Harrogate International Festivals Summer Event Guide 2022

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Welcome to the 2022 Harrogate International Festivals Summer Season…

I can’t quite believe I’m able to write this. After the last two years of programme cancellations, organising events, only to cancel again, we are finally able to bring back our wonderful Festivals of music, literature and crime this summer.

Things aren’t fully back to normal as yet. We’re building back the team, creating new programmes and trying to get the balance right of not running before we can walk again, all delivered within an incredibly short space of time.

We’re looking to the future in 2022 and focused our attention on a host of young musicians, writers, talent and performers in this year’s classical music programme, rising stars from around the world will be landing in town this July having won a clutch of international awards and hoping to wow our Harrogate audiences with their prowess. Meanwhile, our debut authors panel New Blood is probably one of the most hotly contested events of the year with Val McDermid’s annual picks often going on to become bestselling authors after the spectacular springboard of the Harrogate stage.

2022 also features our very first Young Conductor & Curator working with BBC Young Musician Winner and local; William Dutton to create a wonderful programme of classical and chamber music.

This year also celebrates a host of special anniversaries across the season; from the 40th anniversary of the Hacienda in Manchester as we welcome Graeme Park to the Spiegeltent, to exploring how representation has changed in crime fiction as we mark 50 years

since the first Pride March in England.

More golden anniversaries are to be celebrated with the Brodsky Quartet in our opening concert and of course a very special celebration of music to commemorate the Platinum Jubilee of the world’s longest reigning Monarch as the Armonico Consort recreate the highlights of the Coronation Service of Queen Elizabeth II in a unique concert performance hosted by ITV news anchor Nicholas Owen.

Of course, there’s familiar favourites as Oddsocks present their fabulous capers at Harlow Carr with Hamlet…The Comedy, a host of free lunchtime events in the Spiegeltent and the Carnival will make its return to town as a grand finale to the whole season.

There’s a lot to celebrate in the programme from young musicians and writers at the very start of their careers, to celebratory events marking one’s journey in life, to a host of fun with our free family and community events across the month.

We’re looking forward to a fantastic summer and as the huge green chairs land at HIF HQ and the body outlines pop up around the town, we hope you manage to enjoy a little bit of music, reading and Festival fun across the summer.

Sharon Canavar Chief Executive Harrogate International Festivals

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festival diary 2022 Tue 28 June 8pm

Brodsky Quartet

p10

Thu 30 June 8pm

Graeme Park

p11

Fri 1 July

8pm

Benoit & The Hot Club

p11

Wed 6 July 11am

Sat 2 July

7.30pm Kasai Masai

p12

Wed 6 July 7.30pm Oddsocks: Hamlet The Comedy

p17

Sun 3 July

11am

YM 1: Charlotte Saluste-Bridoux

p14

Thu 7 July

7.30pm House of Burlesque and Silent Disco

p18

Sun 3 July

2pm

Silas Bassa

p13

Fri 8 July

7.30pm London Afrobeat Collective

p19

Sun 3 July

7.30pm Jo Harrop

Sat 9 July

7pm

p19

p12

Mon 4 July 7.30pm Oz & Armonico | Drink to Music

p16

Tue 5 July

7.30pm Oddsocks: Hamlet The Comedy

p17

Tue 5 July

7.30pm The Gypsy Queens

p16

YM 2: Frederic Bager

Jimmy’s Night

Thu 14 July 7.30pm Berwins Salon North: The Power of Influence

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p14

p20

Fri 15 July

11am

YM 3: Ben Tarlton

p14

Fri 22 July

Fri 15 July

8pm

Coronation of QEII with Nicholas Owen &

p21

Sat 23 July 9am

In Conversation: C.L. Taylor & Lucy Foley

p28

Sat 23 July 5pm

Special Guest: John Connolly

p28

Armonico Consort & Baroque Players Sat 16 July 7.30pm Alexei Grynyuk

p23

Thu 21 – Sun 24 July Theakston Old Peculier

p24-31

Crime Writing Festival Thu 21 July 9am

Creative Thursday

p24

Thu 21 July 8pm

Theakston Old Peculier Crime Awards

p25

& Festival Opening Party

8.30pm Special Guest: Michael Connelly

p26

Sat 23 July 8.30pm Special Guest: Kathy Reichs

p28

Sun 24 July 9am

Special Guest: Lynda La Plante

p30

Sun 24 July 12pm

Special Guest: Charlie Higson

p30

Tue 26 July 11am

YM 4: Kevin Loh

p14

Wed 27 July 7.30pm Heathcliff Trio

p32

Fri 22 July

9am

Special Guest: Paula Hawkins

p26

Thu 28 July 7.30pm Festival Finale with the Amici Ensemble

p33

Fri 22 July

5pm

Special Guest: Tess Gerritsen

p26

Sat 30 July All Day Harrogate Carnival

p35

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Introducing our 2022 Guest Curators

Denise Mina

2022 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival Programming Chair We are delighted and excited to welcome everyone back to Harrogate again this year for what promises to be an outstanding Festival. We hope that our special guests and old friends, our long-established traditions and new events will make this return to the full Festival after the Covid hiatus a real celebration of crime writing in its many iterations. Personally, I feel very fortunate to be part of the programming committee in a year when we have been able to bring so many outstanding writers together.

