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York Festival of Ideas 2022 - Programme and free tickets available

Posted on 29 April 2022

York Festival of Ideas returns from 11 to 24 June with an eclectic programme featuring over 150 free online and in-person events.

Presented under the banner of The Next Chapter, this year’s Festival promises to educate, entertain and inspire with an array of talks, performances, family activities and panel discussions. 

With events covering 16 different themes and topics ranging from archaeology to art, history to health, politics to psychology, and more, the Festival offers something for all interests. 

Event highlights

• Ukraine: Causes, consequences and implications (in person and online)
• Career and Family: Women’s century-long journey toward equity (online)
• (Re)telling Stories at York Theatre Royal with Oscar-winning Film Editor Joe Walker
• What I Wish People Knew About Dementia: From someone who knows (in person)
• The Beatles Now Past 50: Abbey Road lyric secrets (in person)
• Rise: Extraordinary women of colour who changed the world (online)
• The Event Your Dog Wishes You Would Attend (online)
• Michael Morpurgo’s Carnival of the Animals in York Minster (in person)
• Festival Family Fun Afternoon (in person)
• Relax: A user’s guide to life in the age of anxiety (online)

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