Priority booking is now open for Harrogate International Festivals Harrogate Music Festival and Raworths Harrogate Literature Festival, full details below:
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Saturday 12th
March saw the launch of the 2016 Harrogate Music Festival and
Raworths Harrogate Literature Festival programmes. Read on to
find out more about this year's exciting concerts & event, and
how you can received priority booking so you don't miss out on the
action!
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The Harrogate Music Festival
brings the best of chamber, classical, jazz and contemporary music to
a host of venues in Harrogate. As well as world-class performers
the festival features young musicians, guest curators,
artist residencies, masterclasses, cross-arts performances,
family events, lectures and pre-concert talks.
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The Harrogate
Music Festival starts early this year, with a selection of special
events throughout June. Celtic legend, Van Morrison, delivers one
of just a handful of appearances in 2016 on 9th June as part of the
Harrogate Music Festival. The star first headlined the Festival ten
years ago and returns to help celebrate the landmark anniversary year
– don’t miss your chance to see this living legend! Also in June, the
Festival launches an expanded Young Musicians series with a special
concert from Manchester Camerata
featuring one of the world’s foremost violinists, Nicola Benedetti, and
Harrogate’s own Valley Gardens will be transformed into a land of
wonder with an extraordinary fire installation by Cie Carabosse.
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The Festival
than begins in style on 1st July with a weekend dedicated to the
ever-popular John Wilson Orchestra. As
well as the orchestra performing Gershwin, audiences will be treated
to a special Tea Dance and exclusive ‘In Conversation with…’ event.
2016’s Guest Curator is the opera-sensation, Sir Willard White. There are
also new partnerships with BBC3, featuring the BBC’s Next Generation Artists
programme. Other music acts include the world’s most famous brass
ensemble, the Black Dyke Band, and a newly
commissioned work from Grammy Award winning composer, Christopher
Tin, with the Los Angeles based, Angel City Chorale. The
English folk-sensation, The Unthanks, also star, as
well as an extraordinary festival finale from the Czech National Symphony Orchestra.
Friends of the Festival
Priority Booking is now open - see below for further information on
becoming a Friend of the Festival and the great benefits you can
receive.
General
Booking opens Tuesday 29th March 2016.
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The Raworths Harrogate Literature Festival
has been picked by Harper's Bazaar as one of the UK's Best Literature
Festivals. Now in its sixth year, it celebrates great writing by
bringing best-selling authors, influential politicians, comedians and
stars of the stage to share their stories, in a programme
designed to entertain and inspire.
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Spend a long
weekend in the Victorian grandeur of Harrogate’s Crown Hotel, and
experience inspiring talks and stimulating debate. Socialise with
fellow book lovers and soak up the eclectic programme designed to
enthral and inspire.
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This year’s diverse programme features a wealth of fantastic names
from the worlds of politics, economics, science, music and
literature, including Jeremy Bowen, Julia Bradbury, Vince Cable, James Naughtie, Mary Portas and John Suchet. There are also
a number of special anniversary events, marking 100 years since Roald
Dahl’s birth, 400 years since Shakespeare’s death, plus a keen focus
on the 60’s and in particular 1966 – the year the Festival was born.
Friends of the Festival
Priority Booking is now open - see below for further information on
becoming a Friend of the Festival and the great benefits you can
receive.
General
Booking opens Tuesday 29th March 2016.
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Becoming a
Friend of the Festivals is one of the best ways to enjoy all that the
Harrogate International Festivals have to offer, from big name stars,
to intimate concerts and hidden gems, with the benefits of advance
details of our programme, priority booking and exclusive Friends
events.
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Harrogate
International Festivals is a registered charity. As an organisation
with no regular funding we must actively raise 98% of our funding
every year to bring the very best of the live arts to audiences, support
young emerging talent and deliver educational programmes. Your
Friends Membership donation will support the production of our
internationally acclaimed year round portfolio of activity, including
the very best in music and literature as well as the incredible work
of our learning and participation programme.
Join today and receive Priority Booking for all
Harrogate Music Festival & Raworths Harrogate Literature Festival
events!
For more information, to to register to become a Friend of the
Festival, please call Lizzie on 01423 562 303 or click the
button below.
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With special
thanks to our Premier Partners...
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With special thanks to our Premier Partners...
With special thanks to our Community Partner...
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