Jon Savage

The Sixties – an era of ideas, freedom, perception-enhancing substances, revolutionary literature, radical politics, fashion and pop.

Jon Savage’s 1966 is a monument to the year everything change, and the Harrogate Festival launched, as the decade exploded to the soundtrack of The Beatles, The Byrds and Velvet Underground. From women’s lib to the nuclear threat, Savage – a giant of music writing – goes beyond the pop, delving into the social and cultural heart of this remarkable decade.