Hitchin Festival Programme 2019 by hitchinherts

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Hitchin Festival 2019 A warm welcome to everyone attending or putting on events during this year’s festival. Hitchin is certainly a buzzing town and the Hitchin Festival is a true marker of this as every year the Festival grows in popularity and the number of talks, walks and performances increases. At the risk of missing anyone out we’d just like to say a huge thank you to everyone involved in organising this years programme and putting on the events. We hope you enjoy the Festival and have a lovely summer.

Hitchin Festival is supported by:

Best wishes Keith Hoskins, Tim Farr & Glyn Doggett (Festival Directors)

Throughout the Festival The Art Trail

Noah's Ark

Windmill Hill Art

The Art Trail – an exhibition of fine local art displayed in individual shop windows turning the whole town centre into one big art gallery. Pick up a trail leaflet at Hitchin Information at 1A Churchyard.

Noah’s Ark sponsored by Festiwool, Hitchin Stitchin and other members of the community of yarn flock will run throughout the Festival at St Mary’s Church.

Concerto for Fish & Chip Shop and Windmill Hill is a large interactive art installation for everyone to enjoy, but which can only be understood by one person at a time.

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Lunchtime Concerts Taking place at St Mary’s Church, Churchyard at 1.05pm and last up to an hour. Admission free with a retiring collection shared between the performers, Hitchin Festival & St Mary’s.

Friday 05 July

Frankly Speaking – Tony Philips A nostalgic musical journey with songs and anecdotes from the world of Frank Sinatra with Tony Phillips (vocals) and Craig Stallwood (piano).

Tuesday 09 July

Quintessimo A wind quintet with a difference, their repertoire includes classical, romantic and contemporary work as well as a large selection of favourite music from shows and popular songs having performed for weddings, corporate functions and charities around Greater London, Hertfordshire, Staffordshire and France!

Friday 12 July

Gaillard Trio The Galliard Trio was formed thirty-eight years ago. Since then it has been giving concerts throughout the south of England, stately homes, churches, schools and arts centres in support of good causes such as the National Trust, church restoration funds and other charities. The Trio regularly visits Hertfordshire, having played in Ashwell, Letchworth, St Albans, Wallington and Barkway. This is its second visit to St Mary’s for the Hitchin Festival. The Trio has established a reputation for programmes of great variety. Its repertoire is wide partly because of the different combinations of instruments available and partly because of the arrangements it has made of music by many composers.

Monday 15 July

Melodies That Linger, Words that Endure - The Parlour & the Music Hall Revisited John Edwards, Ian Hamilton, Andy Johnson, Sandra Page and Edith Pratt present a cornucopia of songs and readings celebrating the great British tradition of Music Hall and Parlour.

Tuesday 16 July

Montagnana Trio The Montagnana Trio is one of the rare chamber music ensembles devoted to the performance of music for flute, cello and piano. With three outstanding musicians Emma Halnan, BBC Young Musician Woodwind Section Winner (2010), cellist Catherine Wilmers awarded the sought after Diapason d’Or for her CD of works by British Women Composers and pianist Kate Elmitt who performed the Beethoven Triple Concerto aged 12 at the Royal Festival Hall. Programme features Stradella Sinfonia in D minor and Beethoven Trio Op.1 no. 3 in C minor.

Wednesday 17 July

Elgar’s Piano Quintet Haydn’s Piano Trio no.45 in Eb Nick Evans-Pughe and Colleagues St Mary’s Church, 1.05pm. Free admission with retiring collection

Lunchtime Concerts Friday 19 July

Masa Tayama Masayuki Tayama, one of today’s most accomplished pianists, is much in demand across Europe and Japan. He first came to prominence when he won First Prize in the Takahiro Sonoda International Piano Competition in Japan, followed by numerous top prizes in Europe, including the Birmingham International Piano Competition. Tayama studied at the Toho University of Music in Japan, and subsequently in London on a Fellowship from the Japanese Government, where he was awarded the Performer’s Diploma with Honours from both the Royal College of Music and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

Tuesday 23 July

Boscobel String Quartet Four friends with a shared passion for the golden age of the string quartet and a desire to bring it alive again for audiences today, the Boscobelles are all respected period instrumentalists with a collective wealth of international performing experience. Their historic name, borrowed from the oak tree in which King Charles II hid from the Roundheads in 1651, reflects the beautiful wood of their original instruments as well as playfully alluding to the Royal Oak venue of their London debut in October 2016. Their embracing of historically-informed music-making extends from the instruments and techniques they use to the performance setting itself, with a preference for intimate venues which offer the opportunity to recreate the salon atmosphere for which this music was originally conceived.

Wednesday 24 July

Caroline Owen (Violin) Jayne Mason (Piano) Local artists violinist Caroline Owen and pianist Jayne Mason are playing their debut performance for The Hitchin Festival. The program will take the audience on a musical journey from popular pieces ‘Ladies in Lavender and Bring him Home to The ‘Scantus’ from Faure Requiem. Original compositions featuring Jayne Masons latest album Resolution with influences of arabic sounds from time spent in Cairo. A combination of dynamic artistry and creativity this is one show not to miss! Caroline Owen has performed across the globe with her electrifying show Storm. Her latest tour was playing violin for Jeff Wayne the Musical version of The War of the Worlds as part of the Ulladubulla Strings. Director of The Hitchin Violin School and Strings Academy where she teaches the next generation of budding musicians.

