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What's On Around Harrogate
Harrogate is fantastic all year round with plenty to see and do – but you might want to time your visit to catch one of our very special events when you see what’s on in Harrogate.
The Harrogate Spring Flower Show along with its sister show in autumn attracts some 100,000 green fingered plant enthusiasts each year and is the go-to event for anyone seeking inspiration for their garden.
The out of this world experience of hosting the finish of the first day of the Tour de France Grand Depart in 2014 put Harrogate firmly on the UK cycling map and the legacy endures in the form of a number of events for amateurs and professionals alike.
Harrogate International Festivals now takes its place alongside the leading cultural events in the UK, with a varied program including the Crime Writing Festival, the Children’s festival, and the History Festival.
As well as attracting leading lights in their fields, the Festivals act as a showcase for up and coming talent.
As you’d expect on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales rural life is never far away, but every July it comes to town with the Great Yorkshire Show, the largest agricultural show in Britain.
Around 130,000 visitors flock to Harrogate to see competitive classes of 5000 cattle, sheep and pigs – show jumping and equine competitions – Food Hall – Cookery Theatre - Fashion shows - demonstrations and much much more.
There’s nearly always a show on in Harrogate, with the wealth of music, comedy and drama provided by the Harrogate Theatre, touring companies, the nation’s hottest comics and world renowned orchestras can all be found in the constantly updating line up.
As the new home of the International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival you also can count on things going a little topsy turvy in August.
Live music has many homes in Harrogate from cover bands to stars of the underground music scene there’s always a distinctive sound to be found here.
Harrogate enjoys a wealth of world class venues in its Conference Centre, Pavilions, the Great Yorkshire Showground and the grade II Listed Royal Hall which host numerous events and exhibitions including BBC Good Food, Country Living, Cake & Bake and the Knitting Stitching show just to name a few.
Many of our local attractions also stage their own programmes of events appealing to all the family – take a look at National Trust Brimham Rocks, Ripley Castle and RHS Garden Harlow Carr.
You will be amazed by what’s on in Harrogate so don’t forget to check these pages before you visit!
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PQA Harrogate
Type
Theatre
Harrogate
PQA is a weekend performing arts academy providing tuition for children and young people from 3-18 years. Students spend three hours with us, rotating through hour-long sessions in Comedy & Drama, Musical Theatre and Film & Television. Students are split into groups according to their age and are...
Dates
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- 11 Oct 2017 To 31 Dec 2018
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- 11 Oct 2017 To 31 Dec 2018
Spring/Summer Exhibition, Contemporary works from Yorkshire Artists.
Type
Exhibition
Harrogate
A fantastic mixed show as we move into Summer. Featuring both emerging and established predominately Yorkshire artists, the selected eclectic work ranges from Emma Spence's serene figurative ceramics to the beautifully rendered semi - abstract watercolours by local artist, William Watson - West. ...
Dates
- From:
- 27 Apr 2018 To 13 Jul 2018
Posy Simmonds: Original Artwork and Unseen Sketches
Type
Exhibition
Harrogate
This delightful exhibition is a rare chance to see artwork and unseen sketches by renowned illustrator and writer Posy Simmonds. There are over 50 works on show from witty cartoons; delightful illustrations from her children's books and original drawings from her graphic novels including the...
Dates
- From:
- 16 Jun 2018 To 9 Sep 2018
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
Type
Theatre
Harrogate
Written & Directed by Guy Unsworth
Based on the TV series by Raymond Allen
Starring
Joe Pasquale, Sarah Earnshaw and Susie BlakeEveryones favourite 1970s classic TV comedy, Some Mothers Do Ave Em is back with Joe Pasquale starring as the loveable accident-prone Frank Spencer, Sarah Earnshaw...
