London 2012 Festival: Spectacular Events Across the UK

The London 2012 Festival is a 12-week nationwide celebration bringing together leading artists from across the world with the very best from the UK.  

* London 2012 Festival opens 21 June with five headline events taking place across the UK. 

* More than 130 events across the UK scheduled for opening weekend (21 – 24 June).

* Over 25,000 artists from all 204 Olympic and Paralympic nations to take part in twelve-week nationwide festival, showcasing the world’s best music, theatre, dance, visual art, literature, film and fashion in towns and cities across the UK. 

* 10 million opportunities to take part for free

From 21 June until 9 September 2012, this ‘once in a lifetime’ Festival features more than 25,000 artists from all 204 competing Olympic nations. Everyone will be able to join in the celebration with over 10 million free tickets and opportunities to take part in 12,000 events and performances at 900 venues in villages, towns and cities all over the UK, including 137 world premieres and 85 UK premieres.

For more information: festival.london2012.com