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YORK RACES 2011
Dante Festival
Wed 11th - Fri
13th May 2011May Spring Meeting
Saturday
21st May 2011June Meeting
Fri 10th - Sat 11th June 2011John Smith’s Cup Meeting
Fri 8th - Sat 9th July 2011Music Showcase Weekend
Fri 22nd - Sat 23rd July
2011Yorkshire Ebor Festival
Wed
17th - Sat 20th August 2011 September
Meeting
Sunday 4th September 2010
October Finale
Fri 7th - Sat 8th October 2011
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Jorvik Viking Festival Jorvik Viking Festival, York. Courtesy of Jorvik Viking Festival Get some hands-on
experience of what it was like to be a Viking. More than 10,000 visitors turn up to York's annual Jorvik Festival to watch
Norse warriors fight to the (mock) death with their enemies, the Saxons.
YORK CARNIVAL 2011
June (annually)
York Carnival is a community celebration
of World Music and the Arts, which takes place in York City Centre on Sunday 6th of June 2010, in a bid to strengthen the
links between local communities and showcase the artistic and creative talent of North Yorkshire.
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ST NICHOLAS FAYRE 2011:: November (Annually)St Nicholas Fayre
is one of the most popular Christmas markets in the UK, with thousands of visitors coming to York over the four-day event.
The Fayre offers a range of markets specialising in gifts, crafts, and the very best in local farm produce. Outside markets
move into Parliament Street, St Sampsons Square and Coppergate while York's grand medieval Guild Hall provides a home
for 'Made In Yorkshire' artists and crafters from across the region. The magnificent medieval townhouse, Barley Hall,
presents a special medieval market with live crafting, mulled wine and costumed traders and St William's College houses
an arts and crafts market for fine hand-made items not to be found in the shops. Carol singers and buskers flock to the
city to perform over the weekend to thousands of festive shoppers.
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