Event Categories: Festival

Hull Jazz Festival: Tuesday Tea Club Social with Stephanie Halsey

Based in Hull, Tuesday Tea Club is a 9-piece, genre-bending band known for their improvised performances. Blending elements of hip hop, prog rock, jazz, funk, and more, the band creates an inclusive and evolving soundscape where no two performances are ever the same. Expect grooves, and chaos — all brewed fresh on the spot.

Stephanie Halsey is a neo-soul jazz harpist & vocalist blending original ableton backings with lush improvisations. She is a member of The Dyr Sister, Meridian Music & Sound, plus collaborations with Kobby Taylor (Beats Bus) & The Broken Orchestra.

9-piece, genre-bending band known for their improvised performances. Blending elements of hip hop, prog rock, jazz, funk, and more, the band creates an inclusive and evolving soundscape where no two performances are ever the same. Expect grooves, and chaos — all brewed fresh on the spot. 

Hull Jazz Festival: The Broken Orchestra Installation

We invite you to the Broken Orchestra’s latest installation at Out of the Box Revealed. This is an isolated experience so please book your space. Completely free, this will last approximately 20 minutes, perfect for in-between all the other amazing events at Out of the Box Revealed at the Albemarle Music Centre.

The Things We Leave Behind is a solitary, self reflective, personal experience about legacy, connections, achievements, possessions, choices and existence.
“The greatest purpose of life is to live it for something that will last longer than you.” William James

The experience will last approximately 20 minutes and places are limited. Please visit www.thebrokenorchestra.com to book
Produced by The Broken Orchestra
Words by Rick Ingham
Visuals by Chris Fenton
Music by the Broken Orchestra

Hull Jazz Festival: Out of the Box Revealed

A day festival of discovery for creative music makers and music listeners

2pm to 4pm
Kobby Taylor: From A Grime Supreme to the Torch. Electro meets Afro Beat
Hull Youth Jazz Orchestra. New commissions including Fast Foot Shuffle by Dennis Rollins
Pat D and Lady Paradox: Soulscapes and jazz hip hop duo just back from China
plus presentations by Jazz North and others

5pm to 7pm
Andy Scott presents the festival finale super-gig

Andy Scott is a British tenor saxophonist equally at home in jazz and classical contexts and an award-winning composer.

“Having previously played at Hull Jazz Festival and having a long association working with young musicians in Hull on specific creative projects, I am really thrilled to be able to showcase two new collaborations, and to talk about what life is like as a professional musician.

I’ll play a short set with the brilliant Carmel Smickersgill. Carmel is a Manchester based composer working predominantly within electronic DIY, classical and theatre music. We will create soundscapes via free improvisation, Carmel using ableton live.

I’ve gathered together some of the most amazing improvising musicians that I know, for a one-off performance. I play in a trio, called Hydra, with Dave Hassell (drums/percussion) & Nik Svarc (guitar), and also Gemini with Rob Cope (soprano saxophone & bass clarinet) & Liam Noble (piano). I’ll be writing some simple musical sketches that we collectively interpret and improvise around. I don’t want to restrict these musicians with too much notated music, the music could go anywhere, and everyone will follow!

It’s risk-taking, exciting, musically dangerous, imaginative and creative, and it will be great to have you there on the journey with us! “

Unthinkable Film Festival

We’re UNTHINKABLE, a festival in Hull that focuses on film with support from other art forms, such as music and performance.

Our festival is held every year in October, and we celebrate film, video, and moving image alongside events and activities that aim to support the local community in developing creative projects.

This year will mark our third year running.

R&B Mania

Are you ready for the ULTIMATE 90s & 00s R&B experience? 🔥 RNB MANIA is taking over Asylum in Hull on Saturday 22nd November or an insane 6-hour indoor festival! 👀

HULL • YOUR RNB MANIA FESTIVAL IS HERE! 💜

Asylum, Hull • Saturday 22nd November 2025

Are you ready for the ULTIMATE 90s & 00s R&B experience? 🔥

RNB MANIA is taking over Asylum in Hull on Saturday 22nd November or an insane 6-hour indoor festival! 👀

EXPECT:

