Editing Temple Newsam (section)

==Events==

''[[Party in the Park]]'' and ''[[Opera in the Park]]'' were annual ticketed concerts organised by [[Leeds City Council]] and [[Radio Aire]], which respectively have accommodated 70,000 and 50,000 spectators.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/leeds/content/articles/2006/05/22/music_party_in_park_info_2006_feature.shtml | work = BBC – Leeds | title = Party in the Park 2006 | date = 18 July 2006 | access-date = 11 May 2008 | archive-date = 6 May 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080506092957/http://www.bbc.co.uk/leeds/content/articles/2006/05/22/music_party_in_park_info_2006_feature.shtml | url-status = live }}</ref> Both were held in July on the site from 1994 to 2014.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://uk.tilllate.com/EN/specialpage.php?pgid=7294 | website = tilllate.com | title = Leeds Party in the Park | date = 15 July 2007 | access-date = 11 May 2008 }}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> They took place on the grassed area which slopes down at the front of the house.

An amphitheatre near the stables block is used for occasional open-air theatre performances, and the fields to the north of the Home Farm are used for various events such as Steam Fairs and Dog Shows.

In August 1997 and 1998 the estate was the site of the [[V Festival]] but, after the success of the event, this was replaced by a new northern leg of the [[Reading and Leeds Festivals]] from 1999, taking place the weekend after the regular V festival slot in August. The Leeds Festival however moved to [[Bramham Park]] after the 2002 event when the festival was marred by [[riots]] and [[violence]] in the festival grounds, and trouble in the surrounding estates of east Leeds.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/2216223.stm | title = Festival marred by violence | date = 26 August 2002 | access-date = 28 October 2007 | work = BBC News | archive-date = 20 January 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080120043800/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/2216223.stm | url-status = live }}</ref>

[[Sven Vath]] hosted Cocoon in the Park every July with the organisers behind Mint Club and Mint Festival from 2009 to 2019.<ref name="cocoon">{{cite web |title=History |url=http://cocooninthepark.com/history/ |publisher=Cocoon in the Park |access-date=23 October 2019 |archive-date=23 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023145219/http://cocooninthepark.com/history/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2019 it became the new home to [[Slam Dunk Festival]] as it had grown and moved out of the city centre of Leeds.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/whats-on/entertainment/everything-you-need-to-know-about-slam-dunk-festival-leeds-2019-line-up-times-and-tickets-1-9788713|title=Everything you need to know about Slam Dunk Festival Leeds 2019 – line-up, times and tickets|work=Yorkshire Evening Post|accessdate=26 May 2019|archive-date=25 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525111418/https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/whats-on/entertainment/everything-you-need-to-know-about-slam-dunk-festival-leeds-2019-line-up-times-and-tickets-1-9788713|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2019, they launched a new festival called Newsam Park.<ref name="cocoon"/>

Many other events take place at Temple Newsam, such as the Leeds Waggy Walk event for [[Dogs Trust]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.waggywalks.org.uk/ |title=Waggywalks |access-date=4 October 2010 |archive-date=7 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101007202349/http://www.waggywalks.org.uk/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> and [[Race for Life]] for [[Cancer Research UK]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Leeds (Temple Newsam)|url=http://www.raceforlife.org/choose-your-event/leeds-temple-newsam--20-jun.aspx|work=Race for Life|access-date=4 October 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100626032028/http://www.raceforlife.org/choose-your-event/leeds-temple-newsam--20-jun.aspx|archive-date=26 June 2010}}</ref>  Since early 2013, there has been a weekly [[Parkrun]] event.<ref name=templenewsamparkrun>{{cite web|title=Temple Newsam Parkrun|url=http://www.parkrun.org.uk/templenewsam/|work=Parkrun website|publisher=Parkrun|access-date=10 February 2013|archive-date=29 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130129020206/http://www.parkrun.org.uk/templenewsam/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In February 2024, Temple Newsam hosted the [[BUCS]] Cross Country Championships. Athletes from British Universities and Colleges, competed in four races of distances between 6,560 metres and 9,690 metres across Temple Newsam Park.<ref>{{cite web |title=Athletics: Cross Country Championships 2023–24 |url=https://www.bucs.org.uk/events-page/athletics-cross-country-championships-2023-24.html |access-date=30 January 2024 |website=www.bucs.org.uk |archive-date=30 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240130201910/https://www.bucs.org.uk/events-page/athletics-cross-country-championships-2023-24.html |url-status=live }}</ref>