The 2010 Festival
The fourth St George in Southwark Festival started on Thursday 22 April and ran till Sunday 25 April 2010.
Thursday 22 April
- Service for Eve of St George’s Day
6pm-7pm at St George the Martyr Church (map)
- Opening of Southwark Mysteries by John Constable
Doors open 6.45, performance begins 7.15pm at Southwark Cathedral
see www.southwarkmysteries.co.uk or go to Southwark Cathedral shop to buy tickets
- Opening of Photographic Exhibition
St George the Martyr Church, Borough High Street time tbc
Signs of Ethiopia / Znaki Etiopii: Â Photographs of Ethiopia by Richard Szydlo
Ethiopia is the one African country which celebrates St George as a patron saint. Runs until Sunday 25 April.
Friday 23 April :: St George’s Day
Local shops and stalls in Borough Market will be decorated to celebrate St George.
From 12noon  stalls will be selling themed foods, including St George magic cakes from Konditor & Cook to take away and street musicians will entertain.
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Guided Tour of St George’s Cathedral
11am & 3pm at St George’s RC Cathedral, Lambeth Road, SE1 7HY (map)
Learn about Southwark’s Roman Catholic Cathedral on the feast day of St George, its patron saint.
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St George’s Day Mass
6.00pm at St George’s RC Cathedral, Lambeth Road, SE1 7HY (map)
Mass attended by the Chapter and Cathedral Friends. The relic of St George will be on display.
St George’s Lunch
12.30pm at Blackfriars Settlement, Rushworth Street, SE1 0RB (map); £3.50
Roast lunch followed by open-air theatre performance (see below). Phone Tina Johnston on 020 7928 9521 to reserve a place for lunch. Supported by United Charities of St George the Martyr.
The Ballad of St George & the Dragon
2.30pm outside Blackfriars Settlement, Rushworth Street SE1 0RB (map)
4pm at Red Cross Garden, Redcross Way, SE1 1HA (map)
4.45pm in Southwark Cathedral churchyard, SE1 9DA (map)
5.30pm  outside the Market Porter, Stoney Street
Open-air theatre with the Lions part. Featuring our hero St George and a magnificent dragon created by the company, the Ballad celebrates our national day in 12 exciting musical minutes
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‘Bright Unconquered Sons’ Fragments from Shakespeare
6.30pm In celebration of Shakespeare’s Birthday the Bankside Gallery is hosting  a 45 mins performance by Part of the Fever of some of the bard’s best known verse -as universal and relevant to today’s audiences as it was in its day. Full listing here
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New Esperance Morris
New Esperance Morris plus Hammersmith Morris Men will be touring Borough Pubs
Listen out for them at approx 7.45 at Old Thameside Inn, 8.30 Brew Wharf and 9.15 at the Market Porter
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Southwark Mysteries
by John Constable
Doors open 6.45, performance begins 7.15pm at Southwark Cathedral
see www.southwarkmysteries.co.uk or go to Southwark Cathedral shop to buy tickets
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St George’s Day vigil
6.45pm Gather at the gates of Crossbones Graveyard, Redcross Way, SE1 -Â a simple ceremony to remember the ‘outcast dead’ of our Borough.
Saturday 24 April
Mosaic Workshop run by Janet & John Mosaics
10.30-1.30pm, St Hugh’s Church, Crosby Row, SE1
Make your own St George ‘keepsake’.
book a place in advance, info@stgeorgefestival.org.uk or 020 7633 0766, free
Supported by CCF Grassroots Grant.
2pm St George Festival Fun Day
Come and discover what St George means to some of Southwark’s diverse communities. With dance, music, food and gardening.
St George the Martyr Church, Borough High Street, SE1
Crypt Events (map) from 2pm
- 2.30pm   Blackfriars Nightingales   English songs
- 3.00pm   Ethiopian Music and dance
- 4.00pm   Rockingham Somali dancers and ‘Courage’ poetry book launch
- 4.30pm   Competition Prize Giving
- 4.45pm   SE1 United/Mayhem Theatre poetry and dance
Other happenings
- Display of competition entries
- Tea tasting by LSBU Confucius Institute
- Ethiopian Coffee ceremony
- Exhibition of Ethiopian artifacts
- plant baby snapdragon seedlings with BOST, plus dragon making
- St George the Martyr Church Stall
- Chinese calligraphy with Confucius Institute
- Largactyl Shuffle St George and the Borough walk with Cooltan Arts 3pm-4pm
- Signs of Ethiopia photographic exhibition
- refreshments including St George cake donated by Konditor & Cook
Last night of Southwark Mysteries by John Constable,
Doors Open 6.45, performance starts 7.15pm, Southwark Cathedral
see www.southwarkmysteries.org.uk or Southwark Cathedral shop to buy tickets
Sunday 25 April
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Festival Eucharist
11am at St George the Martyr Church, Borough High Street (map)
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Festival Sunday lunch
1.30pm Festival lunch in crypt  with Blackfriars Settlement, £5
