London Mandolin Festival
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The London Mandolin Festival returns to Holborn's St Supulchre-without-Newgate for a second outing following the success of its inaugural gathering last year. Uniting voluntary plucked string players from all over London into one mass orchestra to showcase the range and beauty of classical music for mandolins, these two concerts on Sunday afternoon and evening should cover an array of styles including folk, klezmer, contemporary, Japanese and Cuban. The theme for the festival this year is "Rumba: Rhythm & Dance" and the Hispanic party music is featured in four of the six orchestral pieces performed. In today's day and age, the mandolin is almost becoming a dying art - despite the universal appeal of the instrument championed by Captain Corelli. Nowadays it is most pivotal in the American bluegrass music movement, although it was a mainstay in the Baroque orchestras of yesteryear. Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones is an accomplished player while the catchy riff on R.E.M.'s 'Losing My Religion' is famously played on a mandolin. For more information on the festival go to the official website.About St Sepulchre-without-Newgate
Dating back to 1137, St Sepulchre's is the largest parish church in the centre of London. Nowadays, St. Sepulchre's is best known as the National Musicians' Church. With its own excellent and thriving musical tradition, St. Sepulchre's also has links to many music colleges and institutions, and provides an important venue for musical events and a centre for musicians. More about St Sepulchre-without-Newgate
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19 New Bridge Street, EC4V | 8 minutes from London Mandolin Festival
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St John's Square 86-88 Clerkenwell Road, EC1M | 10 minutes from London Mandolin Festival
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Tate Modern, Bankside Power Station, 25 Sumner Street, SE1 | 15 minutes from London Mandolin Festival
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Tate Modern, Bankside Power Station, 25 Sumner Street, SE1 | 15 minutes from London Mandolin Festival
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Tate Modern, Bankside Power Station, 25 Sumner Street, SE1 | 15 minutes from London Mandolin Festival
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9 Norwich Street, London, Holborn, London EC4A | 8 minutes from London Mandolin Festival
Quirky, alternative cabaret club. From cream teas to secret organic cocktails, cabaret and comedy, Kuki La-Belle and Delores von Cotier’s cheeky club combines the naughty with the ...More
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Silk Street, London, City, London EC2Y | 10 minutes from London Mandolin Festival
Described by the Queen as “one of the wonders of the modern world”, the Barbican Centre is an imposing collection of the finest in British arts. ...More
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Silk Street, London, City, London EC2Y | 10 minutes from London Mandolin Festival
The Barbican Centre's two theatre spaces - the Barbican Theatre and The Pit - offer everything from gritty reality to far-flung fantasy, from dance to ...More
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West Smithfield, London, Clerkenwell, London EC1A | 4 minutes from London Mandolin Festival
St Bartholomew the Great is a historic church founded in 1123 and the oldest parish church in the City of London. Features include the pre-Reformation octagonal ...More
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150 London Wall, City, London EC2Y | 6 minutes from London Mandolin Festival
Experience the real flavour of London life from the prehistoric to present day when you visit the Museum of London, a modern ...More
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St Paul's Churchyard, London, City, London EC4M | 6 minutes from London Mandolin Festival
Being the cathedral of the capital city, St Paul's is officially the spiritual home of Great Britain. The funerals of Lord Nelson, the Duke of Wellington ...More
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West Smithfield, London, Clerkenwell, London EC1A | 4 minutes from London Mandolin Festival
For tenants of Smithfield Market getting up in the dark is the nothing out of the ordinary; with the market opening at 4am these hard working folk start ...More
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91 Cowcross Street, London, Clerkenwell, London EC1M | 5 minutes from London Mandolin Festival
Its location opposite Smithfield Market is a very appropriate spot for the Farm Collective to set up shop. Working with select farmers and small producers, this outlet ...More
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6 Holborn Viaduct, London, City, London EC1A | 1 minute from London Mandolin Festival
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11 Holborn Viaduct, London, City, London EC1A | 2 minutes from London Mandolin Festival
Pret sells up market fast food, hand made from natural ingredients, to take away or eat on site, in its trademark no nonsense chrome interiors. The ...More
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2 - 3 West Smithfield, London, City, London EC1A | 3 minutes from London Mandolin Festival
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4-6 Staple Inn, London, Holborn, London WC1V | 9 minutes from London Mandolin Festival
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Garden Floor, 6 Coldbath Square, London, Clerkenwell, London EC1R | 14 minutes from London Mandolin Festival
One day workshops, offering a friendly no-nonsense approach to teaching about wine, suitable for everyone from beginners to experts. Courses take place at the following venues: Atlas PH, ...More
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106 Bunhill Row, London, City, London EC1Y | 16 minutes from London Mandolin Festival
City’s Print Journalism course is recognised as the best in London. Although places like Goldsmith’s are trendier, City is respected in the industry thanks to a ...More
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London > Leisure > Parks and Gardens
King Edward Street, London, City, London EC4M | 4 minutes from London Mandolin Festival
Bounded in by surrounding office buildings, Postman's Park's appeal lies in what it symbolises as much as how it looks. Located just north of St Paul's ...More
London > Leisure > Martial Arts
Topnotch Health Club, 3 Tudor Street, London, City, London EC4Y | 9 minutes from London Mandolin Festival
Grandmaster Gedo Chang's Hapkido martial arts schools emphasises practical self-defence, confidence, balance and fitness. The ancient Korean martial art of Hapkido is made up of three components: ...More
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71 Long Lane, London, Clerkenwell, London EC1A | 4 minutes from London Mandolin Festival
One of the oldest pubs in Smithfield, The Old Red Cow has stood on this spot on Long Lane since the year dot. Steeped in history, ...More
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115 Charterhouse Street, London, Clerkenwell, London EC1M | 6 minutes from London Mandolin Festival
This renovated traditional pub in the heart of Clerkenwell has been serving the traders of nearby Smithfields Market for years. Under the Malmaison umbrella - the ...More
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77a Charterhouse Street, London, Clerkenwell, London EC1M | 5 minutes from London Mandolin Festival
Built on the site of a Victorian meat cellar, Fabric continues to boast the most sensational line-ups in the capital. Its global reputation is founded on ...More
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Bleeding Heart Yard, off Greville Street, London, Clerkenwell, London EC1 | 7 minutes from London Mandolin Festival
Set in an attractive cobbled courtyard, this candlelit bistro/wine bar is a taste of an older, more civilised world. Uniformed French waiters glide unobtrusively between tables ...More
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18 West Smithfield, London, City, London EC1A | 2 minutes from London Mandolin Festival
Opened by the Queen in 2002 and designed by Sir Michael Hopkins and Partners Haberdashers' Hall was the first new livery hall in the Square Mile ...More
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87 Bartholomew Close, Barbican, London, City, London EC1A | 4 minutes from London Mandolin Festival
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10 Paternoster Square, London, City, London EC4M | 4 minutes from London Mandolin Festival
The London Stock Exchange, one of the oldest stock exchanges in the world with a history dating back more than 300 years, is at the heart ...More
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