Category Events
Don’t miss the Open Air Gallery in Brunswick Square
Brunswick Square is hosting an Open Air Gallery during the month-long Bloomsbury Festival. There are three series of images. Images reflecting on the long history of the Foundling Hospital, the first charity for children, are in one series outside the School of Pharmacy, near the Foundling Museum, which is based in the square. The grounds […]
Bloomsbury Festival -what’s on in the Bloomsbury Squares, Saturday 24 October
A varied programme of free activities is offered in and around the Bloomsbury Squares on Saturday 24 October as part of the month-long Bloomsbury Festival. Bloomsbury Festival https://bloomsburyfestival.org.uk 10.30 to 11.30am, the Friends of Brunswick Square invite you to a guided stroll round the gardens, highlighting the social and garden history of C18th Brunswick Square: […]
Bloomsbury Brisk Wellbeing Walks
The Association of Bloomsbury Squares and Gardens invites you on brisk weekly walks around Bloomsbury to improve your circulation and increase your weekly step count.Free of charge. Walks are led by the expert Camden Guides and include a brief stop at the halfwaypoint to hear a few fascinating facts about the location before walking on.Just […]
Summer Party, St George’s Gardens, Sat 6 June
The Friends of St George’s Gardens invite you to their Summer Party on Sat 6 June 2-5 pm. The Gardens can be accessed from Handel St, WC1N 1PD. The Friends promise you a relaxing afternoon of music and fun, with: the Marama Cafe band, Juggling, Face painting, a community choir, second hand book stall and, […]
A memorial for Eliza Fenning proposed in St George’s Gardens
There will be a special agenda item at the Friends of St George’s Gardens AGM meeting, about a proposal to put a memorial in the Gardens to Eliza Fenning. Eliza was the poor cook who was hanged so cruelly in 1815 and who was buried in the Gardens. The proposal is being taken forward by […]
Join in singing the Hallelujah Chorus in Brunswick Square
Get involved in this flashmob choir in Brunswick Square and experience the joy of voices raised together in song. The Foundling Museum invites you to be part of something special: a joyful, participatory choral event celebrating the enduring legacy of the Messiah to the Foundling Hospital and the extraordinary power of collective music-making. In partnership […]
Are you up for a brisk walk in Bloomsbury?
The Association of Bloomsbury Squares and Gardens invites you on brisk walks around Bloomsbury to improve your circulation and increase your weekly step count. Hear new stories and meet new friends. The free walks are led by the expert Camden Guides* and include a brief stop at the halfway point to hear a few […]
Start of the festive season in the Bloomsbury Squares
The festive season got off to an early start in Russell Square on 11 November. A large crowd gathered to watch the switch on of the Christmas tree lights, visited by Father Christmas, Cinderella and Prince Charming together with several extremely tall elves. Imperial Hotels provided drinks and mincepies and there was a splendidly lit […]
Free events at the Bloomsbury Festival in the Bloomsbury Squares this weekend
Two free events not to miss: Friends of St George’s Gardens: Saturday 18 October 3 pm at Holy Cross Church, Cromer St a dramatic ‘unearthing’ of the story of Jonathan Richardson, Georgian gentleman, a ghost of the former graveyard Friends of Brunswick Square: Sunday 19 October, 10.30 am and 2 pm in the gardens a […]
