April

Saturday 28th April
Japanese Sakura Festival
Performance times: 12.30pm and 2.30pm
Japanese traditional festival in Leeds. Come along and enjoy Japanese Food, traditional stalls, games, Kimono (traditional clothes), tea ceremony, and beautiful sakura scenery.

Free entry
Venue: Leeds City Museum, Cookridge St, Leeds, LS2 8BH

May

Saturday 19th May
Beertown Festival in Malton
Performance times: 3pm and 6pm
BEERTOWN is Malton's Craft Beer Celebration, turning the town into a 'Theatre of Beer'
- with over 60 of the most exciting beers from the best breweries in the UK and beyond. 

Advance tickets: £5.00 / on the door £6.00
Tickets available to book here

Venue: The Milton Rooms, Market Place, Malton, North Yorkshire, YO17 7LX
Website: Full details for the event on the website HERE.

June

Saturday 2nd June
Yorkshire Cosplay Con at Sheffield Arena
Performance time: 11.30am. / Taiko workshop time: 4pm
Yorkshire Cosplay Con is a family friendly Comic Con for all Anime, Comic Book,
Sci-Fi and Video Game Fans based in Yorkshire, UK.
 
Advance tickets: Adults £10.00 / Children £8.00 (Under 12 Years)
Tickets available to book here
Tickets on the door (if Available)
Adult: £15.00 / Child: £13.00 (under 12 years old, proof may be required)
Tickets are priced as above plus a booking fee per ticket.
Venue: Sheffield Arena, Broughton Lane, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S9 2DF
Website: Full details on the Yorkshire Cosplay Con website HERE.

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Sunday 3rd June
Japan Society North West Japan Day in Manchester
Performance times: Throughout the day.
Performances also by Keisho Ohno (shamisen) and Sumie Kent (koto)
Cosplay competition plus much more.

The event runs from 11am - 5.30pm and is FREE ENTRY!

Venue: Sugden Sports Centre, 114 Grosvenor Street, Manchester, M1 7HL
Website: Full details on the JSNW website HERE.

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Saturday 16th June
Poppleton Beer Festival
Performance time: 4pm (Kamianri and Tengu Taiko split set)
With 65 beers, a great selection of Yorkshire ciders, wine, a Pimms and Prosecco tent,
fabulous food, outstanding music on Friday night and all day Saturday, and a wonderful summer festival family feel, what are you waiting for?

Event runs from Midday - 11pm
Tickets: £7 (includes 2 beer tokens, a commemorative glass and souvenir programme).
Venue: Poppleton Junior Football Club, Millfield Lane, York, YO26 6NY
Website: Full details on the website HERE.

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Saturday 23rd June
Sunnycon Anime Expo
Performance time: 11.15am - 11.45am / Taiko workshop time: 3pm
Sunny Expo 2018 is returning to St James Park in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It will be another weekend packed full of guests, panels, experts, talks,anime, Japanese culture, and cosplay.

Tickets: Day £15.00 / Weekend (3days) £25.00 Tickets available to book here
Venue: St James' Park, Barrack Rd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE1 4ST
Website: Full details on the Sunnycon website HERE.

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Sunday 24th June
St Leonard's Hospice Summer Fair
Performance time: 12.45pm and 1.30pm (20 min sets)
Charity Summer Fair with games, BBQ, stalls, animals and entertainment.
Event runs from 12pm - 4pm

FREE ENTRY (suggested donation £1)
Venue: St Leonard's Hospice, Tadcster Rd, YO24 1GL

July

Saturday 7th July
Staxtonbury Music Festival
Performance time: Main stage 12pm - 12.30pm
Family music festival set in panoramic site near the Yorkshire Wolds, Celebrating their tenth year with five stages and 100s of bands.

Tickets: Range from £10 - £50,  Ticket details here.
Venue: Manor Farm, Staxton, near Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO253QH
Website: Full details on the festival website HERE.

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**FESTIVAL NOW POSTPONED UNTIL JULY 2019**
Platform Festival
Performance time: TBC
Set in the historic Old Station building in the market town of Pocklington with another fantastic array of artists perform across three stages to over 3000 people.

Tickets: Price TBC
Venue: The Old Station, Pocklington, York, YO42 2NJ
Website: Full details will soon be on the festival website HERE.

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Saturday 28th July
The Great Yorkshire Fringe
Performance time: 3pm
The Great Yorkshire Fringe returns this Summer! The festival has wowed York with three years of festivities on Parliament Street, and for 2017 took comedy, variety and family entertainment to even more locations in the heart of the city.

Tickets: Adult £10 / concession £8 / family of 4 £25  Tickets available to book here
Venue: The Turnpot, St Sampsons Square, Parliament St, York
Website: Full details on the festival website HERE.

August

**EVENT CANCELLED**
The Great Big Woolley Wellyfest
Performance time: TBC / Taiko workshop times: TBC
A gentle little festival for ‘grown up’ children, with entertainment for the whole family.

Tickets: Price from £10 (under 3's are free). Available online here.
Venue: Beacon Hill Farm, Woolley Edge, Wakefield, WF4 2LQ
Website: All details will be posted on the Facebook page HERE.

Some of our past performances were at:
The Royal Armouries, Leeds
Royal Hall, Harrogate
Great Yorkshire Fringe
Yorkshire Cosplay con (Sheffield Arena)
Sunnycon (St James' Park, Newcastle)
Milton Rooms, Malton
Baths Hall, Scunthorpe
Bram Stoker Film Festival, Whitby Pavilion
Proms at the Priory (Hodsock Priory)
National Railway Museum, York
Opening of 'Issho' Japanese restaurant in Leeds
Galtres Festival
Great Big Wellyfest (Wakefield)
Minster FM's Sounds in the grounds at Castle Howard
Lexus NX launch (Bradford)
Martial Arts Culture Show, Bridlington Spa
Riding Lights theatre, York
Heron Theatre, Beetham
Black Swan Folk Festival
York Carnival
Malton Food Festival
York Beer festival
Poppleton Beer festival
UK Taiko Festival in Exeter
Rowntree Park Birthday Party
Acomb Green Summer Fair
Wakefield Lit Fest (Tanka and Taiko show in Wakefield Cathedral)
Brewery Beats - Art and Drums (Treboom Brewery Open Day)
Selby Little Fest (in Selby Abbey)
Ilkley Lit Fest (in West Yorkshire Playhouse)
Selby Xmas lights switch on
University of York Japan Day