This year's Great Yorkshire Show will take place in Harrogate from Tuesday, July 14 to Friday, July 17, 2026.
Tickets are available to buy in advance only, with visitor numbers capped at 35,000 a day.
The show brings together the very best of British agriculture, featuring livestock, cutting-edge machinery and technology, the best of food and drink, entertainment and shopping.
Livestock are at the heart of the event with more 8,500 animals in attendance, including beef cattle, dairy cattle, sheep, pigs and dairy goats.
The show will also be hosting national shows for Zwartbles sheep and Charolais cattle and the prestigious Pig of the Year competition.
There is also a strong equine section featuring Horse of the Year Show qualifiers along with record show jumping entries.
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The Food Hall is a celebration of food producers, including a dedicated Cheese and Dairy Show.
The latest innovations shaping the future of farming will be on show in the Agri-Innovation Village and machinery demonstration ring.
The motorbike stunt riding team, The Bolddog FMX, will take centre stage as the main ring attraction once a day on each of the four days.
Other entertainment includes daily chat shows with TV stars, followed by meet and greets, at the Ariat GYS Stage, hosted by TV presenter Christine Talbot.
Kelvin and Liz Fletcher of ITV's Fletchers on the Farm appear on Tuesday, Peter Wright of Channel 5's The Yorkshire Vet on Wednesday, Jules Hudson of BBC's Escape to the Country on Thursday and Harriet Cowan from Clarkson's Farm on Friday.
New additions to the final day will include line dancing sessions from Boot Scootin' Cow Girls and performances from the Knot Another Choir which will take place on the sheep shearing stage.
New award for young farmers
Young Farmers who go the extra mile to serve the community will be celebrated with a new award at this year's Great Yorkshire Show.
The award will have sections for intermediate and senior members of Young Farmers' Clubs in Yorkshire, aged 17-28. It has been introduced by show organiser the Yorkshire Agricultural Society, in collaboration with the Yorkshire Federation of Young Farmers Clubs (YFYFC), with the support of a donation by Baroness Anne McIntosh of Pickering.
Show director Rachel Coates says: "Young Farmers is a phenomenal organisation that gives young people fantastic opportunities to develop their skills, including as active members of their communities. So much great work goes on by Young Farmers in rural areas, and this new award is a perfect way to celebrate it."
Baroness McIntosh, who will present a £250 prize fund to the winner, says: "This award recognises the nominee who goes the extra mile to help the local community over and above their busy everyday commitments. The winner will be a quiet, unsung hero, who makes a genuine difference and makes life easier for others along the way."
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LGBTQ+ charity with a rural mission
Out Together, a pioneering charity inspired by the legacy of a late North Yorkshire farmer, will have a stand at the Great Yorkshire Show where all show visitors will be made to feel welcome.
The charity was set up in 2020 to tackle social isolation and loneliness, with a focus on older generations. The charity organises social events and connects people digitally to create safe spaces for members of the LGBTQ+ community in even the most remote locations across Yorkshire.
It was set up with legacy funding left by the late Mike Potter, a North Yorkshire farmer who did not come out until he was 72 and who died four years later, aged 76.
Matt Jameson, who leads Out Together, says: "Mike led such an isolated life, not being able to come out as himself, hidden for so long from family, friends and the community. Out Together got started when two of his great friends, Adam Bedford and Graham Clarke, got in touch to make a substantial donation, and it is going from strength to strength.
"We now run social activities across hubs in Wakefield, Hebden Bridge, Todmorden, Huddersfield and Leeds, and we want to create social connections in as many different areas as we can."
Out Together will be located on Fifth Avenue, near the Sheep Shearing Stage.
Countryside Voices to the fore
Pressures on the countryside, the well-being of those working in it and water quality are among the topics being discussed at the Countryside Voices stage.
New for this year, there will be a session on curlew conservation and how landowners and countryside users can cooperate to ensure successful breeding for these waders. This takes place on Wednesday.
There will be well-being sessions on both Tuesday and Thursday, ranging from working with people recovering from cancer to help them enjoy countryside activities to different types of help available for mental health struggles.
Wednesday's Countryside at a Crossroads will look at the conflicting pressures on the rural sector, with food security competing with renewables for land. Panellists will include Countryside Alliance chief executive Tim Bonner.
The health of waterways will be on the agenda on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
The Countryside Voices stage is alongside the Countryside Arena, which includes features such as flycasting demonstrations, a falconry display and a gundog display.
EVENT DETAILS
When: Tuesday July 14 to Friday July 17,2026
Where: Great Yorkshire Showground, Railway Road, Harrogate, HG2 8NZ
Tickets: Available in advance only at yasshop.co.uk. Adults - £36.50; children (age 5-18) - £13; under 5s free.
For farmers: Discounted tickets are available for farmers online and from ticket outlets, subject to availability. Visit: greatyorkshireshow.co.uk/farmers/ for more information
Members: Yorkshire Agricultural Society members have access all four days but must show membership card
Buses: There is a free return bus service from Harrogate Bus Station (next to the railway station) every 10 minutes from 7.20am to 7pm
