Friday 25 June, 2010
8PM
A Festival Flourish
Choral and organ music performed by Holy Saviour Church Choir, The Radcliffe Singers and Trevor Hughes (Organ)
under 18 free
Adult £7, conc £5
Holy Saviour Church Radcliffe Road
8AM - 4PM
Hitchin Market
General, Bric-a-Brac & Antigues market
Market Churchyard
Saturday 26 June, 2010
From 8.30AM
Local Produce & Crafts Market
All the best from local farmers, food producers and craft workers at their regular monthly picturesque location.
Free
Riverside
8.30AM - 4PM
Hitchin Art Club Show
The annual al-fresco setting for this display of the talents and range of local artists.
Free
Cloisters Churchyard
9AM - 3PM
Friends of the British Schools Museum Summer Fair
With music, stalls, amusements and refreshments.
Free
Market Place
8PM
Sex, Drugs & Sausage Rolls
Sadie Nine’s brilliant and humourous one-woman show charts her astonishing career from disco diva on Soviet TVs Top of the Pops, earning millions as the Russian Madonna – unfortunately
in roubles - to her work in the West End
and her career on BBC Radio. First performed at the Edinburgh Fringe.
£12
Woodside Hall Walsworth Road
8AM - 4PM
Hitchin Market
Saturday - General market
Sunday - General + Car Booters
Market Churchyard
Sunday 27 June, 2010
7PM
Historic Hitchin
Local historian Terry Knight reveals the history and stories regarding the buildings, streets and characters in the town’s historic core.
£4
Town Centre Hitchin
12PM - 3PM
Triangle Garden Open Day & Big Picnic
Help celebrate the Triangle Community
Garden’s 10th birthday with a big picnic lunch in Ransoms Rec. Attractions include open garden, BBQ, Asian food, children’s activities,
crafts, wishing glade, plant sales, big cake, juice, ices, pond dipping and much more!
Free
Ransoms Rec
Monday 28 June, 2010
1.05PM
Picussion
Emma Halnan, woodwindfinalist in BBC Young Musician of the Year and Hristo Duchev, percussion with a varied a eclectic programme.
Free
St Mary's Church Churchyard
7.45PM
Henry V
‘Once more unto the breach, dear friends!’ Shakespeare’s most popular historical play follows the adventures of England’s most successful King as he wins back vast tracts of France at
Agincourt. Full of action.
£6 Mon only; Tues/Weds £8; Thurs-Sat £10
Queen Mother Theatre Walsworth Road
8PM
Hertsfordshire's Historic Landscape
Prof. Tom Williamson heads the Landscape Group within the School of History at the University of
East Anglia. He specialises in the English landscape from later prehistory to the present day especially parks and gardens of the 18th and 19th centuries.
£6
Hitchin Priory Tilehouse Street
Tuesday 29 June, 2010
8PM
Jazz at The Half Moon with Ad Hoc
A benefit jazz evening sponsored by North Herts Green Party
Free
The Half Moon Queen Street
7PM - 9PM
Ghost Walk
Derek Wheeler leads this ever-popular walk around Hitchin’s most atmospheric and haunting locations relating facts & folklore to give even the most convinced sceptic pause for thought!
£4
Town Centre Hitchin
7.30PM
Behind the Scenes at the Museum of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
From Keeper Briony Hudson - The Miss Lewis
Memorial Lecture.
£4
Hitchin Museum Paynes Park
All Day
Hitchin Market
General Market
Market Place
Wednesday 30 June, 2010
1.05PM
The Albach Duo
Rebecca Baulch and David Black both prizewinning graduates of the Royal
College of Music who have played at prestigious venues and festivals in the USA, Europe and at home. Outstanding guitar virtuosi.
Free
St Mary's Church Churchyard
10AM
Lavender Walk
An opportunity to tour the Lavender Fields at Cadwell Farm, Ickleford and hear about the re-introduction of this traditional Hitchin crop.
£4
Cadwell Farm Ickleford
8PM
Writing a Novel or Short Story
Hitchin Library and Waterstones have joined forces to host a talk by best selling novelist Sophie King. Sophie has also written books on how to write novels and short stories and this
will be her theme for the evening. Books will be available to purchase on the evening and will be signed by the author. Your £2 ticket maybe redeemed against the purchase of a book on the
night.