A crowd FULL of R&B lovers 💖

6 Hours of R&B 🎤

Insane Festival Production 🦋

Glitter & Hair Braiding Stalls ✨

Huge Lineup 🔊

Plus Much More 💥

This event WILL 100% sell out. 🎟️

The soundtrack is pure nostalgia: Usher. Ashanti. Chris Brown. Lauryn Hill. TLC. Ja Rule. Drake. Destiny’s Child. Ciara. Nelly. Aaliyah. Michael Jackson. Missy Elliott. Plus all the classics that defined our favourite era, perfectly mixed for the ultimate festival experience… 🙌🏽

Tickets drop Friday 29th August at 10am, so set your alarms… ✨

DON’T MISS OUT on the BIGGEST R&B party of the year! 🔥

Hull & East Riding CAMRA Festival

The Hull & East Riding CAMRA 50th  birthday festival takes place at the Minerva Masonic Lodge.

30 cask ales and ciders plus a range of food including pie & mash, hotdogs, loaded fries and vegetarian options.

1940’s Weekend

Step back in time and relive the 1940s at our spectacular weekend event!

Join us for an unforgettable experience as we bring the era to life with live entertainment, immersive displays, and vintage flair.

What to Expect:

  • Living History Groups
  • Military Vehicles
  • Live Entertainment
  • Swing Dancing
  • Vintage Traders
  • Firepower Displays
  • East Riding Yeomanry Exhibition
  • And much more!

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Teddy Bears Picnic & Teddy Zip Line

Free picnic provided for the first 100 children and bears.

Bring your Teddy to have a go on our teddy zip line.

Drop in throughout the day.

We have
Parachute games
Sensory tent
Crafts
Teddy tombola
Face painting – free
Children’s books

Cafe is open for grown up’s and we have nice loos.

Quest-Fest!

Come and join the magical world of Questing Stories,

Quest-Fest is a celebration of fantasy fiction, steampunk and creative art, so let your inner geek out!

Take a wander around our black market and purchase your spells and tomes, or toys and dice, what ever takes your fancy adventurer.

Join in our workshops, designed to put your creativity to the test, with potion making, wand making, pottery, creative writing, Axe throwing and more.

Interact with Characters around the festival and become in-brawled in an ancient conflict between the Humans and the Fae Folk, but watch out for the Warden otherwise you’ll find yourself grafting in the infamous Grimstone prison.

throughout the festival there will be live improv performances from the Questing team and their new show ‘Whose roll is it anyway’ as well as live artists.

Show off your best fantasy or steampunk Cosplay outfits and join our competition, judged by Steve Mussared, original artist and games designer for Games Workshop! with a plethora of prizes to be won.

Food stalls, A bar, Gaming Tables, and Goblins. Need we say more?

The festival will be open 10am-4pm for our family friendly activities with a quiet hour to begin with. From 5pm-11pm the festival will turn into an over 18’s environment, with drinks galore and merriment to be had!

When you arrive at the festival show your ticket to the iron bank and you will receive five gold coins, you can use these coins to take part in our workshop experiences, and questing stories stall. For the over 18’s why not trade a coin and roll the dice for one of our mystery shot potions and you can always withdraw more coins from the bank for a like for like trade of just £1.

All Live performances, gaming tables and competitions are included with your ticket.

Thanks to Healthy Holidays we have 100 free tickets to give away to young people, aged 5-16, if you or a young person you know is a Hull resident and a fan of live performances and fantasy fiction then all you need to do to claim your free ticket is email our team at questingstories@gmail.com.

These free tickets also come with five gold coins to spend on the amazing activities on offer and a free pack lunch!

Don’t miss out.

Highway to Hull Burlesque and cabaret festival

Highway to Hull is a bold, grassroots burlesque and cabaret festival held annually in Hull, UK. Now in its third year, the festival brings together internationally renowned performers, emerging talent, and the vibrant local community for a long weekend of shows, workshops, talks, and celebrations of the art of burlesque.

Founded and co-produced by Tawny Kay (aka “the Pat Butcher of burlesque”) and Roxie Royale, the festival centres disabled, queer, and working-class voices and prides itself on being one of the most inclusive and accessible events in the UK cabaret calendar. Taking place at the DoubleTree by Hilton to improve accessibility and lower the carbon footprint, Highway to Hull offers a diverse programme designed to entertain, empower, and educate.

