TV/Film guests, artists, authors, and photo ops and loads of horror-themed stalls at Hull Horror Fest.
Saturday 26th October at Costello Stadium Hull.
It’s like a comic con with a horror twist.
Don’t miss out!
Event Categories: Festival
Hulloween Steampunk Festival
Please note last minute venue changes, due to the inclement weather.
Event highlights
FRIDAY 20th OCTOBER
7pm – 9pm: Nosferatu with live music score, Trinity Market.
This 1922 classical and innovative blood-fest set the standard for everything to come. This is the original and the best adaption of the Dracula legend. Doors open at 6pm. Food vendors open. Book here
8pm – 9.30pm Ghost Walk with Mike Covell (Age 20+) – Join local historian, author and expert on all things spooky Mike Covell on a walking tour of Hull’s ghostly myths and legends. The walk will begin at 8pm at the Andrew Marvell Statue outside the Hands on History museum in Trinity Square.
Numbers are strictly limited so advance booking is essential. The cost is £5 per head. To book your place on the tour, send an email to amazinghulltours@hotmail.com quoting reference ‘Steampunk’.
SATURDAY 21st OCTOBER
10am: Hulloween Parade from Paragon Square to Trinity Square
Whether you are alive or dead, or somewhere in between, this is your chance to join us in your finest (?!) Halloween-themed costume or outfit as we take a leisurely Hulloween ‘shamble’ along the streets of Hull.
10am-4pm: Hulloween Steampunk Market, Princes Quay, ground floor (PQ Event Space)
A mixture of over 40 Steampunk and other traders will be vying for your attention and your pennies.
10am – 4pm: Exhibition of Steampunk costumes and artefacts, Princes Quay, atrium
In the magnificent building of Hepworth Arcade you can expect to find several shop units taken over for the Hulloween weekend by the Ministry of Steampunk and friends
10am -4pm: Steampunk Celluloid Junkie, Princes Quay, atrium
The Steampunk Celluloid Junkie will be bringing his characterised style of digital art to the Hulloween Steampunk Weekend.
11am: Teapot Racing, Princes Quay, atrium
Few Steampunk pastimes make more sense than Hulloween teapot racing. It’s another high-adrenaline sport which combines that quintessentially Steampunk vessel from which one of our favourite beverages is served with the thrill of a race.
12noon – 4pm: Steampunk Talks, Princes Quay, ground floor
Come and meet Howard Callaway and friends from the Hull Wilberforcian Steampunks to discover all you need to know about the Steampunk scene in Hull and further afield.
2pm: Steampunk 1on1, Princes Quay, ground floor
Come and join the Ministry of Steampunk to find out everything you need to know about Steampunk.
7pm-Midnight: Immortal Ball, The Guildhall (16+) – Ticketed book here
Mrs Nellie Lovett and Mr Sweeney Todd invite the pleasure of your company at the second Immortal Ball to be held at the Guildhall in Hull.
8pm – 9.30pm Ghost Walk (age 20+) with Mike Covell. Join local historian, author and expert on all things spooky Mike Covell on a walking tour of Hull’s ghostly myths and legends. The walk will begin at 8pm at the Andrew Marvell Statue outside the Hands on History museum in Trinity Square.
Numbers are strictly limited so advance booking is essential. The cost is £5 per head. To book your place on the tour, send an email to amazinghulltours@hotmail.com quoting reference ‘Steampunk’.
SUNDAY 22nd OCTOBER
10am-4pm: Hulloween Steampunk Market, Princes Quay, ground floor (PQ Event Space)
A mixture of over 40 Steampunk and other traders will be vying for your attention and your pennies.
11am-3pm: Exhibition of Steampunk costume & artefacts, Princes Quay, ground floor
Imagine what a shock you would get if you came across an earnest gentleman such as the one you see here inviting you to peruse an array of weird and wonderful artefacts with a spooky, curious and even evil ‘something’ about them.
11am: Teapot Racing, Princes Quay, atrium
Few Steampunk pastimes make more sense than Hulloween teapot racing. It’s another high-adrenaline sport which combines that quintessentially Steampunk vessel from which one of our favourite beverages is served with the thrill of a race.
Raven Morris Dancing
11am-11.30am & 12pm-12.30pm, Princes Quay, ground floor (1pm-1.30pm, 3pm-3.30pm)
Clashing of sticks, shouting, shantie singing, border dances and giant puppets, all done in the gorgeous style of steampunk.
Steampunk Talks, Princes Quay, ground floor
11am Defensive Couture and Combative Coach Tails
12pm Glunda the veg witch
1pm Wilberforcian Steampunks
2pm Wtiting Your World
12pm: Steampunk 1on1, Princes Quay, ground floor
Come and join the Ministry of Steampunk to find out everything you need to know about Steampunk.