Friday 26 July

Joanna Lam Joanna Lam commenced piano lessons at the age of 8, and proceeded to win prizes at several national music festivals. After leaving Chetham’s School of Music in July 2013, she continued to study with Masayuki Tayama whilst reading Music at King’s College London where she received First Class Honours and was further awarded the Purcell Prize for gaining the highest mark in the degree 2016-17. Joanna regularly gives concerts for the Annual Charity Youth Concerts raising money in support of the Donna Louise Trust, and performs with the Newcastle Male Voice Choir. She has more recently appeared as the soloist in performances of concertos by Fauré and Saint-Saëns with the Eagle Chamber Orchestra and Arlesey Symphony Orchestra, working with conductors Daniel KingSmith and Levon Parikian. As a chamber musician, she has collaborated with the renowned clarinetist and Principal of the Royal Northern College of Music, Linda Merrick, and with recorder virtuoso John Turner. Last summer saw her returning as a soloist at Hitchin Festival.

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Monday 01 July

Hitchin Beer & Lemonade Mile

Schools in Concert

Hitchin Town Football Club, Top Field, Fishponds Road Noon – 2pm

St Mary’s Church, 7pm £5.00, concessions £3.00

Adult: £12.00 beer, Children’s Lemonade Mile £5.00

Whitehill Junior School, Wilshere Dacre Junior Academy, Cockernhoe Primary School, Preston Primary School, Ickleford Primary School.

Sunday 30 June

Triangle Garden Foraging Walk 2pm – 4.30pm, £15.00, concession £10.00 www.trianglegarden.org/events

Sunday 30 June

Afternoon Tea At Halseys 2.30pm – 4.30pm, £17.50 As part of this year’s Festival and to offer sustenance to those attending walks and concerts around town, Halseys will be serving Sunday afternoon teas. Cakes, dainties and sandwiches complemented by their world class teas & coffees (with wine & beer menus available for those who fancy adding a little bubbly or a glass of wine).

Monday 01 July

Taking The Recorder for A Walk Holy Saviour Church, Radcliffe Rd, 7.30pm £13.00, concession £9.00 A surprising evening of music for recorders, with virtuoso recorder player James Risdon, accompanied by Trevor Hughes.

Monday 01 July

NH Museum Festival Lectures: Toys & Games in History, The Gruesome & The Fun North Hertfordshire Museum, The Learning Centre, Brand Street, 7.30pm, £5.00 Lecture by Cas Sanders, Museum Curator and Learning Officer, North Hertfordshire Museum.

Sunday 30 June

Let There Be Love Bunyan’s Barn, Maydencroft Manor, 7.30pm £16.00, concessions £14.00 A gala evening of swing music, with Mark Adams and The Gainsford Swing Band, directed by Trevor Hughes.

Monday 01 July

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Wednesday 03 July

Schools in Concert

The Scilla Douglas Lecture

St Mary’s Church, Churchyard, 7pm £5.00, concessions £3.00

Richard Whitmore Studio, QMT, Walsworth Road, 8pm, £5.00

Hexton JMI School, Pirton Primary School, Breachwood Green JMI School, St Paul’s Walden Primary School, St Andrew’s Primary School, Little Wymondley JMI School.

‘The Great Scheme’: the early history of Girton College in Hitchin and Cambridge 1869-1900. Dr Hazel Mills, College Historian, Girton College Cambridge, explores the College’s early years to mark its 150th Anniversary of foundation at Benslow House in Hitchin.

Tuesday 02 July

The Anthony Slinn Art Lecture: Anthony's 100 Years of Making Art The Sun Hotel, Sun Street, 8pm Admission £8.00

Sponsor: Hitchin Historical Society

Thursday 04 July

Street Food Monthly Market Place, 4pm – 9pm A celebration of Hitchin’s foodie fanatics.

Wednesday 03 July

Summer Serenade – Hitchin Symphony Orchestra St Mary’s Church, 7.30pm £10.00. Under 16s free. Hitchin Symphony Orchestra will be presenting its annual Festival programme of popular and melodious music on 3 July. This year will include music by Fauré and Elgar and symphonies by Haydn (No.86) and Mozart (No.31, Paris). The concert will last about an hour.

Wednesday 03 July

Wine & Tapas Los Reyes, Bucklersbury, 7.30pm, £35.00 Sample fine wines predominantly from Spanish estates alongside tasters of the region’s cuisine presented by Damian Caldwell and James Slater with their customary enthusiasm!

Thursday 04 July

Frederick Landseer Griggs – The Master Engraver British Schools Museum, Queen Street 7pm for 7.30pm, £8.00 An illustrated lecture by James Willis.