Dates
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- 18 Jun 2018 To 23 Jun 2018
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- 23 Jun 2018 To 23 Jun 2018
Woodland Creation Conference
Type
Workshop
Ripley
This event aims to help landowners and those responsible for land management and those working in the woodland and forestry sector to discover the benefits of creating woodland on their land and how it can contribute to the future economic and environmental sustainability of our region.
Tickets...
Dates
- From:
- 21 Jun 2018 To 21 Jun 2018
100 Ways to Tie a Shoelace
Type
Theatre
Harrogate
Sometimes she imagines herself in army films, sometimes in musicals, and sometimes she imagines being knocked off a gondola by a very large wave; this isn't how she thought procedural and semantic recall recovery would be.
Following the accident, Kats struggling with the basics of everyday life....
Dates
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- 21 Jun 2018 To 23 Jun 2018
RHS Garden Harlow Carr Flower Show
Type
Gardens
Harrogate
Browse, buy, and pick up advice from specialist nurseries and garden trade stands at Harlow Carr’s annual flower show. Visitors can enjoy a full programme of talks and demonstrations then escape the crowds with a relaxing stroll in the stunning surroundings of the garden: don’t miss the summer...
Venue
Dates
- From:
- 22 Jun 2018 To 24 Jun 2018
A Midsummer's Eve Quiz
Type
Charity
Harrogate
Join us at Harrogate Grammar School on Saturday 23rd June for our marvellous Midsummer's Eve Quiz in aid of Yorkshire Cancer Research, with over a hundred questions on a wide range of topics including TV and celebs; plus plenty of music clips. There will also be a bar and a raffle.
The quiz will...
Dates
- From:
- 23 Jun 2018 To 23 Jun 2018
Great Yorkshire Art
Type
Exhibition
Harrogate
Explore Yorkshire's cultural heritage through 50 great paintings from the region's finest artists – past and present.
Enjoy 'Victorian blockbusters' such as Atkinson Grimshaw's world famous painting Silver Moonlight, exhibited with Fred Lawson's paintings of Wensleydale life and new work by...
Dates
- From:
- 23 Jun 2018 To 16 Sep 2018
Northern Aldborough Festival Cricket: Emmerdale vs Aldborough
Type
Charity
Harrogate
Members of ITV soap opera Emmerdale, led by Chris Chittell (a.k.a. Eric Pollard) take on a Northern Aldborough Festival XI in a special celebratory cricket match, with funds raised for the Emmerdale nominated charity Bloodwise.
Bloodwise, formerly Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research, is an established...
Dates
- From:
- 24 Jun 2018 To 24 Jun 2018
Harrogate Spiegeltent: Benoit Viellefon & His Hot Club
Type
Harrogate International Festivals
Harrogate
Monsieur Viellefon escorts you on a velvet evening of swing and jazz. Step back through time to the infamous Parisian cafes and nightclubs of the 1930s and 40s. The charismatic Benoit Viellefon heads his unique ensemble, Hot Club, who celebrate the vintage romanticism of the French mixed up with...
Dates
- From:
- 29 Jun 2018 To 29 Jun 2018
Spiegeltent
Type
Festival
Harrogate
Roll up, roll up! The magic of the mirrored tent returns in June 2018. Presented by Harrogate International Festivals, the Spiegeltent programme casts its spell over Harrogate with a smorgasbord of sensational acts under its exquisitely exotic canvas, including Guest Curator Ayanna Witter-Johnson,...
Dates
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- 30 Jun 2018 To 8 Jul 2018
Harrogate Spiegeltent: Ayanna Witter-Johnson
Type
Harrogate International Festivals
Harrogate
Singer, songwriter, cellist Ayanna Witter-Johnson is a rare exception to the rule that classical and alternative r&b music cannot successfully coexist.
Graduating with a first from both Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance and the Manhattan School of Music, Ayanna was a participant...
