Date: Saturday 20 June 2026, 10:30 am-4:00 pm
Venue: York Castle Museum
Date: Sunday 21 June 2026, 10:00 am-12:30 pm
Venue: York Art Gallery
Ikebana Floral Design
Sunday 21 June 2026 | 10am – 12.30pm
£50 pp | Sold Out
Suitable for ages 16+
Celebrate the summer solstice with this Japanese inspired floral design workshop, equipping you with the practical skills needed to create stunning displays at home.
Learn the main principals of Ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arranging, with floral design studio Terra Flora. Create a beautiful bowl display whilst learning about how to work seasonally to make naturalistic florals and botanical installation spaces for occasions and events. You’ll take home your creation and a basic kit to get you started on your floral journey which includes a kenzan (flower pin frog) and a simple display bowl.
A modern approach to using fresh cut flowers, this technique emphasises finding inspiration in the natural world, and, in part demonstrates a modern interpretation of this ancient tradition.
Date: Thursday 25 June 2026, 10:00 am-12:00 pm
Venue: York Art Gallery
Drop-in sensory play sessions every Thursday during term-time, for pre-walking babies and their grown-ups, set in the atmospheric surroundings of York Art Gallery.
Using our beautiful sensory toolkit, a collection of colourful squishy sculptural objects, sessions will be gently facilitated, exploring shape, colour and texture.
Gallery Babies is a welcoming and supportive space to relax, bond with your baby and meet other parents and carers, providing a bit of calm and care to your daily routine.
The session starts at 10am and finishes at 12pm, but you can drop in and out at any time. Even after the session has finished, our sensory toolkit will be out in the Burton Gallery for you to continue to explore with your baby.
These sessions are designed for pre-walking babies; however, we understand that you may have your hands full with more than one child. The session takes place in the Studio, a space with plenty of room to play, read and eat much needed snacks outside of the galleries if needed. Buggy parking and baby changing facilities available.
We are also offering a special offer in Sketch café for anybody attending a session: Hot drink and cake £7.00 and lunch and drink £15.00.
Please note: Participants must have a pre-booked ticket to attend the session. Gallery Babies admission includes free access to the permanent gallery spaces, tickets for temporary exhibitions require a separate admissions ticket.
Date: Wednesday 1 July 2026, 12:00 pm-12:30 pm
Venue: York Art Gallery
‘Fresh Cuts: Contemporary Woodblock Printing’ with Gillian Ramsay
Wednesday 1 July 2026 | 12 noon
Included in General Admission
Join Gillian Ramsay for talk in our Making Waves exhibition. Gillian Ramsay is an Assistant Curator at the Durham University Oriental Museum. Gillian’s work focusses on contemporary art, craft and design from the MENA region, East and Southeast Asia.
Date: Sunday 5 July 2026, 10:30 am-12:30 pm
Venue: York Art Gallery
Art for Wellbeing
Sunday 5 July 2026, 10.30am – 12.30pm
Suitable for ages 16+ | Included in general admission | Booking not required
Date: Thursday 9 July 2026, 5:00 pm-9:00 pm
Venue: York Museum Gardens
Futuresound’s Live in York Museum Gardens: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Thursday 9 July 2026 | 5pm | York Museum Gardens
Sold out | Join the waitlist
New wave trailblazers, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, will play York Museum Gardens on Thursday 9th July alongside fellow new wave luminaries Heaven 17 and China Crisis, as well as rising star singer-songwriter Andrew Cushin, fresh from supporting the likes of Louis Tomlinson and Noel Gallagher.
Please note: This is not a York Museums Trust event. To purchase tickets and for more information please visit Futuresound’s website.
Date: Friday 10 July 2026, 5:00 pm
Venue: York Museum Gardens
Futuresound’s Live in York Museum Gardens
Friday 10 July 2026 | 5pm | York Museum Gardens
Book here
Released in April this year, Self Esteem’s third album, A Complicated Woman, follows her critically acclaimed and Mercury Award-nominated sophomore full-length, Prioritise Pleasure. Boundary-breaking, experimental and as awkward as it is awesome; A Complicated Woman finds the artist, a.k.a musician, songwriter and actress Rebecca Lucy Taylor pairing stadium-worthy singalongs with her signature sardonic delivery.
Joining Self Esteem on the night will be South African ‘future ghetto funk’ pioneer Moonchild Sanelly, Nigeria-born now Sweden-based spoken word artist and musician Joshua Idehen and more acts still to be announced.
Please note: This is not a York Museums Trust event. To purchase tickets and for more information please visit the Futuresound’s website
Date: Saturday 11 July 2026, 12:00 am
Venue: York Musuem Gardens
Welsh art-rock icons Super Furry Animals are set to headline York Museum Gardens on Saturday 11th July with special guests, Baxter Dury, Los Campesinos!, Divorce & Pys Melyn.
For more information please see the Futuresounds Website here.
Date: Saturday 11 July 2026, 10:00 am-4:00 pm
Venue: York Art Gallery
An Introduction to Mokuhanga
Saturday 11 July 2026 | 10am – 4pm
£60 pp | Tickets coming soon
Suitable for ages 16+
Date: Sunday 12 July 2026, 10:00 am-4:00 pm
Venue: York Art Gallery
An Introduction to Japanese Bookbinding (Ori-hon & Toji-hon)
Sunday 12 July 2026 | 10am – 4pm
£60 pp | Tickets available soon
Suitable for ages 16+
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