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20th Anniversary Festival: 1 - 31 October

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Venue

Holy Cross Church

98 Cromer Street , WC1H 8JU

Upcoming events

Moments of Grace
Exhibition Free Walk-in
Fri 2 Oct, 2.00 pm

Moments of Grace

An immersive sound and light project distilling a century of nursing and midwifery stories into one time-bending 24-hour shift.

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New Wave: Next Steps
Exhibition Free Walk-in
Fri 2 Oct, 2.00 pm

New Wave: Next Steps

A showcase exhibition of artworks from the Festival's New Wave Artists Claire-Ann Abi Ola, Ella Jackson, Emma Ogawa Todd, Hito Kanie and Meghan Salisbury.

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Between The City And Me: A Panel of Grassroots Voices
Performance From £6.00
Fri 2 Oct, 6.15 pm

Between The City And Me: A Panel of Grassroots Voices

£6.00 - £20.00

A mix of DJing, grassroots debate, music, companionship, good vibes and performance poetry led by arts community advocates from under-represented communities

Let's See What Happens: Stories of Joy
Workshop Free Must Book
Sat 3 Oct, 2.00 pm

Let's See What Happens: Stories of Joy

A theatre-making workshop, combining vocal coaching, improvisation and a creative producing discussion.

upLIFT: Stories of Joy
Performance From £6.00
Sat 3 Oct, 7.00 pm

upLIFT: Stories of Joy

£12.00 - £20.00

upLIFT: Stories of Joy is an evening of multidisciplinary performances, centered on lifting up emerging artists.

Music for Kanklės - Living Baltic Traditions
Music From £6.00
Sun 4 Oct, 7.00 pm

Music for Kanklės - Living Baltic Traditions

£6.00 - £20.00

A live music performance featuring the kanklės, a traditional Lithuanian folk instrument.

User Manual for a Broken Machine
Performance From £6.00
Fri 9 Oct, 7.00 pm

User Manual for a Broken Machine

£12.00 - £20.00

A darkly comic theatre performance exploring failure, burnout and the body under pressure reflecting Korean industrialisation, capitalism and diaspora.

Singing Brazil
Music Free Walk-in
Sun 11 Oct, 3.00 pm

Singing Brazil

Nossa Voz present a concert of Brazilian song and music, sharing the experience of Brazilian music

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NEW WAVE THEATRE: 1. Empty Sky
Performance Free Walk-in
Fri 16 Oct, 6.00 pm

NEW WAVE THEATRE: 1. Empty Sky

A brand-new play about memories, tape recordings and the stories we tell to make sense of the impossible.

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Freshly Plucked
Music From £6.00
Sat 17 Oct, 7.30 pm

Freshly Plucked

£12.00 - £20.00

London Composers Forum presents Alvaro Ibarra playing new music for the classical guitar and baroque theorbo.

Blackout
Performance From £7.00
Thu 22 Oct, 7.30 pm

Blackout

£14.00 - £25.00

Original music, sound design, and narration come together in this new audio documentary-drama on duty and love during WW2.

Thinkers, Makers and Scribblers, Walk Two; From Dreaming Poets to Art Beneath our Feet
Walk From £10.00
Fri 23 Oct, 2.00 pm

Thinkers, Makers and Scribblers, Walk Two; From Dreaming Poets to Art Beneath our Feet

This second walk, in our series of three, explores the characters, stories and events in the East of Bloomsbury.

From the Labyrinth
Music Free Must Book
Fri 23 Oct, 7.30 pm

From the Labyrinth

An exciting new choral ensemble reimagining the Greek myth of the Minotaur.

African Eye to the Sun:  African-Jazz Fusion
Music From £6.00
Sat 24 Oct, 7.30 pm

African Eye to the Sun: African-Jazz Fusion

£12.00 - £20.00

Roaring African-Jazz-Fusion: Grand Union Presents... REGEN

On The Beat in Bloomsbury
Walk From £10.00
Sun 25 Oct, 2.00 pm

On The Beat in Bloomsbury

A guided walk celebrating the rich history of Bloomsbury with stories and memories from when the Guide was a Bobby on the Beat over fifty years ago.

Sankofa
Performance From £15.00
Thu 29 Oct, 7.00 pm

Sankofa

NEW WAVE THEATRE: A one-woman play; Nicole Acquah's journey of cultural reconciliation, across Europe, into Ghana.

AKDC Diwali Take over
Performance Free Must Book
Sat 31 Oct, 2.00 pm

AKDC Diwali Take over

A vibrant afternoon open celebration of Diwali in a participatory dance event, showcasing the Indian dance form Kuchipudi. All welcome.

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Email: admin@bloomsburyfestival.org.uk

Bloomsbury Festival Senate House Malet Street London, WC1E 7HU