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May 2025: The biggest events in Hull & East Yorkshire

  • Tue 29 Apr, 2025
  • Last updated Tue 29 Apr, 2025
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With a new month come loads of events in Hull & East Yorkshire to keep you busy and entertained! May is filled with fantastic opportunities to experience things both new and old.

From incredible music nights and performances to stand-up comedy and theatre, have a browse of our roundup and plan an exciting month. And if you’re interested in the rest of the incredible events we couldn’t fit here, check out our events listings for the whole selection!

Take That & Olly Murs Tribute

Sat 24 May @ 7:00pm – 12:00am
  • DoubleTree by Hilton Hull
Take That & Olly Murs Tribute Night – A Show to Remember! Get ready for a spectacular evening of music, (Read more)

Classic Car Day

Sat 24 May
  • Streetlife Museum
Stroll through the Museums Quarter Garden to explore vintage and classic motor vehicles from the East Yorkshire Thoroughbred Car Club, (Read more)

Comic Con Mania

Sat 31 May @ 11:00am – 4:00pm
  • Connexin Live Hull
Comic Con Mania, one of the UK’s most exciting pop culture conventions, is back! Organised by Monopoly Events, this one-day (Read more)

A Mischief of Rats

Sat 3 May – Sun 31 Aug
  • Hull and East Yorkshire
Get ready to embark on an unforgettable adventure with A Mischief or Rats! This colourful public art trail brings 45 (Read more)

80’s vs 90’s

Sat 31 May @ 4:00pm – 7:00pm
  • Rio Music Bar
After opening Rio on its first weekend Lisa Jane Kelsey joins us again for an afternoon of 80’s vs 90’s (Read more)

The Splash Test Dummies

Thu 29 May @ 11:00am – 1:00pm
  • Asylum
Rub-a- dub-dub, The Dummies are back in Hull with some splish-splashing circus set to drown you in tears of laughter! (Read more)

HUPAS Presents: Grease

  • Middleton Hall
It’s 1959, and Rydell High School’s senior class is in rare form. The too-cool-for-school “Burger Palace Boys” are stealing hubcaps (Read more)

Bridgeton Charity Ball

  • The Guildhall
🦋 Dearest Gentle Reader, It has come to This Author’s attention that the esteemed Lord Mayor of Kingston upon Hull (Read more)

IBIZA:Project

  • Rio Music Bar
With a blend of classic house music and dance tunes, Ibiza-Project is not just a band; it’s an experience that (Read more)

Cottingham SpringFest 2025

Fri 23 May – Sun 25 May
  • Multiple Cottingham Venues
SpringFest 25 is a local festival which focuses on unsigned local, national and international musicians. 10 venues, 13 stages and (Read more)

Glowflare Horror Film Festival

  • Parkway Cinema Beverley
Step into the shadows at the inaugural Glowflare Horror Film Festival, coming to Parkway Cinemas, Beverley, on 17th–18th May 2025. (Read more)

Grease Outdoor Cinema

  • Beverley Racecourse
Join us for a Summer Outdoor Cinema Spectacular evening at Beverley Racecourse in Hull on Friday 9th May 2025, starting (Read more)

Encanto Outdoor Cinema

  • Beverley Racecourse
An Open Air Cinema experience screening Encanto at Beverley Racecourse in Hull Join us for a Summer Outdoor Cinema Spectacular (Read more)

VE Day Celebration Party

  • Burton Constable Hall & Parkland
Join us at Burton Constable Hall as we step back in time to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Victory in (Read more)

Ferriby Festival 2025

Sat 24 May @ 1:30pm – 11:30pm
  • North Ferriby Football Club
Ferriby Festival 2025 – A Day of Music, Fun, and Food! Join us on Saturday, 24th May 2025, from 1:30 (Read more)

Dayfever

  • Asylum
Dayfever – The Uk’s biggest daytime disco returns this May after a sell out debut. The day-time clubbing event started (Read more)

Bongo’s Bingo – May Dates

Sat 17 May – Sat 31 May @ 6:00pm – 11:00pm
  • Asylum
Event Information Start Time: 6:00pm | Last Entry: 7:30pm First Game of Bingo: 8:00pm BINGO RAVE CHEESY SINGALONGS DANCE OFFS (Read more)

Get Caked

  • Sledmere House
Tackle 5 miles of muddy and wet fun as you climb over, jump through, crawl under and run across natural (Read more)

Rumours of Fleetwood Mac

  • Connexin Live
Personally endorsed by Fleetwood Mac founding member, Mick Fleetwood, Rumours of Fleetwood Mac is the ultimate tribute to one of (Read more)

Classic and Vintage Car Show

  • Burton Constable Hall
Join us for a spectacular day celebrating automotive history in the stunning parkland of Burton Constable Hall. Since 2005, the (Read more)

Big Strong Man

Thu 29 May @ 7:00pm – 9:15pm
  • Hull Truck Theatre
A hilarious and powerful show that explores Northern masculinity and society through interactive cabaret. Four Northern lads are given the (Read more)

Rich Hall: Chin Music

Wed 28 May @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm
  • Hull Truck Theatre
“Chin Music” has two meanings. One is idle talk. The other is a brushback throw in baseball or cricket to (Read more)

The Flood

  • Hull Truck Theatre
On Boxing Day 2015, the small Yorkshire town of Hebden Bridge experienced the worst floods in century. But, as the (Read more)

To Have and To Hold

Thu 1 May – Sat 24 May @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm
  • Hull Truck Theatre
For better or for worse, for richer or for poorer… Until death do us part… After sixty years of marriage, (Read more)

TAYLOR FEVER

Sat 31 May @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm
  • Middleton Hall, University Of Hull
ATTENTION ALL SWIFTIES! *EXTRA DATES ADDED DUE TO PHENOMENAL DEMAND* TAYLOR FEVER is the electrifying tribute production to worldwide megastar (Read more)
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