We’ve picked out some the main events of the calendar year here for you to mark in your diaries.
Whitby Steampunk Weekend, Feb 11-12
Whitby Goth Weekend, April 28 to 30 and October 27 to 29
Penny Hedge ceremony, Whitby, May 17
Whitby Fish and Ships Festival, May 20-21 (provisional)
Egton Bridge Gooseberry Show, August 1
Whitby Regatta, August 12-14
Danby Show, August 16
Whitby Folk Week, August 19-25
Egton Show, August 23
Krampus Run, December 2
Robin Hood’s Bay Victorian Weekend, December 2-3
1. Whitby area events 2023
Bethany Hyde, of Stokesley holds her horse Beau, as Mark Yeoman, landlord of the Brown Cow in Hinderwell, walks Hector, his three year old Great Dane around Egton show field. Photo: James Hardisty
2. Whitby area events 2023
Howard Hebdon and Ken Fletcher weighing this year's entries to the Egton Bridge Gooseberry Show near Whitby. picture: Tony Johnson Photo: Tony Johnson
3. Whitby area events 2023
Louisa Brown takes shade at Danby Show. picture: Richard Ponter Photo: Richard Ponter
4. Whitby area events 2023
Whitby Folk Week dancers near the Cook Statue on the West Cliff. Picture: Ceri Oakes. Photo: Ceri Oakes