Dates
- From:
- 30 Jun 2018 To 30 Jun 2018
A Musical Feast
Type
Concert
Harrogate
Join Vocalis Chamber Choir with musical director Alex Kyle for their summer concert: A Musical Feast at All Saint's Church Kirkby Overblow HG3 1HD on Saturday 30 June at 7.30pm, doors open 6.30pm.
Audience members will enjoy a friendly cabaret setting with tables and comfy chairs. so bring a...Dates
- From:
- 30 Jun 2018 To 30 Jun 2018
The Sitcom Experience
Type
Comedy
Harrogate
The Sitcom Experience 'Live'
With Del Boy & Rodney – The Comedy Dinner Show
Established since 1997, Laughlines is the UK's leading brand of comedy dinner shows and originally conceived the concept of 'The Sitcom Experience' a live parody dining experience with your favorite television...Dates
- From:
- 30 Jun 2018 To 30 Jun 2018
BING
Type
Theatre
Harrogate
Calling all Bingsters! Bing and his friends are coming to Harrogate in the first ever Bing stage show!
Join Bing, Sula, Coco and Pando as they find out how to tell stories by pretending, dressing-up and singing songs. Flop and Amma are there to help, but in this magical world of make-believe...
Dates
- From:
- 30 Jun 2018 To 1 Jul 2018
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- 30 Jun 2018 To 30 Jun 2018
- From:
- 1 Jul 2018 To 1 Jul 2018
Harrogate Music Festival
Type
Festival
Harrogate
Music, art and theatre has the ability to transform. See the world through new eyes this summer with our month-long Festival bursting with colour, laughter, soul and song.
Harrogate Music Festival 2018
2018’s Festival theme, Innovation, brings one of the most mercurial (and Mercury Award...
Dates
- From:
- 1 Jul 2018 To 31 Jul 2018
Harrogate Spiegeltent: Gypsy Queens
Type
Harrogate International Festivals
Harrogate
There’s only one band the stars trust to get the party going. The Euro-trotting Gypsy Queens led by the dashing Didier Casnati have legions of (famous) fans including Robert De Niro, Chris Martin, David Beckham, Prince Harry, REM and Quincy Jones. Come and find out why the famous make such a...
Dates
- From:
- 1 Jul 2018 To 1 Jul 2018
Big Picnic
Type
Family Event
Harrogate
The Big Picnic will once again take place in Valley Gardens on 1st July from 11.30 to 4.30. Admission is free. This is a terrific family day out with lots of stalls, food outlets, funfair, bouncy castle, climbing wall and lots more. This event raises funds for the children's unit at Harrogate...
Dates
- From:
- 1 Jul 2018 To 1 Jul 2018
Harrogate Spiegeltent: Binker & Moses
Type
Harrogate International Festivals
Harrogate
Drum-and-sax duo Binker Golding and Moses Boyd received Best Jazz Act at the MOBO Awards for their 2015 LP Dem Ones. The pair have been accused of leading the charge of a jazz revolution – hailed as part of a new type of jazz in the UK – creating sounds that work on dance floors and festivals as...
Dates
- From:
- 2 Jul 2018 To 2 Jul 2018
Wesley Centre Concerts - Richard Weatherall Trio
Type
Concert
Harrogate
Lunchtime Jazz Concert with the Richard Weatherall Trio
Dates
- From:
- 2 Jul 2018 To 2 Jul 2018
Harrogate Spiegeltent: Graeme Park
Type
Harrogate International Festivals
Harrogate
Graeme Park was one of the DJ’s responsible for the legendary Hacienda in Manchester, at the heart of the cultural boom of Cool Britannia in the late 80s and early 90s, headed by bands like Happy Mondays and Stone Roses.
Join Graeme Park for an exclusive Q&A followed by a House DJ set, making...
Dates
- From:
- 4 Jul 2018 To 4 Jul 2018
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The Simon and Garfunkel Story
Type
Music
Harrogate
50th Anniversary Tour
Direct from it's success at London's Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, a SOLD OUT Worldwide tour and standing ovations at every performance, The Simon & Garfunkel Story is back! Using huge projection photos and original film footage, this 50th Anniversary Celebration also...