Thursday 04 July

The Brewer with the Brush (A Hitchin History Play) The Market Theatre, Sun Street, 7.30pm £12.50, £11.50 (concession Thursdays only) The subject of this year’s ‘Hitchin Histories’ is Samuel Lucas, a man who was born into the renowned Quaker brewing family and was constantly torn between his inherited duty to carry on the family business and his obsessive passion for painting. He travelled widely and the play explores the dilemma of a man striving to balance his hobby with his profession.

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Friday 05 July

Poetry ID Readings and Open Mic

The Brewer with the Brush (A Hitchin History Play)

The Highlander, Upper Tilehouse Street, 7.45pm, Admission free

Friday 05 July

Lunchtime Concert: Frankly Speaking – Tony Philips St Mary’s Church. 1.05pm Admission free with retiring collection See main details on page 5

The Market Theatre, Sun Street, 7.30pm £12.50 The subject of this year’s ‘Hitchin Histories’ is Samuel Lucas, a man who was born into the renowned Quaker brewing family and was constantly torn between his inherited duty to carry on the family business and his obsessive passion for painting. He travelled widely and the play explores the dilemma of a man striving to balance his hobby with his profession.

Saturday 06 July

Independents Day On the Market Place from 10am. A tribute to many of the innovative, independent traders of Hitchin

Saturday 06 July

Hitchin Hearts: Primary Schools Art Exhibition Walsworth Road Baptist Church 10am to 5pm, Admission free

Friday 05 July

Himalayan Heights: A Photographic journey along Everest’s trail by Greg Childs British Schools Museum, Queen Street 10am to 4pm

Friday 05 July

Street Food Friday At The Victoria Featuring Pull Me Cheri, fast food & French! From 6pm For further info visit www.thevictoriahitchin.com

Saturday 06 July

Flower & Arts Festival Christchurch, Bedford Road 10am to 4.30pm, Admission free

Saturday 06 July

Himalayan Heights: A Photographic journey along Everest’s trail by Greg Childs British Schools Museum, Queen Street 10am to 4pm

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MONDAY 8 JULY, 8PM

‘A Celtic Celebration’: Traditional Music from Ireland and Scotland, alongside original Celtic, or Celtic inspired, baroque pieces by composers such as: O’Carolan, Playford, Oswald, Eccles, Mell and others

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An Harmonious Murmur: In Nomine settings in three to seven parts spanning 150 years from John Taverner to Henry Purcell, together with textless motets or ’solfaing’ songs from a Tudor manuscript collection

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Saturday 06 July

St Mary’s Craft Fair

Championship Brass: Hitchin Band Festival Concert

St Mary’s Church, 10am to 4pm Admission Free A host of local artists will be presenting works for sale at affordable prices from a range of paintings, prints, ceramics, textiles, sculpture, greetings cards and, of course, St Mary’s re-usable shopping bags. Visitors will be able to take a tour of the church tower, admire the bells from close quarters and enjoy the splendid views of the town and its North Hertfordshire surroundings. Refreshments will be available throughout the day.

Saturday 06 July

William Ransom Physic Garden Open Day Hitchin Library, Paynes Park, 11am to 2pm Admission free Come and learn some more about the Physic Garden and meet some of the volunteers who maintain this beautiful local asset. Sponsored by Hitchin Historical Society

Saturday 06 July

Bottomless Brunch Summer Special

St Mary’s Church, 7.30pm £8.00, Under 16s £4.00

Saturday 06 July

The Brewer with the Brush: A Hitchin History of Samuel Lucas The Market Theatre, Sun Street, 7.30pm £12.50 The subject of this year’s ‘Hitchin Histories’ is Samuel Lucas, a man who was born into the renowned Quaker brewing family and was constantly torn between his inherited duty to carry on the family business and his obsessive passion for painting. He travelled widely and the play explores the dilemma of a man striving to balance his hobby with his profession.

Saturday 06 July

Van Gogh Sunflowers: Acrylics on Canvas The Art Nest, West Alley, 11am-2pm £40.00 per person

Kite at The Red Hart, Bucklersbury 12pm to 3pm

Learn the basics of painting with Acrylics on Canvas in this fun workshop. Paint your own masterpiece taking inspiration from van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’.

£30 for 1 course plus bottomless* Prosecco £15 for 1 course plus a mocktail or hot drink

Sunday 07 July

Brunch. Unlimited Prosecco. Quality time with your mates. Join us for Hitchin’s only Bottomless Brunch for all of the above. It’s our Summer Special, so weather permitting we’ll be hosting you outside in our revamped beer garden, with music from resident DJs to accompany. Additional extras and sides will be available to buy on the day. Limited tables available, early booking is advised via www.kiteredhart.co.uk.

