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Kicking off a great festival of culture
FEW areas of London conjure up the rich cultural and artistic heritage of Bloomsbury – from the museums and colleges that still dot the area to writers like Dickens and Woolf who famously lived there.
So the only difficulty for the organisers of its first-ever arts festival – the three-day Bloomsbury Festival which kicks off tomorrow (Friday) – was how to fit everything happening in the area in.
Festival director and resident Roma Backhouse said: “Bloomsbury is usually associated with the past and with people who have been dead a long time like Dickens and Woolf. All that is good but there is an awful lot going on now as well.
“This is a great way of marrying the history of Bloomsbury with its contemporary creative community – such as Central St Martin’s, the Cockpit Arts, the Renoir. It’s an incredibly vibrant area.”
Highlights of the new festival, sponsored by the Brunswick Centre, include an aerial dance on the soaring façade of the Brunswick, a children’s lantern parade, a Sunday jazz brunch and a sing-along community Messiah in Brunswick Square.
Many museums and galleries in the area will be opening their doors for free and there are regular guided walks to show off the area’s historical secrets.
In addition, there is the first Bloomsbury Farmers’ Market in Brunswick Square on Saturday, children’s activities planned for Coram Fields and street entertainers and costumed actors wandering through the streets throughout the three days.
Ms Backhouse said: “It’s a sort of Bloomsbury Open House. With more than 70 events, there’s something for absolutely everyone – it’s difficult to pinpoint anything because there are so many amazing things. And nearly everything is free.”
She added: “The whole thing is first come, first served. If there is anything you know you definitely want to go to, get in touch with us or go on to the website – www.bloomsburyfestival.org.”
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