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City of London Festival

 
21st June 2010 until 9th July 2010 - Various times
THIS ARCHIVED EVENT ENDED ON THE 9TH JULY 2010
Address: St Paul's Cathedral, St Paul's Churchyard,  EC4M 8AD
Telephone: 0845 120 7502
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City of London FestivalSet against the awe-inspiring architecture of the City of London this annual three-week festival is dedicated to getting the cultural heart of the capital beating.  This year's event celebrates a rich array of music and culture from the Portuguese-speaking world, presents a new generation of classical music stars and gets the Square Mile buzzing in the International Year of biodiversity. From early May, 21 beehives are being installed in popular City locations with honey being harvested in outdoor lunchtime ceremonies with live music, commissioned bee poetry and honey tastings. The UK debut of the Portuguese Chamber Orchestra opens the festival, which continues its accustomed 'Trading Places' theme with a strong focus on Portuguese music, film and dance, and features more than 50 ticketed performances and a further 100 free outdoors events over three weeks. St Paul's will host a weekly concert - Monteverdi's Vespers 1610, Haydn's The Creation and Beethoven's Symphony No 9 - and there will be 12 early-evening concerts in City churches by the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists. There will also be 21 street pianos located throughout the City, while composer Richard Causton will premiere The 21 Piano Nocturne to commemorate Chopin's 200th birthday. St Paul's remains the spiritual centre of the festival, but other City landmarks - such as the Guildhall, Finsbury Circus Gardens, the Barbican Centre, Paternoster Square - feature heavily. Events also go on before and after the festival's three-week duration so it is well worth checking what's on at www.colf.org because you'll be surprised at how many things will pique your interest and curiosity.

Visiting City of London Festival

 
 

Travel

 
Underground Stations
St. Paul's Tube (2 minutes)
Mansion House Tube (5 minutes)
Railway Stations
City Thameslink Station (5 minutes)
Blackfriars Railway Station (6 minutes)
Docklands Light Railway
Bank (10 minutes)
Tower Gateway (25 minutes)
 
 
 
 
 

Opening Times

Various times
 
 

Car Parks

 
Hillgate House NCP (5 minutes)
Snowhill NCP (8 minutes)
 
 
 
 

Pricing

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St Paul's Churchyard
 
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Club Quarters St Pauls
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Club Quarters St Pauls

24 Ludgate Hill, London,  EC4M7DR Map
3 minutes walk from City of London Festival
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19 New Bridge Street, London,  EC4V Map
7 minutes walk from City of London Festival
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St Paul's Churchyard, The City,  London,  EC4M Map
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Museum of London

150 London Wall, The City,  London,  EC2Y Map
7 minutes walk from City of London Festival
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Ted Baker & Friends

120 Cheapside, The City,  London,  EC2V Map
4 minutes walk from City of London Festival
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Smithfield Market

West Smithfield, Clerkenwell,  London,  EC1A Map
9 minutes walk from City of London Festival
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Paternoster Chop House

Warwick Court,  Pasternoster Square, The City,  London,  EC4M Map
1 minutes walk from City of London Festival
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Tea

1 Pasternoster Square, St Paul's Churchyard, The City,  London,  EC4M Map
2 minutes walk from City of London Festival
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4-6 Staple Inn, Holborn,  London,  WC1V Map
14 minutes walk from City of London Festival
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Postman's Park
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Postman's Park

King Edward Street, The City,  London,  EC4M Map
6 minutes walk from City of London Festival
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Urban Golf

12 Smithfield Street, The City,  London,  EC1A Map
8 minutes walk from City of London Festival
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The Tipperary

66 Fleet Street, The City,  London,  EC4Y Map
8 minutes walk from City of London Festival
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The Old Red Cow

71 Long Lane, Clerkenwell,  London,  EC1A Map
9 minutes walk from City of London Festival
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Fabric
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Fabric

77a Charterhouse Street, Clerkenwell,  London,  EC1M Map
11 minutes walk from City of London Festival
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St Paul's Cathedral

St Paul's Churchyard, The City,  London,  EC4M Map
1 minutes walk from City of London Festival
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10 Paternoster Square, The City,  London,  EC4M Map
2 minutes walk from City of London Festival
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