Dates
- From:
- 4 Jul 2018 To 4 Jul 2018
Long Table Dinner, from Harrogate International Festivals
Type
Harrogate International Festivals
Harrogate
Local Yorkshire Chef Stephanie Moon has teamed up with Harrogate International Festivals to present a culinary experience Harrogate has never seen before. The menu inspired by Yorkshire’s bountiful produce and the stunning garden surroundings of the Valley Gardens is one not to be missed…join us...
Venue
Dates
- From:
- 5 Jul 2018 To 5 Jul 2018
Harrogate Spiegeltent: House of Burlesque & Silent Disco
Type
Harrogate International Festivals
Harrogate
Bold, brazen burlesque! The acclaimed and award-winning House of Burlesque return to Harrogate after two consecutive years of sell-out shows. The Queen of provocateurs, Miss Tempest Rose, promises to titillate and tantalize in a rip-roaring evening full of high-end glamour, joyful satire and...
Dates
- From:
- 5 Jul 2018 To 5 Jul 2018
Harrogate Spiegeltent: Tristan
Type
Harrogate International Festivals
Harrogate
Prepare for some truly uplifting grooves from the Dutch five-piece Tristan. Playing feel-good vintage Acid Jazz, they’re known for their tight, punchy arrangements, featuring funky rhythm guitars. All this underpins singer Evelyn Kallansee’s stunningly beautiful vocals.
Tristan’s music may...
Dates
- From:
- 6 Jul 2018 To 6 Jul 2018
Ruby Turner
Type
Music
Harrogate
'It's Gonna Be Alright' singer Ruby Turner comes back to Harrogate Theatre. To date, Ruby has released 17 albums plus the BBC's 'Live From Glastonbury', as well as appearing on releases by the likes of Brian Ferry, UB40, Steve Winwood and Mick Jagger. She is also one of the main singers in Jools...
Dates
- From:
- 6 Jul 2018 To 6 Jul 2018
Ruby Turner
Type
Music
Harrogate
'It's Gonna Be Alright' singer Ruby Turner comes back to Harrogate Theatre. To date, Ruby has released 17 albums plus the BBC's 'Live From Glastonbury', as well as appearing on releases by the likes of Brian Ferry, UB40, Steve Winwood and Mick Jagger. She is also one of the main singers in Jools...
Dates
- From:
- 6 Jul 2018 To 6 Jul 2018
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Author Talk - Lisa Samson 'Epitaph for the Ash'
Type
Lecture
Harrogate
A disease from mainland Europe poses a very serious threat to the ash tree's survival. Epitaph for the Ash explores how barren our landscape could become without the ash's familiar branches protruding from limestone scars and chalky cliff faces. The trees' grave prognosis takes on a personal...
Dates
- From:
- 7 Jul 2018 To 7 Jul 2018
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Marie Curie Blooming Great Tea Party at ColdCotes
Type
Charity
Harrogate
Come and enjoy a delicious homemade cream tea in the stunning gardens at ColdCotes. The funds raised will help Marie Curie nurses care for people living with a terminal illness.
Dates
- From:
- 8 Jul 2018 To 8 Jul 2018
Service of Thanksgiving for the NHS
Type
Family Event
Harrogate
A special service dedicated to all NHS staff past and present - open to all who would like to show their gratitude to NHS staff who have cared for them or a loved one. ALL ARE WELCOME. Refreshments will served afterwards.
Dates
- From:
- 8 Jul 2018 To 8 Jul 2018
Harrogate Spiegeltent: Misha Mullov-Abbado
Type
Harrogate International Festivals
Harrogate
Winner of the 2014 Kenny Wheeler jazz prize, Misha is the son of the Italian classical conductor Claudio Abbado and Russian violinist Viktoria Mullova. The in-demand bass player, composer and band leader was a 2017 BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist.
