer edition of Hull Oktoberfest 2018, with German beer, food and music.
Event Categories: Festival
Hull Skateboard Festival 2018
Hull is continuing to establish itself as one of the UK’s friendliest skateboarding cities with lots of free activities on offer over the summer as part of the 2018 Skateboard Festival.
Equipment will be provided at all the sessions, which are appropriate for all ages and abilities. There will also be certificates, prizes and awards handed out at each event.
Further details of Hull Skateboard Festival 2018 can be found at the Hull Culture & Leisure website.
Bridlington Kite Festival
The sky over Sewerby Fields in Bridlington is set to be awash with colourful kites as part of a two-day festival, hosted by East Riding of Yorkshire Council, the Northern Kite Group and sponsored by St Stephen’s Shopping Centre.
The event will see a number of internationally renowned experts put on an incredible display of giant inflatable kites, and will include a variation of local street food stalls, providing a vast array of food and drink throughout the whole weekend, as well as children’s entertainment.
International Hanse Day
Join in some medieval merriment, celebrating Hull’s past and present connection with the Hanseatic League in a new location in Trinity Square.
From medieval spinning and weaving, to jester japes and even a ‘Rat Circus’, Hull will be turning the clock back to the 14th century to celebrate the heyday of the medieval trading network. Visitors will be entertained by craftspeople – including papermaking, weaving and arrow making, whilst the Jester aims to wow crowds with shows consisting of fire, juggling, a guillotine…and general silliness!
Working in partnership with Hull Minster, the iconic building will be celebrating the first anniversary of its re-dedicated as a minster by the Archbishop of York in May 2017 with church tours, music, family activities and a Festal Choral Evensong at 4pm.
All this plus market stalls, children’s craft activities, food and our popular staged performance area.
Dig In
Dig up your own Italian family history with this this family friendly event, delving into Hull’s Italian cuisne and heritage. Bring along photos and heirlooms to our photo booth and share your family stories to add to the story of Italians in Hull.
Come along to see TV chef Joe Hurd share his love of Italian cuisine and family stories in free cooking demonstrations throughout the day, or try your hand at being an archaeologist and dig up roman and Italian artefacts and treasures in our interactive archaeology activity.
Step into the past and experience a renaissance artist’s studio with the launch of Hull School of Art & Design’s virtual reality world.
Live music, craft activities and more throughout the day exploring and celebrating Italian culture running alongside Streetlife Museum’s Italian Connections Exhibition.
Hull Jazz Festival 2018
Hull Jazz Festival is back, packed with the talent that’s currently making the UK Jazz scene the envy of the world.
Multi-award winning vocalist Cleveland Watkiss MBE opens the festival, and the closing show features MOBO award-winning saxophonist Denys Baptiste and his acclaimed re-imagining of John Coltrane’s late music.
There’s a focus on new talent too, starting with young British Nigerian saxophonist Camilla George with rising star pianist Sarah Tandy and electronica artists the Broken Orchestra, the Dyr Sister and Revenu plus vocalist Vimala Rowe. David McAlmont unveils a 60th birthday tribute to Prince and the Dime Notes celebrate the tradition of New Orleans.
Cleveland Watkiss: VocalSuite and Hull Freedom Chorus
19 Jul, 7:30pm (£6-£12.50)
Hull Truck Theatre
Vimala Rowe and John Etheridge
20 Jul, 7pm (£6-£16)
Hull Truck Theatre
Wall to Wall Prince
20 Jul, 8:30pm (£23)
Hull Truck Theatre
The Dime Notes
21 Jul, 3pm (£6-£15)
Hull Truck Theatre
Camilla George Quartet
21 Jul, 6pm (£6-£12.50)
Hull Truck Theatre
New Sounds of Hull – The Broken Orchestra, The Dyr Sister & Revenu
21 Jul, 7pm (£5-£7)
Kardomah94
Denys Baptiste Quartet: The Late Trane
21 Jul, 9pm (£6-£16)
Hull Truck Theatre
Pride In Hull 2018
Like the idea of a celebration where everyone has the freedom to show off their true colours? Then this is the place to be!
Starting with a spectacular parade starring street artists and specially commissioned performances from Back to Ours alongside everyday heroes from local organisations, this spectacular LGBT+ festival is a true gem of Hull’s summer calendar.
The parade leaves Hull College at midday and winds its way to Queens Gardens for 1pm where the party really starts. Head to the Pride market for all your essentials to customise your Pride experience, whether that’s drinks and snacks from the street food festival or finishing off your look with glitter.
Then on the main stage, you can look forward to performances from Eurovision icon SuRie, pop genius Bright Light Bright Light, a very special appearance from drag royalty Adore Delano, plus a whole host of other surprises you won’t want to miss!