Hitchin’s Railway History: A walk with David Howlett Start details with ticket, 9.30am Limited numbers, £5.00 Sponsor: Hitchin Historical Society in aid of Hitchin Initiative

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Sunday 07 July

Hitchin Hearts: Primary Schools Art Exhibition

A Soirée of Music for Violin, Clarinet and Piano

Walsworth Road Baptist Church 1pm to 5pm, Admission free

Holy Saviour Church, Radcliffe Road 4.30pm, £12.00, concession £8.00

Sunday 07 July

Flower & Arts Festival Christchurch, Bedford Road, Noon to 4.30pm with Songs of Praise at 4pm, Admission free

Sunday 07 July

Himalayan Heights: A Photographic journey along Everest’s trail by Greg Childs British Schools Museum, Queen Street 2pm to 5pm

Sunday 07 July

Tour of Holy Saviour Church 3pm, Admission free with pre-booked ticket With short introductory talk on the Victorian Founding & Social Context of this striking William Butterfield building. Sponsor: Friends of Holy Saviour Church

Given by David Butler (violin), Gillian Hughes (clarinet), Trevor Hughes (piano) play music by Khachaturian, Milhaud and Dvorak. Free refreshments from 4pm.

Sunday 07 July

Priory Picnic The grounds of Hitchin Priory from 6.30pm (Gates open 5.30pm) Advance tickets: £10.00 adults, £5.00 students, £25.00 family ticket (2 adults + 3 concessions) On the gate: £12.00, £6.00 and £30.00 A welcome return of this Festival favourite showcasing the tremendous talent of the various youth ensembles from North Herts Music School finishing with fireworks!

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Monday 08 July

Elvis The Legend

NH Museum Festival Lectures: Religious Conflict, Power Struggles & the Origins of Hitchin

Town Hall, Brand Street, 7.30pm, £10.00 The new smash-hit tribute concert show touring the UK & Europe in 2018, starring the world’s leading Elvis impersonator & tribute artist JD King. A musical journey through all eras of the King’s incredible career, Elvis The Legend features Elvis’ greatest and most-memorable songs; from ground-breaking 1950s Rock ‘n’ Roll to the dramatic Las Vegas big-band ballads of the 1970s. An interactive and high-energy event, the show boasts JD’s powerful vocals, pulsating dance moves and a truly uncanny characterisation of Elvis that not only leaves audiences utterly amazed, but thoroughly entertained and immersed throughout the performance. First rate production values and attention to detail, combined with the most prolific young Elvis impersonator in a generation, makes this fresh and energetic Elvis extravaganza the must see show of 2019.

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Monday 08 July

Trio Da Camera in Concert Benslow Music, Benslow Lane 8pm, £15.00 A Celtic Celebration: Traditional music from Ireland and Scotland alongside baroque pieces by O’Carolan, Playford, Eccles, Mell, Oswald’s ‘Airs for the Seasons’ and works by the itinerant blind Irish harper, Turlough O’Carolan. Toe-tapping, lyrical, fun: something for everyone.

Monday 08 July

Monday Supper Club The Victoria PH. Fresh menu every week 6pm - 9pm Booking Advisable via www.thevictoriahitchin.com

Monday 08 July

Hitchin Films: Capernaum Richard Whitmore Studio, QMT Walsworth Road, 8pm, £6.00

Monday 08 July

Simon Michael: My Life in Crime Hitchin Library, Paynes Park, 7.15pm, £5.00

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Wednesday 10 July

Lunchtime Concert: Quintessimo

Cheese Pairing Masterclass

St Mary’s Church, 1.05pm Admission free with retiring collection

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Tuesday 09 July

Hitchin Light Orchestra Summer Sizzler Town Hall, Brand Street, 7.30pm, £10.00 Hitchin’s biggest orchestra will be setting the Town Hall on fire musically speaking with a programme embracing the rhythms of Cuba and South America.

Tuesday 09 July

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Tuesday 09 July

Hitchin Films: Old Hitchin

Halseys, Market Place, 7pm, £25.00

Wednesday 10 July

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Wednesday 10 July

Gerald Dickens: The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby The Market Theatre, Sun Street, 7.30pm £16.00 For the fourth year running the great-greatgrandson of Charles Dickens returns to the Market Theatre with another Dickens classic. Inspired by the RSC’s 8-hour of Nicholas Nickleby, this version packs the plot into just one hour. Travelling with Nicholas across the country we meet some of Charles Dicken’s greatest characters: Wackford Squeers, Smike, Vincent Crummies, Newman Noggs, Sir Mulberry Hawk and many others. Nicholas Nickleby shows Charles Dickens off to his theatrical best.

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Thursday 11 July

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The Brewer with the Brush: A Hitchin History of Samuel Lucas

Tilehouse Street Baptist Church, Upper Tilehouse Street, 8pm, £6.00

The Market Theatre, Sun Street, 7.30pm £12.50, £11.50

Wednesday 10 July

Hitchin Films: Local Hero Richard Whitmore Studio, QMT Walsworth Road, 8pm, £6.00

Thursday 11 July

Lunchtime Talk: Four British Composers presented by Tricia Thompson Benslow Music, Benslow Lane, 1pm, £15.00 With the country still reeling from the devastation of World War One, the British composers, Arnold Bax, Benjamin Britten, Frederick Delius and John Ireland produced some of their most enduring and thrilling work. All at very different stages of their lives and careers, this talk will look at the lives of these four composers with excerpts from their compositions from the year of 1929.