His impressive debut album, New Ansonia, was...
Dates
- From:
- 8 Jul 2018 To 8 Jul 2018
Great Yorkshire Show
Type
Exhibition
The 160th Great Yorkshire Show will take place in Harrogate in 2018, celebrating the very best of farming, food and the countryside.
Over 130,000 visitors and 8,500 animals flock to the Great Yorkshire Showground every year for the three day show, making it one of the biggest in the UK.
...
Dates
- From:
- 10 Jul 2018 To 12 Jul 2018
Harrogate International Festivals: Oddsocks - The Tempest
Type
Harrogate International Festivals
Harrogate
Shakespeare meets Sci-fi! Don’t forget to pack your picnic, blankets and wellies! It promises to be an out of this world experience, with thespian frolics in a galaxy far, far away. Only Oddsocks can turn the Bard into a Rocket Man and Space Oddity. Take one small step for man, one giant leap for...
Dates
- From:
- 10 Jul 2018 To 10 Jul 2018
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- 11 Jul 2018 To 11 Jul 2018
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Edmonton Youth Choir in Concert
Type
Music
Harrogate
Edmonton Youth Choir from Alberta, Canada, will perform a varied programme of choral works from around the world.
The choir has competed in festivals and competitions across Canada and Europe, has performed nationally on CBC Radio and recorded six CDs. In 2014, the choir received two Gold...
Dates
- From:
- 11 Jul 2018 To 11 Jul 2018
‘Luminarium’ – Architects of Air
Type
Harrogate International Festivals
Harrogate
The Stray transforms into a magical world of sensory bliss. Enter the luminarium and be amazed!
Visitors remove their shoes before entering an airlock. Once inside you are free to follow a map and explore the installation. Or, simply find a cocooning pod, sit and lie back and enjoy the...
Dates
- From:
- 12 Jul 2018 To 15 Jul 2018
Harrogate International Festivals: Concert by Candlelight - VOCES8 with Rachel Podger
Type
Harrogate International Festivals
Harrogate
Angels have inspired flights of brilliance for millennia, from poetry to art to music. Expect some divine intervention from the heavenly Bach, Mendelssohn and Rachmaninov, as the impeccable British vocal ensemble VOCES8 unite with the ‘queen of the Baroque violin’, Rachel Podger. This innovative,...
Dates
- From:
- 12 Jul 2018 To 12 Jul 2018
Harrogate International Festivals: Louisa Staples with Boris Kusnezow
Type
Harrogate International Festivals
Harrogate
The international strings prodigy serenades with Prokofiev, Debussy and Ravel. Born in 2000, she was awarded a place at The Yehudi Menuhin School when she was just eight. While still a school girl, Louisa Staples became a 2016 BBC Young Musician finalist. Make sure you catch this mercurial rising...
Dates
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- 13 Jul 2018 To 13 Jul 2018
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Harrogate Pretty Muddy 2018
Type
Charity
Harrogate
Cancer Research UK's Race for Life Pretty Muddy is our brilliant 5k muddy obstacle course. Scramble over the A-frame. Crawl through the mud pit. Have fun with your friends.
Race for Life Pretty Muddy Kids is our brilliant muddy obstacle course just for the little ones. They can take on the...
Dates
- From:
- 14 Jul 2018 To 14 Jul 2018
Barry Steele and Friends 30 Year Special
Type
Music
Harrogate
He's the man with the sunglasses and the black suit who delivered some of the worlds darkest and most emotional ballads, yet Texas-born Roy Orbison remains one of the most distinctive looking, and sounding performers in modern music, despite dying 30 years ago leaving others to bring his music to...
Dates
- From:
- 14 Jul 2018 To 14 Jul 2018
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Harrogate Race For Life 5K & 10K 2018
Type
Charity
Harrogate
Cancer Research UK's Race for Life is a series of women-only events raising money for research into all 200 types of cancer. Walk, jog or run. Raise valuable funds for research. THIS IS BEATING CANCER.
