Introducing the festival
A multicultural festival held every year in late April in historic Southwark
Southwark has many reasons to celebrate St George, both as patron saint of England and as patron of many of the diverse communities now belonging to the borough.
The St George in Southwark Festival aims to bring together groups who already celebrate St George’s Day and Shakespeare’s birthday (23 April) and to promote further events to develop community life in the Bankside and north Southwark area.
The 2010 festival will be the fourth and will include more local groups than ever.
Click here for a full guide to what’s on.
Find out more about St George and his connections with Southwark.
Who’s involved in the festival?
- Simon Hughes MP
- Val Shawcross AM
- Blackfriars Settlement
- Southwark Cathedral
- Parish of St George the Martyr, Borough High Street
- St George’s Roman Catholic Cathedral
- Southwark Mysteries
- London South Bank University Student Ambassadors
- Bankside Open Spaces Trust
- Borough & Bankside Community Council
- the Lions part
- Vayu Naidu storytellers
- Southwark Cyclists
- Borough Market
- Janet & John Mosaics
- Better Bankside
- in SE1 and the London SE1 community website
Funders
- Capital Community Foundation/Grassroots
- Southwark Council
- St George’s United Charities
- Southwark Chamber of Commerce
- Newcomen Collett Foundation
