2 Best Performing Arts in Whitby, Yorkshire

Music, traditional dance, and storytelling fill the town during Whitby Folk Week, usually held the week before the late-August bank holiday. Pubs, halls, and sidewalks become venues for more than 600 traditional folk events by British performers.

This twice-yearly alternative music event, held in late April and late October, sees Whitby flooded with thousands of visitors from around the world to celebrate the goth and steampunk subcultures and watch bands perform at various venues across town. Aficionados of goth style head to the Bizarre Bazaar alternative market with its over 100 stalls.