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Spitalfields Festival

Published 20 May 8 1:12 PM | admin

Three summer weeks of extraordinary music to enliven, uplift and entertain. London's East End streets and venues come alive with music. 2-20 June 2008 Spitalfields: rich in history, buzzing with contemporary culture and host to London’s most creative music Festival . Spitalfields Festival should be praised to the rooftops. So much of its planning and feel is intelligent, and it embraces community in its widest sense. And then there are the wonderful buildings in that part of the city, not least...

Filed under: Festival, Jazz, Classical Music, chinese music, events, Spitalfields, concerts, contemporary, music

Henley Festival 9th - 13th July 2008

Published 15 May 8 2:21 PM | admin

Music, mayhem and a touch of mozzarella at 2008’s Henley Festival 9-13 July This year’s Henley Festival will give audiences a big helping of quirky, off-beat performances. Alongside a spectacular line-up of stars including Lesley Garrett, The Gipsy Kings, Alfie Boe, Natasha Marsh, Hayley Westenra, and The Proclaimers, artistic director Stewart Collins has brought together a soufflé of surprises. Look out for the creators of the ‘car smashing symphony’ Auto Auto!, pasta-cooking jazz maestros from...

Filed under: Natasha Marsh, JJ T Bone, the Gipsy Kings, Festival, Lesley Garrett, Susy and Loli, Jazz, Spaghetti Swing, Hayley Westenra, Fred Brindisi, Eric Waugh, Don Gigino Sidero, The Proclaimers, Henley Festival, Alfie Boe, Club Marquee