Countryside Live is the sister event of the annual farming and rural showcase, the Great Yorkshire Show.
The region's Young Farmers' Club organises a Tug of War championship and stock-judging competitions.
Graham and Tina Fletcher judged the yearly hunt for a young show-jumping star, and the environmental organisation The Conservation Volunteers handed a tiny tree[clarification needed] to the show attendants.
Countryside Live celebrated its tenth annual anniversary in 2012, when the show was attended by 12,601 visitors.
[7] Other first-time events at the show included a mountain biking demonstration, an appearance by Carol and Phillip Mellin and their sheepdog Jess, from the ITV television programme The Dales; and the Knaresborough Horticultural Society's Flower and Vegetable show.
The 11th annual event was held on 19 and 20 October 2013, with the return of the Northern Show Cross Final as well as the addition of the new Private Driving Arena Trials.