Knowledge Quarter Partners at Bloomsbury Festival

Established in 2006, Bloomsbury Festival is a creative explosion of arts, culture and science. For five days each October, the streets, parks, museums, galleries, laboratories and public and private buildings of this vibrant cultural quarter play host up to 130 events which attract a significant audience from across London and beyond.

Below are the events included in this year’s Bloomsbury Festival including Knowledge Quarter Partners.

Exhibitions:

  • The Francis Crick Institute: Craft & Graft: Making Science Happen. Friday 11-Saturday 12. Wednesday 16-Saturday 19 Oct.
  • Arts Catalyst: Tales from the Crust – Ignacio Acosta. Daily 10am – 6pm.
  • Wellcome Collection: A Moon With A View: Being Human. Daily 10am – 9pm.
  • Conway Hall: Victorian Blogging – The Pamphleteers who dared to dream of a better world. Daily 9am – 9pm.
  • The Wiener Library: The Endeavour to Collect and Preserve the Holocaust: Tour of the library and archives. October 17 and 18, 1pm – 2pm.

Music and Performances.

  • Goodenough College host: Music in Space – Goodensemble. October 12, 7:30 – 9:30 pm.
  • The Foundling Museum host: NEW WAVE Lunchtime Concert: Music for Youth Young Artists’ Platform.
  • Conway Hall host: Chamber Philharmonic Europe. October 20, 6:30 – 8:30 pm.
  • Goodenough College host: Bodies in Space. October 13, 2:00 – 2:40 pm.
  • The Place host While You Are Here. October 15,16, 7:30 – 9:00 pm.
  • Conway Hall host Bring Them Home, October 17, 7:00 – 9:00 pm.
  • Wellcome Collection host: A Moon with a view: active maps. October 18,20, 3:00 – 4:00 pm.
  • Conway Hall host: Small steps…Big Ideas: Conway Hall Hub. October 20, 11:00 am – 8:00 pm.

Literature:

  • Goodenough College host:
    • Scrawl: A Writing Workshop. October 12, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm.
    • 26 Leaps in Conversation. October 12, 2:00 – 3:30 pm.
    • Jay Merill and Friends. October 12, 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm.
    • Bloomsbury and the poets. October 19, 12:00 – 1:00 pm.

Family Friendly:

  • The Francis Crick Institute: Craft & Graft: Making Science Happen. Friday 11-Saturday 12. Wednesday 16-Saturday 19 Oct.
  • UCL: Over the Moon – UCL’s Family Museum Trail. October 12. 1:00 – 5:00 pm.
  • The Foundling Museum host: NEW WAVE Lunchtime Concert: Music for Youth Young Artists’ Platform.
  • Wellcome Collection host: A Moon with a view: saturday studio – augmented reality on the moon. October 19.
  • The Francis Crick Institute: Meet a Scientist. October 19, 1:00 – 3:30 pm.

For more on the programme, head to the Bloomsbury Festival website.