Where the facts come from
Every date, price and booking rule comes from the organiser: the farm’s, council’s, club’s or venue’s own website. Where an organiser has no website we use its own Facebook page, then a tourism board or local news report, and the listing links to whichever we used. We use other lists and roundups only to find events, never as the source of a fact.
If we can’t find a page describing an event, it doesn’t go on the list. If a fact isn’t published (a price, a dog policy, a postcode), we leave it blank rather than guess.
How the checking is done
We use software, including AI tools, to read organisers’ pages and pull out the facts into a fixed format. That format is then checked automatically: a listing can’t be marked “2026 dates confirmed” without a 2026 date or a weekday-and-date pair that only fits 2026, every listing must carry the link it came from, and prices and postcodes must be in a valid form. We spot-check the results against the source pages, and every listing links to its source so you can check it too. We haven’t visited venues in person unless a listing says so.
The checked date
Every listing shows the day we last read its source. Lists are re-checked through each season, and more often in the busiest weeks (the run-up to Bonfire Night and when grotto bookings open).
What the labels mean
- 2026 dates confirmed: the organiser has published this season’s dates and we’ve read them.
- Awaiting 2026 dates: it ran last year and hasn’t announced this year yet. We show last year’s pattern and keep checking.
- Sold out: the organiser says every date is fully booked.
- Not running in 2026: the organiser has said so. We keep it on the page so nobody makes a wasted trip.
Distances
“12 miles from Leeds” is a straight-line distance from the city centre to the venue’s postcode, using open postcode data. Driving distance will be longer.
Order
Lists put events with confirmed dates first, then those still to announce, nearest first within each group. Sold-out events sit below the ones you can still book. A paid featured listing (see below) is the only exception.
Money and independence
Venues can pay for a featured position at the top of one city list for a season. It is always labelled “Featured listing”. Paying never adds a venue we wouldn’t list, never changes its facts or labels, and never removes anyone else.
Some booking links may earn us a small commission from the ticket seller. Those links are labelled “Ad” next to the button. Commission never affects what we list or the order.
Corrections
Wrong date, new price, event cancelled? Email hello@seasonhopper.co.uk and we’ll fix it, usually the same day in season. Organisers can send us their dates directly; see for venues.