The event - a display of Yorkshire’s best farming, agriculture, countryside and culture - is already a sell-out and has been setting up ahead of the first day tomorrow. It runs until Friday.
Here are ten pictures from around the showground.
![Courtney Huntley pictured in front of the Great Yorkshire Show Floral display by Jonathan Moseley.
Pictures by Simon Hulme.](https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTI2MzUyMzk3.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
1. Welcome to the Great Yorkshire Show
Courtney Huntley pictured in front of the Great Yorkshire Show Floral display by Jonathan Moseley. Pictures by Simon Hulme. Photo: Pictures Simon Hulme.
![A Highland Cow is cooled down at the show as the temperatures rise in Harrogate on Monday.](https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTI2MzUyMzk4.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
2. Cooling Cattle
A Highland Cow is cooled down at the show as the temperatures rise in Harrogate on Monday. Photo: Simon Hulme
![Presenter Jules Hudson is pictured. with 18 year old Lucy Atkinson with her Valais Blacknose Sheep named Spot.](https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTI2MzUyMzk5.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
3. Celebrity handler
Presenter Jules Hudson is pictured. with 18 year old Lucy Atkinson with her Valais Blacknose Sheep named Spot. Photo: Simon Hulme
![This Highland beast takes a shower as animals are kept cool as exhibitors set up at the Great Yorkshire Show.](https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTI2MzUyNDAw.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
4. Keeping his cool
This Highland beast takes a shower as animals are kept cool as exhibitors set up at the Great Yorkshire Show. Photo: Simon Hulme