Pretenders, Hot Chip, Suede, Dame Joan Collins, David Baddiel, Elizabeth Day and many more are coming to KITE 2023: A Festival of Ideas & Music
KITE Festival will bring together a formidable array of names from across the worlds of music, literature, politics, art, culture and comedy over seven unique stages in the grounds of the breath-taking Grade I listed Kirtlington Park, Oxfordshire this June.
From rock royalty Pretenders, genre-bending Django Django, Candi Staton, afrobeat jazz-fusion pioneers Ezra Collective and Hot Chip to Dame Joan Collins, writer of bestseller This Is Going To Hurt Adam Kay, internationally renowned trans activist Munroe Bergdorf, comedian and writer David Baddiel, chart-topping How To Fail podcast creator Elizabeth Day and political spin-doctor Alastair Campbell, KITE reimagines the festival space as it curates a journey of cutting-edge debate and a rich programme of ideas alongside spectacular musical performances.
Expect exquisite independent music curation from Heavenly Records, live podcasts, comedy, KITE lessons, panels and debates on the biggest topics from climate change and class to anti-racism, #metoo, the NHS and much more.
Music:
Friday
Sarathy Korwar / Mauskovic Dance Band / David Holmes / Heavenly Jukebox
Saturday
Hot Chip / Candi Staton / Ezra Collective / Sofia Kourtesis / Eyes of Others / Lynks / Decius / Raw Silk / Heavenly Jukebox
Sunday
Suede / Pretenders / Django Django / Baxter Dury / MADMADMAD / Tapir! / Heavenly Jukebox
Speakers:
Saturday
Dame Joan Collins / Alastair Campbell / David Baddiel / Adam Kay / Alistair Green / Chris Patten / Rana Mitter / Darren McGarvey / Polly Toynbee / Tomiwa Owolade / Remi Adekoya / Peter Frankopan / Gaia Vince / Rosie Wilby’s The Breakup Monologues / Lou Sanders / Greg Jenner / Assaad Razzouk / Fats Timbo / Phil Collins / Marina Hyde / Jeevan Vasgar / Martin Wolf / Louise Tickle / Emily Haworth-Booth / Decca Aitkenhead / Emma Warren / Miki Berenyi / Max Porter
Sunday
Elizabeth Day / Simon Sinek / Susanna Hoffs / Munroe Bergdorf / Mike Fenton Stevens / Dave Gorman / Shazia Mirza / Kiri Pritchard-Mclean / Toussaint Douglass / Josh Berry / Cariad Lloyd / Rachel Reeves / Katherine May / Jay Foreman / Giles Whittell / Nihal Arthanayake / Viv Groskop / Brian Bilston / Cat Neilan / Jo Elvin / Dylan Jones / Audrey Godden
