There is a great selection of cinemas and theatres in York. They offer a range of family films and performances, with something to suit everyone. From baby and toddler screenings to family cinema and live theatre shows you can all enjoy together.We’ve looked into what is on offer for children and families at each of the big four cinemas in York and we’ve detailed this below. Also listed are all the theatres in York where you can see some amazing live performances.
Also, brand new for summer 2022, we’ve got details of outdoor cinema experiences in York!
We would love your views and reviews if you’ve visited one of the cinemas and theatres in York recently so CONTACT US HERE if you have something we can add to help other Mumblers.
Enjoy an outdoor cinema experience this summer, in the beautiful Museum Gardens. Picturehouse will be showing films over 6 dates in the summer. Films start after sundown (approximately 20.30-21.00) so that you can enjoy the outdoor cinema at its best. Doors open at 19.30, so you can arrive early to enjoy drinks and snacks and settle in with your choice of seat.
All films are advert & trailer free! Films showing are:
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📅 Dates summer 2022:
1, 2, & 3 July 2022 & 5, 6 & 7 August 2022
📍Location:
York Museum Gardens, Museum Street, York, YO1 7FR
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Enjoy watching a film with York Minster in the background! Doors open at 6.30pm and the film starts at 8pm, so you can enjoy a picnic first and drinks from The Luna Bar.
Films showing are:
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📅 Dates summer 2022:
30 August – 1 September 2022
📍Location:
York Minster, Deangate, York YO1 7HH, UK
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Cineworld – York Community Stadium, YorkThis is the newest cinema offering in York and is based at the Vangarde Centre just close to Monks Cross. Cineworld York is a 13 screen multiplex cinema hosting a 382 seater Laser IMAX screen, Screen X and ViP propositions.
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☕️ Refreshments & Drinks: Baskin Robbins & Starbucks are on site.
🍿 Popcorn is priced at £4.50 for a small carton.
🥳 Children’s Parties: Reserve your own private screening for a party! Prices start from just £180 for up to 30 guests and can be booked a minimum of 15 days in advance.See more information and contact details here.
Essential Travel Information:
📍 York Community Stadium, Kathryn Avenue, Huntington, York, YO32 9AF
🚌 Silver Line service 9 runs from 07:00 to 21:40 every day from the Park and Ride next door into the city centre.
🚗 Coming off the A64 East take the A1036 Malton Road towards York and follow signs to the Park and Ride. If following the A1237 outer ring road follow the Monks Cross Link road to join the park. There is a landlord run car park outside of the cinema offering 4 hours free stay via ANPR system. The main park and ride is outside and offers a £5 all day fee. Cineworld does not own or operate any car park and conditions of use are subject to change.
Contact: WEBSITE | E-MAIL | FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM
“We went there today and the cinema is brill comfy reclining seats. They don’t need to sit on a booster seat which is loads better as the seats are stepped up they will see the screen perfectly without other peoples heads in their way. Seats are spaced out leg room good”
Mumbler JT December 2019
City Screen is located on Coney Street in York boasting a lovely Riverside Café-Bar overlooking the River Ouse, and it is easily accessible by public transport. The Cinema has various screenings suitable for families alongside its general programme of films City Screen offers a varied programme of mainstream and independent movies. When films are rated U, PG, or 12A a family ticket (for two adults and two children) is available. The cinema is fully accessible for people with disabilities, there is a baby change facility in certain toilets (ask for a key), and the Riverside Café-Bar is welcoming to new mothers and children. High-chairs are available if needed.
👶🏼 Baby & Toddler Cinema – The Big Scream: This session is for parents and guardians with babies under one year old, every Wednesday morning at 11am. Babies go free! Toddler Time is for pre-school children and their parents and carers, every Friday morning at 11.30am. Tickets are £3 for children, free for accompanying adults.
👨👩👦👦 Kids Club: The popular Kids’ Club screenings are every Saturday morning, for children aged 3 – 12. There are activities in the cinema screen from 10.30, followed by a film at 11am. Tickets for children and accompanying adults are £3 each.
🧠 SEN / Autism Friendly Screenings: Second Sunday of each month. Adapted to help reduce anxiety and over-stimulation and ensure a safe, enjoyable cinema experience for people with autism, and their families, friends and carers. All tickets are £3 for all.
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☕️ Refreshments & Drinks: Riverside Café-Bar overlooking the River Ouse.
🍿 Popcorn: from Small £4.40, Medium £4.80, Large £5.30
Essential Travel Information:
📍 13–17 Coney Street, York YO1 9QL
🚌 Most Bus Services go to the city centre – Coney Street is one of the main streets in the centre.
🚗 If coming by car you can take the park and ride into town or you could park at any of the city’s car parks – closest are probably Marygate, Bootham Row or at the other end of Coney street there is the Castle Car Park.
