You are invited to a showcase of talent from across the festival with great music, dance, pop-up performances, food, drinks and festival meet-up. Explore the amazing Conway Hall and experience a night-at-the-museum atmosphere, for Bloomsbury Festival’s take-over with performances throughout the building on the main stage, in the lovely Library, on staircases, in the foyer, and more.

With food and drink on sale in the foyer.

Showcase performances include:

A Call – Sparks (Parbati Chaudhury’s kathak students)
Kathak
Be led by the performers’ voices into a bold, intricate showcase of kathak with live music. Let the rhythms and melodies land as the ensembles morph, weave, and disperse.

VENI. Voices of the Islands
Mediterranean polyphonic singing
Ancient harmonies come together in a captivating musical journey through reimagined polyphonic chants and physical theatre. An ensemble piece by the Alot Teatro Collective.

Samka meets Neo Norte
South American music and dance
Music, dance and movement celebrating the Global South and the experience of ancestral Andean cultures.

AI Music Symposium and Jam
Sessions throughout the evening
Zeitgeist mini-talks and captivating performances by musicians exploring the vibrant intersection of music and AI, and how AI can be used responsibly in the music industry.
Special Specimen

Special Specimen – Installation by Giuseppe Mario Urso
An intimate visao installation where you are invited to look closely at a unique specimen of humankind through the lens of a microscope and observe some of the flaws and strengths that make us
human.

And much more…