We want everyone to have a great weekend and hope that you will enjoy every moment of it as much as we do!

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William Dutton

2022 Harrogate Music Festival Guest Curator I am thrilled to have been asked to curate the programme for the Harrogate Music Festival this summer. Having grown up in Harrogate and having performed in the town many times before, it is a special honour to be a part of the wonderful Festivals team. We want to take you on a thrilling musical journey in the hands of some of the most exciting musicians in the country.

A few weeks ago, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge called on people in the UK to help tackle loneliness in their annual ‘Mental Health Minute’ on the radio. Although we might not always feel it, I am sure that many of us in the past two years (myself included) have felt at times alone and sad. If we have learned anything from the pandemic it is that we need each other, we need our Festivals and we need great music!

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Highlights

Spiegeltent Making a welcome comeback for 2022 is Spiegeltent, the quirky travelling performance venue synonymous with the Music Festival. For nine nights it will play host to a heady collection of world music groups and solo artists, as well as a silent disco, an evening of burlesque and a delicious pairing of choral music and gin!

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Anniversaries This year we celebrate a host of

celebratory anniversaries across the season; from the 40th anniversary of the Hacienda in Manchester as we welcome DJ Graeme Park to the Spiegeltent, to exploring how representation has changed in crime fiction as we mark 50 years since the first Pride March in England. More golden anniversaries are to be celebrated with the Brodsky Quartet in our opening concert and a very special celebration of music to commemorate the Platinum Jubilee of the world’s longest reigning Monarch as the Armonico Consort recreate the highlights of the Coronation Service of Queen Elizabeth II in a unique concert performance hosted by ITV news anchor Nicholas Owen.

Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award #TheakstonAward champions the very best crime fiction being published in paperback in the UK and Ireland. With a mix of nailbiting psychological thrillers, tense police procedurals and gripping mysteries, this year’s longlist demonstrates the incredible breadth of modern crime fiction. We can’t wait to reveal the winner to launch the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival.

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Carnival Created as a one-day spectacular, Carnival is a bustling hub of events staged on the last Saturday in July. With global music, themed food zones, a theatre of food, art and craft workshops, street theatre of food, this free family-friendly day is a true party in every sense of the word.

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Timeline 2020 onwards

April 2020

July 2020

October 2020

Launched HIF Player & Podcasts

Yes, it certainly sounds like a dramatic recap in your favourite TV series, but we think it’s only right that we look back on the last two years which hold a tremendous amount of poignancy for so many reasons.

Commissioned new music from Dr David Lancaster.

Launched our digital summer season The HIF Weekender.

Brought literature to life in the streets of Harrogate with Codex Light Installation.

We have a long and historic heritage having fired up hearts and minds since 1966, helping to launch the careers of a host of writers and musicians, and creating inspirational experiences of international standard for Harrogate and the North.

As an arts charity with only 2% of our income sourced from public funding, our delivery and employees are reliant on the income from ticket sales, sponsors, and supporters. We were devastated to have to cancel our Festivals when the pandemic hit in 2020. We have had to make some challenging decisions over the last two years, losing valuable team members and planning then cancelling events too many times to mention.

May 2020 Brightened up dark streets with the #ViewFromMyWindow campaign.

Brought live music back to Harrogate on our traveling stage Brass On The Bus.

But with the generosity of our Friends and supporters we were able to continue to support our community and deliver much-needed cheer, in one way or another over the last two years – online, outside, with reduced capacity, plenty of PPE, and a whole host of hope, hard work and gratitude.

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December 2020 & 2021 Opened the North Pole Post Office to bring a little magic to the end of 2020, inviting children to write a letter to Father Christmas.

May 2021 Installed Luke Jerram’s In Memoriam installation on the Stray to pay homage to those we had lost to Covid-19.

July 2021

Invited back the best in crime at the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival and Novel of the Year Award.

October 2021

March 2022

Ran ‘one of the UK’s Best Literary Festivals’ Raworths Harrogate Literature Festival.

