Events
Many events are held in the town each year such as a Gala, Fair and a 5 km Fun Run.
After lying dormant for almost 100 years Yarm Gala restarted in 2008. In 2011 it will be held on Sunday 19 June.
A charter to hold a weekly market was granted by King John in 1207. It lapsed but was revived in 2011 as a Farmers' Market. It is held on the second Sunday of each month. http://www.yarmfarmersmarket.co.uk/
A fair is held in High Street in the third week in October. It starts on the Tuesday evening, and is officially opened on the Thursday. It lasts until Saturday night. It was once a commercial fair that traded in cheese and livestock, but is now primarily a funfair. Travellers still attend the fair and ride horses up and down the street on the Saturday. The travellers have to wait outside the town until 6:00 pm on the Tuesday, at which point they are allowed to cross the bridge over the River Tees into the town.
Yarm has an annual fun run. The 5 km run starts at Conyers School and ends on Snaith's Field. It used to end outside Yarm Parish Church, but this changed some time around 1998.
Yarm and District Lions Club run a charities fair in High Street every year. This mostly takes a market-like approach.
A ceremony takes place each Advent to light up the town's Christmas tree. Christmas carols are sung to a band and High Street is temporarily closed for the event.
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