Pride in Hull is a family-friendly celebration of the LGBT+ community and is open to everyone who wants to embrace the diversity of our city. Just bring your dancing shoes, your own true colours and have a day to remember!
Then on the main stage, you can look forward to performances from Girls Aloud’s Nadine Coyle, Eurovision icon SuRie, pop genius Bright Light Bright Light, a very special appearance from drag royalty Adore Delano, plus a whole host of other surprises you won’t want to miss!
Prepare to PARTY! We are so excited to ruveal that the iconic @AdoreDelano will be sashaying over to Pride in Hull on 21 July. 🎉 Find out more at: https://t.co/a2r9OEncmo pic.twitter.com/KiF8iIF4ds
— Pride in Hull (@prideinhull) June 22, 2018
Humber Street Sesh 2018
The award-winning grassroots music festival returns to Hull Marina in 2018, bigger and better than ever with hundreds of artists – covering all music genres – playing across multiple stages.
Rediscover your favourite acts and stumble across new ones while enjoying art exhibitions, family entertainment and the ever-popular silent disco.
Humber Street Sesh celebrates the excellence and diversity of regional musicians and artists, providing a powerful platform for homegrown creative brilliance.
Hullfest
Hullfest, the UK’s biggest Free Tribute festival, comes to Bude Park with over 40 live acts on two stages on 16-17 June.
Tickets for the festival are completely free, with a booking fee of £3.50.
The Feel Good Fest
Feel Good Fest promotes well being and diversionary activities, offering new ways of thinking and tasters of new activities not considered before as an alternative to socialising with alcohol and improve mental health.
The event will host a wide range of activities including yoga, street art, meditation, dance massage and even a family FAVE (family rave), and is completely free to attend.
Heads Up Festival – Spring 2018
Heads Up Festival returns for a tenth time this March at venues across the city, including Kardomah94, Hull Minster and Hull Central Library.
The festival will include the world premiere of new E52 production Dark Winter, award-winning British artist Victoria Melody’s latest show Ugly Chief, which also stars TV celebrity antique dealer Mike Melody, and dance company Turned On Its Head’s show for babies, young children and families, Sponge.
The festival will also see the return to Hull of Bill Drummond (The KLF, The K Foundation) with a double bill of new plays titled Daffodils & Death. Drummond was last in Hull in 2017 when he presented Your Darkest Thought and shined his audience’s shoes as part of Substance Live.
Other programme highlights include a multi-disciplinary arts experience by What Is? Collective, the latest Heads Up Introducing event with singer Lyn Acton, Russ Litten’s From Liverpool With Love as well as the usual heady mix of events, panels and workshops that has cemented Heads Up Festival’s reputation as the home of brave and brilliant performance.
LINE-UP
UGLY CHIEF
Fri 2 – Sat 3 Mar, 7.30pm (£12-£15)
Hull Minster
HEADS UP INTRODUCING: LYN ACTON
Tue 6 Mar, 7.30pm (£5)
Kardomah94
WHAT IS…LIGHT?
Wed 7 Mar, 6pm (£3-£10)
Secret location
BILL DRUMMOND: DAFFODILS & DEATH
Thu 8 Mar, 8pm (£10-£12)
Kardomah94
SPONGE
Fri 9 – Sat 10 Mar, Various times (£5-£10)
Hull Central Library
FROM LIVERPOOL WITH LOVE
Fri 9 Mar, 7.30pm (£7.50)
Kardomah94
DARK WINTER (SOLD OUT)
Tue 13 – Sat 17 Mar, 2.30pm & 7.30pm (£10.50-£12.50)
Hull Truck Theatre
Hull Yoga and Holistic Health Festival
Hulls only festival of it’s kind, the third Yoga and Holistic Health Festival celebrates a growing holistic health community, raising awareness for The Yoga Therapy Foundation to provide yoga for people living with Cancer and respiratory health issues, neurological rehabilitation and mental health support.
Providing free yoga, pilates, meditation and health talk sessions, with various holistic health treatments available from aromatherapy, acupressure, indian head massages, spiritual healing, reiki and much more.
British Science Festival
The British Science Association, which showcases the best of British science, is pleased to announce that the British Science Festival will take place in Hull in 2018, hosted by the University of Hull. The four-day event is one of Europe’s longest-established science festivals, which each year travels to a new part of the UK, bringing a vast array of events, performances and exhibitions with a scientific twist.
Working in partnership with the University of Hull and other organisations from the Humber region, the British Science Festival will be a flagship event as part of Hull’s City of Culture legacy, focusing on three key areas – energy and the environment; health and the medical sciences; and exploration, movement and discovery.