1pm: Ethereal Voices, Hull Minster
Are you the next Mary Shelley, Cherie Priest, or William Gibson? Join The Extra-Ordinary League of Literary Luminati and share your work!
1pm Tea Duelling, Princes Quay, ground floor
Do you have nerves of steel? Do you have what it takes to resist eating your dunked biscuit until the very last moment before it collapses in a mess?
1.30pm – 2.15pm: Illicit Market, Princes Quay, ground floor
Nobody really knows whether the illicit market takes place. If it ever does, it might be going to take place on Sunday at Hulloween. It could possibly take place in Zebedee’s Yard at about 1:30PM before the Grand Parade (nudge nudge).
2pm – 2.15pm: start Grand Steampunk Parade
Join in with the Ministry of Steampunk and the Hull Wilberforcian Steampunk group as we parade through the city from Zebedee’s Yard to Paragon Square to Trinity Square in fantastic costumes.
3pm: Facial Hair Competition, Princes Quay, ground floor (at the end of the Grand Parade)
You don’t need a Y chromosome to enter the competition, but you do need facial hair, even if you have borrowed it for the occasion.
Full details for the three day event can be found here.
Vegetarian Cheese Festival
Vegetarian cheese festival at the Hop and Vine on Bank Holiday Monday.
All the cheeses use vegetarian rennet.
Best of ‘Ull
Hull is funny! Prepare for laughter as a selection of Hull’s comedy talent return for our annual “Hullarious” showcase, for one-night-only! Come and join Hull’s multi-award winning comedians to see what everyone is laughing about!
Beat The Heat
For the very first time in the city!
Young Persons Event
Beat the Heat!
Move with the beat of the music and get involved with different activities!
Exclusively for 11 -16 year olds
Wednesday 26 July 2023 at Zebedee’s Yard, Hull
Just turn up at any time between 2pm and 6pm!
What’s on offer………
- Local bands
- Create your own Tick Tock videos
- Silent Disco
- Clothing Swap*
- Inflatable Photo Booth
- Street Art Activity
- Fire Show
- Glitter Bar
- Circus Skills workshops
And much more!
*bring up to 5 items of clothing to refresh your wardrobe!
Festival of Remembrance
The 2023 Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance will be led by Humberside Police Band supported by a variety of musicians and singers from around Hull and the East Riding and Cadets from local uniformed services.
We look forward to welcoming you once again to Hull City Hall for what promises to be a wonderful evening of music in support of the Poppy Appeal.
Heritage Open Days – Old Town Festival
Have you ever wondered why we renovate some medieval buildings but others become ruins? The key is people.
Holy Trinity Church, now Hull Minster, dates back 738 years, and it is still in use today by the people of Kingston upon Hull. At one time, everyone who lived in Hull could fit inside!!!
Join us on Heritage Open Days when the building will come alive with activities for all ages. From treasure hunts, tower tours, a heritage fair, face painting, and free craft stalls where you can try out heritage activities,
Throughout the day our programme of entertainment includes:
Morris Dancers,
The Town Crier,
The Police Band,
Punch and Judy,
Regency Dancing
Vista Festival 2023 – Princes Avenue
Vista Festival is Hull’s biggest free street festival, a locally organised event that takes place on Princes Avenue every year!
Telling Tales Of Tudor Hull
Nearly 500 years ago Hull was so important that King Henry VIII visited the place twice and commanded that new defences be built on the east bank of the River Hull.
At the King’s expense Hull Castle, two Blockhouses and a long defensive wall were built in the short time of two years.
Around 150 years ago the tales behind these Tudor defences began to fade away. Since 2017 the people of Hull have started to uncover these stories again and now it is your time to get involved.
For one weekend at the end of July, people from across the city will meet at the site of South Blockhouse to get creative and help tell the amazing story of Tudor – and later – Hull. At this event you will be able to:
- Talk to archaeologists to learn about the stories behind the South Blockhouse.
- Handle real artefacts from the site.
- Find out more about Hull’s maritime past.
- Find out what it was like to navigate the Humber Estuary during Tudor times.
- Make your own model sailing boat and test its seaworthiness in the drainpipe channel challenge.
- Set forth into the past by playing the time travel role playing game Timefort 1555.
- Have a taste of Tudor food.
- Make your own Scrap Store inspired Tudor clothing.
- Write a postcard story and tell your Tudor Tale.
