Welcome to the Yorkshire Cycle Rally & Festival!
Join us at Driffield Showground for the North of England’s most friendly celebration of cycling!
This year’s event will be held at Driffield Showground on the 12th to 14th June 2026, because for reasons beyond our control we cannot use our previous venue, the Knavesmire in York. The event is now the Yorkshire Cycle Festival 2026. For the full background to this decision, please see here.
As ever, your all-volunteer organising committee hugely values your support as we do our very best to keep this event alive and successful, and we very much hope to see you in Driffield in June.
We are also working to slowly update our online presence. You will see that several pages on this site now take you to the main Festival website yorkshirecyclefestival.co.uk for the latest info!
Read all of our latest news:
Under two weeks to go…
There’s now less than two weeks to go until the first Yorkshire Cycle Festival at Driffield Showground, on the 12-14 June! We’re now into the final countdown: Campsite advance bookings close 5th June! If you haven’t yet booked your campsite pitch, you have just a few days to do so – advance bookings close on…
Under three weeks to go!
There’s now less than three weeks to go until the first Yorkshire Cycle Festival at Driffield Showground, on the 12-14 June! Everything is looking good, and so just a few quick updates this time… Campsite advance bookings close 5th June… As mentioned in the last update, campsite bookings are even slightly up on last year,…
Guided Rides Programme for 2026 now available to view!
Friday 12th June18:00 The ever-popular Fish and Chip shop rides. One to Hutton Cranswick, led by Jools and Sally from the Driffield Four Seasons Breezers; the other to Nafferton and led by Festival stalwarts Peter Huxford and Ken Groom from York Greenways. Both rides will return after dusk, and so lights on your bike are…
Five weeks to go! Many updates…
With just over five weeks to go until the first Yorkshire Cycle Festival at Driffield Showground, it’s time for another update! Apologies, this is a long one – but there’s lots of good news! Read on for the latest on: The new venue, after our site visit, and campsite bookings update Arena events & displays…
Last day of earlybird, leaflet distribution help please!
Just two quick updates: Last day for campsite earlybird bookings! Campsite bookings are already matching last year’s total so far, which is great given the change of venue! Many thanks to all who have booked in already. For anyone yet to book, the lowest earlybird campsite pitch prices are available for just a few more…
Until the Festival opens (4pm, 12th June):
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What’s on and when
Buy a show programme on the day for just £2 to see the full schedule!
Friday
- Gates open 4pm
- Catering and bar open 4pm
- Evening rides
Saturday
- Throughout the day: rides for all abilities, catering and bar, trade show, cycle jumble and cycle displays
- Airbag jumps and other arena activities with Focus Rides
- Morning: live music, talks
- Afternoon: More talks
- Evening: Live music, food and good company
Sunday
- Throughout the day: rides for all abilities, catering and bar, trade show, jumble and cycle displays
- Airbag jumps and balance bike racing with Focus Rides
- U16s skills sessions with Apex Cycle Coaching
- Morning: Church service ride (TBC), talks
- Afternoon: More talks
- Close: Event closes at 4:30 pm (although some campers and volunteers stay on site until Monday)