The subject of this year’s ‘Hitchin Histories’ is Samuel Lucas, a man who was born into the renowned Quaker brewing family and was constantly torn between his inherited duty to carry on the family business and his obsessive passion for painting. He travelled widely and the play explores the dilemma of a man striving to balance his hobby with his profession.

Thursday 11 July

A Concise History of Our Great British Public Parks A talk by Paul Rabbitts Queen Mother Theatre, Walsworth Road 7.30pm, £5.00 Sponsor: North Hertfordshire Arts Society.

Thursday 11 July

Beautiful – a concert featuring Funky Strings, Phat Sax, Garage Clarinets The Sun Hotel Ballroom, Sun Street 7.30pm, £10.00

Thursday 11 July

Hitchin Films: Wild Rose Richard Whitmore Studio, QMT Walsworth Road, 8pm, £6.00

Thursday 11 July

Derek Wheeler’s Ghost Walk Town Centre, 7pm - 9.30pm, £5.00 This annual favourite continues to intrigue even the most ardent sceptic.

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Friday 12 July

Lunchtime Concert: Gaillard Trio

Big Art Fair Preview

St Mary’s Church, 1.05pm Admission free with retiring collection

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HTFC Cider & Cheese Festival Canary Club, Fishponds Road, 2pm – 11pm 40 ciders from around the country including Apple Cottage Cider from Baldock. Cheese provided by Wobbly Bottom Farm. In association with IDNET.

Woodside Hall, Walsworth Road, 7.30pm, £12.00 Hitchin Thespians and Young Thespians combine for a musical tribute to the popular works of Lloyd Webber.

Friday 12 July

Hitchin Films: The Favourite

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Richard Whitmore Studio, QMT Walsworth Road, 8pm, £6.00

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Market Place

St Mary’s Church – Town Centre

Halsey’s - Market Place

Hitchin Priory – Tilehouse Street

British School’s Museum – Queen Street

Sun Hotel – Sun Street

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The Market Theatre – Sun Street

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Woodside Hall – Walsworth Road

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Holy Saviour Church – Radcliffe Road

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Saturday 13 July

Hitchin Coffee Festival & Breakfast Club

Hitchin Chamber Orchestra

The Victoria PH, 9am - 2pm

St Mary’s Church, 7.30pm, Tickets £12/£6 on the door, £10/£5 in advance from Eventbrite/Hitchin Initiative

In association with Wakelin & Son Coffee - live demonstrations - local independent coffee traders - fresh coffee - breakfast bar - bloody marys.

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See main advert for details on page 12

Saturday 13 July

Big Art Fair Town Hall, Brand Street, 10am to 6pm Sponsors: JLM Mortgage Services; Dragonfly Digital; Lamburn & Turner; Consensus HR

Saturday 13 July

History Day Church House, Churchyard, 10am to 4pm, Free admission Hitchin Historical Society will be hosting its third biennial History Day. Local heritage, history and civic groups will introduce their organisations to the public. Free admission.

Saturday 13 July

Oils on Canvas: A Summer Bouquet The Art Nest, West Alley, 11am – 2pm, £40.00 per person Working from still life, learn how to construct your composition, draw and paint from still life in oils.

Saturday 13 July

The Brewer with the Brush: A Hitchin History of Samuel Lucas The Market Theatre, Sun Street, 7.30pm, £12.50 The subject of this year’s ‘Hitchin Histories’ is Samuel Lucas, a man who was born into the renowned Quaker brewing family and was constantly torn between his inherited duty to carry on the family business and his obsessive passion for painting. He travelled widely and the play explores the dilemma of a man striving to balance his hobby with his profession.

Saturday 13 July

The Many Colours of Andrew Lloyd Webber Woodside Hall, Walsworth Road 2.30pm & 7.30pm, £12.00 Hitchin Thespians and Young Thespians combine for a musical tribute to the popular works of Lloyd Webber.

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Sunday 14 July

Hitchin Films: Jeremy Ardy vs Israeli Army

Songs for a Summer Afternoon

Richard Whitmore Studio, QMT Walsworth Road, 8pm, £6.00

Walsworth Road Baptist Church Walsworth Road, 3.30pm £12.00, over 60s £10.00, under 19 £5.00 Vivace Choir

Sunday 14 July

Big Art Fair Town Hall, Brand Street, 10am to 6pm Sponsors: JLM Mortgage Services; Dragonfly Digital; Lamburn & Turner; Consensus HR.

Sunday 14 July

Sunday Session Acoustic Night The Victoria PH. 3 live local acts 7pm to 10pm For further info visit www.thevictoriahitchin.com

Sunday 14 July

Triangle Garden Foraging Walk

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Lunchtime Concert: Melodies That Linger, Words that Endure - The Parlour & the Music Hall Revisited

Sunday 14 July

St Mary’s Church, 1.05pm Admission free with retiring collection

Hitchin Priory Park Walk

See main details on page 5

Meet at Oughtonhead Common Exact location TBC, 2pm – 4.30pm £15, concession £10

Start details with ticket, 2pm £5.00. Limited numbers

Monday 15 July

A walk with Bridget Howlett.

