Riverside Folk Sessions

There's a particular kind of English summer evening the riverside folk sessions in Museum Gardens do perfectly: a scratch band on a low stage, families and couples on blankets, the Ouse going by, and nobody in any hurry to leave. It's free, it's gentle, and it's the opposite of a stadium.

Bring something to sit on, something to eat, and let it unfold. Get there while it's light to claim a good patch under the trees. The kind of evening you'll remember precisely because nothing about it was engineered.