Excitement builds as countdown begins to this year’s Great Yorkshire Show in Harrogate
Wednesday tickets have sold out for the Great Yorkshire Show in Harrogate as the countdown begins to this year’s massive event.
The 167th Great Yorkshire Show is already being described as the grandest celebration of farming, food and the countryside in its history – and tickets are selling fast.
As well as Wednesday selling out, there is only limited availability for Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.
This year’s Great Yorkshire Show will bring together the very best of British agriculture, featuring 8,500 animals, cutting-edge machinery and technology, the very best of food and drink, first-class entertainment and shopping.
Attracting 140,000 visitors each year to the Great Yorkshire Showground in Harrogate, the event has sold out before the event every year since tickets went to advance sales only in 2021
Organisers are warning that tickets for the 2026 extravaganza can only be bought in advance and will not be available to purchase on the gate.
Rachel Coates, Show Director, said: "As well as being a great day out for all the family, the Great Yorkshire Show puts farming, food and the countryside centre stage to highlight excellence in the way food is produced and the landscape managed.”
Running from Tuesday, July 14 to Friday, July 17, the 2026 Show has the prestige of hosting two national livestock shows, for Zwartbles sheep and Charolais cattle.
In the Main Ring, there will be daily performances by motorbike stunt riding team The Bolddog FMX as well as world-class showjumping.
The Food Hall will offer a celebration of food producers, including a dedicated Cheese and Dairy Show, and the very latest innovations shaping the future of farming are celebrated in the Agri-Innovation Village and machinery demonstration ring.
There will be a bigger and better Discovery Zone which will connect the stories of farming and nature for young visitors.
And ahost of TV stars will take to the stage for daily chat shows and meet visitors, including Kelvin Fletcher and Liz Fletcher, of Fletchers on the Farm, Harriet Cowan, who featured in Clarkson's Farm and Peter Wright of The Yorkshire Vet
To book tickets, visit https://greatyorkshireshow.co.uk