Monday Supper Club

Sponsor: Hitchin Historical Society in aid of Hitchin Initiative.

The Victoria PH. Fresh menu every week 6pm - 9pm

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Monday 15 July

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Tuesday 16 July

Mostly Comedy Festival: Katie Pritchard & Brodi Snook

Lunchtime Concert: The Montagnana Trio

The Market Theatre, Sun Street, doors open 7:20pm show starts 7.30pm. Tickets £7.00

St Mary’s Church, 1.05pm Admission free with retiring collection

Doggett & Ephgrave host a week of shows to mark eleven years of Hitchin Mostly Comedy. Monday’s Market Theatre features Edinburgh previews from Katie Pritchard () - Female Arts Magazine; ‘Nothing of short of brilliant’ – Pamela Anderson) and Brodi Snook ‘A fringe gem’ (G-Scene). www.mostlycomedy.co.uk.

Stradella Sinfonia in D minor Beethoven Trio Op.1 in C minor Gary Schocker selection See main details on page 5

Tuesday 16 July

Marvels & Monsters: The Rise of the Superhero in Comics and Film A Talk by Dr Tim Stafford Holy Saviour Church, Radcliffe Road 7.30pm, £12.00 Sponsor: Friends of Holy Saviour Church.

Tuesday 16 July

Rose Consort of Viols Benslow Music, Benslow Lane, 8pm, £15.00

Monday 15 July

NH Museum Festival Lecture: Was the world’s first football museum in Hitchin?

An Harmonius Murmur: In Nomine settings spanning 150 years of a Golden Age in England’s musical history from John Taverner to Henry Purcell, together with textless motets or ‘solfaing’ songs from a Tudor manuscript collection.

North Hertfordshire Museum, The Learning Centre, Brand Street, 7.30pm, £5.00 By Matthew Platt, Assistant Curator, North Hertfordshire Museum.

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Wednesday 17 July

Mostly Comedy Festival: Dave Bibby & Jenny Collier

The Miss Lewis Lecture

The Market Theatre, Sun Street, 7.30pm £7.00 Tuesday’s Market Theatre date features Edinburgh previews from Dave Bibby (‘A true performer’ – British Comedy Guide) and BBC Radio 4 Extra’s Jenny Collier ( - Broadway Baby.) www.mostlycomedy.co.uk.

Richard Whitmore Studio, QMT Walsworth Road, 8pm, £5.00 Henry Wellcome and his life as a pharmacist presented by Ross MacFarlane, Research Development Specialist (Modern), Wellcome Collection, London. Sponsored by Hitchin Historical Society.

Wednesday 17 July

Lunchtime Concert: Nick Evans-Pughe and Colleagues St Mary’s Church, 1.05pm Free admission with retiring collection Elgar’s Piano Quintet Haydn’s Piano Trio no.45 in Eb See main details on page 5

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Hitchin Flower Arranging Club

Mostly Comedy Festival: David Ephgrave & Spring Day

Church House, Churchyard Doors 7pm, 7.30pm start, £6.50

The Market Theatre, Sun Street, 7.30pm, £7.00

Demonstration entitled ‘Des Ja Vous’

Wednesday’s Market Theatre date features Edinburgh previews from David Ephgrave (Telegraph, I News, Comedy Central & The Scotsman’s Best Jokes lists 2017/18) and Spring Day (Brooklyn’s Best Comedian 2016). www.mostlycomedy.co.uk.

Wednesday 17 July

Sherry Tasting with Tapas Los Reyes, Bucklersbury, 7.30pm, £35.00 Didn’t know sherry tasted so good? Chilled or room temperature, taste them paired with tempting tapas dishes under Damian’s expert guidance.

Thursday 18 July

Historic Town Walk Town Centre, 2pm, £5.00

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Friday 19 July

The Brewer with the Brush: A Hitchin History of Samuel Lucas

Lunchtime Concert Masa Tayama

The Market Theatre, Sun Street, 7.30pm £12.50, £11.50

St Mary’s Church, 1.05pm Admission free with retiring collection

L.V. Beethoven Sonata in C minor, Op.111 I Maestoso – Allegro con brio ed appassionato II Arietta – Adagio molto semplice e cantabile S. Rachmaninov

Thursday 18 July

Mostly Comedy Festival: Dr John Cooper Clarke ‘The Luckiest Guy Alive’ Tour

Transcriptions: Schubert: ‘Wohin?’ (Where to?) Tchaikovsky: Lullaby Behr: Polka de V.R. F. Chopin Scherzo No.2 in B flat minor, Op.31 See main details on page 6

Hitchin Town Hall, Brand Street, 8pm £29.50 (Front Three Rows) £24.50 (General Admission) A chance to witness a living legend at the top of his game (‘One of Britain’s astounding poets’ – Sir Paul McCartney). With support from Luke Wright. www.mostlycomedy.co.uk

Friday 19 July

St Food Friday feat Mother Plucker wings & waffles The Victoria PH, from 6pm For further info visit www.thevictoriahitchin.com.

