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Children's festival to be held at Crown Hotel in Harrogate

The Festival promises to be a weekend full of fun, imagination and movement, with activities that will capture the attention of all the family.

Children's festival to be held at Crown Hotel in Harrogate A two-day Children's Festival will be held in Harrogate next weekend. Curated by Harrogate International Festivals, the event will run on 15th and 16th July at The Crown Hotel.

The Festival promises to be a weekend full of "fun, imagination and movement" with activities for the whole family.

Festivities will kick off on Saturday morning with a 45-minute family yoga class taught by Ellie from Move Yoga.

A beginner-friendly session, family yoga will involve gentle poses that will refresh and rejuvenate the whole family.

[caption id="attachment_69608" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] A Silent Disco for adults is coming to Harrogate next weekend.[/caption]

Saturday afternoon will bring a family-friendly silent disco, hosted by DJ Trev on the decks.

Featuring three different music channels specially selected for a family audience, kids and adults alike can dance the afternoon away!

On Sunday morning, the prestigious Northern Ballet will bring an interactive re-telling of the Three Little Pigs.

For budding ballerinas aged 3-7, the sessions will explore the story whilst learning steps from the Northern Ballet’s production with a professional ballet dancer.

The Festival will close on Sunday afternoon by exploring the Ancient Greeks and Anglo Saxons with History’s Maid.

The first session of the day includes a trip to an Ancient Greek warrior school (Agoge) where children are immersed in a world of Spartan brutality and the Olympic Games.

The final session includes a re-telling of Beowulf, one of England’s oldest and most exciting stories featuring monsters, mystical swords, swimming and dragons.

Sharon Canavar, Chief Executive of Harrogate International Festivals, said:

“The Children’s Festival is a fun-filled way to spark young imaginations in the key areas of music, dance, history and storytelling.

"There’s something for everyone at the Children’s Festival this year – and we can’t wait to see families strut their stuff to some fab tunes on our dance floor at the Silent Disco!”

Event Programme:

Family Yoga | Saturday 15th July | 11am Family Silent Disco | Saturday 15th July | 2pm Northern Ballet: Three Little Pigs | Sunday 16th July | 10am & 11:30am History’s Maid (Ancient Greeks) | Sunday 16th July | 1pm History’s Maid (Anglo Saxons) | Sunday 16th July | 2:30pm Silent Disco

Harrogate International Festivals is also hosting an adults-only ‘Harrogate icons’ silent disco at the Crown Hotel.

Billed as "the ultimate party phenomenon," the silent disco features three live DJs, each representing three iconic Harrogate clubs of yesteryear: Carringtons, Jimmy’s and Ministry of Sound.

[caption id="attachment_69610" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] An adults-only Silent Disco.[/caption]

Party-goers can switch between the three DJ channels, all battling it out for the dance floor.

The main event takes place at 8pm on Saturday 15th July at the Crown Hotel in Harrogate.

But organisers have teased that there may also be some free lunchtime pop up silent disco events between 11th and 15th July.

For both the Children’s Festival and the Silent Disco, tickets are available on the Harrogate International Festivals website, harrogateinternationalfestivals.com, or by phone: 01423 562 303.

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