Hosted Alim Beisembayev at the Harrogate International Sunday Series.

Bike projectors animated Harrogate’s buildings and handed out free books in Stop Me & Book One.

Welcomed back Helen Bagnall to kick off the return of Berwins Salon North.

Celebrated one of the most historic areas of the town with an immersive soundscape 1571 The Waters That Made Us.

Lit up the Valley Gardens with glorious light installations, Fire and Light Experience.

Enjoyed a picnic with theatre in the sunshine with Festival favourites Oddsocks Productions.

Produced a day of live chamber and classical music in the HIF Music Day.

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Krysia Osostowicz Ian Belton Paul Cassidy Jacqueline Thomas

| violin | violin | viola | cello

Programme: Purcell MacMillan Shostakovich Ravel

| Chaconne in G minor | To Sonny | String Quartet No.2 in A major, Op. 68 | String Quartet in F major

Brodsky Quartet | 50th Anniversary Celebration Tuesday 28 June | 8pm | St Wilfrid’s Church

Since its formation in 1972, the Brodsky Quartet has performed over 3,000 concerts on the major stages of the world and released more than 60 recordings. A natural curiosity and insatiable desire to explore has propelled the group in many artistic directions and continues to ensure them not only a place at the very forefront of the international chamber music scene, but also a rich and varied musical existence.

Their energy and craftsmanship have attracted numerous awards and accolades worldwide, while ongoing educational work provides a vehicle for passing on experience and staying in touch with the next generation.

Now celebrating their 50th Anniversary, this thoughtful programme features a miniature string quartet written in memory of a little boy To Sonny and celebrates the quartet’s reputation for Shostakovich, earning them the title of Artistic Associate at King’s Place.

Tickets: £22

“…the players gave unstintingly of their passion and energies, playing with a spirit so transformational you felt they were actually improving the world.” – The Strad In partnership with

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Graeme Park

Benoit & The Hot Club

The original British superstar DJ and true pioneer of house music Graeme Park returns to Spiegeltent for an exclusive set.

Monsieur Viellefon escorts you on a velvet evening of swing and jazz, stepping back through time to the infamous Parisian cafes and nightclubs of the 1930s and '40s.

Thursday 30 June | 8pm | Spiegeltent

Graeme was one of the DJ’s responsible for the legendary Haçienda in Manchester at the heart of the cultural boom of Cool Britannia in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s. He promises to bring the iconic era back to life in spectacular Spiegeltent style, in a night not to be missed for all music obsessives to rave their hearts out to.

Tickets: £20

VIP Booths for six adults: £150

Friday 1 July | 8pm | Spiegeltent

The Hot Club's return to Harrogate is much anticipated, boasting the finest musicians on the London jazz scene who effortlessly mix French romanticism with the fervour of American hot jazz to bring an evening of sultry sounds, Hollywood elegance and a little ooh la la.

Tickets: £16

VIP Booths for six adults: From £110

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Kasai Masai

Jo Harrop

Based in London and led by Nickens Nkoso, Kasai Masai’s music reflects their journey from the rural to urban, performing music which has been passed on from generation to generation combined with their own contemporary style. Written in Swahili, Lingala and Kimongo, Kasai Masai’s lyrics portray the cultural diversity of Congo where more than four hundred languages are spoken. The band’s fast-paced style of soukous and rumba meld with Congolese folkloric traditions to create an infectious form of dance music. Expect galloping rhythms, strong melodies, passionate beats, swinging guitars and moving saxophone as Kasai Masai make their Harrogate debut. Theirs is a sound that will transport you to a land where music is a way of life.

Jo Harrop cut her teeth working with a host of legendary artists including Neil Diamond, Rod Stewart and Enrique Iglesias. She joins us in the Spiegeltent to showcase songs from her critically acclaimed album The Heart Wants. Written and recorded when the world came to a sudden standstill in the wake of the pandemic, it's an album about love, life, and loss.

This is sure to be an evening of stunning jazz, as Iggy Pop described her as “a superb and unimaginably good vocalist.”

Saturday 2 July | 7.30pm | Spiegeltent

Tickets: £16

VIP Booths for six adults: £110

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Sunday 3 July | 7.30pm | Spiegeltent

“A rare mix of delicacy and boldness – 4**** stars” – The Guardian

Tickets: £16

VIP Booths for six adults: From £110

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Silas Bassa | piano

Sunday 3 July | 2pm | Spiegeltent Programme highlights include: Satie | Gnossienne No.1 Glass | Etude No.16 Piazzolla | Chau Paris Nyman | A Neat Slice of Tango Born in Argentina, pianist and composer Silas Bassa began his studies at the age of five, moving to Buenos Aires to study at the Conservatorio Nacional Superior de Musica with Aldo Antonganzzi from the age of 18. Silas currently resides in Paris taking lessons with Monique Deschaussées and continues to perform worldwide.

