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May 2022
June 2022
Knaresborough Bed Race
The Great Knaresborough Bed Race is something different: it is part fancy dress pageant and part gruelling time trial over a 2.4-mile course, ending with a swim through the icy waters of the River Nidd. First staged in 1966, Bed Race has spawned other similar events in the USA, Germany, New Zealand and elsewhere in the UK. It is great…
Find out more »Otley Carnival
The carnival, in its present form, began with a public meeting in 1982, when a small group started the event that continued and grew - until Covid put a stop to it in 2020 and 2021. Returning now in its 40th year, the Band will once again be supporting this event.
Find out more »July 2022
November 2022
Thorner Remembrance Day
The City of Leeds Pipe Band will once again be joining with the Thorner & Scarcroft branch of the Royal British Legion to honour those we lost this Remembrance Day in Leeds and Yorkshire. The parade will move from the ford, at the end of the village, at 09:50 and make its way to St Peter's for 10:00. Before marching…
Find out more »December 2022
Otley Victorian Christmas Fayre
The first Fayre was held in 1985 and was an immediate success. Over the years the volunteer committee members have come and gone. All have worked tirelessly to ensure that the Fayre stays true to the aims that were set down by its founders. The organisation of the Fayre was passed to Otley Town Partnership in 2011. Otley Town Partnership…
Find out more »March 2023
May 2023
Pudsey Carnival
Pudsey carnival is a community event which takes place once a year and was started in 1898. It ran for three years in a row then recommenced in the early 30’s up until just after the war. It was started again by local volunteers in 1988 and the event acts as a platform for local groups and organisations to showcase…
Find out more »July 2023
Meanwood Somme Memorial
The City of Leeds Pipe Band will take part in the short parade in Meanwood from Holy Trinity down Memorial Drive to the Memorial for a service of Remembrance. "Click to view" Google Map
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