City of London Festival returns this summer to animate the Square Mile in new and exciting ways.
Festival-goers can take a Wren Church Marathon challenge with morn-to-midnight choral performances; learn How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying from a 1960’s musical featuring Nick Hewer and a chorus of office choirs; serenade City workers with a street guitar; debate Justice, Money and Power in the Old Bailey; and enjoy the finest classical music, jazz and comedy in a dazzling array of extraordinary venues, many of them not normally open to the public.
Once again, the Festival will feature an innovative, eclectic programme of music, dance, spoken word and street performance. It will also be a celebration of the City, its architecture, skyline and streets, and its energy, stories and relationships with the rest of the world. This year sees the return of the Festival’s own iconic venue, a giant inflatable Bowler Hat, for comedy, cabaret and circus performances.
Over its 53 years, the Festival has brought the world's finest artistic talents to the Square Mile, commissioned and premiered artworks, animated remarkable spaces, welcomed children to its annual Parade, placed pianos and guitars on the streets of London for all to play, and hosted stimulating debates and discussion.
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