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    Last Updated: 01/04/2021
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    Harrogate Youth Festival heads online this evening

    by Suzannah Rogerson

    | 03 Apr, 2021
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    The Harrogate International Youth Festival is heading online tonight to give its audience an evening of entertainment with video footage of previous years.

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    The Harrogate International Youth Festival will have a new look this year as it heads online tonight.

    The festival's 'Big Night In' will take place at 7.30pm.

    It is the longest running International Youth Music and Performing Arts Festival in the UK holding an event each Easter weekend since 1973.

    The official festival has been postponed until next year, when international travel resumes. The organisers couldn't let the weekend go ahead without some form of celebration - so instead they arranged the virtual concert.

    The festival organisers will bring regular participants together on Zoom to watch key moments of previous festivals.

    Micheal Newby, former Harrogate Mayor, will be hosting the online show and introducing a variety of video footage of recent concerts involving local and international artists.

    Mr Newby said:

    "This really will be a jammed packed evening! We simply could not put everything in that we wanted to – but I think we’ve got a really good selection that we know our audiences will love to see.
    "We can’t wait to be together again and perform at these amazing venues in our community – but until then, we wanted to celebrate these amazing schools, groups and colleges that have performed with us over the years and really look forward to a fantastic Festival year next year."





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    In previous years, the six night festival would start with marching bands parading through the Harrogate town centre. Shows would run in big venues such as the Royal Hall and Ripon Cathedral.

    The festival aims to bring, primarily youth, choirs, orchestras and bands together from across the world to perform in Harrogate.