Thrilling matches, elite athletes and world-class sporting action. The Rugby League World Cup 2022 is finally here – and York is one of the host cities! The LNER Community Stadium will host a women’s group game and both women’s semi-finals.

• 2 Nov: New Zealand vs France at 17:00

• 2 Nov: Australia vs Cook Islands at 19:30

• 6 Nov: New Zealand vs Cook Islands at 17:00

• 6 Nov: Australia vs France at 19:30

• 10 Nov: France vs Cook Islands at 17:00

• 10 Nov: Australia vs New Zealand at 19:30

• 14 Nov: Semi-Final 1 at 17:00

• 14 Nov: Semi-Final 2 at 19:30

Need a place to stay in York for the Rugby League World Cup 2022? Try a House of York holiday home where prices for up to 6 people start at 120 GBP per night.

109 and 107 Nunnery Lane and Spencer House are just a 10 minute walk away from central York to book just visit https://www.houseofyork.org/book

The 2022 Cazoo UK Championship will once again take place at York Barbican in 2022. 

The UK Championship is considered the second biggest ranking event, after the World Championship, and those two tournaments make up snooker’s Triple Crown along with the Masters.

The UK Championship was first staged in 1977 and has been won by virtually all of snooker’s great names.

Need a place to stay in York for the Cazoo UK Snooker Championship 2022? Try a House of York holiday home where prices for up to 6 people start at 120 GBP per night.

109 and 107 Nunnery Lane and Spencer House are just a 10 minute walk away from central York to book just visit https://www.houseofyork.org/book

The Aesthetica Short Film Festival, founded in 2011, is an international film festival which takes place annually in York, UK, at the beginning of November. It is a celebration of independent film from around the world, and an outlet for supporting and championing filmmaking

ASFF is a hotbed for talent discovery and a key annual event for emerging and established filmmakers to meet alongside industry professionals. British and international films are in competition in their category for an award, alongside the Best of Festival Award, Audience Award and Best Screenplay.

Need a place to stay in York for the The Aesthetica Short Film Festival? Try a House of York holiday home where prices for up to 6 people start at 120 GBP per night.

109 and 107 Nunnery Lane and Spencer House are just a 10 minute walk away from central York to book just visit https://www.houseofyork.org/book

October Finale is your last chance to visit York Races in 2022. The meeting is a celebration of countryside activity and produce with a a range of countryside events and a countryside market thats great for early Christmas shopping.

Need a place to stay during October Finale 2022 at York Race Course? Try a House of York holiday home where prices for up to 6 people start at 100 GBP per night.

109 and 107 Nunnery Lane and Spencer House are just a 10 minute walk away from central York to book just visit https://www.houseofyork.org/book

Yorkshire Balloon Fiesta returns for 2022 with the biggest hot air balloon festival York has ever seen. This free festival brings a weekend of hot air balloons, children’s entertainment, live music, tribute acts, food and drink, as well as a funfair with rides never seen before in York.

The Friday night headliners have been announced – and it’s chart-busting sensations Scouting For Girls! Known for their huge hits such as She’s So Lovely, Heartbeat, and Elvis Ain’t Dead, Scouting For Girls will play the main stage on Knavesmire.

Top DJ Craig Charles is also lined up for the Friday night. The actor and presenter of the BBC Radio 6 Music show The Craig Charles Funk and Soul Show, will DJ a set at the York Balloon Fiesta.

Need a place to stay in York for the York Balloon Fiesta? Try a House of York holiday home where prices for up to 6 people start at 120 GBP per night.

Spencer House and 109 and 107 Nunnery Lane are just a short trip from the venue.

York Food and Drink Festival 2022 fills Parliament Street and St Sampson's Square with local food and drink producers allowing visitors to sample delicious produce, catch one of the many demonstrations, learn a new recipe or skill or find a new favourite place to eat or drink in one of the many eateries in York.

Expect to see: A small Yorkshire produce market Demonstration Area & Tastings Food Factory (simple cooking workshops for the family) Cafe Bar (in conjunction with Macmillan Coffee Morning) City Taste Trail.

Need a place to stay in York for the York Food and Drink Festival 2022? Try a House of York holiday home where prices for up to 6 people start at 120 GBP per night.

109 and 107 Nunnery Lane and Spencer House are just a 10 minute walk away from central York to book just visit https://www.houseofyork.org/book

With over 100,000 books to browse through, this is any readers dream. There will be rare, antiquarian and secondhand books, as well as prints, maps and more.

