Every year, around the middle of August, Castle Howard stages the "Proms Spectacular". The huge stage is erected by the side of the lake, in front of the House, which makes an imposing setting for the event. The idea is to take a picnic, and most people take picnic baskets, chairs, and rugs. Others take tables, candelabras, champagne and smoked salmon. The evening begins with an opera singer, and the main performance this year, was by the English National Orchestra conducted by Jae Alexander, and tenor Wynne Evans and soprano Sarah Ryan also performed. The programme included: O Sole Mio, and Puccini’s Nessun Dorma, alongside the more traditional flag waving anthems of Jerusalem, Rule Britannia and Land of Hope and Glory.

Every Halloween, Goths from all over the country, head for the annual Goth weekend in Whitby. Live music events are held in the Pavillion, and the Metropole hotel. Organiser Jo Hampshire arranged the first Goth weekend 10 years ago, when she was the only Goth in a small northern mining town, and placed an advert in a magazine for pen friends, and wanting to find somewhere to meet up. She chose Whitby because of its Dracula connections, and knew that Dracula societies already ran events in the town, and that the people of Whitby wouldn't be "freaked out" by the invasion of Goths. The weekend has become hugely popular, and is well worth a visit.