A grand masquerade ball held at The Grand Assembly Rooms as part of the annual York Georgian Festival, featuring 18th-century themed entertainment.
The York Georgian Masquerade Ball is on Saturday 8 August at The Grand Assembly Rooms, the main event of the fourth annual York Georgian Festival. The festival runs from 6 to 10 August, and the ball is the one night where the whole thing comes together: a masquerade in the Georgian tradition, where guests wear elaborate fancy dress to hide their identities.
It's not just the ball, though. The festival fills the city with the sights and sounds of 18th-century life across five days. There's a promenade from Clifford's Tower, military drills by His Majesty's 33rd Regiment of Foot, and displays of dancing and drills in St Helen's Square. The programme also includes talks, tours, performances, and workshops, with a presentation by Horrible Histories author Terry Deary. The ball sits at the centre of that, so if you're going, you've got plenty to work around it.
The festival is run by York Mansion House, which hosts the whole thing in partnership with other city attractions. The house itself holds the largest collection of civic silver outside London, including a gold cup used by Lord Mayors and a solid silver chamber pot. If you're in town for the festival, you can also get a 15% dining discount at The Cumberland.
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So, the ball is on Saturday 8 August at The Grand Assembly Rooms, part of the York Georgian Festival running 6 to 10 August.
