Southbank Centre celebrates the 60th anniversary of the Festival of Britain with a four-month Festival of British culture and creativity.
Experience performances, new outdoor environments, talks and events by some of Britain’s leading artists and thinkers. Festival highlights include Ray DaviesMeltdown (June), Tracey Emin’s first major survey show in London at the Hayward Gallery (18 May to 29 August), plus appearances by Lang Lang, Heston Blumenthal, Billy Bragg, John Berger, Meera Syal and Tony Benn. Themed weekends celebrate just some of the highlights of British culture – from Stewart Lee’s curated weekend of comedy and music (27 to 30 May) to Light Fantastic in collaboration with the BBC (24 to 26 June), a hip-hop weekend (14 to 17 July) and Vintage Weekend at Southbank Centre (29 to 31 July).
Best of all though......
Experience a piece of the British seaside in central London - they have installed a 70-metre beach on Queen’s Walk for the duration of the Festival of Britain celebrations.
Just don’t forget your bucket and spade!!!!!
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