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York legacy of farming: enjoy famous food festivals and Major festivals major agricultural shows, or peek into Yorkshire’s top racehorse stables during Malton’s Festival of Racing each September. You’ll come across tractor races and point to points, dog shows and May Malton Food Lovers Festival gymkhanas, farmers’ markets, flower festivals and June Rosedale Walking Festival apple days, learn traditional skills like bee-keeping Summer Forest Concerts at Dalby or blacksmithing, or conservation skills to help care Malton Show at Scampston Park for today’s countryside. British Falconry Fair National Birds of Prey Centre North Yorkshire Open Studios Malton & Norton Helmsley July Ryedale Jazz Festival in Pickering Meet the experts… Ryedale Festival Home to outstanding makers and A honey-pot for art and design lovers, Ryedale Show at Kirkbymoorside talented designers. Helmsley’s galleries and workshops Each week brings a new exhibition curated Staxtonbury Family Music Festival Design agency: Ten Fathoms by experts of nationally-important collections Malton Meadowfest rival major cities. or by the region’s most talented artists, often August Castle Howard Proms Spectacular Famous as Yorkshire’s Food Capital, Malton is also accompanied by live workshops or behind-the- North York Moors Chamber Music home to some outstanding makers and designers, Showcasing leading artists, craftspeople, and makers scenes tours. You’ll even get a chance to field-walk Festival from the famous handmade cricket bats of Nick Nixon, of fashion and furnishings, alongside collections of with archaeologists to uncover Ryedale’s past. October Ryedale Book Festival in Malton to a huge choice of contemporary homewares, or curiosities, you’ll find everything here, from bizarre To find out more, explore the websites of local Railway in Wartime in Pickering traditional handcrafted furniture. Malton also inspired bookends to handcrafted walking sticks (or magic galleries, museums and historic places, including December Malton’s Dickensian Festival Charles Dickens’ Christmas Carol, celebrated each Makers to look wands), Italian lingerie to bespoke sofas, garden English Heritage and the National Trust. Helmsley’s Christmas Festival December in Malton’s Dickens Festival. Nearby, you’ll furniture to designer jewellery. find international wildlife artist, Robert Fuller. out for… Antiques: Ryedale Auctioneers Highlights include The Saltbox and the Look Gallery, Look out for these local artists two of the north’s finest art and craft galleries, with in exhibitions and galleries: ever-changing exhibitions by hundreds of artists Elisabeth Bailey, Andy Black, Kate Black, or makers at any one time; Helmsley Galleries, Peter Coates, Kezy Feaster, Sophie Hamilton championing top British artists, and housed in the Pottery, Sue Kershaw, Neil Lishman, Feversham Arms and Black Swan. There’s Keith the Anna Matyus, Angie Mcall, Serena Partridge, Stickman, who hand-carves fantastical and bespoke Jenny Pepper, Jonathan Pomroy, walking sticks (and even magic wands); award- Rachael Renwick, RJB Photographic, winning Duncombe Sawmill, handcrafting furniture in Lucy Saggers, Sue Slack, Susan Slann, David a 120-year tradition from locally-produced wood; and Stephenson, Catriona Stewart, Studio Tozer, nearby, the famous ‘Mousey’ Thompson museum and Sally Taylor and Jennifer Tetlow. For more workshops, a tribute to master oak craftsmanship. Ryedale’s information visit: landscapes and www.visitryedale.co.uk Antiques and historic places curiosities inspire today’s If you’re on the hunt for antiques or curiosities Ryedale’s a treasure-trove, with the north’s top leading artists antique centres and auction houses such as Ryedale Auctioneers. There is also a vast array Jennifer Smith of vintage shops with eclectic collections, and Ryedale Folk Museum & Art Gallery friendly, family-run showrooms.