Welcome to the Harrogate Music Fes�val Highlights Guide
This summer, we invite you on an extraordinary journey through music, art, and adventure. The Harrogate Music Festival presents a breathtaking lineup, blending worldclass performances with unique, immersive experiences.
A true highlight of this season is Gaia by renowned artist Luke Jerram - a magnificent installation that brings Earth itself to life in a stunning visual spectacle. Beneath the surface, prepare for an unforgettable series of performances with our Gigs at Gaia series. From orchestral performances to concerts by candlelight, brilliant brass to organ recitals, there is a host of performances set to surprise and delight.
We launch the season with the inimitable Mike Lovatt’s Brass Pack at the Royal Hall, Festival favourites Oddsocks returns to town with AMidsummer Night’s Dream, and we continue to proudly showcase the next generation of talent in our Young Musicians Series offering a platform for rising stars to shine.
More artists will be announced in the coming weeks, so pop the dates in your diary and get ready for a brilliant summer of music!
Mike Lova�’s Brass Pack
Thursday 26thJune | 7.30pm
Royal Hall
The trumpet virtuosoreturns with Brass Hits Hollywood: songs and music from hit movies and musical films, featuring Anna Jane Casey on vocals.
"The ability and authority to inspire not only a whole brass sec�on but an en�re orchestra" - John Wilson
Young Musician 1: Trio Concept
Friday 27thJune | 11am | Wesley Chapel
Ayoung, passionate piano trio from Italy performs piecesby Bloch, Ravel and Mendelssohn.
"An ensemble of mature musicians, able to deeply relate with the score, regardless of the composer or period"- Circuito Musica
Oddsocks:
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Tuesday 1stJuly & Wednesday 2ndJuly | 7.30pm | RHS Harlow Carr Ahigh-energy, feel-good, family version of Shakespeare’s most magical comedy.
"Outrageously funny, a joy, with neatly engineered slaps�ck"- No�ngham Post
Young Musician 2: Charlo�e Spruit
Friday 4thJuly | 11am
Wesley Chapel
Chosen as a Classic FM Rising Star of 2024, Charlo�e performs Beethoven and Schumann Violin Sonatas.
"Convincingly establishing herself as one of the most promising young talents" - Het Kersjes Fonds
Gigs at Gaia:
Orchestra For The Earth
Friday 4thJuly | 7.30pm | St Wilfrid's Church
World-class music connec�ng people with the natural world with a programme inspired by nature.
"What a concert! It remained in my mind as one of the high points of the fes�val" – Marina Mahler, granddaughter of Gustav Mahler
Young Musician 3: Jali Bakary Konteh
Saturday 5thJuly | 11am
St Wilfrid's Church
The latest member of a legendary lineage of West African griots, Jali Bakary Konteh is a London-based kora master, carrying forward Gambia’s rich kora tradi�on and adding his own innova�ons along the way.
“An excep�onal purveyor of the Gambian tradi�on” Afropop Worldwide
Gigs at Gaia: Ahmed Dickinson
Sunday 6thJuly | 5pm
St Wilfrid's Church
One of the finest exponents of the Cuban classical guitar performs music inspired by the Earth.
“A true pioneer.”– Classic FM Magazine
Gigs at Gaia: Concert by Candlelight: Marian Consort
Sunday 6thJuly | 8pm | St Wilfrid's Church
OurShared Planet explores all things earthy and earthly,featuring Spanish songs from the late Renaissance alongside atmospheric new commissions.
"Sublimely refined, spacious and impeccably tuned performances”- The Sunday Times
Gigs at Gaia: Anthony Gray: Interstellar
Monday 7thJuly | 8pm | St Wilfrid's Church
Hans Zimmer’s epic score for Interstellar Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi masterpiece— soars to life amongst this awe-inspiring organ recital.
"Interstellarshows the wonder of worlds beyond" - Time Magazine
Gigs at Gaia: Connaught Brass
Tuesday 8thJuly | 7.30pm | St Wilfrid's Church
A fresh perspec�ve on what brass chamber music should be, including a selec�on from Holst's The Planets.
"Technically astonishing, eclec�c in repertoire" - Arts Desk
Yevgeny Sudbin
Wednesday 9thJuly |7.30pm
Wesley Chapel
Excep�onal ar�stry and sublime technique on display with works from Bach, Scarla� and Prokofiev's Piano Sonata No. 4.
"A pianist of uncommon sensi�vity and refinement"- The Independent Gigs at Gaia: Berwins Salon North
Thursday 10thJuly | 7.30pm | St Wilfrid's Church
Berwins Salon North goes on tour to Gaia with a programme inspired by the world around us.
Young Musician 4: To Be Announced
Friday 11thJuly | 11am| Wesley Chapel
Gigs at Gaia: House of Burlesque & Silent Disco
Friday 11thJuly | 7.30pm | St Wilfrid's Church Hall
The return of the sell-out burlesque cabaret in the hall, followed by the Silent Disco a�erparty under the earth.
"A highly skilled piece of theatrical cabaret... rip-roaring fun" - The Stage
Luke Jerram's Gaia
4th - 12th July | St Wilfrid's Church
This inspiring installa�on aims to create a sense of the Overview Effect, which was first described by author Frank White in 1987. Common features of the experience for astronauts are a feeling of awe for the planet, a profound understanding of the interconnec�on of all life. Gaia will be open to the public during the installa�on period as well as hos�ng a series of special performances under the earth: Gigs at Gaia.
HOW TO BOOK
Booking opens for Friends of the Festival Tuesday 22nd April
Phone: 01423 562 303
Online: harrogateinternationalfestivals.com
In Person: 32 Cheltenham Parade, Harrogate, HG1 1DB
Trusts and Founda�ons Friends of the Fes�val | Future 50 Founda�on | The Dorothy Parkinson Memorial Award | WW Spooner Charitable Trust | GC Armitage Charitable Trust | Charles and Elsie Sykes Trust Charity no. 244861
