Welcome to Bloomsbury Festival
2025 BLOOMSBURY FESTIVAL
The programme for the 2025 weekend festival 17-19 October 2025 will be published online in July. We are currently programming New Wave and festival events based on our heritage project. We welcome submissions before mid-June from venues who would like to host their own events in 2025. Email director@bloomsburyfestival.org.uk for the marketing form.
2026 BLOOMSBURY FESTIVAL
EARLY OPEN CALL TO PARTNERS NOW OPEN
Our Call Out for partner proposals for the month-long festival 1-31 October 2026 is now OPEN. The deadline for submission for the Early Open Call is 4 July 2025 at 6pm. A further Open Call will take place in February/March 2026.
We are opening our Call Out early to enable partners to propose and develop projects to celebrate the festival’s 20th anniversary, and to link with UCL’s Bicentenary marking 200 years since UCL’s establishment as the first University in London.
> See full details and application information here
PLUS
> Catch up on 20 years of Bloomsbury Festival in our Festival History
> View the 2024 Festival Review
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Enjoy highlights of our 2021 to 2024 Bloomsbury Festival events:
2024 FESTIVAL FUNDERS, SPONSORS & PARTNERS:
Local business event sponsors: Ambit, Bishop & Sewell, Chestertons, Greater London Properties, Heal’s Building, Rugby School & Macready Theatre and The Bloomsbury
Local business supporters: Boodle Hatfield, Compton, Garnett Architecture, Grange Hotels, Mason Navarro Pledge, P.A.C.E Building Services, PFS Group and Premium Support Services
Business club members: ECS Systems, Essex Refurbishments and Olli Group
Local, Global, Inspiring
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
Bloomsbury Festival is a Registered charity No. 1149001
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