Please bring CASH! The signal for card payments is annoyingly intermittent.
If you could be perceived as under 25 even if you’re not, please bring proof of age to purchase alcoholic drinks. ID must be either a passport, driving licence or PASS card.
The barge is still under construction - apologies - at this time there is no wheelchair access to performance space. Restricted viewing from the upper deck is possible in good weather. We are working towards making the barge a fully accessible community space and look forward to welcoming all aboard in the not too distant future.
£8 in advance / £10 on the door.
Road Less Travelled presents……the wonderfully witty and talented Creekbed Carter on their European tour. We’re very excited for this!
£6 adv. More on the door.
On tour from The Netherlands - reminiscent of Lou and Nico - promises to be a lovely event.. LISTEN HERE
£11 adv. £11+otd
Road Less Travelled presents….USA’s Todd Day Wait with support from our own local cowboys - The Wreckliners! Big up your Monday.
Arts Barge welcomes York University in a new collaboration offering Arts and Creative Technologies students a unique space to share their music with the local community. Join us for a fun evening showcase of innovative work in progress.
£15 weekend ticket / £8 day ticket
By the Blue Bridge three-day festival of music, art and more kicks off early Friday evening in late-night-talk-show style. Creative workshops daytime on Saturday followed by musical performances from local and more far-fetched acts. Sunday begins with an Open Mic & Pot Luck - bring a dish to share. Music starts at 2.30pm with a collection of folky and weird local and not so local acts til close at 10pm.
All aboard the maiden voyage of the unsinkable alternative comedy extravaganza on water!
Welcome to the Parish - Featuring Yorkshire’s hottest comedy talent-
A feast of forest stories with Lara McClure and Friends
An FREE event for Environment Week.
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We are excited to welcome Esther Rose to The Arts Barge for the first time. It’ll be special!
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Dylan Earl returns to The Arts Barge, this time with his Arkansas buddy Chris Acker for a wonderful evening of big heart cowboy songs, boots, hats and beer.
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Experimental Variety Night with Ryosuke Kiyasu
Solo snare performance artist Ryosuke Kiyasu headlines this experimental variety night of art, music, and pretty much anything else !
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The Black Sheep Collective launch their first collection. With poetry by Manchester Cathedral poet-in-residence Tom Branfoot, music by the one and only Rowan Evans, and poetry fresh from the press by the Black Sheep Collective. Ticket holders are eligible for a £5 discount off a fully signed copy of Black Sheep Vol.1.
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Jude Brothers returns to the Arts Barge once again with their absolutely mesmerising Americana meets Northumbria folk. Hailing from Arkansas but with some roots in the North of the UK, they spin stories and spill truths through a beautiful voice, guitars and harps. Support comes from the harmonious We Are Hannah and guitar aficionado Pascallion.
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Chris Otepka and Jake McKelvie are back in the UK and return once again to the Arts Barge, after a brilliant sold out show last year. Clever and witty lyrics hugged with emotional and anti-folk delivery, reminiscent of Mountain Goats, Neutral Milk Hotel, Belle and Sebastian. Support comes from Hyde Family Jam frontman and man-about-town Will Dreyfus.
An aquatic feast of lush music, wild stories & wise words on the Arts Barge, in aid of Right To Roam.
with White Sail / Adderstone / Amy Jane Beer / Lara McClure / Hannah Davies
Drawsome! is a family friendly and accessible music and illustration festival in York. Featuring live performances, creative workshops and exhibitions to bring people together and celebrate emerging local talent as well as established national and international artists.
Dana Gavanski / Kindelan / Moongate / We Are Hannah
Drawsome! is a family friendly and accessible music and illustration festival in York. Featuring live performances, creative workshops and exhibitions to bring people together and celebrate emerging local talent as well as established national and international artists.
3 Drop-in Workshops. Open to all, no need to book.
Poem Fishing with Becca Drake & Jessie Summerhayes
Adana Letterpress and Lino Printing
T-shirt Screen Printing with Kai West
Last chance for a magical summer evening on the Arts Barge! A night of Indie folk from America and York. This will be an intimate show of accompanied songwriters and story tellers taking us on ups and downs with whimsy, woe and everything in-between.
