We are inviting residents of Bloomsbury, Holborn and King’s Cross to take part in free workshops to create beautiful silk flags for the 2023 Bloomsbury Festival, illustrating your heritage and local area. The flags will represent stories you’d like to
Art Competition 2023
(Image by 2022 Art Competition winner Glenda Frieder) PRIZE – EXHIBITION PLUS £300 CASH PRIZE DEADLINE: 30 April A competition for art students to submit a new artwork which responds to either: 1) The 2023 Bloomsbury Festival theme, Grow. The
2023 Festival Partner Call Out
Each year we programme around 100 creative events and exhibitions of which the majority are ‘Partner Events’. These showcase the cultural offer of Bloomsbury from many disciplines and from all parts of our unique inner-city community, including residents and institutions.
2022 Festival Review
Our 2022 Bloomsbury Festival Review presents highlights of our festival activity on the theme of Breathe. Take a look:
Experimental event explores the impact of tear gas around the world
Experimental event explores the impact of tear gas around the world Paradoxical Gasp: 17 – 20 November at the Crypt Gallery The Bloomsbury Festival 22 is not quite over yet! This week we have one final show as part of
National Lottery Heritage Fund grant to support ‘The New Bloomsbury Set’
The Bloomsbury Festival has been awarded a £69,500 grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund for a ground-breaking new year-long project called The New Bloomsbury Set. The New Bloomsbury Set, made possible with money raised by National Lottery players, aims to
Guest Blog: Sally Pomme Clayton tells us about The Magician’s Apprentice
Bloomsbury Festival begins this week on Friday 14th October! With just days to go, we spoke to Sally Pomme Clayton, the pioneering storyteller and writer behind The Magician’s Apprentice which takes place on Thursday 20 October at the Museum of
Guest Blog: Theophina Gabriel from Onyx Magazine discusses Resisting Through Rest
As Bloomsbury Festival 2022 approaches, we spoke to Theophina Gabriel about some of the ideas behind Onyx Magazine‘s upcoming event Resisting Through Rest. The panel discussion is led by two independent Black publications – Onyx Magazine, a Black award-winning indie
Arts Council England Grant Supports ‘Platform’ for New Emerging Artists
Events Pictured above (left to right): Death of an Orange, Daytimers Mehfil and Past Life. We are delighted to announce that an Arts Council England grant of £23,360 is supporting an exciting ‘Platform’ for new emerging artists, theatre makers,
Guest Blog: Producing Accessible Theatre with Alice Christina-Corrigan
The Bloomsbury Festival 2022 programme contains a whole lineup of exciting and experimental theatre productions. One of these is Past Life with Alice Christina-Corrigan and Extant. Past Life is a genre-bending, multi-sensory and creatively accessible exploration into the normalisation of