Kite Festival 09-11 June 2023 announces more names to the line-up

 

 KITE FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES MORE EXCITING NAMES TO THE LINE-UP

9-11 June 2023 at Kirtlington Park, Oxfordshire

George The Poet, Yassmin Abdel-Magied, Sally Wainwright, Kit de Waal, Susie Dent, Prue Leith, Henry Dimbleby, Clare Gereda, Brian Bilston join Alastair Campbell,

Chris Patten, David Baddiel, Elizabeth Day, Simon Sinek Dame Joan Collins, Adam Kay, Susanna Hoffs and so many more

KITE is back for its second ever live edition of ideas and music for curious, inquisitive, and cultural minds. Blending a unique line-up from across the worlds of literature, music, politics, art, culture and comedy, KITE is a festival like no other: half music and half ideas, with even more additions being made to their eclectic 2023 line-up.

Joining KITE is London-born spoken word performer George The Poet will be sharing insights into his incredible career both as a musical poet and social commentator. His music has won an NME Award, two x Gold ARIAS, three x New York Festival awards and more. His audio show ‘Have You Heard George’s Podcast?’ has won a Peabody award and 5 x Gold British Podcast Awards. He is currently completing a PhD at UCL, focusing on the socio-economic potential of black music. He will be joined on stage at KITE by Yassmin Abdel-Magied, author of 4 x books including essay collection Talking About A Revolution and Listen Layla, which she is adapting for television. They will be in conversation discussing their careers and lives together on the KITE stage.

Also in conversation will be television writer, producer and director Sally Wainwright alongside author Kit de Waal. Sally created her first original drama series over 20-years ago and has since won Best Drama Writer Award by BAFTA in 2013 for Last Tango In Halifax, and in 2015 and 2017 for Happy Valley. Kit’s debut novel My Name Is Leon was a bestseller adapted for TV in 2022. Kit founded her own TV production company and the Big Book Weekend, a free digital literary festival in 2020. She and Sally will talk together about their fascinating experiences as leading writers and discuss television for women in the UK.

Hot off the heels of her critically acclaimed one woman show Dame Prue Leith, judge of The Great British Bake Off and author of 8 novels and 14 cookbooks will be giving audiences a fascinating insight into the mind of a paramount figure in the culinary world.

Susie Dent, will be joining the “lessons” program at exploring “How to Say what you really feel.” She has been impressing with her vast vocabulary and understanding of words for over 30 years on Countdown. Dent will be exploring how words can communicate our true feelings and discussing her book ‘An Emotional Dictionary’.

The Review, a morning discussion of that day’s papers, will include Marina Hyde, Layla Moran and Michael Gove on Saturday, followed by Ian Goldin, Sonia Sodha and Mandu Reid on Sunday.

Co-founder of Leon and the Sustainable Restaurant Association Henry Dimbleby will be hosting Appetite for Destruction: Why Don’t We All Just Eat Better? , which will explore the relationship the public has with the processed food market, despite the damage it does to the planet and us.

Leading Historian Peter Frankopan and environmental journalist Gaia Vince present A Climate Reckoning: What Can History Tell Us About the Future of the People and the Planet? ,where they will weave together startling new information about the history of humankind's relationship with the planet and how it has shaped our history, mapping out possible solutions to help save the natural world.

Clare Gereda presents Can the NHS be Mended?, looking at the current state of our health service and the issues facing it, examining if there is any possible way for the damage to be reversed.

Brian Bilston will be performing poems from his latest poetry collection Days Like These, which contains a poem for every day of the year.  

Assaad Razzouk will be hosting Why Most of What You’re Doing to Go Green is Pointless, where his climate analysis will challenge the way you think about how we are going about tackling the climate crisis.

Reporter Luke Gbedemah presents CHATGPT WTF? Exploring what really is this artificial intelligence, who is in charge, and how long until it takes our jobs?