In addition to mastering the traditional core piano repertoire, Silas is developing a reputation as a talented composer, working with a variety of different directors and choreographers across a range of mediums.

His beautiful playing is brought to the Spiegeltent this year where he creates a fascinating world, simultaneously both very modern and resolutely timeless with an eclectic programme featuring works from Satie, Duckworth, Piazzolla and Nyman.

Tickets: £15

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"Truly a great piano concert with all imaginable, from delicate poetry to exquisite, spread orchestral richness of sound.” – Die Rheinpfalz

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Young Musician Series Charlotte SalusteBridoux violin

Sunday 3 July | 11am | Spiegeltent Programme: Brahms | Violin Sonata No.1 Ravel | Violin Sonata No.2 Piazzolia | La Grand Tango A prize-winning chamber musician, Charlotte’s recent highlights include appearances at Wigmore Hall, a BBC Prom with the dynamic 12 Ensemble, and a performance of the Franck Piano Quintet at the Gstaadt Festival with Alina Ibragimova, Lawrence Power, Sol Gabetta and Bertrand Chamayou.

Accompanied by Thomas Kelly.

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“Violin and piano entwined in elegant phrasing and a relaxed performance that was full of delightful nuances.”

– Andrew Connal, The Latest

Frederic Bager | piano Wednesday 6 July | 11am Wesley Chapel Programme: Schumann | Fantasiestücke Op.12 Debussy | Suite Bergamasque Debussy | Estampes “Prints” L.100 Scriabin | Fantaisie Op.28 Frederic has performed across the world, both as soloist and chamber musician. Recent engagements include residencies at the Davos Festival (2018, 2019 and 2020), as well as recitals at Festival Puplinge Classique (Geneva), St James’ Piccadilly (London), and many other venues across the UK and Europe. He studied with Andrew Ball at the Royal College of Music and with Ian Fountain at the Royal Academy of Music and was a scholar and prize-winner at both institutions.

"In command of a great musical gift... his Schubert put us just about as close to Heaven as any Swiss Alp can get." – Bachtrack.com

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Young Musician Series Ben Tarlton | cello

Kevin Loh | guitar

Friday 15 July | 11am | St Wilfrid’s Church

Tuesday 26 July | 11am | Wesley Chapel

Programme includes: Beethoven | Cello Sonata No.1 in F major Rachmaninov | Cello Sonata in G major

Programme highlights: Isaac Albeniz | Sevilla Paulo Bellinat | Jongo Harold Arlen | Somewhere Over the Rainbow Duke Ellington | In a Sentimental Mood

Born in Wales, Ben studied with Sharon McKinley and Alexander Baillie before attending the Yehudi Menuhin School to study with Thomas Carroll. He received a Scholarship to study at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama under Louise Hopkins, also supported

by Help Musicians UK and The Countess of Munster Trust. Whilst a student, he was a Concordia Foundation Artist, a Park Lane Group Artist, recipient of The Suggia Gift by Help Musicians UK and The David Goldman Award from The Worshipful Company of Musicians, as well as receiving their prestigious Silver Medal Award in 2020, nominated by the Guildhall School.

Tickets: £14 Come to all four Young Musicians events for £50

“Plays with skill and panache” Supported by the Dorothy Parkinson Memorial Award for Young British Musicians.

Born and raised in Singapore, Kevin is one of the leading classical guitarists of his generation. His extraordinary musicality has won him the Cambridge University Musical Society Concerto Competition and, in 2020, the London International Guitar Competition.. At 12 years old, Kevin was talent-scouted by The Yehudi Menuhin School in the UK via his YouTube channel, where he was awarded a grant by The Rolling Stones to study at the prestigious music school as their first Asian guitarist.

"I have rarely seen a talent like Kevin Loh. His musical maturity, execution and artistic poise are rare traits at such a young age." – Rene Izquierdo

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Oz & Armonico Drink to Music: Gin and Phonic

Monday 4 July | 7.30pm | Spiegeltent In the third instalment of this hugely successful programme, the Oz & Armonico team investigate the highs and lows (mainly highs) of the relationship between gin, music and humans over the centuries.

International wine expert, author and TV presenter Oz Clarke returns to host the perfect evening of music, gin, incredible facts and blunt fiction.

Enjoy a few glasses of gin whilst hearing the music of Purcell, Handel and Dowland. Learn of the incredible tales of human endeavour and failure, which has given us one of the most celebrated resurgences in alcoholic modern history.