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Saturday 20 July

The Brewer with the Brush: A Hitchin History of Samuel Lucas

Artists Network Bedfordshire Summer Show

The Market Theatre, Sun Street, 7.30pm, £12.50

British Schools Museum, Queen Street 10am – 4pm, Admission Free

Saturday 20 July

Hitchin’s Day of Dance Various venues across the town centre including the Market Place, from 10am

Friday 19 July

Mostly Comedy Festival: Jan Ravens & Ken Cheng HItchin Town Hall, Brand Street, 8pm, £12.50 Friday’s line-up features Edinburgh Previews from Jan Ravens (BBC’s QI, ‘Dead Ringers’ and ‘Just a Minute’) and Ken Cheng (BBC Radio 4’s ‘The Now Show’ and @Chinese Comedian’). www.mostlycomedy.co.uk.

Saturday 20 July

Friday 19 July

Starla is a little girl with a BIG imagination! So,when her and her family are at risk of losing everything, she finds some exciting objects from the attic that could help save them all. But the magic doesn’t stop there, because once she receives a pair of magical specs, it allows her to see the world with ‘A Different Point Of View!

Artists Network Bedfordshire Summer Show British Schools Museum, Queen Street 6pm – 8pm, Admission Free

The Market Theatre, Sun Street 11am and 1.00pm, £8.00

One Fine Day Neighbourhood Festival

Using puppetry, visual theatre and music, Spec-Tacular is a fun interactive show for all of the family, with important messages to take home.

10am – 9pm, Admission Free

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With food and music celebrating their 150th anniversary at Walsworth Road Baptist Church.

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Saturday 20 July

Spectacular – A Magical Story for Children Aged 4-10

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Saturday 20 July

Bucklersbury Day

Wine, Women and Song

Bucklersbury, 12 noon – 5pm, Free

St Mary’s Church, Churchyard, 7.30pm, £10.00, under 16s free.

The independent businesses here celebrate this historic, iconic street with entertainment, food, music, sideshows and more until 5pm. Discover the delights of Bucklersbury.

Luton based ladies choir, Caritas Harmony, will be performing outstanding musical acapella once again in aid of Cancer Research UK. Refreshments available during the evening.

Saturday 20 July

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Bucklersbury Day Afterparty

The Market Theatre, Sun Street, 7.30pm, £12.50

We’re heading up the afterparty for Hitchin’s favourite street of independents: Bucklersbury! As Bucklersury day turns to night stick around Kite at The Red Hart for a killer music led lineup Saturday night. For full event details head to our Facebook events page. Free entry!

Saturday 20 July

Sunday 21 July

Gin Tasting

Artists Network Bedfordshire Summer Show

Kite at The Red Hart, 12pm till late

Kite at The Red Hart, Bucklersbury, 7.30pm £30pp booked via events page. An evening of gin knowledge, mixing and (most importantly) tasting, hosted in our exclusive upstairs function space, The Marshall Room. www.kiteredhart.co.uk/events

British Schools Museum, Queen Street 10am – 4pm, Admission Free

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Sunday 21 July

Fiesta de la Carne

Mozart: A Trio of Three Operas by Felici Opera

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A Stroll Around Old Walsworth Meet at 1.30pm, 1.45pm start, £7.00 A guided walk led by local author Janet Walker across Walsworth Common via the Baulk towards Cambridge Road learning about Purwell Meadows, Walsworth House as well as The Millstream and The Anchor pubs before heading down Woolgrove Road hearing about the bombed house and Osbourne’s Bakery finally heading up to Highover Farm to finish at the Community Centre, built in 1852, for tea.

St Paul’s Walden, 6.30pm (Gardens open from 5pm) £20.00, under 18s £15.00 Felici Opera present a delightful high-summer open-air gala in the beautiful gardens of St Paul’s Walden. This lovely estate is the childhood home of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. The evening will be a series of ‘mini-operas’ as Felici opera singers perform fully costumed scenes with narration to explain the stories from the three great Mozart/Da Ponte operas: The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni and Cosi Fan Tutte. Whether opera connoisseurs or having never experienced an opera before, this charming evening will be a pleasure for all and is suitable for ages 7+. Gardens will be open for picnics from 5pm (bar available). The performance will start at 6.30pm and there will be two intervals. Funds raised from the performance will be donated to the upkeep of All Saints Church, St Paul’s Walden Bury where the performance will take place if the weather in inclement. Car parking available.

Sunday 21 July

Tea or Two? Tea Masterclass Halseys, Market Place, 3.30pm, £10.00 Ever wondered about the difference between Yunnan, Darjeeling, Assam and Green tea? Spend an hour learning about and tasting different teas, get an insight in to the tea ceremonies of the East and join in the debate on milk first, last or not at all! Of course there will be scones and delicacies available.

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Tuesday 23 July

The Big Fat Summer Quiz at The Market Theatre

Lunchtime Concert: Boscobel String Quartet

Tickets £12 which includes 1 raffle ticket. Starts 7.00pm

St Mary’s Church, 1.05pm Admission free with retiring collection

Actress Lauren Jennings presents a big fat summer quiz with a twist at the Market Theatre in Sun Street.

