Events
For walks and other events organised by York Cemetery see York Cemetery sponsored events and walks.
NB: Funeral services in the chapel are not posted here due to privacy concerns. Please contact the main office with any queries.
Events offered by external groups in 2010
16 December, 2006 by yorkcem
Choir Concert
Saturday 17 April 2010 Fund raising concert for HOME-START.
"On the Lighter Side: a Concert of Choral Music" by the Beningborough Singers.
Doors open 7pm. Concert commences 7.30pm.
Canapes and refreshments in the interval.
Tickets £12.50 from Home-Start York,
49 Cemetery Road. Tel: 674764.
homestartyork@ukgateway.net
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Book Event -'Looking for Enid'
Join author Duncan McLaren on an adventure to investigate the mysterious and inventive life of Enid Blyton.
Sunday 25 April at 12 noon
in the Cemetery Chapel.
Tickets £5 (includes refreshments)
Tel 01904 639595
Mob 07761642160
All profits to York Cemetery Trust.
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Saturday & Sunday 1 & 2 May 2010
AVANT GARDE ART Exhibition
10am. - 5pm. Admission free.
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Saturday 15 May 2010 7.30pm.
SOONAMORE Choir Concert 'I, The Singer'.
A concert of acapella songs from around the world and across the centuries.
Includes Chilcott's 'I Share Creation', Sumsion's 'In Exile', and songs from Gibbons, Parry, and Desprez.
Doors open 7pm. Concert commences 7.30pm.
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Sunday 30 May - Sunday 13 June 2010 inclusive
Ten York Crafters present:
MAINLY RAG RUGS Exhibition
10am-4pm every day. Admission free.
Wall hangings, baskets, prints, knitting, spinning and pyrography.
Members of 10 York Crafters will be on hand to demonstrate and teach anyone who would like to have a go at rag rug making. Materials will be on sale. Groups welcome.
School parties welcome by appointment.
Enquiries 01904 624272/ 630055.
www.louisa-creed-ragrugs.co.uk
N.B. THE RAG RUG EXHIBTION WILL BE CLOSED ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON 11 JUNE, AS A FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE TAKING PLACE. Open as usual over the weekend and following week.
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Sunday 27 June 2010
York Cemetery Trust - "GREEN FAIR"
10.30am - 4pm. Admission free.
Green Information Stalls, and information about Green Burials. Guided Walks 12.30 & 3pm, £1.50, Children free. Living History Walks with Fulford School Drama Group, 11.30 & 1.30pm, £2.50, Children free.
Genealogy, Fair Trade stall, refreshments & cakes,books and plants. 'Buzz Buzz' multi-media show about insects at 2.30pm in the Chapel with Anneliese Emmans Dean.
Some parking available. Everyone welcome!
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Sunday 4 July 2010
SOUNDSPHERE - voice/choir workshops and
evening concert.
Songs from around the world by four astounding voices. A fundraising event to support volunteer musicians going to Tanzania to work with children in remote areas.
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Saturday 10 July 2010
Choir Concert - YOWLA
YORK ONE WORLD LINKING ASSOCIATION
an evening of jazz and boogie, a-capella, folk, beat poetry and blues.
Featuring PURPLE DELTA, THADDEUS & CO, and JAZZ @ JEROME'S.
Plus charity auction of Ghanian crafts and artefacts.
Tickets from Fairer World, 84 Gillygate, tel 655116, by email- yowlasec@hotmail.co.uk or on the door.
£6/£4.
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An Evening of Music from Times Past
Performed by the four singers of QUODLIBET
Wednesday 18 August 2010 at 7.30pm
Doors open at 7pm
English, French and Early Latin Motets, Madrigals and Chansons.
Tickets £7.50 includes interval refreshments and canapes. Tel 610578 to book, or buy at the door.
A fund raising concert in aid of the refurbishment of the Cemetery Chapel.
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