The Beverley Puppet Festival began in 2005 and has since taken place every two years.
In 2015, it won the Remarkable East Yorkshire Tourism Award for ‘Remarkable Small Tourism Event’ for its festival the year before.
Thousands of people have been visiting the event since its founding and various creatives parade their innovative puppets through the historic streets of Beverley.
Here are some of the best photos from this year’s event taken by Yorkshire Post photographer James Hardisty.
5. Beverley Puppet Festival 2024
Hand puppets belonging to the British Puppet Guild. Photo: James Hardisty
6. Beverley Puppet Festival 2024
Richard Woodall, and Jack Butler, from About Face Theatre Company: ‘We Are All Stories' with a large Nicola Sturgeon fish puppet. Photo: James Hardisty
7. Beverley Puppet Festival 2024
One of the larger puppets Dinosaurs and Dragon of Whitley, North Yorkshire, taking part in a small parade through the centre of Beverley. Photo: James Hardisty
8. Beverley Puppet Festival 2024
One of the larger puppets, the Wandering Giant Wizard, Wild Giant Arts, of Hull taking part in a small parade through the centre of Beverley. Photo: James Hardisty