London 2012 Festival

Published On: Fri, Jul 15th, 2011

London2012 Festival | By tony

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Leading artists from all over the world will come together in the UK’s biggest ever festival – a chance for everyone to celebrate London 2012 through dance, music, theatre, the visual arts, film and digital innovation and leave a lasting legacy for the arts in the UK.

The culmination of the Cultural Olympiad, the London 2012 Festival will open on 21 June 2012 – Midsummer’s Day. It will run until 9 September 2012 – the last day of the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

At the heart of the festival will be a programme of commissions by some of the finest artists in the world in events ranging from pop to film, from visual arts and fashion to theatre, from circus to carnival, from opera to digital innovation.

The first commissions include works from the likes of Rachel Whiteread, Akram Khan, Cate Blanchett, Mike Leigh and Damon Albarn, Rufus Norris and Jamie Hewlett. Download a PDF of the first commissions

In total, the festival will feature more than 1,000 events, with an estimated audience of 10 million people. Some of the events will be ticketed, the majority will be free to attend. Tickets will be available from October 2011.

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tony - London 2012’s ambition is to create a Games for everyone, where everyone is invited to take part, join in and enjoy the most exciting event in the world. London 2012 will create the most accessible and participative Games. It will touch people as it has never done before, stimulating people to do more and to try new things and reassess what we are all capable of. London 2012 has sport at its heart and London at the centre, but it is more than London and more than sport. It is a Games for London, the UK and the rest of the world, for sport and culture, for volunteers and business.