Era defining icons, contemporary stars and emerging talent driving music forward.
A bold line up presented across four stages. Focused on alternative music drawing from indie, folk, soul and musical traditions from around the world. Music to make you dance, to help you think and lose yourself in the moment. From intimate shows allowing you to get up close and personal with artists to open arenas where the biggest acts in the world can spread their wings.
Concepts big and small and the spaces to explore them.
We’ll be talking about the major forces shaping the world we live in, today and in the future. Together, we’ll explore answers to big questions relating to power, our planet, technology, identity, living and culture. In-depth interviews and key notes will sit side by side with discussions and debates where you, the audience, get to have your say.
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Latest News
ANNOUNCING THE FIRST WAVE OF ARTISTS AND SPEAKERS FOR KITE 2022
Our Story So Far
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Explore new ideas, learn from the past
and understand the present
Music In Context: Rock Against Racism
Rock Against Racism was born in the mid 1970s as a movement to combat the increasing presence of racism and fascism in the UK.
KITE Resources 003: The Climate Crisis
The Climate Crisis is changing lives right now and we can do something about it.
Music In Context: Fela Kuti
The father of afrobeat, a political dissident who became a counter cultural hero creating a vision of what African identity could be.
KITE Resources 002: Brexit
“All across the country, people felt it was the wrong thing. All across the country, people felt it was the right thing.” Ali Smith, 2016