Make the most of our 30% discount on registration this January!
Find your local Race For Life...
Dates
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- 15 Jul 2018 To 15 Jul 2018
Eugene Onegin
Type
Theatre
Harrogate
Olivier Award-winning OperaUpClose return to Harrogate Theatre with their new English version of Tchaikovskys sweeping Eugene Onegin.
With a narrative that is both romantic and thought-provoking, the central character is the fiercely intelligent but naïve Tatyana, whose entanglement with Onegin...
Dates
- From:
- 17 Jul 2018 To 17 Jul 2018
Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival
Type
Harrogate International Festivals
Harrogate
The world class, award winning Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, now in its 15th year, celebrates the very best in crime fiction at the magnificent Old Swan Hotel each July. The Festival is a firm date in the literary calendar and has achieved international acclaim for the programming,...
Dates
- From:
- 19 Jul 2018 To 22 Jul 2018
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Michael Buble Tribute Night
Type
Music
Harrogate
If you like tribute nights then you are in for a treat! Here at The Cairn Hotel we have a Michael Buble tribute night which also includes a 2 course dinner, coffee, tribute act and a disco until midnight.
If you'd like to book or find out more visit our website http://strathmorehotels-thecairn...Dates
- From:
- 21 Jul 2018 To 21 Jul 2018
Pedal for Parkinson's
Type
Family Event
Ripley
Take part in our Pedal for Parkinson's event in Yorkshire this summer and help keep the wheels turning for Parkinson's research and support.
With a choice of our 20 mile blast, 40 mile blaze, or 60 mile burn routes through Yorkshire's beautiful countryside, there's a distance to suit...
Dates
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- 22 Jul 2018 To 22 Jul 2018
Harrogate International Festivals: Emma Johnson with John Lenehan
Type
Harrogate International Festivals
Harrogate
The clarinet goes to town! An alumni of Harrogate International Festivals’ Young Musician series in the 80s, Emma went on to global success. The classical chart topping clarinettist returns to the Festival that discovered her to celebrate the centennial of Leonard Bernstein, with music from the...
Dates
- From:
- 26 Jul 2018 To 26 Jul 2018
MILES GILDERDALE & THE BLUEFLIES. FREE ENTRY
Type
Music
Harrogate
A rare opportunity to see one of the UK's most talented guitarists in his native Yorkshire! When not performing as part of Grammy nominees Acoustic Alchemy, Miles loves to let loose with his own band. Expect outstanding classic rock, rhythm and blues and even a bit of funk & soul. And it's FREE!...
Dates
- From:
- 27 Jul 2018 To 28 Jul 2018
Harrogate International Festivals: Laura Mvula
Type
Harrogate International Festivals
Harrogate
She’s the soul singer and two-time Mercury Prize and Brit Award nominee, with a public endorsement from Prince. Her album The Dreaming Room features collaborations with legend, Nile Rodgers.
Laura Mvula first sang in church and later with all female acapella group Black Voices. By 2008 she had...
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- 27 Jul 2018 To 27 Jul 2018
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Cello Recital, All Saints' Church - Kirkby Overblow
Type
Concert
Harrogate
A Cello and Piano Recital by Joanna Twaddle and William Green.
Dates
- From:
- 28 Jul 2018 To 28 Jul 2018
Harrogate International Festivals: Hallé Orchestra with Sir Mark Elder
Type
Harrogate International Festivals
Harrogate
Get ready for an epic finale. British conductor Sir Mark Elder, Musical Director of Manchester’s world-famous Hallé Orchestra, marks the 125th anniversary of Tchaikovsky’s death. This special night featuring violinist Henning Kraggerud promises to be an unforgettable festival finale for anyone...
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- From:
- 29 Jul 2018 To 29 Jul 2018
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