City of London Festival
city london festival annual art festival took place city london england two three week june july festival strongly geared towards classical music also offered programme included jazz world music opera film screening lecture guided tour performance usually held within local venue including london ornate church st paul cathedral livery company hall festival announced closing stating however year funding landscape become ever competitive despite achieving support range valued sponsor supporter become increasingly difficult attract level funding necessary stage annual festival many event free aim make art accessible larger proportion city population often held outdoors city street square garden venue included guildhall yard liverpool street station st paul cathedral step finsbury circus garden another part programme festival educational primary secondary school around city involved variety culturally enriching project showcased within main festival programme city london corporation provided main support festival result close tie major business within square mile many company became involved sponsoring supporting festival since inception festival looked london link important international trading centre saw dutch theme highlighted japanese culture showed city connection france trading centre whilst also exploring th anniversary parliamentary abolition slave trade united kingdom longestablished carl flesch violin competition brought aegis city london festival create city london international violin competition festival withdrew support competition held since free winter concert series established ran annually performance midjanuary late march last concert held sing london city london festival produced presented street piano project play im piano placed across london street square garden reaching audience estimated million city london festival