City of London Festival

London Festivals

27th June 2011 until 16th July 2011

The City of London Festival brings the City to life. The Festival is an annual Arts Festival which is held over a three week period in June and July and includes all types of music including classical, jazz, opera and also world music.

In 2010 the City of London Festival resonated with the distinctive sounds of music from the Portuguese-speaking world, get the Square Mile buzzing with bees and beehives and celebrated the 200th birthday of Chopin.

As part of the International Year of Biodiversity for 2010, the festival installed a number of beehives throughout the City.

The festival brings the City's unique buildings and outdoor spaces to life with an extensive artistic programme of music, visual arts, film, walks and talks, much of it free to the public.

Most events are presented at some of London's iconic and top London attractions such as St Paul's Cathedral, Guildhall Yard, the Monumen, Tower of London amd many more.

The festival started in 1962 with the aim to revitalise the cultural life of the City and is now one London's and the UK's leading arts events.

Festival Gallery

FREE WINTER CONCERT

The annual Free Winter Concert which started in 2004 returned in January 2008 with fifteen top-quality concerts until late March. It now runs annually from mid-January until late March - Free Winter Concerts

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