London in summer - Miss Alice

Question of the week: What's one of your favourite things about London in the summer?

"When the weather gets warmer and the evenings start to lengthen, a fabulous richness of free events start to bloom along with the flowers - dance, theatre, food, music - it's not as if London was short on options to start with, but through the summer months there's an additional abundance.

The Scoop hosts all sorts - a month of free theatre, a month of free film, free music - even free fitness classes. Big Dance in July is ten days focussed around participating in dance, whilst the Greenwhich and Docklands festival in June/July focusses on amazing performances. This year there's also the Portavillion Program, bringing still more dance goodies to London parks as well.

In fact, almost every London park has it's own string of festivals and events over the summer - Paradise Gardens in Victoria Park, the Lambeth Country Show, down in Brockwell. It's not even restricted to parks - Trafalgar Square hosts dozens of events (more than they actually list here), and the Brunswick village fete on May 15th brings the fete vibe to the New Brunswick shopping centre in Bloomsbury."
- Miss Alice

* Photo by estherase, used under Creative Commons, with thanks.