Contact: T: 0871 902 5747| WEBSITE | FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM
City Screen is brilliant. They have a kids half hour on Friday morning to get kids used to it. Usually, things like Bing, Hey Duggee etc. It’s really good.
Mumbler SK Jan 2020
If you want to try them with a shorter film first then city screen toddler time is fab – cinema experience but shorter film, (like Gruffalo etc). They are on every Friday and can take babies too.
Mumbler AM April 2019
Everyman – Blossom Street, YorkEveryman is redefining cinema. Bringing an innovative lifestyle approach to their venues, where you swap your soft drink for a nice glass of red wine and a slice of freshly made pizza served to your seat. They create a warm and friendly atmosphere, with an excellent food and drink selection and fantastic customer service. With a wide array of mainstream, independent and classic films, special events, launches and a diverse calendar of live satellite broadcasts, there is something for everyone at Everyman.
👶🏼 Baby & Toddler Cinema: £11.50 per parent – Baby Club is a weekly screening event that enables anyone with a child under 12 months to attend. We show a new release with softened sound and dim lighting throughout for the comfort of the baby. A ticket includes a hot drink and a slice of cake. Seating is unallocated. Please understand we are unable to allow entrance to customers without babies in attendance for these screenings. Some weeks we may run two baby club screenings in one week.
👨👩👦👦 Family Cinema: There are family ticket options £36.00 which is 2 adults and 2 children.
🧠 SEN / Autism Friendly Screenings: These are at the Harrogate Everyman but in York they have audio description available on site and subtitled screenings weekly.
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☕️ Refreshments & Drinks: Food served in the bars, on-site restaurant and in the actual cinema to enjoy with your film. Children’s menu is available. There is on-site accessible toilets and a baby change. High chairs are also available.
🍿 Popcorn: £3.75 for a medium popcorn
🥳 Children’s Parties: Everyman offers children’s parties and adult birthdays, anniversaries and much more. Screen 4 is an ideal setting for a children’s birthday at 22 seats & luxurious sofa seating; give your child a special birthday. With on-site bars, parents can sit back and relax with a coffee or drink whilst the children enjoy the film in a private setting. Film choices can be anything from a classic family favourite or a brand new film. The choice is yours. E-mil events.york@everymangroup.com
Essential Travel Information:
📍 Blossom St, York YO24 1AJ
🚌 Buses from Upper Poppleton, Wigginton, Copmanthorpe and Askham Bar stop on Blossom Street
🚂 York Station is a 10-minute walk from the cinema
🚗 If coming by car there is cinema-owned on-site parking, there is a small council-operated car park on the Crescent behind the cinema, It’s also close to Nunnery Lane car park.
Contact: T: 0872 436 9060 |E: York.manager@everymancinema.com | WEBSITE | FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM
“I’ve been to the baby cinema at Everyman and it’s fab. You get a hot drink and yummy cake included too”
Mumbler LD Jan 2020
Vue – Clifton Moor, York Vue Entertainment is part of Vue International – one of the world’s leading cinema operators, managing the most respected brands in major European markets and Taiwan, with more than 90 sites in the UK and Ireland.
Located in the Clifton Moor Centre on Stirling Road, Vue York has 12 screens with 922 seats. This venue opens approximately 15 minutes before the first film of the day. All screens are fitted with Digital Dolby 6.1 Surround Sound
👨👩👦👦 Family Cinema – MINI MORNINGS. SMALL PEOPLE. BIG EXPERIENCE
Fancy seeing the best kids films and family films with both adult and child tickets from only £2.49 per ticket? Vue’s Mini Morning sessions give both adults and kids the chance to experience big screen entertainment for a very small price. Mini Mornings are run every Saturday and Sunday morning from 10am, plus every day in the school holidays (with availability likely to change depending on when your child’s holidays occur).
🧠 SEN / Autism Friendly Screenings: Vue’s autism-friendly screenings, the lights are left on low, the sound is turned down and trailers and adverts aren’t played. When you book tickets for an autism-friendly screening, you’ll be asked to choose allocated seats but we do encourage guests to move around during the screening and make a bit of noise. Vue York hosts an autism-friendly screening at 10am on the last Sunday of every month. You can book autism-friendly screenings on the website.
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🥳 Children’s Parties: No specific party options but all group bookings are taken by contacting groupbookings@vuemail.com
Essential Travel Information:
📍 Clifton Moor Centre, Stirling Road, York, YO30 4XY
🚗 Follow the northern bypass east ways on the A1237 until Clifton Moor. The venue is located on Stirling Road directly behind the Tesco superstore. There’s free car parking available for up to 1,300 cars.
