What's On

Family

Playscapes

Create, climb, play and build!

All day, Saturday 5th July

Here is Play

Family

Giant Marble Run!

Help to build and wind a giant run for our oversized marbles, then see if you can get it to roll all the way to the bottom.

All day, Saturday 5th July

Here is Play

Family

Sign of the Times

Come and share your thoughts and ideas on a creating a hopeful future. Take a moment to write your pledge or message, then add it to this colourful installation!

All day, Saturday 5th July

Here is the Future

Workshops

Print Room Party: Make Your Own Merch!

Inky fingers, not fast fashion! Join Mek Summat in the Print Room and make your own festival merch.

All day, Saturday 5th July

Here is Action

Workshops

Future York: Young People's Hopes and Dreams for the Future

How can we make York a better place to live for young people? Join us as we use arts-based methods (collage, zine making) to design a Future York, and to envision what our community can become.

All day, Saturday 5th July

Here is Action

Workshops

Sanctuary of the Hopeful Sun: YorSpace - The people's property: dreaming up community ownership

Join YorSpace for a family-friendly, playful workshop imagining your dream home, pub, green space, and highstreet in York. You might even pitch your idea as YorSpace’s next exciting project!

All day, Saturday 5th July

Here Is Hope

Workshops

Living Lab: Future Community

Help staff and students from the York St John Living Lab to create the perfect, climate-resilient, community space. Explore our own experiments in positive futures and bring your craft, words and ears to create a bit of the future.

All day, Saturday 5th July

Here is Action

Workshops

Edible York - activities and inspiration

Sow seeds, build a bug hotel and learn about our Abundance project.

All day, Saturday 5th July

Here is Action

Workshops

Hands-on Workshops

Get stuck into a range of hands-on workshops. Learn how to make jam, screenprint your old t-shirt, whittle a spoon, compost your food waste, repair your clothes, service your bike, create a terrarium, and more!

All day, Saturday 5th July

Here is Action

Workshops

Living Lab: Crafting Activities & Sewing Repair Cafe

Guided crafting and sewing repair cafe from York St John Living Lab.

All day, Saturday 5th July

Here is Action

Theatre & Performance

TRUTH!

Be transported into a mission to disrupt the norm with this unique troop of performers! Expect a playful performance with excitement and a joyful riot of love!

11:00, Saturday 5th July

Here Is Hope

Family

Playscapes

Create, climb, play and build!

All day, Sunday 6th July

Here is Play

Family

Giant Marble Run!

Help to build and wind a giant run for our oversized marbles, then see if you can get it to roll all the way to the bottom.

All day, Sunday 6th July

Here is Play

Family

Sign of the Times

Come and share your thoughts and ideas on a creating a hopeful future. Take a moment to write your pledge or message, then add it to this colourful installation!

All day, Sunday 6th July

Here is the Future

Workshops

Print Room Party: Make Your Own Merch!

Inky fingers, not fast fashion! Join Mek Summat in the Print Room and make your own festival merch.

All day, Sunday 6th July

Here is Action

Family

Cardboard City

Join us to create a world out of cardboard! Imagine your perfect city, then build it! Fancy your own apartment building? A zoo?! Drop by and contribute to our dream city.

All day, Sunday 6th July

Here is Action

Workshops

Sanctuary of the Hopeful Sun: YorSpace - The people's property: dreaming up community ownership

Join YorSpace for a family-friendly, playful workshop imagining your dream home, pub, green space, and highstreet in York. You might even pitch your idea as YorSpace’s next exciting project!

All day, Sunday 6th July

Here Is Hope

Family

Make Space - Creative Activities

Girls' use of parks drops as they enter teenage years - let's change that! Drop in sessions and workshops.

All day, Sunday 6th July

Here is Action

Workshops

Hands-on Workshops

Get stuck into a range of hands-on workshops. Learn how to make jam, screenprint your old t-shirt, whittle a spoon, compost your food waste, repair your clothes, service your bike, create a terrarium, and more!

All day, Sunday 6th July

Here is Action

Workshops

Let's Play with Theatre of Connections

Enjoy a story-filled drama workshop made for everyone - all ages welcome!

10:00, Sunday 6th July

Here Is Hope

Workshops

Mossarium Workshop

Come and make a mossy landscape with York Terrariums.

11:00, Sunday 6th July

Here is Action

Theatre & Performance

TRUTH!

Be transported into a mission to disrupt the norm with this unique troop of performers! Expect a playful performance with excitement and a joyful riot of love!

11:15, Sunday 6th July

Here Is Hope