Summer festivals & events are back HAMPTON COURT PALACE FESTIVAL 13 - 24 August
For the 25th year running this year’s Hampton Court Festival will have an unmissable lineup of legendary names including Van Morrison, Bastille Reorchestrated, Keane, Tom Jones and Björn Again. Traditionally held in June, this year’s festival has been rescheduled following the government’s roadmap announcements. The concerts are held in Base Court, one of the magnificent Tudor courtyards within the palace. This is not your regular festival. You can leave your wellies at home and instead picnic in the Palace gardens ahead of the concerts. There is no need to pack your own either as there are plenty of Pimm’s tents, bars and delicious food stands to cater for everyone’s taste. The festival will open on Friday 13 August with Van Morrison, whole hits include Brown Eyed Girl to Moondance. hamptoncourtpalacefestival.com
based literary festival and one of the first to return to live in-person events. The festivals will be hosted in BookFest’s reduced-capacity, roof-only marquee with socially distanced allocated seating. Additional safety procedures will also be in place, such as an advance booking-only policy to enable track and trace. What to expect at this summer’s “Sunrise” Forty talks, readings, discussions and workshops spanning fiction, poetry, politics, nature, art, fashion, music, lifestyle and spirituality, including events for young people and schools. The diverse programme features a range of writers, artists and thinkers. There will be plenty of well-known names and also some important new voices and also local talent: Caitlin Moran, Alastair Campbell, James O’Brien, Ray Mears, Anya Hindmarch, Robert Webb, Harriet Hastings and The Breakup Monologues with Rose Wilby and Shappi Khorsandi, are just some of the celebrity favourites to look out for. wimbledonbookfest.org Read Arran Denning’s exclusive interview with fashion activist Orsola De Castro online at darlingmagazine.co.uk
THE ART OF BANKSY IN COVENT GARDEN 21 May - 21 November
WIMBLEDON BOOKFEST “SUNRISE” FESTIVAL 9 - 13 June The “Sunrise’ is the first of this year’s two 5-day festivals on Wimbledon Common. It will be followed by “Sunset” from 15 to 19 September. Wimbledon BookFest is London’s leading community-
50 Earlham St, London is exhibiting one of the world’s largest collection of privately-owned Banksy art. The exhibition has been seen before in Australia, Israel, New Zealand, Canada and Sweden and has arrived for a West End exhibition. It’s housed in the cavernous, 12,000 square foot warehouse, formerly the iconic Belgian restaurant Belgo in the heart of Covent Garden. This is a brilliant opportunity to get up close to the iconic work of this subversive, mysterious and brilliant artist who’s identity is still a mystery. Banksy is considered as one of the world’s most political artists and makes it to the world’s 100 most influential people list. This may be your only chance to see all these original Banksy artworks in one location as most pieces will return to private collections afterwards. You will
