• Ryedale Festival 2026 – Eliza Carthy and the Restitution

    £24 · £20 · £10 (Under 25) Selby Abbey, The Crescent, Selby YO8 4PU ELIZA CARTHY AND THE RESTITUTION Flamboyant and impassioned, Eliza Carthy has re-energised traditional music with imagination and fearless individuality. The daughter of folk legends Martin Carthy & Norma Waterson, she grew up immersed in the world of traditional music and from […]

    £10.00 – £24.00

    Selby Abbey Craft Fair

    Free entry! The Abbey’s magnificent Nave will be full of local, independent craft stall holders selling their wares. In addition there will be:  Refreshments  Delicious Cakes  The Abbey Raffle & Tombola If you are interested in holding a stall, please get in touch with our Coffee and Gift Shop Manager at: [email protected]

    Free

    Anita Datta (Chetham’s School of Music) – Selby Abbey Organ Recital Series 2026

    Selby Abbey Organ Recital Series 2026 Tuesdays at 12.30pm Anita Datta is an acclaimed British-Asian organist, conductor, composer, and singer. Based in Yorkshire, Anita is also an Organ Tutor at the prestigious Chetham’s School of Music in Manchester. Free Admission with retiring collections in aid of Selby Abbey Trust

    Free

    Guided Tour of Selby Abbey

    No booking required – just turn up! (Tours, which last about 75 minutes, are free but donations are invited) Meet your guide at 10.30am inside the West Door of Selby Abbey to explore the history of the first monastery to be established in the North of England after the arrival of William the Conqueror in […]

    Free

    Olivia Graham

    About the show: Come all ye old souls and dreamers... Step beyond the bounds of the modern age as Celtic bard Olivia Graham beckons you on a journey through time and legend. Discover the ancient heartbeat of the British Isles; from the mystical shores of King Arthur’s Avalon to the desolate highland battlefield at Culloden, […]

    £10.00 – £13.00

    Benjamin Horden (Holy Sepulchre, London) – Selby Abbey Organ Recital Series 2026

    Selby Abbey Organ Recital Series 2026 Tuesdays at 12.30pm Ben Horden is a former Organ Scholar of York Minster, and is an accomplished organist, harpsichordist and conductor. This year he has been appointed Organist at London’s Holy Sepulchre Church, and Concerts Manager at King’s College, Cambridge. Free Admission with retiring collections in aid of Selby Abbey Trust.

    Free

    The Music of James Bond (early show)

    XPERIENCE LIVE presents The Music of James Bond - performed in a stunning setting at Selby Abbey. Friday 31st July 2026 | Doors: 5:30pm | Show: 6:15pm–7:30pm | Last entry: 6:00pm Friday 31st July 2026 | Doors: 8:00pm | Show: 8:30pm–9:45pm | Last entry: 8:15pm The Music of James Bond From the moment the first chord strikes, audiences […]

    The Music of James Bond (later show)

    XPERIENCE LIVE presents The Music of James Bond - performed in a stunning setting at Selby Abbey. Friday 31st July 2026 | Doors: 5:30pm | Show: 6:15pm–7:30pm | Last entry: 6:00pm Friday 31st July 2026 | Doors: 8:00pm | Show: 8:30pm–9:45pm | Last entry: 8:15pm The Music of James Bond From the moment the first chord strikes, audiences […]

  • Guided Tour of Selby Abbey

    No booking required – just turn up! (Tours, which last about 75 minutes, are free but donations are invited) Meet your guide at 10.30am inside the West Door of Selby Abbey to explore the history of the first monastery to be established in the North of England after the arrival of William the Conqueror in […]

    Free

    Maximillian Elliot (St Olave’s, York) – Selby Abbey Organ Recital Series 2026

    Selby Abbey Organ Recital Series 2026 Tuesdays at 12.30pm Maximillian Elliott is a distinguished organist and musicologist based in York where he serves as Music & Liturgy Administrator at York Minster, Diocesan Organ Advisor, and as Assistant Director of Music at St Olave’s Church and All Saints’ North Street. Free Admission with retiring collections in aid of […]

    Free

    William Campbell (Bradford Cathedral) – Selby Abbey Organ Recital Series 2026

    Selby Abbey Organ Recital Series 2026 Tuesdays at 12.30pm William Campbell is well known in Yorkshire as a talented organist who served at Leeds Minster, Leeds Cathedral and, until recently at Bradford Cathedral. Will has recently moved to Cambridgeshire to take up his appointment as Assistant Director of Music at Peterborough Cathedral. Free Admission with retiring collections […]

    Free

    Authors in the Abbey 2026

    Authors in the Abbey is returning for its second year. This year we have over thirty Authors and bookish vendors attending the Abbey. Authors from Selby, North Yorkshire and the Surrounding areas are bringing their books, which have diverse topics and genres including poetry, romance, science fiction and crime to name a few. This year […]

    Free