EVENT ALERT : KITE FESTIVAL ... KIRTLINGTON PARK OXFORDSHIRE.. JUNE 9TH TO 11TH 2023 ..

 

CHRISSIE Hynde’s chart-topping band band Pretenders, indie rockers Django Django, acting legend Dame Joan Collins, politicians Rachel Reeves, and Chris Patten, and comedians David Baddiel and Dave Gorman are among the diverse names to star at a fresh festival in north Oxfordshire.

Kite festival bills itself as a celebration of music and ideas, and its line-up reflects that, with familiar names from the worlds of entertainment, literature, politics, art, culture and academia. The festival, which launched last year, will take place across seven stages in the grounds of the Grade I-listed Palladian mansion in Kirtlington Park from June 9-11.

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Aside from the music, there will be leading names taking part in an Ideas programme, with In Conversations (long-form interviews), Think Ins (smaller group discussions), Kite Lessons, debates, live podcasts and comedy.

In Conversations will include Dame Joan Collins, who will be speaking to interviewer Decca Aitkinhead; former doctor and writer of This Is Going To Hurt, Adam Kay; as well as American singer and founder of The Bangles Susanna Hoff.