KEY INFORMATION:

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 KITE FESTIVAL 2023

Kirtlington Park, Oxfordshire, UK, OX5 3JN

09-11 JUNE 2023

 

ONLINE: https://kitefestival.co.uk/

 

Tickets are on sale now. Here are the ticket prices, all prices are subject to fees:

 

Camping £154 / Live-In £154 / Weekend No Camping £145 / Day £59

 

Glamping and Car Park Tickets also available

 

FULL LIST OF ARTISTS ANNOUNCED TO DATE

IDEAS:

Speakers:

Dame Joan Collins / Adam Kay / Susanna Hoffs / Mel Giedroyc / George the Poet / Yasmin Abdel-Magied / Sally Wainwright / Kit de Waal / Zelda Perkins / Marina Hyde / Katherine May / Cariad Lloyd / Assaad Razzouk / Decca Aitkenhead / Jo Elvin / Alexi Mostrous / Giles Whittell / Jeevan Vasgar / Luke Gbedemah / Cat Neilan / Louise Tickle / Basia Cummings / The R. Hon Sir John Major KG CH

Topics:

Alastair Campbell on Fixing Politics
Brian Bilston on Days Like These

Chris Patten & Rana Mitter on China & The West

Clare Gerada on Mending The NHS

Darren McGarvey and Polly Toynbee on Class

David Baddiel on Jews Don’t Count

Elizabeth Day on Friendship

Henry Dimblebyon why we don’t eat properly

Luke Gebedemah on CHATGPT

Martin Wolf on the Capitalism Crisis

Peter Frankopan and Gaia Vince on Climate Change

Rachel Reeves in conversation with James Harding

Simon Sinek’s Lessons in Leadership

Tomiwa Owolade and Remi Adekoya on Anti-Racsim

How to…

Say how you really feel with Susie Dent

Live Fearlessly with Fats Timbo

Own The Room with Viv Groskop

Write A Speech with Phil Collins

Have Better Conversations with Nihal Arthanayake

Write a Bestseller with Stella Rimington

Say What You Really Feel with Suzie Dent

Write with Giles Whittel

Live Podcasts

Mike Fenton Stevens | My Time Capsule w/ Dave Gorman

Rosie Wilby’s The Breakup Monologues w/ Lou Sanders

The News Meeting w/ James Harding

Comedy

Alistair Green / Shazia Mirza / Kiri Pritchard-Mclean / Toussaint Douglass / Josh Berry

For Kids

Greg Jenner’s Surprisingly Silly History Of Stuff

Jay Foreman’s Disgusting Songs For Revolting Children

MUSIC:

Main Stage: Hot Chip / Suede / Pretenders / Candi Staton / Django Django / Ezra Collective

Heavenly Presents: Baxter Dury / Sofia Kourtesis / Sarathy Korwar / Mauskovic Dance Band / Lynks / Decius / DJ Paulette / David Holmes / MADMADMAD / Eyes of Others / Tapir! / Heavenly Jukebox  / Max Porter / Rob Gallagher / Emma Warren / Miki Berenyi / Audrey Godden The Women of Factory

Bloom / Skylark Social: Prima Queen / Sweet Baboo / Yama Warashi / Margomool / Midori Jaeger / Ed Dowie

And more to be announced

ABOUT KITE

KITE comes from the team behind Love Supreme Festival, the biggest outdoor jazz festival in Europe, and Tortoise Media.

Legendary record label Heavenly curate a stage at the festival.

ABOUT TORTOISE MEDIA

Tortoise Media is the slow newsroom. Launched in 2019 with a focus not on breaking news but what's driving it, Tortoise journalism seeks to make sense of the world through audio reporting, newsletters and live events. Producer of multiple award-winning investigative series, including the global smash hit podcast Sweet Bobby, Tortoise podcasts have been downloaded tens of millions of times. Tortoise has over 55,000 paid-for members and over 130,000 people receive its Sensemaker email newsletters. 

www.tortoisemedia.com

ABOUT HEAVENLY RECORDINGS

Since its creation in 1990, Heavenly has been instrumental in the successes of Edwyn Collins, Manic Street Preachers, Beth Orton, and others. Since it began, Heavenly has always gleefully pursued its own path, at its own speed.

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