Need a place to stay during the Fair? Try a House of York holiday home, 109 and 107 Nunnery Lane and Spencer House are just a 10 minute walk away from the Race Course and prices for up to 6 people start at 120 GBP per night.

The is the week to come to York for its oldest, richest, fastest and most famous races in a week that combines sporting excellence with fashion and fun over four fabulous days.

Need a place to stay during the Welcome to Yorkshire Ebor Festival 2022 at York Race Course? Try a House of York holiday home where prices for up to 6 people start at 120 GBP per night.

109 and 107 Nunnery Lane and Spencer House are just a 10 minute walk away from central York to book just visit https://www.houseofyork.org/book

Created from over one million living, growing maize plants, York Maze is largest maze in the UK.

York Maze isn’t just about their award winning maze there is also over 20 different rides, attractions and shows to enjoy for a great family day out.

Need a place to stay in York when you visit the York Maze? Try a House of York holiday home where prices for up to 6 people start at 120 GBP per night.   

109 and 107 Nunnery Lane and Spencer House are just a 10 minute walk away from central York to book just visit https://www.houseofyork.org/book

The John Smith's Meeting is the informal party highlight of the year with betting excitement and summer fun. On Saturday there is six figure prize money and unique Wedgwood trophy.

Need a place to stay during the John Smith's Meeting at York Race Course? Try a House of York holiday home where prices for up to 6 people start at 120 GBP per night.

109 and 107 Nunnery Lane and Spencer House are just a 10 minute walk away from central York to book just visit https://www.houseofyork.org/book

York Festival of Ideas offers world-class speakers, exhibitions, theatre, music, films, guided walks, family-friendly activities and much more, to locals and visitors to York.

Need a place to stay during York Festival of Ideas 2022? Try a House of York holiday home where prices for up to 6 people start at 120 GBP per night.

109 and 107 Nunnery Lane and Spencer House are just a 10 minute walk away from central York to book just visit https://www.houseofyork.org/book

York Taster Festival 2022 is not just a preview of what’s to come in the Food and Drink Festival in September, its a Food Festival in its own right with over 70 food and drink stalls and a busy programme in its demonstration area.

It’s the perfect event to buy food from around the world and learn how to make it at the cooking demonstrations that are scheduled every hour. Or you could just spend your time eating tasty treats in the food zone.

Need a place to stay during York Taster Festival 2022? 109 and 107 Nunnery Lane and Spencer House are just a 10 minute walk away from central York to book just visit https://www.houseofyork.org/book

The annual JORVIK Viking Festival is a city-wide celebration of York’s rich Norse heritage run by York Archaeological Trust.

Jorvik Viking Festival 2022 is an exciting programme of over 80 events, including living history encampments, markets, workshops, talks, tours and dramatic combat performances. 

Whether you’re well-versed in the sagas or looking for a thrilling half-term break, there’s something for everyone at JORVIK Viking Festival.

Need a place to stay in York for the York Winter Comic Con 2022? Try a House of York holiday home where prices for up to 6 people start at 120 GBP per night.

109 and 107 Nunnery Lane and Spencer House are just a 10 minute walk away from central York to book just visit https://www.houseofyork.org/book

The York Spring Fair & Food Festival will bring together one of the largest vintage funfairs seen in the region, and a food festival showcasing artisan products from Yorkshire and beyond.

The vintage funfair will showcase unique collection of restored vintage rides from the golden era of fairgrounds, including a 1936 Speedway, a rare Brooklands Dodgems from 1937, a 1930s Chair-o-Plane, as well as classic funfair favourites.

The food festival will be comprised of approximately 40 artisan food and drink producer stalls.

Need a place to stay during the festival? 109 and 107 Nunnery Lane and Spencer House are just a 10 minute walk away from central York to book just visit https://www.houseofyork.org/book

The Dante Festival is the first races of the season at York Racecourse, featuring the Yorkshire Cup.

York in May is a fantastic place to come racing, the season lies ahead and many star horses have risen to prominence on the Knavesmire over these three fantastic days.

Need a place to stay during Dante Festival 2022 at York Race Course? Try a House of York holiday home where prices for up to 6 people start at 120 GBP per night.

109 and 107 Nunnery Lane and Spencer House are just a 10 minute walk away from central York to book just visit https://www.houseofyork.org/book

York truly is the home of chocolate and the city has a long and distinguished history in the confectionery and chocolate industry that places it as a must visit for chocolate lovers and there is no better time to do this than at the York Chocolate Festival.

