What's On in Thirsk This Week

Thirsk Ladies PROBUS Monthly Meeting
Meadowfields, Chapel Street, Thirsk YO7 1LU.
Join Thirsk Ladies PROBUS for refreshments and social time ahead of a talk by experienced astronomer Richard Darn, exploring the benefits of dark sky status right on our doorstep.
A short business meeting follows.
10:00am - 12:00 noon. £3.00.
Tel: 01845 597487

Fountains Abbey
Thirkleby Village Hall.
Thirkleby Local History Society presents a talk by David Banks exploring the history and heritage of Fountains Abbey.
2:00pm.
Annual subscription £15, visitors £3.
Tel: 01845 501365.
Tickets: A. Stoney

Thirsk Ladies Club
Thirsk & Sowerby Town Hall Annexe, Westgate, Thirsk YO7 1QR.
Enjoy an entertaining talk from Barbara Dixon, sharing Tales from a Registrar and offering insight into the role and responsibilities of a Registrar.
7:30pm.
Free for members, visitors £4.
Tel: 01845 522819

Thirsk Races - The Racecourse is proud to host a Sky Bet Sunday Series Raceday, an exciting addition to the calendar featuring high-quality, competitive racing broadcast live on ITV. With strong prize money on offer. It's an ideal way to enjoy a Sunday afternoon with family and friends.

This fixture will operate as a single enclosure event, with Premier areas accessible to all. Grandstand tickets will be the only admission option available.

What's On: Enjoy live entertainment from THE FLAT CAP BRASS BAND, along with a variety of bars and food vendors. For an enhanced experience, you can upgrade to one of the hospitality packages and reserve a table for the day.
As a Family Day, there's also plenty of free entertainment for children, including inflatables, fairground stalls, a laser battle zone, games, face painting, a kids disco, and more.

First Race - 3.45pm   Gates Open: 1.00pm

Sun and Snow - Nordic Landscape Painting Talk
Golden Lion Hotel, DL7 8PP. An engaging illustrated lecture by Tim Stimson exploring 19th-century Nordic landscape painting and how it helped define a distinct Scandinavian and Northern identity.
1.30pm for 1.45pm. Free for members, visitors £11 (£5.50 for members of another Arts Society).
Tickets: On the door
Email: hambleton@theartssociety.org
Web: heartssociety.org