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Battersea Power Station showcases all things South East Asian in its CelebrASIA weekend festival
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Making the most of warm summer nights, this year's Henley Festival brings a huge variety of events and entertainment to the banks of the river Thames
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Dance
A Festival of Korean Dance at the Place comes to an end with Ae-soon Ahn’s Cheok, a puzzling meditation on the standardisation of society
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Sadler's Wells annual Flamenco Festival is back, bringing the sunny vitality and artistry of Southern Spain to soggy London
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The Royal Ballet honours its founder choreographer Sir Frederick Ashton with two programmes containing some of his best loved short works
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The Sarasota Ballet joins the massive Ashton Worldwide Festival, celebrating the legacy of the prolific Royal Ballet founder choreographer
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Breakin’ Convention, the annual festival of all things hip hop, returns to Sadler’s Wells in its 21st year, bigger, brasher and more enjoyable than ever
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An exciting new commission by this year's Charleston Festival gathers choreographer Russell Maliphant, star dancer Reece Clarke and Dior to honour the unique Vaslav Nikinsky
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The Taiwan Festival at the Coronet Theatre is London's fist major celebration of contemporary Taiwanese arts and culture
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The Red Ladies, a group of mysterious identically dressed women, kick of the V&A Performance Festival this spring
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Sadler's Wells Elixir Festival returns in April to celebrate the contribution of older artists through performance, workshops, talks and films
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Dance
Starchitects by the dance-circus company Motionhouse is a thoroughly enjoyable show with much to delight the whole family
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Battersea Power Station brightens up winter nights in London with the return of its annual Light Festival
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Southbank's famous Imagine Children's Festival returns this winter half-term with a huge range of programmes for children and their grown-ups
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A very topical exhibition tracing the origins of Santa Claus from his earliest manifestations to the present day is now open at Wembley Park
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The streets of London are twinkling once more. Here are the loveliest Christmas light displays to catch this year
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Dance
Perky street theatre, sky-high dance and reams of free family fun: Greenwich and Docklands International Festival (GDIF) returns to the streets for 2023
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Gigs
Stormzy, The Strokes, HAIM, Jungle and Dermot Kennedy to headline All Points East 2023, with Field Day festival sandwiched in between
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Gigs
Take That, P!nk, Bruce Springsteen and Lana Del Rey are among the headliners confirmed for BST Hyde Park 2023. Here's who's playing and when
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Immersive, experimental and running with a theme of 're-enchantment', ALSO Festival returns to Compton Verney’s Park Farm for its 10th anniversary edition
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VAULT Festival makes its post-pandemic comeback, staging 500 cutting-edge productions in the dimly lit tunnels beneath Waterloo Station and launching a new venue
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Greenwich and Docklands International Festival (GDIF) 2022 brings two weeks of free performing arts and spectacular installations to Greenwich and beyond
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Head to the beach for a climate opera or a shopping centre for an interactive ghost hunt with the highlights to catch at LIFT Festival 2022
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Cross the Tracks festival takes over Brockwell Park with a celebration of jazz, funk and soul, featuring performances from Joy Crookes, Khruangbin and more...
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A portal to the poptastic pastures of the past: Mighty Hoopla returns for 2022, with throwback acts Sugababes, Steps and Anastacia performing
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Wilderness Festival returns with a unique blend of hippy, happy and dance-mad vibes, all in the idyllic setting of an Oxfordshire summer
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Philosophy, comedy and music collide as HowTheLightGetsIn festival returns to Hay-on-Wye in an explosion of stimulating discussion and world-class performance
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Talks
Elizabeth Day, Patrisse Cullors and a reading of Lucy Kirkwood's latest play are among the highlights to catch at WOW – Women of the World Festival
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EFG London Jazz Festival features everything from jazz icons playing the biggest stages to fledgling greats serenading intimate bars
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Celebrate the best of international and homegrown craftsmanship with our definitive guide on what to see and do during London Craft Week 2021
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Philosophy, comedy and music collide as HowTheLightGetsIn festival returns to Kenwood House in an explosion of stimulating discussion and world-class performance
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We round up the best wellness festivals in London and beyond, to help you keep mind, body and soul together. Book now, stretch later, stay zen