Back To Life Festival
Travel back in time as actors portray the people of our monuments, telling their amazing and quirky stories throughout the day. With stories for all ages, there will be something to learn for all the family! Say hello to John Alderson and Agnes Bedford and Frank Appleyard through poetry, plays, stories and song, all performed as you wander around!
We’re recreating the scene of a medieval chapel where you can experience what it would have been like in 1458 when Agnes Bedford was laid to rest. We’ll explore the story of her life, death and later discovery in the 1800’s and the search to find her identity in 2020.
You’ll be able to see some of the archaeology from Castle Street Burial Ground which link Appleyard and Alderson and find out what city life was like for them when they were alive in the 1800’s.
Grave robbing was rife with bodies used for medical research. With thanks to the Thackrey Museum, we provide a glimpse of medical practice throughout history. John Alderson, a pioneer in medical innovation was crucial to improving the health conditions within Hull. As a tribute to him, we are providing a chance to see some of the major medical advances and history from the last 400 years.
Pride In Hull
Pride in Hull team will bring you the main fabulous Pride event and Parade, but this year will have a twist.
Due to on going works across the city and the closure of Queens Gardens the team have worked hard with partners to make sure we can still hold our annual event.
Although this year will be different from previous year, you will still have an amazing day. We are excited to have an event that will reach across the city from 12noon – 6pm.
The Parade begins near Humber Street and finishes at Queen Victoria Square.
The main stage is in Zebedees Yard with fabulous acts such as Boney M.
and many more (VIP area available)
The family area in Queen Victoria Square will have entertainment and activities across the day too.
Stalls, eateries, will be on King Edward Street, in Princes Quay, Trinity Market, Princes Dock Street, Saville Street and Autistic Pride at Pride in the calm area at Hull Truck Theatre!
Hull Theatre Quarter Beer Festival
The Hull Theatre Quarter Beer Festival is not centred on a single location; the aim is to involve as many pubs and bars in the Theatre Quarter area as possible.
It began in July 2021, with the aim of helping hospitality businesses, local and county-wide brewers to kick start their recovery from the economic challenge of lockdown and to continue through the recession. Enjoy real ales and ciders in the comfort of a proper pub!
Key locations will be;
The Hop and Vine (Albion Street) and The New Clarence (Charles Street)
Supported by;
Brew (Bond Street)
Old English Gentleman (Worship Street)
Yinjibar (Charles Street)
Tanyalak Thai Streetfood (George Street)
Lena’s Ukranian Kitchen (Bond Steet)
Distorted Festival
Distorted heads to Hull on Saturday 29th April for a day full of Drum & Bass.
Line up:
Chase & Status, Hybrid Minds, Macky Gee, Goddard, Tyrone & FooR, Pix3l Kid.
Plus Support from:
Twisted Sounds (Vexed & Rezin w/ MC Huzzy) BKSR EzTee Josh Matthews Lewis Roper.
Humber Science Festival
This year Humber Science Festival will be held Thursday 7- Sunday 10 September 2023 at the University of Hull, and across the City.
The Festival celebrates science in its broadest sense, including Maths, medicine, engineering, technology, innovation and history of science.
All tickets will be completely free of charge.
Shows, Tours and Workshops include:
- Rude Science Show
- Turning The Tide Dance Project
- The Mystery of Black Holes: Friends or Foes?
- Cosmic Science
- Hunting The Higgs
- Venn Lecture 2023 – Rob Eastaway, Maths, Cricket and a Billion Dollars
- A Walk and Talk on The Wild Side of The Humber
- Crime Scene Room and Sherlock Holmes Workshop
- Braintastic: That’s Nonsense!
- Braintastic: Hack Your Brain!
Full details at 2023 Humber Science Festival – – (hull.ac.uk)
Pick ‘n’ Mix Festival
Acceptable in the 90’s & 00’s!
The Pick ‘n’ Mix Festival takes over Zebedees’s Yard in Hull city centre, Sunday 30th April, 2pm until 11pm!
Live Performances from: Peter Andre
Live DJ Set from Scott Mills
along with performances from Sonique, N-Trance & Ultrabeat.
Beverley Gin Festival
Now firmly established in the calendar after 2 sold out events, Beverley Minster are proud to welcome to you to the third Beverley Gin Festival.
If you’ve attended previously, you’ll know the format. Stacks of flavoursome Gins from around the world, Cocktails, Prosecco and even Craft Beer.
Live Entertainment all weekend and mouth-watering Street Food. All in the unique historical setting of Beverley Minster.
Tickets include 2 drinks, your own Gin glass, a metal straw, pen and a custom designed Festival Programme Guide. If you want to save a few quid, add an extra 5 drinks to your package.