London 2012 Festival

Leading artists from all over the world will come together in the UK's biggest ever festival - a chance for everyone to celebrate London 2012 through dance, music, theatre, the visual arts, film and digital innovation and leave a lasting legacy for the arts in the UK.

The culmination of the Cultural Olympiad, the Festival will open on 21 June 2012 - Midsummer's Day. It will run until 9 September 2012 - the last day of the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

At the heart of the festival will be a programme of commissions by some of the finest artists in the world in events ranging from pop to film, from visual arts and fashion to theatre, from circus to carnival, from opera to digital innovation.

Featuring more than 1,000 events the tickets for the festival will go on sale in October 2011.