Tickets: £28

Booths for six adults: From £180

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Tickets include two tasting gins.

"Pure Pleasure" – The Guardian

The Gypsy Queens

Tuesday 5 July | 7.30pm | Spiegeltent From humble beginnings as buskers to A list entertainers, The Gypsy Queens return to Harrogate with their trademark dynamic, energetic charm.

Having made their name playing ultra-exclusive parties for the likes of Elton John and Rod Stewart, this promises to be a sell-out show. Drawing from a repertoire of classic hits, and famed for their riotously entertaining performances, experience this truly irrepressible musical force in the electrifyingly intimate setting of the Spiegeltent.

Tickets: £25

VIP Booths for six adults: £180

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Oddsocks: Hamlet The Comedy Tuesday 5 July & Wednesday 6 July 7.30pm | RHS Harlow Carr Gardens Festival favourite Oddsocks return to Harrogate with yet another high-energy, feel-good family theatre show for families and groups of friends alike. Make the most of the outdoor fun with your picnic rugs and deckchairs, and join the crazy theatre troupe for a festival of music, magic and mayhem as they bring Hamlet The Comedy to the beautiful grounds of Harlow Carr – with fingers crossed to no brollies required!

Hamlet The Comedy sees Shakespeare’s famous tragedy performed as you’ve never seen before with lots of laughs, music and memorable moments. We’ll find the eponymous royal student returning home for the summer holidays to find something rotten in the state of Denmark and it’s more than just the bag of dirty washing!

Mum’s married Uncle Claudius and Dad’s dishing the dirt from his grave – it’s enough to make a teenager mad! Things will never be the same again in the Hamlet household…

Tickets: Adults: £22 Under 18s: £15 Under 7s: £7 2 Adults & 2 Children: £67

“Absolutely brilliant! Still laughing!”

“Oddsocks excels in an entertaining show which succeeds as both farce and a perfect introduction to Shakespeare.” – The Stage

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House of Burlesque + Silent Disco Thursday 7 July | 7.30pm-late | Spiegeltent Silent Disco | 9.45pm start | Spiegeltent

The UK's top satirical showgirls House of Burlesque are thrilled to return to Harrogate to ruffle some feathers after a pre-pandemic history of sell-out shows.

Join UK Burlesque royalty Tempest Rose for a night of the risqué, raucous and rhinestoned going right back to the subversive roots of British Burlesque. Unapologetically innovative, House of Burlesque has redefined burlesque for the 21st Century.

After the show, it’s time to grab your headphones and join us on the dance floor for an iconic Silent Disco. With DJs playing tunes from all decades and genres guaranteed to get you feeling fierce and fabulous on the dance floor. Can you handle a night with the House of Burlesque?

Tickets: £25 includes entry to Silent Disco

Please be aware that the show contains adult themes, mild nudity, and is suitable for those aged 18 and above only.

VIP Booths for six adults: From £180 Silent Disco only: £12

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London Afrobeat Collective

Jimmy’s Night

This 9-piece afro-funk noise bomb is fast becoming a household name in every European town who claims to know anything about a good party. Expect powerful vocals set to bold brass lines and uncontainable energy. Guaranteed to bring the unstoppable force of the groove to the Spiegeltent, with the possibility of a spiritual awakening thrown in the mix, London Afrobeat Collective are not to be missed. From Europe to Africa, Glastonbury to ‘Felabration’, and now to Harrogate, they deliver party-music born of their truly global DNA.

Gone but not forgotten, Jimmy’s nightclub was Harrogate’s busiest club in the mid-1990s to late noughties, loved for its numerous dance floors, nooks, and crannies. Described as ‘a class night out’, it was a venue that ushered in a golden age of clubs that dared to be different. Jimmy’s was the go-to hang out.

Maybe it was a bit cheesy. Ok, so it was probably the worst and best nightclub ever. Now it’s time to relive the glory days with our tribute - Jimmy’s Night. They don’t make clubs like this anymore.

Friday 8 July | 7.30pm | Spiegeltent

Tickets: £18

VIP Booths for six adults: £120

Saturday 9 July | 7pm - late Spiegeltent

Tickets: £14

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Berwins Salon North: The Power of Influence Thursday 14 July | 7.30pm | The Crown Hotel

In a world dominated by other people’s opinions, Salon gives you the knowledge to form your own.

Harrogate’s answer to live TED talks, this cabaret style event is designed to excite your curiosity and change your life for the better – and all with time for a well-crafted G&T. We present the most stimulating ideas in arts, science and psychology in a relaxed and friendly setting. So, join us for big ideas in intimate spaces, learn from the experts, debate with friends, and make up your own mind.

