Harrogate Choir Festival will take place this Saturday (April 13).
Eight choirs are preparing to participate in this year’s festival at the Royal Hall in Harrogate.
The event showcases choirs from Harrogate and the surrounding area. During the evening, each choir will perform songs of their choice before coming together on stage for a finale.
The choirs taking part are The Stray Notes, The Daytones, Harrogate Male Voice Choir, Knot Another Choir, Love Pop Choir, St John Fisher’s Junior School Choir, The Skipton Choir and Yorkshire Voices.
Royal Hall, Image: Jim Counter
The first choir festival took place last year at Harrogate Theatre. The event is moving the larger Royal Hall this year to enable more choirs to take part. There are also plans to add a matinee performance next year.
The festival is being hosted by The Stray Notes, a Harrogate-based community choir, and is the brainchild of its musical director, Elizabeth Linfoot.
Elizabeth Linfoot
Ms Linfoot said:
“We have so many amazing community choirs in and around Harrogate. My aim was to unite them under one roof to celebrate the power and joy of singing together, so it’s wonderful to see how the festival is growing each year.
“Being part of a choir has been proved to be good for people’s health. Among other benefits, it improves breathing, as well as promoting better physical and mental health, not to mention the social and emotional connection with other choir members.”
The event starts at 7pm on Saturday April 13. Tickets from £12.50 are available here.
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A popular monthly market will move into a new location in Knaresborough this weekend.
Little Bird Artisan Market will hold its first even in the castle grounds on Saturday, after growing in popularity over recent months.
Jackie Crozier, managing director of organisers Little Bird Made, said:
“We are always looking at ways to improve the markets and we had outgrown our previous location in the Market Place.
“We are grateful to be working with both [Knaresborough Town and Harrogate Borough] councils to find an alternative venue in the castle grounds, which will allow us the opportunity to continue to grow and develop.
“Both staff are traders are really looking forward to the first market and we promise all our customers a great day out when they come to visit us.”
The event will also be in Harrogate this weekend, with its monthly market at the Valley Gardens on Sunday.
Both markets, running from 10am to 3pm, will feature independent bakers, crafters, designers, artists and photographers from around the region.
Visitors to the Valley Gardens will also have the opportunity to hear Harrogate choir The Stray Notes, fresh from their appearance at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, performing in the bandstand from 2-4pm.
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