Harrogate International Festivals 2017

2017 sees a bumper crop of events for Harrogate International Festivals, full details below:

Whats On ... Following on from our 50th Anniversary year Harrogate International Festivals returns with a brilliant programme for 2017. With something suitable for everyone this Spring, tickets are still available for all events. Don't Miss Out!     January   Library of Live Limited number of FREE tickets for under 18's available Please contact our team for more details     HIF+ Musical Mums Every Tuesday | 1.30pm Wesley Chapel Free for Mums under 25 MORE INFORMATION     Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival Rover & Author Dinner Tickets on Sale from Mon 23 Jan | 9.30am MORE INFORMATION HERE     Berwins Salon North Sharing Thu 26 Jan | 7.30pm The Crown Hotel Tickets : £18 BOOK HERE     Harrogate International Sunday Series Francesca Dego Sun 29 Jan | 11am The Old Swan Hotel Tickets : £18/£16.50 BOOK HERE   Library of Live Limited number of FREE tickets for under 18's available Please contact our team for more details     Future 50 Emma Bridgewater Limited Edition Mugs LIMITED TIME SALE USUALLY £20 NOW £15 BUY HERE     February   Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival Special Guest Tickets On Sale! Mon 13 Feb | 9.30am MORE INFORMATION HERE     Harrogate International Sunday Series Julian Bliss Sun 19 Feb | 11am The Old Swan Hotel Tickets : £18/£16.50 BOOK HERE   Library of Live Limited number of FREE tickets for under 18's available Please contact our team for more details     HIF+ Global Villages Mon 20 - Wed 22 Feb FREE School Workshops BOOKING OPENS SOON     March   Berwins Salon North Caring Thu 9 Mar | 7.30pm The Crown Hotel Tickets : £18 BOOK HERE     Harrogate International Sunday Series Heath Quartet Sun 12 Mar | 11am The Old Swan Hotel Tickets : £18/£16.50 BOOK HERE   Library of Live Limited number of FREE tickets for under 18's available Please contact our team for more details     Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival New Blood Tickets On Sale! Fri 17 Mar | 9.30am MORE INFORMATION HERE     April   Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival Panel Tickets On Sale! April 6th | 9.30am MORE INFORMATION HERE     Berwins Salon North Daring Thu 27 Apr | 7.30pm The Crown Hotel Tickets : £18 BOOK HERE     Harrogate International Sunday Series Alessandro Taverna Sun 30 Apr | 11am The Old Swan Hotel Tickets : £18/£16.50 BOOK HERE   Library of Live Limited number of FREE tickets for under 18's available Please contact our team for more details     With special thanks to our Premier Partners...               With special thanks to our Community Partner...     Copyright © 2017 Harrogate International Festivals, All rights reserved.           Our mailing address is: Harrogate International Festivals 32 Cheltenham Parade Harrogate, North Yorkshire HG1 1DB United Kingdom Add us to your address book           Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival     #FestivalFever #FestivalFever is heating up again! So far we have announced Special Guests, Lee Child, Kathy Reichs and Ian Rankin, Peter May in conversation with Stuart MacBride, the first of our 2017 Panel Events VERA! and most recently announced is Special Guest Arne Dahl! Now,  it’s time to reveal TWO guests who will be in conversation…and we’re very excited! The first of these Special Guests is a writer, director and literary curator. As well as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and Commissioning Editor for Arts at BBC Radio 4, he is also the author of The Grantchester Mysteries! This leads us nicely into the second part of this announcement. This Special Guest was born in Hexham, Northumberland, and is one of the best known faces on British television. He appears on over 300 hours’ worth of film, most importantly, the hit detective drama series, Grantchester.     This week we are pleased to announce 2017 Special Guests... James Runcie in conversation with Robson Green!   James was born in 1959, educated at Marlborough College, Cambridge University and Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. He was a founder member of The Late Show, and made documentary films for the BBC for fifteen years. He then went freelance to make programmes for Channel 4 and ITV. He was Artistic Director of the Bath Literature Festival from 2010-2013, and Head of Literature at the Southbank Centre in London from 2013-2015. The six-part ITV series Grantchester is based on The Grantchester Mysteries, a sequence of novels Runcie began to write five years ago. He told the Guardian “I didn’t intend them to be a fictionalised, alternative biography of my father – and I still hope they aren’t – but one cannot easily escape a strong paternal influence.” In the drama series, Robson Green plays the role of policeman and family man Geordie, an overworked Detective Inspector whose methods of fighting crime are a little rough around the edges.     Joining James Runcie will be one of the stars of Grantchester, Robson Green who plays Geordie Keating. Robson has been an actor for the last 30 years and has starred in a great many TV dramas including Strike Back, Wire in the Blood ( based on the Val McDermid Novels)  and Touching Evil to name but a few. Robson is also a presenter on his very successful show Extreme Fishing with Robson Green and Robson Green's Extreme Fishing Challenge. Born in Dudley, Northumberland, after an apprenticeship at Swan Hunters, Robson  knew very early on that acting was for him, he went to the Backworth drama group and was encouraged by Max Roberts to pursue acting as his career. Robson also had chart success with his acting friend Jerome Flynn when the topped the charts in 1990's. Outside of the Grantchester Xmas special which aired in December 2016 Robson will be seen in the third season of Grantchester which is due out this year, as well as presenting a new series for ITV called Tales from the Coast and a new Fishing series for the Travel Channel called Robson Green's Grand Slam. * Robson Green's appearance will be subject to filming commitments.   Watch out for #FestivalFever with Special Guest reveals. Why not book a Weekend Break Package – available now!      Festival Focus: Rovers!     Weekend and Day Rovers now on sale.    Treat yourself to either a Weekend or Day Rover, save money and immerse yourself in the world of crime...   • Access to all Festival events*.  • Delicious lunches at the Old Swan Hotel on Friday/Saturday • A complimentary Festival goody bag * excludes Author Dinner     The line-up so far... Lee Child | Kathy Reichs | Ian Rankin | Peter May | Stuart MacBride | VERA | Arne Dahl   You may also be interested in...   Harrogate International Festivals is also proud to present Click For More Information     Title Sponsor   With special thanks to our Premier Partners...               With special thanks to our Community Partner... Facebook Twitter Website   Copyright © 2017 Harrogate International Festivals, All rights reserved. Harrogate International Festivals is a registered charity. Charity No. 244861. Our mailing address is: Harrogate International Festivals, 32 Cheltenham Parade, Harrogate, HG1 1DB