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Showing posts with label offbeat. Show all posts

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Covent Garden May Fayre

From the Punch and Judy site:

The 34th Annual Covent Garden May Fayre and Puppet Festival, to be held in honour of Mr Punch's 347th birthday, on Sunday 10th May 2009, in St Paul's Church Gardens, Bedford Street, Covent Garden, WC2.

10.30am Assemble for the Grand Procession around the neighbourhood.

11.30am Continuous performances of Punch and Judy and Puppet Shows

to 5.30pm plus workshops, stalls, folk music and dancing.

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Morris Men of May






Date:
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Time:
10:00am - 6:30pm
Location:
In & around the City of Westminster
City/Town:
London, United Kingdom

Description

160 of the country's finest morris men roam the streets and avenues of the City of Westminster, with only one thing on their mind: dancing!

Don't miss the sensational mass dance in Trafalgar Square from 11:15 to 12:30, or for that matter, any of the other dance spots!

The day culminates in a massed show in the piazza of Westminster Cathedral, on Victoria Street, SW1.

Friday, January 16, 2009

Chinese New Year Weekend

Coming up on the 1st of February is a weekend of performance in celebration of the year of the Ox. and a colorful parade along the Strand, Shaftsbury Avenue and around Trafalgar square. Expect to see catch splendid lion dances and mesmerizing martial arts performances and stalls of food and merchandise to sample and peruse.

Chinatown's official link

Saturday, November 29, 2008

Le Cool's eccentric London POV

The Guardian features a top-ten list of eccentric picks from the editors of the weekly Le Cool magazine. Among the stops highlighted are several galleries, a scooter shop/cafe, a jukebox showroom, and a discount tea shop.

Another list from The Guardian features the top ten secret cultural treasures of London. One of the sites is the Hunterian Museum of the The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The oddities include preserved anatomical specimens and Winston Churchill's dentures.