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Events in 2026 Bloomsbury Festival

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Pre-Festival: Textile Marathon - Textile Recycling, Workshops & Residency
Workshop Free Walk-in
6 dates, 10 Aug – 3 Oct

Pre-Festival: Textile Marathon - Textile Recycling, Workshops & Residency

An open participatory textile recycling project led by Tere Chad - Threading Organisms 3.0 (Hilando Organismos 3.0)

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Two Centuries Here
Exhibition Free Walk-in
1 – 31 Oct, 9.00 am

Two Centuries Here

Two Centuries Here is a major, new multi-space exhibition in the heart of UCL’s historic central London campus. Open until 31 July 2027.

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EM Forster's Legacy of Connection: Unseen Memorabilia
Exhibition Free Walk-in
16 dates, 1 – 31 Oct

EM Forster's Legacy of Connection: Unseen Memorabilia

An exhibition of unseen memorabilia and memories of EM Forster and paintings by Jim Buckingham.

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Portrait(s) of Camden Community Quilt
Exhibition Free Walk-in
Mon – Sat, 1 – 31 Oct

Portrait(s) of Camden Community Quilt

Portrait(s) of Camden a large-scale community quilt and participatory workshops at Holborn Library celebrating the people, creativity, and diversity of Camden

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Enrich Me With Your Difference
Exhibition Free Walk-in
1 – 13 Oct

Enrich Me With Your Difference

A photographic exhibition by award-winning photographer Jonathan Banks.

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Home Truths
Exhibition Free Walk-in
Mon – Sat, 1 – 31 Oct

Home Truths

An exhibition of artwork exploring the relationship between housing, home and health created by award-winning multi-media artist, Lynn Dennison.

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Take a Seat - Conversations on My Mother's Bench
Exhibition Free Walk-in
2 – 31 Oct, 8.00 am

Take a Seat - Conversations on My Mother's Bench

Please sit on our memorial bench, click on QR code, and listen to everyday and extraordinary stories of those who've sat there before you.

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Through the Studio Doors: Meet the Makers of Cockpit Bloomsbury
Event / Film
Fri 2 Oct, 11.00 am

Through the Studio Doors: Meet the Makers of Cockpit Bloomsbury

Go behind-the-scenes on a tour of Cockpit, London's only remaining specialist craft studios.

UCL Museums
Exhibition Free Walk-in
Tue – Sat, 2 – 31 Oct

UCL Museums

A Guide to UCL Museums open during the Bloomsbury Festival 2026 - UCL's Grant Museum, Petrie Museum and Art Museum

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Showing events only — use Show exhibitions (top-right) to add exhibitions to the calendar.

2 Oct – 6 Oct 2026

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