The Hatchling was a brilliant piece of large scale interactive art. Thank you Wakefield Council OurYear2024 and all of the hundreds of community groups, venues and individuals who made it work so spectacularly well!

Incredible scenes from this weekend with #TheHatchling. It wasn't the end we wanted it to be, but we were so thrilled to see The Hatchling embraced by so many across Friday and Saturday. Thank you OurYear2024 & the people of Wakefield for welcoming her! 📸 JMA Photography

The Hatchling has truly brought magic to Wakefield over the weekend! From interacting with our fantastic local businesses to enchanting everyone around, she’s made our city sparkle. ✨

Thank you for an incredible weekend with The Hatchling! 🐉 We'd love to hear your thoughts on the event and its impact on Wakefield. If you're a local business, please complete our anonymous survey by Sept 8th: eu.surveymonkey.com/r/Hatchling02 Your feedback is invaluable!

Bringing The Hatchling to Wakefield was a huge team effort 🐉 A heartfelt thank you to our amazing 20+ community groups, 450+ participants, 300+ staff and volunteers, contractors, producers, performers, puppeteers (and more!) 📸Jemma Mickleburgh #OurYear2024 #TheHatchling

We loved having our youngest choir, Byrdsong, take part in this wonderful event!

Setting up #buticantreadmusic session 3 at Airedale #library this morning, I can't stress enough how fantastic public #libraries are for creating the perfect environment for fun, creative cultural participative activities. Arts Council England ACE North OurYear2024 Wakefield Libraries

Community engagement is at the heart of #TheHatchling's purpose, and we'd like to thank the 450+ participants and 20+ community groups of #Wakefield who prepared such beautiful welcome performances for our dragon, making her visit so unique. 🐉✨ @ouryear2024 @expwakefield

The @paralympics are starting and we can’t wait! Best of luck Paralympic GamesGB and everyone taking part! Shout out to Wakefield’s Sophie Carrigill, Lee Fryer and Jamie Stead MBE PLY who will represent our District on the global stage in wheelchair basketball and rugby. #Paralympics #Paris2024

Heritage Open Days Celebration of Singing by Featherstone MVC co-hosted by us. Pontefract Town Hall Sat 7 Sept, doors open 2pm. FREE event! Ackworth Community Choir. Fairburn Singers. Liquorice Singers. Pontefract Choral Society. OurYear2024 #Heritage #choral #choirs #culturegrants

Are you a community group or VCSE based in Wakefield district? You may be interested in applying for the Culture Everywhere grants! Funding available up to £1,500 Upcoming deadlines: 16 September & 21 October Find out more >> ouryear24.com/CultureGrants #CultureGrantsWFD

Calling Wakefield's Early Years Educators & Primary Teachers! Join Spark for a FREE session exploring and giving feedback on the #OurYear2024 Wakefield Curriculum resources. 📅 Wednesday 11 September ⏰ 4pm - 6pm 📍 Online 🔗ouryear24.com/WakefieldCurri… Wakefield Traded Services

Pontefract Castle was the perfect venue for Illyria's passionate, poetic and gripping outdoor production of Shakespeare’s classic Romeo and Juliet 🎭 📸 Nick Singleton #OurYear2024 #Theatre #Pontefract Pontefract Castle

Not long left to complete #TheHatchling survey 🐉 We would love to gather your feedback! Please complete our survey and share your thoughts >> ouryear24.com/Survey Deadline: Sunday 8 September 📸 JMA Photography #OurYear2024 Trigger Experience Wakefield Wakefield Council

There are so many exciting events and activities coming up for Our Year 2024 that we can't wait to share with you! Stay in the loop and subscribe to the Our Year newsletter to get the latest updates >> ouryear24.com/NewsletterSign… 📸 Nick Singleton #OurYear2024 #Wakefield