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About York City of Festivals

Chinese New Year (copyright Kippa Matthews)Our Aims

An initiative of York @ Large, the cultural partnership for the city, York City of Festivals has the following aims:

  • to make the city more eventful, building on the vibrancy and diversity of York's year-round programme of festivals
  • to look for opportunities to build on the success of existing festivals and help new festivals to develop
  • to support and advise festival and events organisers on all aspects of putting on an event, including health and safety, insurance, booking a suitable venue, and marketing and PR
  • to encourage a more citywide approach to events and festivals through working with the Council and other key partners to help remove barriers to filling the city with events
  • to build community participation in festivals and other cultural events