2025 BLOOMSBURY FESTIVAL
Our 2025 Festival weekend ran from 17 – 19 October with a busy weekend of music, performance, exhibitions walks, talks and family events. Read more about our plans for 2026 below…
You can view our 2025 brochure as an online flip book.
Our theme, The Paths We Tread, was inspired by our heritage research and stories about the history of our local streets and places, which has linked us to characters of the past. This provided a very broad range of interpretations for the wider programme where artists are following their own personal and cultural ‘paths’ and creative exploration.
The 2025 Festival also saw the culmination of our year-long Heritage Project Strange Doings in London – The Songs and Ballads of St Giles. Click here to read more about this project, which was supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
Check out our Spotify podcasts for interviews and podcasts from the 2025 Festival, the Strange Doings in London project, and previous festivals:
2026 BLOOMSBURY FESTIVAL
In 2026, Bloomsbury Festival celebrates our 20th Anniversary. A month-long Festival will take place from 1 – 31 October – look out for more details in Spring 2026!
The Open Call for our 2026 Festival will be published on 18 February (deadline 24 March).
PLUS
> Catch up on 20 years of Bloomsbury Festival in our Festival History
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Bloomsbury Festival is an annual celebration of the area’s creativity, presenting an inspiring programme of culture, arts, science, literature, performance, discussion and debate. The programme includes an exciting mix of contemporary arts, music, performance, theatre, science displays, talks, walks and community events.
“Bloomsbury Festival captures the diversity of bright minds connected to these few streets of London, from the past to the present day”
The Guardian
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