The York Chocolate Festival takes place every year bringing together Chocolate industry and confectioners, chocolate lovers, artisan chocolatiers, museums and attractions for five days of celebration.

Need a place to stay during York Chocolate Festival 2022? Try a House of York holiday home where prices for up to 6 people start at 120 GBP per night.

109 and 107 Nunnery Lane and Spencer House are just a 10 minute walk away from central York to book just visit https://www.houseofyork.org/book

A brand new exhibition coming to York Art Gallery that will explore the lives and works of an extraordinary group of writers, artists and thinkers, known as the Bloomsbury Group.

This major new exhibition, in partnership with the National Portrait Gallery and Sheffield Museums, will explore the lives and works of an extraordinary group of writers, artists and thinkers, known as the Bloomsbury Group, who were active in England in the first half of the twentieth-century.

Key figures include the great writer and pioneer of feminist thought Virginia Woolf, her sister the painter Vanessa Bell, and the circle of friends that gathered around these young women.

The exhibition will also include new works by the artist Sahara Longe specially commissioned by York Museums Trust and Sheffield Museums to respond to the exhibition and the work of Bloomsbury artists.

Becky Gee, Curator of fine art at York Museums Trust said: “We are thrilled to bring these significant portraits to York to tell the stories of not only the artists, but the writers, dancers, activists and philanthropists that were connected to the Bloomsbury Group. The exhibition will allow us to celebrate the LGBTQ+ relationships of the Group and explore these histories in our own collection.”

Need a place to stay in York for the York Winter Comic Con 2022? Try a House of York holiday home where prices for up to 6 people start at 120 GBP per night.

109 and 107 Nunnery Lane and Spencer House are just a 10 minute walk away from central York to book just visit https://www.houseofyork.org/book

The Ice Trail is a favourite in York's calendar and its the biggest outdoor ice trail in the UK that every February transforms York into a sparkling ice sculpture city.

The York Ice Trail lasts 2 days, to join all you have to do is pick up a trail map from the Visit York Information Centre (1 Museum Street) to find out which sculptures are where and see how many you can spot! Along the way you will also find live carving, hands-on experiences and the chance to win great prizes.

Need a place to stay in York for the Trail? Try a House of York holiday home where prices for up to 6 people start at 100 GBP per night.

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The annual festival to celebrate York Residents lets the locals visit selected York attractions for free and has some great dining and retail offers as well - as long as you have a York Card.

York residents can enjoy over 100 attractions, events and offers over the weekend taking the chance to go to places in York they have never been.

Need a place to stay in York for the festival? Try a House of York holiday home where prices for up to 6 people start at 120 GBP per night.

109 and 107 Nunnery Lane and Spencer House are just a 10 minute walk away from central York to book just visit https://www.houseofyork.org/book

Soak up the medieval charm of York at Christmas. Scents of spiced mulled wine and delicious food fill the air, making a York Christmas the place to be at Christmas.

York’s Christmas Market, St Nicholas Fair, won Best Large Speciality Market at the Great British Market Awards in 2019. York was also voted the UK's Most Festive City in 2017.

Need a place to stay in York for the York Christmas Market? Try a House of York holiday home where prices for up to 6 people start at 100 GBP per night.

109 and 107 Nunnery Lane are just a 10 minute walk away from the market.

Yorkshire Balloon Fiesta returns for 2021 with the biggest hot air balloon festival York has ever seen. This free festival brings a weekend of hot air balloons, children’s entertainment, live music, tribute acts, food and drink, as well as a funfair with rides never seen before in York.

The pinnacle of the festival will be the popular Hot Air Balloon Night Glow, followed by a brand new firework and laser show!

Need a place to stay in York for the York Balloon Fiesta? Try a House of York holiday home where prices for up to 6 people start at 100 GBP per night.

109 and 107 Nunnery Lane are just a short trip from the venue.

A NEW festival for food and drink lovers, its a giant farmers market that will host over 200 exhibitors and an expected 20,000 visitors during the weekend.

The Great Northern Food & Drink Festival 2021 will feature a fine selection of food and drinks, crafts, locally produced meats, cheeses and baked goods, all to taste and take home, and all celebrating what is so great about the North.

There will also be entertainment for all ages with live music, baking competitions and traditional fairground rides, as well as demonstrations by a number of key vendors, and of course opportunities to sample the tasty produce.

Need a place to stay in York for the Great Northern Food And Drink Festival 2021? Try a House of York holiday home where prices for up to 6 people start at 100 GBP per night.

109 and 107 Nunnery Lane are just a 30 minute drive away from the festival.