Award-winning science writer and author of The Expectation Effect: How Your Mindset Can Transform your Life, David Robson takes us on a tour of the cutting-edge research happening that suggests our expectations shape our experience.

Learn the new techniques that we can all use to improve our fitness, productivity, intelligence, health and happiness.

With a PhD in quantum physics, science author, journalist and broadcaster Michael Brooks is used to answering the ‘The Big Questions’. Drawing from his book The Art of More, Michael explains why maths is fundamental to our understanding of the world and how mathematics has influenced all aspects of our society, past and present, from ancient Egyptian priests through to Apollo astronauts.

Tickets: £16

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Our final speaker will be announced shortly, making a trio that will be expertly bound together by our guest host, the fabulous Gaynor Barnes.

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Armonico Consort & Baroque Players

Friday 15 July | 8pm | St Wilfrid’s Church

Director | Christopher Monks Programme highlights include: Parry | I Was Glad Handel | Zadok The Priest Walton | Coronation Te Deum Vaughan Williams | Creed (Mass in G minor)

To commemorate the Platinum Jubilee of the world’s longest reigning Monarch, the Armonico Consort will recreate the highlights of the Coronation Service of Queen Elizabeth II in this unique concert performance. Narrated by Nicholas Owen former Royal Correspondent for ITV News, Armonico Consort’s five-star Choir and Orchestra will revive one of the most epic days of the 20th Century.

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Raworths Harrogate Literature Festival

20 – 23 October 2022 | The Crown Hotel | Harrogate Line-up to be announced from June.

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Alexei Grynyuk | piano Saturday 16 July | 7.30pm Wesley Chapel

Kiev-born pianist Alexei Grynyuk displayed tremendous interest in music from his early childhood, and at just six years old started giving his first concerts. He attracted wide attention at the age of thirteen when he won the first prize at the Sergei Diaghilev All-Soviet-Union piano competition in Moscow. By then he had already been touring Eastern Europe as a soloist as well as performing Mozart and Chopin piano concertos with Ukrainian orchestras. Later he went on to achieve numerous awards at international piano competitions including first prizes at the Vladimir Horowitz International Piano Competition in Kiev and the Shanghai International Piano Competition in China.

Equally at home in Classical, Romantic and Twentieth-Century repertoire, Grynyuk has already appeared at many of the world’s most renowned concert halls, including Wigmore Hall and the South Bank Centre in London, Salle Cortot & Salle Gaveau in Paris, the Great Hall of Moscow Conservatoire, Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and other prominent venues of Europe, United States, Mexico, Japan, South Korea and Morocco.

“Sublime playing. Breath-taking performance… it seemed a young Horowitz was reborn.” – Pianowereld Magazine, Amsterdam

Tickets: £25

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They say every day is a school day, but if your favourite lesson is learning how to write a bestselling crime novel then no day beats Creative Thursday.

Wherever you are in your writing journey, whether on the first chapter or the final draft, you’re guaranteed to pick up pointers which will help polish your prose and perfect your plot. Leading authors and industry professionals are on hand to share their secrets and arm you with everything you need to take that great idea and make it into a great book.

It’s a full day, packed with information, help, encouragement, and diabolically golden advice. Creative Thursday is immersive and unique, and is designed to give you the best chance of getting that publishing deal you dream of.

Sessions throughout the day include:

Join The Creative Thursday Alumni

Meet four successful authors who started their journey at Creative Thursday.

The Other Side

Creative Thursday

Vaseem Khan examines how to write outside your own cultural background.

Thursday 21 July | 9am - 5.30pm The Old Swan Hotel

Just Write

Greg Mosse runs a dynamic, collaborative story development workshop.

Dragon's Pen

Tickets: £100

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Sell your story on our literary version of the popular TV show, Dragon's Den.

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Theakston Old Peculier Crime Awards & Festival Opening Party Thursday 21 July | 8pm

Crime writing’s most wanted accolade, the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award returns to highlight the cream of the crop of crime novels published by British and Irish authors over the last year.

Who will take the title? Six shortlisted authors will put their game face on as host Mark Lawson presents the murderously good line-up.

The coveted Novel of the Year Award, dubbed the crime writing fraternity’s equivalent of the Oscars, with a pint of Yorkshire’s finest thrown in, kicks off the 2022 Festival in style. An icon of the genre will also be honoured with the Outstanding Contribution accolade.

Celebrations continue with the official Festival opening party.