With five major shows across the weekend, including the iconic Legends & Icons night, Highway to Hull honours burlesque history while championing the future. The festival features living legends such as Judith Stein and Goodtime Mama Jojo, and showcases the next generation of changemakers through scholarship schemes, pay-it-forward ticketing, and the UK-wide Star Search competition.

More than just a performance festival, Highway to Hull includes panel discussions, vintage markets, bingo, photography, and opportunities for industry development. It is a living archive of UK burlesque past and present, with tributes to pioneers and a commitment to making space for marginalised artists.

Driven by community, creativity, and care, Highway to Hull is not just a celebration—it’s a movement.

Hull Jazz Festival: Mambo Jambo and Joe Martin

Eclectic genre-defying, Mambo Jambo are joined by violinist extraordinaire, Joe ‘Hotbow’ Martin for spontaneous, joyful music making. Expect all sorts of musical wildness, a mash-up of some swing, some Latin American, Cajun, Eastern European, some folky Bluegrass, plus original pieces that they composed together for last year’s Out Of The Box Festival.  Some may remember Joe from when he was fronting the legendary Hull band ‘Ain’t Misbehavin’ and leading them to perform at the Montreux Jazz Festival.

Hull Jazz Festival: Hull Youth Jazz Orchestra with Humber Music Hub Ensembles

The culmination of a celebratory Youth Jazz Orchestra project with young musicians gathered from across the Humber region. Duke Ellington and Charlie Mingus are at the heart of this project alongside other pieces especially arranged for the Festival by Humber Music Hub, showing how healthy the modern jazz scene is.

Priority booking until 15/7.

Hull Jazz Festival: Deirdre Cartwright Organik Trio

Deirdre Cartwright Organik Trio featuring Deirdre Cartwright (guitar); Pete Whittaker (organ); Gary Hammond (percussion).

Celebrating the classic jazz organ-guitar trios of the 1960s Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Smith, Grant Green & Larry Young, Wes Montgomery & Melvin Rhyne, plus some original takes on The Beatles, Doors, Curtis Mayfield and Kate Bush. Swing, grooves and inventive improvisation between these outstanding musicians led by award winning guitarist and composer Deirdre Cartwright who became well known presenting the BBC TV’s ground-breaking series ‘Rockschool’.

‘If there is a more complete guitarist in contemporary music than Deirdre Cartwright, I’d like to know who it is’ - Dave Gelly, the Observer

Priority booking until 15/7.

Hull Jazz Festival: Joseph Cox & Gary Hammond: Convergence / Meridian: Claire Holdich & Stephanie Halsey ‘Awakening’

A highly atmospheric double-bill featuring Meridian, a flute and harp duo, who craft original compositions, seamlessly blending live improvisation, electronic soundscapes, field recordings, Native American-style flutes, and world instruments, inspired by a passion for mindfulness, yoga, and meditation.

They are joined by Convergence, whose work moves between many genres and features electronic musician Joe Cox and percussionist Gary Hammond, who has worked with countless jazz and rock artists including The Beautiful South, Noel Gallagher and Nina Simone.

Healthy Holidays Hull

The holiday activities and food (HAF) programme provides healthy meals, enriching activities, and free childcare places to children from low-income families, benefiting their health, wellbeing and learning.

Since 2022, the HAF programme has provided 15.6 million HAF days to children and young people in this country. Across the 2023 to 2024 academic year, almost 5 million HAF days were provided during winter, Easter, and summer delivery.

The programme, though aimed at children in receipt of benefits related free school meals (FSMs) is not exclusively for them and as set out in this guidance. We encourage local authorities to use up to 15% of their funding to provide free or subsidised holiday club places for children who are not in receipt of benefits related FSMs but who the local authority believe could benefit from HAF.

This year they have events running between 23/7 – 29/08.

Looking for more information? Either click the ‘Discover More’ link below, or check out any of our other website listings here:

Healthy Holiday Family Events

Healthy Holiday Events: North Hull

Healthy Holiday Events: West Hull

Healthy Holiday Events: East Hull

Healthy Holiday Events: Hull Music Service

Healthy Holiday Events for 11 – 16 year olds

Healthy Holiday Events for 11 – 16 year olds

Here you can find the link to details of the activities and events for 11 – 16 year olds taking place as part of Healthy Holidays this year.

There is something for everyone, have a wonderful time!

Assorted events between 23/7 and 29/08. Click ‘Discover More’ to find out further dates and details!