festivals

Tis the season.

Our round-up of London’s best music festivals and outdoor gigs.

Catch deadmau5′s first ever headline outdoor event and only English festival this year

YARNfest is five-day celebration of storytelling, coming soon to film, theatre, literature and music venues across London.

The Story of London, a sprawling conglomerate of events themed around London life, history and culture, has now announced its programme. The festival runs across London from 1-10 October and features talks, walks, exhibitions and performances. Highlights include a scratch-and-sniff tour of Bazalgette’s London, a …

Field Day 2009 by suburbanslice in the Londonist Flickr pool If you have a dislike of loud, live music and happen to live within earshot of Victoria Park, it’d probably be an idea to get well away from the area come late July. Because while …

The Camden Crawl takes place this year on 1st and 2nd May, and it’s certainly a bit different to your normal festival. For a start, you can go back to your own bed at the end of each night. And with so many sweaty, sticky, …

By D I C K S D A I L Y via the Londonist Flickrpool The barbecue summer might have been wrongly prophecied but community spirit and the joy of summer holiday time is carrying the summer of local love through this weekend. Croydon Summer …

A sneak preview of LIFT’s Shoreditch Festival Parade plans Last week we highlighted some of the brilliant local festivals going on around the boroughs this summer and we got some great tip offs in response, telling us about even more great happenings that hadn’t yet …

Crowd at Lambeth Country Fair 2007 by doodledub, with thanks Local festivals are big news this summer. Wandsworth had a heritage festival throughout June, Camberwell Arts Festival started with a park party and finishes today and we’ll be bringing you some spectacular photos of Greenwich …