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Friday 22 July | 9am The Old Swan Hotel

Friday 22 July | 5pm The Old Swan Hotel

Friday 22 July | 8.30pm The Old Swan Hotel

Paula Hawkins

Michael Connelly

It is impossible to write about Paula Hawkins without reference to the book that started it all. Girl on the Train was, and remains, a phenomenon. It has sold an estimated 23 million copies worldwide and became the template for every psychological thriller that followed it. Yet this is clearly no one-book wonder…

When Dr Tess Gerritsen was on maternity leave from her job as a physician in Hawaii, she took the chance to try to fulfil a lifelong dream to become a writer. It was something she achieved with spectacular success. Over 40 million copies of her novels have been sold in 40 countries.

A writing career can’t be judged in numbers alone, but Michael Connelly’s certainly tell a story. He has written 36 novels, which have sold over 80 million copies and have been translated into 40 languages, winning leading literary prizes and have been adapted into major movies and a hit TV series.

Paula Hawkins will be interviewed by author NJ Cooper.

Tess Gerritsen will be interviewed by author SJ Watson.

Michael Connelly will be interviewed by international bestseller Mark Billingham.

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Tess Gerritsen

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What’s on Friday 22 July 9am

Special Guest: Paula Hawkins | £16

10.30am It’s a Long Walk, Not a Short Hop | £13 Sponsored by

12pm

Too Good to Write Off | £13 Sponsored by

2pm

Mo Hayder, Queen of Chill | £13

3.30pm

Pride and Prejudice | £13

5pm

Special Guest: Tess Gerritsen | £16

6.15pm

Author Dinner No.1 | £45

8.30pm

Special Guest: Michael Connelly | £16 Sponsored by

10pm

All Thriller, No Filler | £13

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In Conversation:

C.L. Taylor and Lucy Foley

Saturday 23 July | 9am The Old Swan Hotel Lucy Foley rocketed to the top of the bestseller charts with her astonishing crime debut The Hunting Party which was followed by another huge pageturning hit The Guest List. C.L. Taylor is the author of nine gripping psychological thrillers, eight of which have been Sunday Times bestsellers. She has an enviable ability to reel in readers and leave them gasping for air at twists they don’t see coming.

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Saturday 23 July | 5pm The Old Swan Hotel

Saturday 23 July | 8.30pm The Old Swan Hotel

John Connolly

No one combines crime fiction, the gothic and the supernatural quite like John Connolly. He is the master of his trade, a scalpel in one hand and a bludgeon in the other, writing beautiful prose and brutal people. As well as several blistering standalones, Connolly’s much-loved Charlie Parker series now runs to 20 novels, each more terrifying than the one before.

John Connolly will be interviewed by author and critic Mark Lawson.

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Kathy Reichs

A professor of forensic anthropology, Dr Kathy Reichs has taught FBI agents how to detect human remains, travelled to Rwanda to testify at the UN tribunal on genocide, helped exhume a mass grave in Guatemala, and helped recover body parts at the World Trade Center after 9/11.

Kathy Reichs will be interviewed by Mark Lawson.

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What’s on Saturday 23 July 9am

In Conversation: C.L.Taylor & Lucy Foley | £16

10.30am The Country is Another County | £13 12pm

New Blood with Val McDermid | £13 Sponsored by

2pm

Chortling Experts | £13

3.30pm

Police Procedurals in a Changing World | £13

5pm

Special Guest: John Connolly | £16 Sponsored by

6.15pm

Author Dinner No.2 | £45

6.30pm

Poe Did It | £13

8.30pm

Special Guest: Kathy Reichs | £16 Sponsored by

10pm

Late Night Quiz | £13 In loving memory of Thalia Proctor Sponsored by

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Sunday 24 July | 9am The Old Swan Hotel

Sunday 24 July | 12pm The Old Swan Hotel

Lynda La Plante A living legend of crime writing will take to the Theakston’s stage this July as Lynda La Plante talks about her extraordinary life and writing career.

After graduating as an actor from RADA alongside Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt and Ian McShane, she carved out a successful career on stage and the small screen. It was while filming The Gentle Touch that she turned her hand to writing with phenomenal results. The result was Widows, a huge TV hit in the early 80s. She then turned her hand to novels, writing international bestsellers, before creating a show for ITV, the iconic and ground-breaking Prime Suspect. It set a path for unparalleled success in books and TV.

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In what is sure to be an unmissable event, Lynda LaPlante will be interviewed by programme chair Denise Mina.

Charlie Higson

Charlie Higson is one of those annoying people who are good at everything. Not content with being an actor and comedian, and formerly a singer, he is, of course, also an acclaimed author with a hugely impressive body of work.

A star of The Fast Show, Broadchurch and Grantchester, his writing career is at least equally striking. The five novels in his Young Bond series and the seven in The Enemy series have thrilled and enchanted readers of all ages. His latest novel Whatever Gets You Through the Night, is an out and out crime thriller, a gripping and brilliant page turner with a dark heart.

