Summer Festival 2010

Our 45th annual Summer Festival took place 16th July – 1st August 2010. Thank you to all who came along and took part, and if you didn’t, scroll down to see what you missed. Just click on the event to see more about it.


Continental Market
Cambridge Street
Fri 16 – Sat 17 – Sun 18 July
Celebrity Gala Festival
Concert
Lesley Garrett – soprano
Fri 16 July
Royal Hall
| 8pm
Toby Faber:
The Genius of Antonio Stradivari

Sat 17  July
Harrogate Theatre
| 11am
Codebreakers:
The Story of Enigma

Sat 17 July
Harrogate Theatre
| 2.30pm
Showstopper:
The Improvised Musical
Sat 17 July
Harrogate Theatre
| 8pm
Toby Faber: The Imperial
Easter Eggs of Carl Fabergé

Sun 18 July
Crown Hotel  |  2.30pm

Tickets: £8 Unreserved
Benya Krik – Film
Sun 18 July
Crown Hotel
| 8pm
Tickets: £15 Unreserved
U25s: £5
Courtney Pine:
Transition in Tradition

Sun 18 July
Royal Hall
| 8pm
Tickets: £25, £19, £15, £12
U25s: £5
Boxes: £57, £38
Young Musicians:
The Aurora Trio
Mon 19 July
St Wilfrid’s Church
| 11am
Tickets £10
David Owen Norris:
A Time-Machine from 1781 -
An afternoon with a
Square Piano

Mon 19 July
Crown Hotel
| 2.30pm
Tickets: £10 Unreserved
Christine Tobin and Liam Noble –  Cabaret
Mon 19 July
Crown Hotel
| 8 for 8.30pm
Oddsocks Productions:
A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Tue 20 July  |  RHS Garden:
Harlow Carr
| 7.30pmTue 20 July  |  RHS Garden:
Harlow Carr
| 7.30pm
The Endellion String Quartet
with Benjamin Frith
and Leon Bosch

Tue 20 July
Royal Hall
| 8pm
The Endellion String Quartet
Wed 21 July
St Wilfrid’s Church
| 2.30pm
Ayanna
Wed 21 July
Crown Hotel
| 8 for 8.30pm
Young Musician:
Sofya Gulyak – piano

Thur 22 July
Royal Hall
| 11am
Little Read Special Guest
Event: Eoin Colfer Live!

Thur 22 July
Harrogate Theatre
| 11am
Sir Willard White:
Robeson Re-explored

Thur 22 July
Royal Hall  |  8pm
Christopher Brookmyre
Fri 23 July
Crown Hotel  |  9am
Alex Wilson:
Find the Rhythm Workshop
Fri 23 July
Royal Hall  |  2.30pm
Special Event:
‘More Tea, Vicar?’
Celebrating 120 years of
Agatha Christie

Fri 23 July
Crown Hotel  |  5pm
AlexWilson: Salsatak
Fri 23 July
Royal Hall  |  8pm
Special Guests in Conversation:
Ian Rankin & Val McDermid
Fri 23 July
Crown Hotel  |  8pm
Special Guest: Joanne Harris
Sat 24 July
Crown Hotel  |  9am
New Blood
Sat 24 July
Crown hotel  |  12pm
A Masterclass with
Dame Fanny Waterman DBE

Sat 24 July
St Wilfrid’s Church
|  11.30am
Recital by Benjamin Frith
|  2pm
How Dark is Your Noir?
Sat 24 July
Crown Hotel  |  2pm


Special Guest:
Karin Slaughter

Sat 24 July
Crown Hotel  |  8.30pm
James Bond, Eat Your
Heart Out…
Sun 25 July
Crown Hotel  |  10am
Special Guests in Conversation
Jeffery Deaver
& Jeff Lindsay

Sun 25 July
Crown Hotel  |  11.30am
Alex Wilson: Open Rehearsal
Sun 25 July
Royal Hall  |  2.30pm
Alan Bennett
with Alessandro Taverna

Sun 25 July
Royal Hall  |  8pm
World Premiere
Alex Wilson Recital

Mon 26 July
Royal Hall  |  11am
Mayra Andrade
+ Krystle Warren

Mon 26 July
Royal Hall  |  8pm
Sound Support
with Ewan Easton MBE

Tue 27 July
St Wilfrid’s Church  |  11am
Peter Cincotti
Tue 27 July
Royal Hall  |  8pm
Young Musicians: Juice
Wed 28 July
St James Church,
Birstwith  |  11am
Graham Barber – organ
Wed 28 July
St Wilfrid’s Church  |  1pm
Armonico Consort:
Monteverdi Vespers

Wed 28 July
St Wilfrid’s Church  |  8pm
Jacques Loussier Trio
Wed 28 July
Royal Hall  |  8pm
Young Musician:
Alexej Gorlatch – piano
Thur 29 July
Royal Hall  |  11am
Mendelssohn and Mahler
Lecture by Norman Lebrecht

Thur 29 July
Royal Hall  |  2.30pm
Chopin: Nocturne:
The Romantic
Life of Frédéric Chopin

Thurs 29 July
Royal Hall  |  8pm
Yamaha Presents:
Sasha Grynyuk

Fri 30 July
Royal Hall  |  8pm
Chopin and the Birth of
Musical Genius
Lecture by Professor John Rink

Sat 31 July
Royal Hall  |  2.30pm

Arcadi Volodos – piano
Sat 31 July
Royal Hall  |  8pm
Australian Youth Orchestra
conducted by Sir Mark Elder

Sun 1 August
Royal Hall  |  8pm
Katherine Jenkins  at     Ripley Castle Sat 24 July