Contact: T: 0345 308 4620 | WEBSITE | FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM
Riding Lights moved into its first permanent home in York, in 1999 and it opened to the public in May 2000. Friargate Theatre has a 100-seat studio theatre on the first floor and a ground-floor rehearsal room which is also a 50-seat cafe-style performance space and workshop.
At Friargate Theatre, Riding Lights Theatre Company rehearses and perform their own work. It is also home to the company’s four Youth Theatre groups for people under 18.
Essential Travel Information:
📍 Friargate Theatre, Lower Friargate, York, YO1 9SL
🚌 For those travelling by bus, the theatre is situated just off Clifford Street. Many bus routes have stops on Clifford Street including the York Park & Ride system.
🚗 The nearest car park to the theatre is Castle Car Park/Cliffords Tower.
Contact: T: 01904 655317 | WEBSITE | FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM
The Grand Opera House York is part of the Ambassador Theatre Group. Originally not intended as a theatre, the Grand Opera House York has undergone many changes and is now the county’s biggest fully operational theatre and the home of live entertainment in the region. It hosts touring productions of West End Musicals and Drama, Comedians, Opera, & Ballet and not forgetting the fantastic annual pantomime!
Essential Travel Information:
📍 Cumberland Street, York YO1 9SW
🚌 For those travelling by bus, the theatre is situated just off Clifford Street. Many bus routes have stops on Clifford Street including the York Park & Ride system. Plan your route here.
🚗 The nearest car park to the theatre is Castle Car Park/Cliffords Tower.
Contact: T: 03330 096 690 | WEBSITE | FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM
The Joseph Rowntree Theatre is a registered charity and located in a Grade II listed theatre. It was built by the Rowntree Village Trust in 1935 and is the only remaining Rowntree building still used for its original purpose – a place for recreation and entertainment.
A volunteer board of 13 trustees manages the theatre, supported by over 170 volunteers working across all areas, from stage crew to box office, fundraising and marketing.
The theatre has 365 seats and is aiming to expand into a space for the local community as a multiple-use space where there is a place for everyone.
Essential Travel Information:
📍 Haxby Road, York, YO31 8TA
🚌 For those travelling by bus, there is a bus stop right outside the theatre on Haxby Road. Plan your route here.
🚗 Not only can you park nearby, but it’s free. The postcode for maps or Satnav is YO31 8TA. The entrance is on Haley’s Terrace alongside the Yearsley Swimming Pool. You’ll need to drive through the first car park and park beyond the raised barrier. When you leave, the exit is onto Haxby Road
Contact: T: 01904 50 1935 | WEBSITE | FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM
York Theatre Royal is located in the centre of York and has been producing great drama for over 250 years and is one of the country’s leading producing theatres. Each year the theatre entertains over 200,000 people with its wide variety of performances, events and activities. The Theatre Royal also has a cafe with a children’s play area and free WiFi.
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Essential Travel Information:
📍 St Leonard’s Place, York, YO1 7HD
🚌 For those travelling by bus, there is a bus stop right outside the theatre on St Leonards Place. Plan your route here.
🚗 The closest car parks are Bootham Row (YO30 7BP), Marygate (YO30 7DT) and Union Terrace (YO31 7ES).
Contact: T: 01904 623568 | WEBSITE | FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM| Find out more on York Mumbler |
Theatre@41 Ltd is a creative hub and performing arts centre found in the heart of York. Once home to the famous John Cooper youth theatre, they try to further both local and emerging professional theatre.
Essential Travel Information:
📍 41 Monkgate, York, YO31 7PB, UK
🚌 For those travelling by bus, Theatre@41 is easily accessible via all routes that go to the city centre. Plan your route here.
🚗 Monk Bar Car Park on St John Street (YO31 7QR) is the closest to the theatre
Contact: | WEBSITE | FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM
York Barbican is the largest music and arts venue in York, hosting some of the biggest touring acts in the country such as The Specials, Russell Brand, Little Mix and the UK Snooker Championships.
The venue offers a diverse programme of world-class events, including comedy, a range of live bands, sports, family shows and community events.
Essential Travel Information:
📍 Paragon St, York, YO10 4AH
🚌 The nearest bus stops are on Fishergate and Walmgate/Lawrence St, and York rail station is approximately 10-15 minutes’ walk or a short bus ride on frequent service Red Line 7.
🚗 A parking voucher for Q-Park Kent Street car park can be bought in on the day for the reduced York Barbican rate of £6.50.
Contact: | WEBSITE | FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM
If you love a trip to the cinema or theatre in York, then remember there is even more information on Cinemas and Theatres in York on the Mumbler website HERE.
We hope you enjoy some great family entertainment in the cinemas and theatres in York.
Disclaimer: All information correct at time of publication (13 June 2022). Please check opening times, pricing and details of any special showings.