£2
Hitchin Library Paynes Park
Friday 2 July, 2010
Viewing from 6PM
Charity Art Auction
Each work of art is new and has been donated by the best local artists. All proceeds in support of the remarkable daVinci Prostate cancer machine at the Lister Hospital.
Free
The British Schools Museum Queen Street
8AM - 4PM
Hitchin Market
General, Bric-a-Brac & Antigues market
Market Churchyard
Saturday 3 July, 2010
7.30PM
L'entente Cordiale
Carillon Chamber Choir with a concert tracing the varying fortunes of relations between France and England: from the wrestling match between Henry VIII and Francois I via Paris and Deauville in the naughty nineties to the eve of the opening of the Channel Tunnel.
£3, concs £2
St Mary's Church Churchyard
8AM - 4PM
Hitchin Market
Saturday - General market
Sunday - General + Car Booters
Market Churchyard
Sunday 4 July, 2010
7PM
A Tribute Night to The Beatles
Free
The Victoria Ickleford Road
2PM
Hitchin's Railway History
David Howlett tracks the beginnings,
growth and importance of the railway to
Hitchin.
£4
Hitchin Station
Gates open 5.30PM
Priory Picnic
An array of talented young musicians from North Herts Music School return after a year’s absence for this Festival favourite finishing
with fireworks about 10pm.
Bring your picnic.
Family - adv. £15/£20 gate. Adults - adv. £6/£8 gate. Concs- adv. £3/£5 gate
Hitchin Priory Grounds Tilehouse Street
Monday 5 July, 2010
7PM
Schools In Concert featuring:
Mon 5: Whitehill JMI, St Ippolyts,
Samuel Lucas, Kimpton
Tues 6: Oughtonhead JMI, Cockernhoe,
St Pauls Walden
Wed 7: Breachwood Green, Ickleford, Preston,
St Andrews
£3, concs £2
Town Hall Brand Street
7.30PM
Alys Fowler's Edible Garden
Why keep veg and flowers separate? Find out how Gardeners World presenter Alys Fowler has broken with convention to create a garden that tastes as good as it looks. Plus raffle, bar and book signing.
£10, concs £8
Woodside Hall Walsworth Road
Tuesday 6 July, 2010
1.05PM
Hitchin Flutes
Free
St Mary's Church Churchyard
7PM
Yards & Alleys
Museum curator David Hodges leads this
walk exploring the ancient thoroughfares
and dwelling places.
£4
Hitchin Museum Paynes Park
7.45PM
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
A talk by William Shawcross, author of ‘Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother’ with short readings from her (quite wonderful) letters. (Paperback copy will be available early July 2010).
£5
The British Schools Museum Queen Street
8AM - 4PM
Hitchin Market
General market
Market Churchyard
Wednesday 7 July, 2010
7PM
Lavender Walk
An opportunity to tour the Lavender Fields at Cadwell Farm, Ickleford and hear about the re-introduction of this traditional Hitchin crop.
£4
Cadwell Farm Ickleford
8PM
The Enigmatic Marc Chagall
The Anthony Slinn Art Lecture. In his 16th consecutive year for Hitchin Festival Anthony talks about the Russian artist Marc Chagall explaining
why heads are upside down, cows think and play violins, giant tramps walk by, fish fly and angels swoop past and heads are hidden in the clouds. But we do come down to earth to a small church in Kent where Chagall did the stained glass. A must see talk.
£6
The Sun Hotel Sun Street
Thursday 8 July, 2010
1.05PM
Nick Evans-Pughe Violin Duo
Free
St Mary's Church Churchyard
7.45PM
Old Hitchin on Film 2
Hosted by Richard Whitmore this second
volume of films comprise further changing
scenes in Hitchin during the 20th century.
£6
Queen Mother Theatre Walsworth Road
8PM
The Shape of Women
An illustrated talk on women’s fashion and foundation garments from the 19th to early 20th century with items from the Museums extensive costume collection.
