Slingsby, Sportsfield, Monday 6 May 2019
This May Bank holiday sees the first Slingsby Car boot of the year. Access to the site from 7am. More info and the further dates can be found HERE
Don’t forget to leave time for the Scarecrow festival and the main event, Slingsby’s Mayday celebrations 11am to 3pm on the village green (and in the village hall). Brass band from 11am and dancing round the Maypole from noon.
4-6 May 2019, Castle Howard Walled Garden
With “A Festival of Dogs”, Castle Howard brings you more dog-themed events than you can throw a stick at! Mountain rescue dogs and therapy dogs are there among more conventional canine fare. Take your terrier to the races! Full details here: https://www.castlehoward.co.uk/DB/whats-on-view/a-festival-of-dogs
Dogs will also be very welcome at the Slingsby Scarecrow Festival taking place the same weekend, and of course at the MayDay celebrations around the maypole on Monday 6 May.
Saturday 4 May 2019, 10:30am, Hovingham Village Hall
Hovingham Village Market (with local food, rural crafts & community Cafe) will be taking place again this Saturday (4 May) starting at 10.30am and continuing through to 1.30pm.
More details about the market can be found on their website .
Travelling to the area? Just down the road in Slingsby, the Scarecrow weekend gets under way on 4 May. Why not take in both events?
Monday 6 May, 11am to 3pm, Slingsby Village Green and Village Hall
The preparations for Slingsby’s Mayday celebration are coming together nicely: dancers and musicians have been practising, scarecrows are being made (in secret), and the many stalls with crafts of all sorts are being made ready. Slingsby is proud to have one of the few remaining maypoles in Ryedale. It has survived the march of modernisation, but not without the odd mishap, as the timeline here shows: https://www.slingsbyvillage.co.uk/our-village/slingsby-maypole/
The Mayday programme looks like this:
There will be stalls all around the village green and in the village hall. Refreshments in the Methodist school room. This year there are some fantastic raffle prizes. Full details in the leaflet below:
The leaflet can be downloaded in PDF form here:
Throughout the weekend, the Slingsby Scarecrow Trail will be running. Deadline to enter a scarecrow – 9am Wednesday 1 May! Details on the village website HERE.
Friday 26th April, 7pm at Slingsby Village Hall
Family Race Night, with bar, raffle, snacks. Sophie is raising funds for her forthcoming trip to Kenya in 2020 with the charity Camps International.
For more info, go to www.facebook.com/sophgoestokenya
