Yorkshire Day Festival Timings
Saturday 2nd August 2008
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| MAIN ARENA | |
| 12.00 – 12.30 | Jez Avery – thrilling mountain bike stunts from one of the country’s top riders. |
| 1.00 – 1.30 | Leeds Rugby Foundation – Leeds Rugby provide a demonstration of training techniques including a short game. |
| 2.00 – 2.30 | Jez Avery – thrilling mountain bike stunts from one of the country’s top riders. |
| 3.00 – 3.30 | Leeds Rugby Foundation – Leeds Rugby provide a demonstration of training techniques including a short game. |
| DELICIOUSLYORKSHIRE FOOD, DRINK AND TOURISM MARQUEE | |
| 11.15 – 11.45 | Deliciouslyorkshire Cooking Demonstration – Shining Moon, Stephanie Moon, Executive Head Chef, Clocktower, Rudding Park shares her favourite recipes from her local food heroes. |
| 12.00 – 12.30 | Jorvik Battle Drill For Children – The Jorvic Centre, York, takes the children through a demonstration of a Jorvic battle drill. |
| 12.15 – 12.45 | Deliciouslyorkshire Cooking Demonstration – Inn Food, Robert Craggs of Cadeby Inn with recipes from his South Yorkshire Inn. |
| 1.15 – 1.45 | Deliciouslyorkshire Cooking Demonstration – Beautiful Beer, beer in its true colours with Ros Shiel and Jane Payton from The Beer Academy. |
| 2.15 – 2.45 | Deliciouslyorkshire Cooking Demonstration – Blue Bangers, sausage making with Anthony Bradley from the Blue Pig Company |
| 3.00 – 3.30 | Jorvik Battle Drill For Children – The Jorvic Centre, York, takes the children through a demonstration of a Jorvic battle drill. |
| 3.15 – 3.45 | Deliciouslyorkshire Cooking Demonstration – Top Stuff, Head Chef Andy Burton shares recipes from the award winning Black Swan Hotel, Hemsley. |
| 4.15 – 4.45 | Deliciouslyorkshire Cooking Demonstration – Lusty Lamb, Zoe Burdass cooks various dishes with Burdass Lamb. |
| YORKSHIRE CULTURAL, ARTS AND CRAFTS MARQUEE | |
| 10.30 – 12.15 | Yorkshire Remembered, film archive of Yorkshire’s proud history. |
| 12.30 – 1.30 | Neil Hanson reads from his book, First Blitz, Sue Hepworth with extracts from her book Zu Zu’s Petals. |
| 1.45 – 2.45 | Les Packham, Yorkshire Festival Artist in Residence, demonstrating the finer detail of art. |
| 3.00 – 4.00 | Mark Denton brings his book to life showing pictures from Yorkshire Coast, Yorkshire Moors and Wolds on the big screen. |
| 4.00 – 5.30 | Yorkshire Remembered, film archive of Yorkshire’s proud history. |
| ALL DAY ACTIVITY | |
| DELICIOUSLYORKSHIRE FOOD, DRINK AND TOURISM MARQUEE | |
| Magna Kitchen Sink Show | |
| Harewood Bug Show | |
| Eureka Balloon Maker and Face Painter | |
| Xscape Simulator | |
| Children’s Craft Area | |
| Royal Armouries – a chance for children to interact with real armour from days gone by. | |
| GENERAL (every day unless indicated) | |
| Shopping Time, visit more than 75 local companies supporting Yorkshire Day, browse and don’t forget to purchase your favourite Yorkshire goods. | |
| Enjoy lunch with some of Yorkshire’s finest fayre. | |
| Pennine Brass Band (Friday) | |
| Harrogate Brass Band (Saturday) | |
| Marsden Silver Prize Band (Sunday) | |
| Visit T & R Theakston’s Dray Horses and Cooper. | |
| Children’s Fun Fair | |
| Bungee Trampolines | |
| Go Karts | |
| Climbing Wall | |
| Morris Dancers | |
| Demonstration in the Art of Sculpting from famous Yorkshire sculptor, Steve Blaylock fresh from Chelsea Flower Show. | |
| Elizabeth Svensen Donkey Trust (Sunday only). | |