£4
Hitchin Museum Paynes Park
8PM
Saints & Outlaws - John Bunyan, Baptists & Hitchin
A talk by Stephen Copson who is Secretary of the Baptist Historical Society.
Includes refreshments.
£4
Tilehouse St Baptist Church Upper Tilehouse Street
Friday 9 July, 2010
7PM
Celebration of Strings in Hitchin
Emma Halnan, woodwind
finalist in BBC Young Musician of the Year and Hristo Duchev, percussion with a varied a eclectic programme.
£3, concs £2
Town Hall Brand Street
7.30PM
English Song Recital
£5, Free to nder 16s
Baptist Church Walsworth Road
8PM
Romance - and It's Consequences!
A summer concert by Serenata, the renowned 8-voice acapella choir who will sing a delightful collection of exciting arrangements of popular songs old and new. Recently returned from a
tour of Cyprus, Serenata is now in its 30th year of entertaining audiences.
£8
The British Schools Museum Queen Street
8.30PM
Lastminutecomedy Club
The area’s longest running comedy show
returns for another night of mirth as part of Hitchin Festival featuring Mandy Knight – quite simply the funniest and most outrageous comedienne
on the circuit plus madcap musical comedy from the ridiculously talented Duncan Oakley and hosted by Hitchin’s very own comedy legend Paul B Edwards. Doors open 7.30pm.
£10
Woodside Hall Walsworth Road
8AM - 4PM
Hitchin Market
General, Bric-a-Brac & Antigues market
Market Churchyard
Saturday 10 July, 2010
10AM-4PM
Hitchin Band Sponsored Blow
To raise funds for rehearsal facilities, music
and replacement instruments. Includes opportunities to make requests and conduct the band.
Free
Market Place
7.30PM
Ave Maria
Orpheus Choir of North Herts
£10, concs £8
St Mary's Church Churchyard
7.30PM
19th Century Romantic Music - Vivace Choir
Vivace returns to Christchurch with a Romantic programme of Schubert and Brahms.
Conductor: John Andrews, Pianist: Kate Elmitt, Soloist from the Choir. Concert also features the East Beds Youth Chorus.
All
£8, concs (teens) £5, U13 Free
Christchurch Bedford Road
7.45PM
A Swinging Affair
A fabulous evening featuring the music of Benny Goodman and Ella Fitzgerald with the world renowned Dave Shepherd and The Roger Nobes Quartet with guest stars Jack Emblow and Lorraine Craig.
£13
Queen Mother Theatre Walsworth Road
2.30PM - 4.30PM
Friends of Elmside Summer Fayre
With stalls, raffle, refreshments and cream teas.
Free
Elmside Elmside Walk
2.30PM - 4PM
Teddy Bears Picnic
Bring your Teddy for a fun-filled afternoon of games, activities, stories and free cake for teddy.
Adult £4 / Child £2
The British Schools Museum Queen Street
8AM - 4PM
Hitchin Market
Saturday - General market
Sunday - General + Car Booters
Market Churchyard
Sunday 11 July, 2010
6.30PM
Masa Tayama Piano Recital
An opportunity to hear remarkable Japanese virtuoso Masa Tayama with a programme that includes Beethoven (Pathetique Sonata), Chopin and Rachmaninov.
£10, concs (children) £5
Little Benslow Benslow Lane
9.20AM
Hoop Walk
An all day walk around Hitchin of approx. 20kms (13 miles) starting and finishing in the town centre, passing through nature reserves and pretty villages, farmland and woodland along footpaths and ancient tracks. If you would like a shorter walk there are several places to leave along the way. Return to Hitchin about 4pm. Bring a packed lunch and sturdy shoes or boots.
Suitable for children over 10.
£3, children free
Market Place
Monday 12 July, 2010
7-9PM
Ghost Walk
£4
Town Centre Hitchin
8PM
Hitchin & Its Hinterland:
A local centre and its villages.
Speaker: Keith Fitzpatrick Matthews
£5
The Sun Hotel Sun Street
Tuesday 13 July, 2010
7.30PM
Hitchin Light Orchestra
Great band, great venue an amazing party
with a 70-piece orchestra playing film music, jazz, latin and rock. Licensed bar.
