Visit the City

Summer in the City

The City comes alive with music this summer with a host of performances from the City of London Festival (21 June to 6 August), the Spitalfields Music Summer Festival (11-26 June) and Barbican’s Blaze (19 June to 31 July).

And there’s plenty happening on the streets as the weather hots up. Keep an eye out for the Elephant Parade (until 4 July), artist-designed elephant sculptures at various London locations, with 15 in the City; six free table-tennis tables (24 July to 24 August) to celebrate the Cultural Olympiad; and pianos which are free for anyone to play as part of the City of London Festival.

Be sure to pay a visit to Museum of London’s amazing new galleries and don’t miss the Barbican’s big summer show, The Surreal House (10 June to 12 September), and Empire Mail at Guildhall Art Gallery, a look at stamp memorabilia from George V’s reign.

The cycling event the Smithfield Nocturne (19 June) returns promising an evening of high-energy fun, which might inspire you to hire a bike on-street as part of the new London-wide Cycle Hire scheme

Find out about many more events taking place in and around the City at www.visitthecity.co.uk

One New Change
 

One New Change is the City of London’s largest and newest shopping destination and is set to launch this Autumn. The City mall on Cheapside, in the heart of the City, will include Barbecoa, a new concept restaurant from celebrity chef’s Jamie Oliver and Adam Perry-Lang, flagship fashion stores and unique one-off speciality shops, all set overlooking St Paul’s Cathedral.

One New Change will also be home to one of London’s highest public roof-top terraces, with spectacular new views of the cathedral and the London skyline.

Opening October 2010. Visit onenewchange.com for more details.