We’re excited to welcome Curtis back to The Arts Barge - this time with the whole dowggawn Circus! It’s going to be a fab show! Get more info and tickets here: https://www.curtiseller.com/tour
Curtis Eller is a banjo player, songwriter and rock & roll singer. A twenty-year show business veteran, Eller and his band The American Circus have developed a devoted international following based on dynamic, highly physical stage performances and an extensive catalog of curious phonographic recordings. The iconoclastic musician has spent more than a decade relentlessly touring the club, theatre and festival stages of North America and Europe.
Yeehaw! Arkansas singer Dylan Earl returns to York this summer!
Dylan had the Arts Barge spell-bound last year with his captivating performance at the Arkansas Hoodang, and we can’t wait to see him play a full headline set! Support acts tbc.
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Jude Brothers returns to York after a mesmerising set at last year's Arts Barge Arkansas Hoodang.
This will be a beautiful show, with support from We Are Hannah, Dyr Sister and Rowan. Expect sweet and haunting melodies, harps, violins and that mushy feeling you get in your bones.
"A savagely lyrical, surreal chronicle of some of the darker, more obscure moments in American history. Cruel ironies, double entendres and surprisingly subtle humor are everywhere in his songs. Eller’s also got a fantastic new album, How to Make It in Hollywood, which finds him taking a full-throttle detour into dark garage rock and classic soul music along with the oldtime sounds that made him one of New York’s most riveting live acts"
-New York Music Daily
We team up with Jessie’s Fund (Patron the actor Maxine Peake) to bring you a summer’s evening of sublime music - Mozart's wonderful Serenade K.361, commonly known as the Serenade for 13 Wind. Tickets are free but you’re invited to ‘pay what you feel’ on the night. All proceeds from this to Jessie’s Fund and all proceeds from the bar to Arts Barge’s current fundraiser . It’s going to be a special evening! Hope you can join us.
York band J. Halliday play on the Arts Barge with ship mates Captain Starlet and Claudia Fenoglio.
All funds raised from the bar will go to the Arts Barge Crowdfunder to raise the money needed to insulate the barge.
YEEHAW! Come y’all to the FIRST event back on The Arts Barge since when! We’re lucky to have a full slice of Arkansas, USA. The line-up includes 3 touring acts, Willi Carlisle, Dylan Earl and Jude Brothers, plus York’s own country sons The Wreck Liners. Join us for what will undoubtedly be a beautiful night of authentic Country, Western and Folk, with maybe a touch of the cowboy two-step. A night not to be missed and the first of a series of shows this year on the Arts Barge. Keep y’peepers peeled for what else is coming up!
The Blind Tiger Dance Band: Fabulous 16 piece Lindy Hop swing band with Rinkadon Dukeboy upfront. Blind Tiger is the Arts Barge band which brings together seasoned professionals and up and coming young instrumentalists. You may have seen them at The Great Yorkshire Swing, The Arts Barge Riverside Festival or Hullsapoppin. 1940’s swing music played at just the right tempo for Lindy Hop. Dust off your dancing shoes!
Bargestra: The 20 piece Arts Barge community band for the young, the old and everything in between. Led by Arts Barge Skipper Christian Topman and freshly reformed after the imposed hiatus. Bargestra will play jazz, swing, Beatles, ska and more using their own and traditional arrangements.
The Stonegate Singers: a community choir that anyone can join – no previous experience necessary! Director Jon Hughes teaches the music by ear and anyone can do it. Singing is everybody’s birthright!
All three groups join to make a 50 piece ensemble and a fabulous festive finale. Seeing is believing!
Last event on the barge for this year - don’t miss it!!
Rory returns to York with a brand spanking new title for a show
Make your own Bit-Bot. One person’s rubbish is another person’s treasure.
Charcoal’s unique, exciting sessions give children the rare chance to create large-scale artwork whilst learning fine art skills.