£10
Town Hall Brand Street
1.05PM
Quintessimo Wind Quartet
Free
St Mary's Church Churchyard
8PM
The Big Smoke
Films from a lost London 1896-1945.
Experience London life in a bygone age,
from the bustle of the Victorian commute to the ordeal of the Blitz with this programme of silent films from the BFI National Archive.
Plus a selection of treasures from the
Imperial War Museum and London’s screen
archives all brought to live with a newly commissioned score from celebrated pianist James Pearson recorded at London’s legendary
jazz club, Ronnie Scotts.
£5
Queen Mother Theatre Walsworth Road
7PM
Yards & Alleys
Museum curator David Hodges leads this
walk exploring the ancient thoroughfares
and dwelling places.
£4
Hitchin Museum Paynes Park
12.30PM
A School in Wartime
Bring your own lunch.
£2
The British Schools Museum Queens Street
8PM
Poetry ID
Presents an evening of original and interesting poetry and music featuring a dozen or more leading local poets with musical interludes.
Free
The Sun Hotel Sun Street
8AM - 4PM
Hitchin Market
General Market
Market Churchyard
Wednesday 14 July, 2010
8PM
Vipers Dream
A chance to hear this outstanding Jazz combo with their tribute to Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grapelli and the Quintet Du Hot Club de France on Bastille Day. Advisable to phone
the pub if you want to book a table to eat - 01462 454612.
Free
The Highlander Upper Tilehouse Street
8PM
The Third Man
The original and the best. Great acting and memorable characters with a fascinating story taking place in an interesting setting and adding a creative musical score.
Directed by Carol Reed, released in 1949
starring Joseph Cotton and Orson Wells.
£5
Queen Mother Theatre Walsworth Road
7-9PM
Ghost Walk
Derek Wheeler leads this ever-popular walk around Hitchin’s most atmospheric and haunting locations relating facts & folklore to give even the most convinced sceptic pause for thought!
£4
Town Centre Hitchin
10AM
Lavender Walk
An opportunity to tour the Lavender Fields at Cadwell Farm, Ickleford and hear about the re-introduction of this tradition Hitchin crop.
£4
Cadwell Farm Ickleford
Thursday 15 July, 2010
1.05PM
Milos Milivojevic
Piano Accordian
A fantastic opportunity to hear this international award-winning graduate from The Royal Academy of Music.
Free
St Mary's Church Churchyard
7PM
Historic Hitchin
Local historian Terry Knight reveals the history and stories regarding the buildings, streets and characters in the town’s historic core.
£4
Town Centre Hitchin
7.45PM
Twelth Night
Another wonderful open air production by
Britain’s premier youth theatre. Relax in the beautiful surroundings of a huge garden in Barton-le-Clay and take a picnic. This wickedly funny Shakespeare play will round off a perfect summer’s evening.
NB: Directions will be provided with ticket purchase. At QMT if wet.
£8, concs £6
Barton-le-Clay
8PM
Entertainment Throughout the Ages
A talk by Museum Curator David Hodges.
£4
Hitchin Museum Paynes Park
Friday 16 July, 2010
7.30PM
Living in the Light
Hildegard of Bingen was one of the most
remarkable figures of the middle ages. Living in the turbulent and dangerous 12th century she was a musician, healer, artist, visionary, theologian, biographer, playwright and poet.
This lively and touching story of friendship, love and struggle against authority is brought to life in this outstanding one-woman performance by Alison Neil.
£10
St Mary's Church Churchyard
8AM - 4PM
Hitchin Market
General, Bric-a-Brac & Antigues market
Market Churchyard
From 8.30AM
Continental Stalls
Riverside
Saturday 17 July, 2010
12PM
Life & Times
The very best of folk music, original songs and folk lore from Hitchin’s own talented duo.
Free
Market Place
7.30PM
Summer Choral Concert
By Hitchin Thespians. Programme includes
Carmina Burana.
£10, concs £5
Hitchin Girls' School Highbury Road
7.30PM
Local Food Evening
An opportunity to sample the finest local produce at one of Halseys' famous dinner evenings. Three courses, bring your own wine.
