ÿþ<html> <head> <title>York Holiday Apartments - about York</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="white2.css"> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <div align="center"> <table width="550" border="0" cellspacing="12" cellpadding="0"> <td colspan=2><IMG SRC="title gif.gif"</td> <tr> <td width="150" valign="top"> <div align="right"> <p align="left"><span class="head"> <br> <br> <img src="4starlogo.jpg"Border=0><br> </span><br> </div> </td> <td width="400" valign="middle" class="hi"><span class="posts"><span class="head"> <br> Events in York 2012</span><br> There is always something going on in this vibrant city, from food festivals to book fairs to amazing light and firework spectacles. Combine this with wonderful surrounding countryside to explore and all that Yorkshire has to offer and you'll never be short of something so do no matter how often you visit! <br> Here is a taster of events for 2012. <br> <br> <b>JANUARY</b> <br> <b>York Book Fair</b>, 7th January, York Racecourse <br> <br> <b>FEBRUARY </b> <br> <b>Jorvik Viking Festival</b>, 11-19 February <br> <br> <b> MARCH </b> <br> <b>Artists Open Studios </b>, 23-25 March & 31-1 April <br> Visit York artists in their studios and maybe buy something special to take home. website: <a href="http://www.yorkopenstudios.co.uk" target="_blank">www.yorkopenstudios.co.uk</a><br> <br> <b>APRIL </b> <br> <b> Festival of Vintage </b>, 28 & 29 April <br> Clothes, furniture, dance and music from 1940s - 1980s, at York Race Course. website: <a href="http://www.discovervintage.co.uk" target="_blank">www.discovervintage.co.uk</a><br> <br> <b>Harrogare Spring Flower Show </b>, 26-29 April <br> With beautiful show gardens, plants and garden-related products, expert advice and demonstrations, cookery theatre. Great Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate. website: <a href="http://www.flowershow.org.uk" target="_blank">www.flowershow.org.uk</a><br> <br> <b>MAY </b> <br> <b>York Races</b> 16-18 & 26 May <br> The first meeting of the season, the Dante Festival. A fantastic day out. <br> website: <a href="http://www.yorkracecourse.co.uk" target="_blank">www.www.yorkracecourse.co.uk.org</a><br> <br> <b>The Yorkshire Sculpture Park </b> stages the first major UK survey of sculpture by Joan Miró. website: <a href="http://www.ysp.co.uk" target="_blank">www.ysp.co.uk</a><br> <br> <b>JULY</b> <br> <b>Vintage Vehicle Weekend </b>, 14-15 July <br> North York Moors Railway website: <a href="http://www.nymr.co.uk" target="_blank">www.nymr.co.uk</a><br> <br> <b>AUGUST</b> <br> <b>Castle Howard Proms Spectacular </b>, 18 August <br> website: <a href="http://www.castlehoward.co.uk" target="_blank">www.castlehoward.co.uk</a><br> <b>York Races</b> 22-25 August <br> The famous Ebor Festival. <br> website: <a href="http://www.yorkracecourse.co.uk" target="_blank">www.www.yorkracecourse.co.uk.org</a><br> <br> <b>SEPTEMBER</b> <br> <b> York Book Fair </b>, 14 & 15 September <br> York Race Course. One of the largest book fairs in the UK. website: <a href="http://www.pbfa.org" target="_blank">www.pbfa.org</a><br> <b> York Festival of Food & Drink </b> 21-30 September <br> website: <a href="http://www.yorkfoodfestival.co.uk" target="_blank">www.yorkfoodfestival.co.uk</a><br> <br> <b>OCTOBER</b> <br> <b> Illuminating York </b>, 24-27 October <br> website: <a href="http://www.illuminatingyork.org" target="_blank">www.illuminatingyork.org</a><br> <b> York Races </b> 12-13 October <br> Last meeting of the year. website: <a href="http://www.yorkracecourse.co.uk" target="_blank">www.www.yorkracecourse.co.uk.org</a><br> <br> <b>NOVEMBER</b> <br> <b> Christmas at Castle Howard </b> 25 Nov - 16 Dec <br> website: <a href="http://www.castlehoward.co.uk" target="_blank">www.castlehoward.co.uk</a><br> <br> <b>DECEMBER</b> <br> <b> York Outdoor Ice Rink</b> All through December <br> <br> <b> Yorks Festive Fayre</b> 8-23 December <br> Fabulous festive streetmarket full of Yorkshire food, drink produce and entertainment too. <br> </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="150" valign="top" class="hi"><span class="date"> &#169 York Holiday Apartments 2000-2011</span><br> <tr> </table> </div> </body> </html>