London 2012 2012

The finale of the Cultural Olympiad, the London 2012 Festival will be a 12-week UK-wide cultural celebration that opens on 21 June 2012, Midsummer's Day, and runs until the last day of the Paralympic Games on 9 September 2012. The Festival will include four festival events and will provide an outstanding summer of arts and creativity in the UK.

Line-up

Over 1,000 events will be featured throughout the London 2012 Festival. Cate Blanchett, Toni Morrison, Olafur Eliasson, David Hockney, Mike Leigh, Jude Law and Damon Albarn, Rufus Norris and Jamie Hewlett head the line-up of artists featured in the first group of commissions. They will come together to give everyone the opportunity to celebrate London 2012 through dance, music, theatre, the visual arts, film and digital innovation.

Music acts include Damon Albarn's Dr Dee, Aldeburgh World Orchestra Project, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Fischer and Budapest Festival Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Bellowhead,Damon Albarn's Dr Dee, Les Troyens (The Trojans), A Handbag Of Harmonies, Colliers Wood Chorus, Carl Orff, Seth Lakeman, and Orlando Gough.

Underworld have been announced as Music Directors for the Opening Ceremony of London 2012 Olympics. The duo of Rick Smith and Karl Hyde will work alongside Oscar winning British filmmaker and producer Danny Boyle (the Artistic Director of the Opening Ceremony) and will be responsible for all the music in the three-hour ceremony taking place on Friday 27th July.

Elton John will be headlining the Peace One Day concert at Wembley on the 21st September - Peace Day, the final event of the London 2012 Festival with James Morrison also confirmed. The concert is being produced by Peace One Day Founder, Jeremy Gilley and Actor, Jude Law with the full line-up yet to be announced - Tickets for which have SOLD OUT.

Tickets

Some of the sites will require tickets for entry, but they will all be free. To buy tickets, click here.

London's Pleasure Gardens

There will be a chance to step inside another world at London's Pleasure Gardens next year, as the team behind Glastonbury Festival's favourite late night entertainment area Shangri-La create a waterside festival site featuring events, live music and cross-cultural collaborations for the London 2012 Olympics, and on until 2014.

During the Olympic period, between 27th July and 9th September they will be creating a festive atmosphere at The London Pleasure Gardens which will be a walk-through experience for people to enjoy walkabout characters, low-profile bands, outdoor acrobats, artwork and sculpture gardens.

Tree of Light

The Tree of Light will be an explosion of music, light, dance and theatre for all the family - 2 huge theatrical productions staged around a monumental, sculptured work of art, part powered by bicycle generated energy! Hundreds of community based dancers, performers and singers will come together to celebrate the once-in-a-lifetime experience that is the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The events will take place on Monday 9 July, at South Park, Oxford; on Tuesday 10 July, at Madejski Stadium, Reading; and Saturday 21 July, at Stonor Park, Henley-on-Thames, in Oxfordshire.

Centred around the 'Tree' itself, a 16m industrial structure designed and created by design duo Block9, the performances will tell the story of a mythical tree rediscovered in a future where trees are no more than a memory.

Accommodation

This event does not have camping but there are a number of hotels, hostels and guest houses in the area.

More information will be here when available.

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