£27
Halseys Market Place
11AM - 3PM
Circus Skills Workshop
Come and have a go at juggling, plate
spinning, diablos, dancing sticks, stilt walking and unicycling. Great fun for all ages and abilities.
Free
The Cloisters Churchyard
8AM - 4PM
Hitchin Market
Saturday - General market
Sunday - General + Car Booters
Market Churchyard
Sunday 18 July, 2010
1.30 - 4.30PM
Lavender Fair
Come and join in lavender soap making, meet Hitchin Lavender, sample Four Seasons Preserves, lavender products and much more.
Free
Hitchin Museum Paynes Park
7.45PM
An Evening with Barry Norman CBE
In aid of the Queen Mother Youth Wing Appeal Britain’s best known and most respected film critic recalls his long career with a rich and varied
selection of anecdotes about his encounters with some of the great stars of stage and screen. Don’t miss this chance to celebrate the last talk of the Festival in the company of one
of our most knowledgable and witty raconteurs.
£15
Queen Mother Theatre Walsworth Road
From 8.30AM
Continental Stalls
Riverside
Monday 19 July, 2010
8PM
Glad All Over! A 60's Celebration
A talented cast of singers and musicians takes you on a magical mystery tour of the sounds which defined a generation covering everything
from the Beach Boys to the Beatles; from
Donovan to Dusty so why not dig out your
winkle pickers and slip into that mini skirt for a 60s party to remember?
£15
Queen Mother Theatre Walsworth Road
Tuesday 20 July, 2010
8PM
Bright Star
Directed by Jane Campion, the film portrays the 3 year relationship between Fanny Brawne and the poet Keats through her eyes. One of the great love affairs of English literature that didn’t become public knowledge until a decade after her death in 1865 when some of his letters to her were
published. Shot mostly on location in
Bedfordshire and starring Abbie Cornish as Brawne and the QMT player, who has gone on to great performances in film and in the West End, Ben Whishaw as Keats.
£5
Queen Mother Theatre Walsworth Road
8AM - 4PM
Hitchin Market
General Market
Market Churchyard
Wednesday 21 July, 2010
7.30PM
Cheeses of the World
Sample some of the finest cheeses complimented by a taster of wine with each and a glass of your favourite at the end!
£15
Halseys Market Place
Thursday 22 July, 2010
8PM
A Single Man
Showing in aid of the Queen Mother
Theatre Youth Wing Appeal. BAFTA award
winning Colin Firth is mesmerising as a
bereaved gay man with a death wish in
fashion designer Tom Fords superb debut.
£10
Queen Mother Theatre Walsworth Road
9PM
Mostly Comedy
Doggett and Ephgrave present the 21st installment of their thriving comedy and music club.
Featuring an entertaining mix of stand-up, sketch comedy, music and ‘open mic’ acts.
£4
The George Bucklersbury
Friday 23 July, 2010
8.30PM
Up Close & Rocking!
The legendary Jackie Lynton Band
£8
Sir John Barleycorn Oughtonhead Way
8AM - 4PM
Hitchin Market
General, Bric-a-Brac & Antigues market
Market Churchyard
Saturday 24 July, 2010
From 12PM each day
Rhythms of the World
The annual mix of vibrant music, stalls and activities. A full detailed programme will be on sale on pubs, retail outlets and the Festival
Box Office.
Per day - Adult adv.£7/£8 gate. Youth adv.£3/£4 gate
Hitchin Priory Grounds Tilehouse Street
Hitchin Market
Saturday - General market
Sunday - General + Car Booters
Market Churchyard
Sunday 25 July, 2010
8.30PM
Ben Smith
A great finale to ROTW weekend with
Hitchin’s own blues and guitar legend.
FREE!
Sir John Barleycorn Oughtonhead Way
Friday 30 July, 2010
9.30PM Fri, 9PM Sat
Big in Small Places
Doggett &
Ephgrave
An evening of big ideas, analyzing life from
their slightly skewed perspective.
“A keen eye for the absurd, polished natural comedians” (Camden Fringe Voyeur)
£10
The Market Theatre Sun Street
Saturday 31 July, 2010
From 8.30AM
Local Produce & Crafts Market
All the best from local farmers, food producers and craft workers at their regular monthly picturesque location.
Riverside
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