Whitby West Gallery Singers

22/05/2026

Start your weekend with a joyful noise: belting baroque & renaissance voices & brass, with some cheeky modern pieces to refresh the palate. Come and be uplifted!

All in the superb acoustics of St Hilda's Church, West Cliff, Whitby YO21 3EF

⏰7pm
🗓️ Friday 22nd May 2026

05/05/2026

It's a glorious day in Whitby - and the last chance to take a piece of it home with you from this beautiful exhibition in St John's.

Come and visit this lovely place and enjoy the art in the gorgeous bright Whitby light.

Exhibition closes 5pm Tuesday 5th May 2026.

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'A Celebration of Whitby' exhibition of paintings by Douglas Hill

🗓️ Closes 5pm Tuesday 5th May 2026
⏰ 10am - 5pm
📍St John the Evangelist Brunswick Street Whitby YO21 1BL

29/04/2026

FESTIVAL WARMER CONCERT
Fri 29 May • 7–8.30pm • Glaisdale Head Methodist Church

This is a FRINGE event for MINI ARTS FESTIVAL (23–31 May)..

Join us in this historic Methodist chapel in Glaisdale Dale, about a mile from the village, for a relaxed and intimate folk, roots and jazz acoustic concert, a Festival Warmer before Saturday’s Performance Day. Patchwork sing in harmony with original arrangements of traditional and contemporary folk songs, many featuring the local area; Jason Upton is a local singer-songwriter with an eclectic range of material, all in his own inimitable style; Glenn Brown is a highly versatile and accomplished jazz guitarist and multi-instrumentalist.
The concert will be just over an hour and followed by refreshments.

Entry: Donations towards the Chapel renovations & Festival

Booking: Just turn up, or help us plan by booking a place
https://3-minutearts.uk/mini-arts-festival

25/04/2026

The curtain rises today on a gothic opera: tales of shadow, drama and the dark beauty of Goth weeks, revealed in the captivating oil paintings of Douglas Hill as part of his 'Celebration of Whitby' exhibition of paintings.

Drop in for a few minutes for a bite-size view, or come and immerse yourself in Whitby through an artist's eyes and linger in this unusual and atmospheric Victorian church in the centre of town.

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'A Celebration of Whitby' exhibition of paintings by Douglas Hill www.douglashill.net

FREE ENTRY

🗓️ Saturday 25th April - Tuesday 5th May
⏰ 10am - 5pm
📍St John the Evangelist, Brunswick Street Whitby YO21 1BL

Whitby Gothic Weekend The Gothic Gathering

22/04/2026

Meet Douglas Hill: a Yorkshire-born, self-taught artist whose eye for colour and light has taken him from the cobbled streets of St Ives to galleries in London, New York and New Zealand.

After 22 years painting the harbours and beaches of Cornwall in the great plein air tradition, Douglas has turned his gaze to something deeply personal: the infinitely varied town of Whitby.

Halloween on the streets; Jubilee celebrations; harbour life; a peaceful afternoon in Pannett Park; Douglas has painted real scenes, as they happened, in vivid colour.

Love Whitby? These paintings are for you. 10 days only, starting this Saturday.

'A Celebration of Whitby' - Exhibition of Paintings by Douglas Hill.

Free Entry

🗓️ Saturday 25th April - Tuesday 5th May 2026
⏰10:00am - 5:00pm
📍 Church of St John the Evangelist, Brunswick Street, Whitby, North Yorkshire YO21 1BL

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13/12/2025

You *definitely* know this one! 🎶

The melody 'Cranbrook' was composed by Thomas Clark (1775–1859), a cobbler from Canterbury, and is famously and widely sung to "On Ilkla Moor Baht 'At."

But did you know that it started life as a hymn tune?

We will be leading the singing of this melody to the words of 'This Is The Day The Lord Hath Made' by Isaac Watts (1674–1748).

Come and be uplifted and join in with this rousing music on Sunday 14th December at our Folk Service, St John's, Brunswick Street, Whitby YO21 1BL at 10:30am 🎶🤗

All are welcome and we'd be delighted to see you - please linger afterwards to admire the historic church and have a coffee ☕🍪❤️

1st Dec: It's the moment you've all been waiting for! Here is the first installment of Loxley Silver Band's Countdown to Christmas 2020! This carol was once ...

12/12/2025

Add some splendour to the joyful third Sunday of Advent with the melody 'Helmsley' at our Folk Service on Sunday 14th December. We'll be singing it with the traditional words of 'Lo, He Comes With Clouds Descending' by Charles Wesley (1707-1788).

It's a fabulous one for the congregation to sing with huge festive energy and it would be lovely to have you there to share the Christmas spirit.

Please join us at 10:30am at the church of St John the Evangelist on Brunswick Street, Whitby YO21 1BL.

All are welcome.

Here is a great version from Maddy Prior with the Carnival Band:

Whitby Deanery Parish of Whitby with Ruswarp West Gallery Music Association Whitby Community Choir St Hilda's Festival Chorus Old St Stephen's Church Fylingdales Folk Choir

Provided to YouTube by The Orchard EnterprisesLo He Comes with Clouds Descending (Charles Wesley) · Maddy Prior · The Carnival Band · TraditionalSing Lustily...

11/12/2025

Please join us at our Advent Folk Service on Sunday 14th December at 10:30am, in the Church of St John the Evangelist on Brunswick Street, Whitby YO21 1BL.

We will be leading the congregation with some lovely 18th and 19th century music, including the very old 'Seven Joys of Mary.' An early version of this was written down in the 1500s, with the version we are singing being printed in 'Christmas Carols New and Old's in 1871.

The very enjoyable performance here is by Canadian folk singers Kate and Anna McGarrigle.

Provided to YouTube by NonesuchSeven Joys of Mary · Kate & Anna McGarrigleThe McGarrigle Christmas Hour℗ 2005 Nonesuch Records Inc.Mixer: Borza GhomeshiPercu...