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kiwicom Aug 22nd, 2008 08:38 PM

Free shows in London
 
We will be in London September 4th to the 7th Would anybody know of any free shows or concerts available?

afterall Aug 22nd, 2008 09:13 PM

Possibilities would be free lunchtime concerts and/or outdoor events. There's also the BP big screen that shows opera (but I've just looked it up, and there's nothing in September).

Here's a website I came across that might be useful.

http://www.ukstudentlife.com/Life/En...m#FreeConcerts

Cheers.

KayF Aug 23rd, 2008 12:38 AM

Don't know of anything specific but you would check this out -

http://www.londonforfree.net/

Kay

worldinabag Aug 23rd, 2008 01:16 AM

Hi

Street performers: From http://golondon.about.com/od/thingst...ree_London.htm

"The West Piazza of Covent Garden Market has street performers to entertain you every afternoon. Good acts can draw huge crowds and the performers love to get audience members to help them with their act. All performers are licensed and have passed an audition to perform here.

You will find more street performers at the weekend along the South Bank, particularly outside the National Theatre."

nini Aug 23rd, 2008 06:46 AM

The V&A Museum has free concerts on Wednesday nights. The concerts vary--jazz, classical, etc. and they are held in one of the beautiful halls. You can have dinner there also on Wednesday night.

KayF Aug 24th, 2008 08:41 AM

The V&A seems to only be open late on Fridays. Do you have any information on the concerts, we would love to go but the Friday night format seems to be different from what you describe. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place?

Kay

kiwicom Aug 24th, 2008 05:29 PM

Thankyou for your help thats great!

kiwicom Aug 24th, 2008 06:25 PM

The golondon about site have some really good walks. I've downloaded some of these.
A helpful site I can recommend.

caroline_edinburgh Aug 26th, 2008 03:23 AM

It's some years since I lived in London, but the V&A Wednesday nights used to be just for Friends...?

twotravel Aug 30th, 2008 07:33 AM

Try the BBC site, they often have tickets available for concerts and shows, also try the ITV site.
bbc :
http://www.bbc.co.uk/tickets/
itv:
http://www.itv.com/beontv/tickets/

another option are the museums/art gallleries check the Royal Academy, The Tate, Tate Modern, British Museum etc.

Kellye Aug 30th, 2008 07:38 AM

Just got back from London a few weeks ago. We saved the V&A for Friday night and were quite disappointed. During their late opening, most of the galleries are closed. What we saw was beautiful, but we couldn't see much of it. Take that into consideration as you make our plans.


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