Sophie Barber (violin), Iona Davies (violin), Kate Fawcett (viola) and Kinga Gaborjani (cello and gamba) performing repertoire from the classical and early romantic eras.

Including live music rounds and stand up comedy dispersed throughout. Prizes to be won for 1st 2nd 3rd and last places.

Monday 22 July

Monday Supper Club The Victoria PH. Fresh menu every week 6pm - 9pm

See main details on page 5

Tuesday 23 July

Derek Wheeler’s Ghost Walk Town Centre, 7pm-9.30pm, £5.00 This annual favourite continues to intrigue even the most ardent sceptic.

Booking Advisable via www.thevictoriahitchin.com

Wednesday 24 July

Lunchtime Concert: Caroline Owen (Violin) Jayne Mason (Piano) St Mary’s Church, 1.05pm Admission free with retiring collection. Playing their debut performance for The Hitchin Festival. See main details on page 6.

Monday 22 July

NH Museum Festival Lecture: Highlights of the North Herts Museum Art Collection North Hertfordshire Museum The Learning Centre, Brand Street 7.30pm, £5.00 By Ros Allwood, Cultural Services Manager, North Hertfordshire Museum.

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Joseph Lancaster’s Educational Revolution The inspiring story of the Poor Child’s Friend

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An Exhibition double at the British Schools Museum this summer

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Friday 26 July

80s Quiz Night

Lunchtime Concert: Joanna Lam

The Victoria PH. No bookings, 8pm start Teams of 2-6. Bar snacks menu from 7pm. For further info visit www.thevictoriahitchin.com

Wednesday 24 July

A County At War: Life on the Home Front in Hertfordshire The Sun Hotel, Sun Street, 8pm, £8.00 Made mostly from photographs supplied by local museums and the public interlaced with original recordings and songs of the period, this fascinating film highlights the unsung heroes of the Home Front during the First World War.

St Mary’s Church, 1.05pm Admission free with retiring collection John Ireland - The Island Spell Schumann - Fantasie in C, Op.17. I.Durchaus fantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen; Im Legenden-Ton II Mäßig. Durchaus energisch III.Langsam getragen. Durchweg leise zu halten Ravel -Jeux d’eau Chopin - Ballade No.4 in F minor, Op.52 See main details on page 6

Sponsor: The Hitchin Society.

Thursday 25 July

Rembrandt and his World. Talk by James Willis Walsworth Community Centre, Woolgrove Road, 7.30pm, £8.00

Thursday 25 July

A Night of Jazz with Paul Eshelby & Friends Benslow Music, Benslow Lane, 7.30pm, £15.00 An evening of stunning improvisations and jazz standards set in an informal jazz-club atmosphere featuring the country’s finest jazz musicians.

Friday 26 July

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Saturday 27 July

St Food Friday feat Guerrilla Kitchen

The Brewer with the Brush: A Hitchin History of Samuel Lucas

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The Market Theatre, Sun Street, 7.30pm, £12.50

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Saturday 27 July

Historic Town Walk Town Centre, 11am, £5.00

Saturday 27 July

Mono Print and Collage Day

Saturday 27 July

The Art Nest, West Alley, 11am to 2pm £40 per person

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Using gelle plates we will teach you how this fun and creative tool can be used to produce simple mono prints and wonderful collage papers suited for many art and illustrational projects. With Emmeline.

Saturday 27 July

Festival Dog Show Market Place, 1.30pm-4.30pm, Free Will begin with a 10 minute display from Top Dog Herts Training School followed by a quick intro of Rescue Remedies Dog Rescue and then classes will begin including Dog that looks most like it’s owner!

St Mary’s Church, 7.30pm, £10.00 See main advert for details on page 45

Sunday 28 July

Benslow Music Family Open Day Benslow Lane, 10am-5pm, Free Relax in the stunning gardens, enjoy a drink from the fully licensed bar or try some delicious freshly prepared food and browse among the many stalls. Live music through the day and a chance to explore the buildings and facilities.

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Afternoon Tea At Halseys £17.50, 2.30m – 4.30pm Relax at the end of the day. Cakes, dainties and sandwiches complemented by their world class teas & coffees (with wine & beer menus available for those who fancy adding a little bubbly or a glass of wine).

Sunday 28 July

Sunday Session Acoustic Night The Victoria PH - 3 live local acts 7pm to 10pm This week feat. Steph Scott, Sophie Kitchener and Catuvellauni. For further info visit www.thevictoriahitchin.com

Festival Finale Sunday 28 July

The Blue Jays Rock ‘n’ Roll Hitchin Town Hall, Brand Street, 7.30pm, £18.50 The Bluejays are the UK’s leading 1950s Rock ‘n’ Roll band playing the biggest hits of Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, The Everly Brothers, Eddie Cochran and many more. They have toured the world with gigs as far afield as Canada, Australia and China. On a recent trip to the US, the band were invited to play at the Buddy Holly Center in Lubbock, Texas to an audience made of Buddy’s family and friends. Maria Elena Holly (Buddy’s widow) called them the “most exciting group she’d seen since The Crickets themselves”. www.thebluejays.co.uk

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