Charlie Higson will be interviewed by TV presenter Steph McGovern.

Tickets: £16

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What’s on Sunday 24 July 9am

Special Guest: Lynda La Plante | £16

10.30am Moments in Crime | £13 12pm

Special Guest: Charlie Higson | £16

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Ashley Tong | violin Sebastian Kolin | cello Jonathan Siahaan | piano Programme: Haydn Ravel Beethoven Shostakovich

| Piano Trio in A major Hob.XV:35 | Piano Trio in A minor | Piano Trio Op.70, No.1 ‘Ghost’ | Piano Trio No.1 in C minor, Op.8 ‘Poeme’

Heathcliff Trio

Wednesday 27 July | 7.30pm | Wesley Chapel Bonded by a musical consensus and shared vision, the Heathcliff Trio was founded in late 2020. Created from a decade-long collaboration between childhood friends Ashley Tong and Sebastian Kolin, who studied together at the Yehudi Menuhin School, they encountered Danish pianist, Jonathan Siahaan, upon completing their studies, whose resonating philosophy pronounced himself the final choice of a long-lasting search.

The Heathcliff Trio recently won 1st prize in the 9th International Johannes Brahms Chamber Music Competition with two additional special prizes including the best interpretation of a piece by Brahms. The Trio recently made their debut at Wigmore Hall for the final concert of The Parkhouse Award International Competition for Chamber Music. Despite their short existence, the Trio brings together their extensive individual experiences in chamber music, which include collaborations with artists including Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, Kathryn Stott, Enrico Pace and Barnabas Kelemen.

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Conductor Programme: Rossini Mozart Beethoven

| William Dutton | An Italian in Algiers | Symphony No.38 in D major “Prague Symphony” | Symphony No.7 in A major

Festival Finale with the Amici Ensemble Thursday 28 July | 7.30pm | Royal Hall

The Amici Ensemble was originally formed in the 1980s to showcase the talents of professional musicians based in the region, and to demonstrate that great, high-quality orchestral music can be programmed locally without having to draw players from further afield.

The players are traditionally drawn from the region’s larger professional orchestras including Opera North, the Halle and BBC Philharmonic, which ensures an incredibly high standard of performance.

Whilst renowned for accompanying soloists and choirs, the orchestra are delighted to be returning to a more symphonic repertoire with a fitting close to the 2022 Harrogate Music Festival, conducted by our Music Festival Guest Curator, William Dutton.

Tickets: £16 - £30

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Harrogate Carnival

Saturday 30 July | All Day | Free Valley Gardens First staged in 2019, Carnival is back on the last Saturday in July, kicking off with a large street parade through the centre of Harrogate before heading to the Valley Gardens.

It’s free for everyone to attend and celebrate the diversity, colours, costumes, sounds and flavours from the four quarters of the world, right here in Harrogate. With global music and dance stages, themed food zones, a theatre of food, art and craft workshops and street theatre, this family-friendly day is a true party in every sense of the word.

Think Rio in Rhododendrons, parade in the petunias, sounds in the sun colonnades, food in the flora and dancing in the dahlias, and you will begin to get a taste of what the day holds in store.

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Where happy children make happy progress Limited places available for boys and girls from 3 months to 11 years

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about us Harrogate International Festivals is the flagship arts Festival for the North of England. A charitable organisation, our passion and ambition maintains our position as an arts organisation delivering Festivals of national importance and dramatically increasing the cultural opportunities for Harrogate and the wider region.

Patron HRH The Prince of Wales Honorary President Peter Blackburn CBE Vice Presidents Mrs Frainy Ardeshir Lesley Garrett CBE Malcolm Neesam David Haxby David Salter Christine Woods

Board of Trustees Fiona Movley, Chairman Matthew Osborne, Treasurer John Bywater Jenny Harris Lucy Hind Iain Jenkins Craig Ratcliffe Susan Rumfitt Stan Lumley Councillor, Observer

Theakston Old Peculier Programming Committee Denise Mina Programming Chair Mark Billingham NJ Cooper, Jane Gregory Vaseem Khan Steve Mosby Julia Wisdom Festival Team Sharon Canavar Clemence Roux Emma Lloyd Lisa McKiddie Sophie White Rosie Gilbertson Ellen Fletcher Ruth Moody Pauline Empson

Harrogate Music Festival Guest Curator William Dutton Support Services Marc Dunleavy Karen Sweeney David Simister Tim Garbutt Events Conrad Davies Creative Dot & Diode Tyneside Pianos

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