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Summer is the time for festivals in London—and whether you’re a music lover,
View of Westminster
dance fanatic, film buff or beer aficionado, the city has something for everyone! To check out all the festival fun around London this season, stay in a centrally located New York Habitat vacation rental and head out easily to wherever your heart desires. From August 4-8 in Earl’s Court, the Great British Beer Festival is taking place, featuring over 450 different beers from all over the world. Pub food and games are also on hand, adding British flair to international flavor, so get your tickets early. For what is supposedly the biggest South Asian cultural festival outside of the Asian continent, go to the London Mela in Gunnersbury Park on August 16, where you can enjoy urban, classic and experimental music, as well as DJs, circus acts, dance, visual arts and a children’s play area, not to mention a huge selection of flavorful ethnic food.
If fantasy and horror films are your idea of fun (as well as an appealing air-conditioned movie theatre), don’t miss the Film4 Frightfest taking place in Leicester Square from August 27-31. There’s a schedule of UK premieres,
London Accomodation 2 Bedroom Vacation Rental in Chelsea/ Kensington (LN-312)
genre classics, quizzes and competitions—as well as surprise and scary special guests. Smear on the fake blood and practice your zombie walk for this one! On August 30, Get Loaded in the Park, one of London’s most highly anticipated summer music concerts, comes to Clapham Common once again. Spotlighting headlining acts as well as up-and-coming artists, this one-day fest doesn’t disappoint. If you’re visiting London at this time, get your tickets for what’s sure to be a summer highlight.
Of course, summer simply wouldn’t be summer in London without the annual Notting Hill Carnival, Europe’s biggest—and brightest…and most boisterous—street festival. With parades, floats, music stages, dance parties, street vendors and thousands of people in flashy costumes cramming the streets, the carnival offers most everything a reveler could want—except adequate public loos! Luckily, there are always coffee shops or pubs to duck into during the festivities. Or take a short break from the action at your nearby New York Habitat vacation rental, such as:
· A spacious 2-bedroom rental accommodation in Knightsbridge, Kensington-Chelsea (LN-312) on a quiet, residential square a few steps away from world-famous Harrod’s. This fifth-floor apartment is on two levels (the bedrooms are upstairs), and it comes complete with a laundry/dryer, comfortable queen-sized beds, daily housekeeping and weekly linen service.
What do you like best about London’s festival season? Share your comments below.
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July 31st, 2009 at 5:32 pm
The apartment that I rented in London a few years ago had almost the same view as the picture above. I wonder if it is in the same building. Pretty sweet!
August 1st, 2009 at 2:59 pm
I would have loved to rent an apartment for me and my friends in London so that we would have someplace to stay as close as possible to the Great British Beer Festival. That would have been awesome. Next year!
August 3rd, 2009 at 3:52 pm
I had never heard of the Film4 Frightfest. It sounds amazing! I doubt that anything could beat 28 Days Later, though.
August 3rd, 2009 at 5:56 pm
Beer festival? I wish I could have been in on that. New Castle is an English beer…and one of my favorites!
August 4th, 2009 at 6:25 pm
I’have seen the word aficionado used with cigar, but a Beer Aficionado, Yeah. My friends in the good old mother country assumed the title and went crazy on the 4th sampling as many beer as their gut could have held.