Use the search tool below to find events taking place around the UK to celebrate the launch of the Cultural Olympiad.
Disclaimer: please note that the events listed on this site are not organised by London 2012 and we are not responsible for them. We have endeavoured to ensure the information is accurate but cannot be held responsible for any inaccuracies. You are advised to consult the organisers’ own web sites and promotional materials to ensure you have the correct information.
| Event name | Organisation | Date | Region | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quacky Races | The Alnwick Garden | 24 Aug 08 | North East | |
| Alnwick Gardens Duck Race: A race against time and ducks! | ||||
| The German Gym's Olympic History | Argent | 26–28 Sep 08 | London | |
| Photography at the German Gym inspired by the father of modern Gymnastics Fredrich Jahn | ||||
| No Strings Attached | National Theatre | 26 Sep 08 | London | |
| A practical demonstration from the puppeteers behind War Horse in Olivier Theatre. | ||||
| Wysing Inside Out - Live Performance | Wysing Arts Centre | 26 Sep 08 | East of England | |
| Live performance and music created by one of our Wysing studio artists | ||||
| Camden Story Baton Relay | Camden Department of Arts and Tourism | 26–28 Sep 08 | London | |
| People will get the chance to share their stories through a baton relay | ||||
| The Walworth Face | National Theatre | 26 Sep 08 | London | |
| Meet the creative team behind the Broadway hit The Walworth Farce in the Cottesloe Theatre. | ||||
| Voice and dialect/accent workshop | National Theatre | 26 Sep 08 | London | |
| Voice and dialect/accent workshop with NT staff open to public in Cottesloe. | ||||
| Wysing Inside Out | Wysing Arts Centre | 26 Sep–5 Oct 08 | East of England | |
| 24 onsite visual artists to take over our entire 11 acre rural site to turn the place literally INSIDE OUT | ||||
| Martin Creed Exhibition | Ikon Gallery Birmingham | 26–28 Sep 08 | West Midlands | |
| Ikon presents the first major survey of new and recent works by acclaimed British artist Martin Creed | ||||
| Through the Arch of the Imagination | Theatre Venture and Kinetika | 26 Sep 08 | London | |
| Young people will process and flood colour into the city | ||||
| Open Rehearsal | GLA | 26–28 Sep 08 | London | |
| Open Rehearsal aims to open doors, engage audiences, encourage participation and learning and promote London's phenomenal cultural offer | ||||
| Walsall Illuminations | Walsall Council | 26 Sep 08 | West Midlands | |
| A fantastic lights and laser show held in the beautiful setting of Walsall Arboretum | ||||
| Wysing Inside Out - Artists Films | Wysing Arts Centre | 26 Sep–5 Oct 08 | East of England | |
| Artists’ films will be screened on continuous loop throughout the exhibition from our new structure AMPHIS | ||||
| Light Up East | Commissions East | 26–28 Sep 08 | East of England | |
| Light Up East is a new, ambitious and inspirational multi-site public art project | ||||
| Afro Reggae Favelization | Barbican | 26–27 Sep 08 | London | |
| AfroReggae, Rio’s cultural warriors return to the Barbican with an explosion of percussion | ||||
| Chafford Gorge-ous Stories | Thurrock Libraries | 26–27 Sep 08 | East of England | |
| Exhibition tracing the social history of the Chafford Hundred area over the last century | ||||
| Free walking tours – by London Blue Badge Tourist Guides around the Olympic Park area | London Blue Badge Tourist Guides | 26–28 Sep 08 | London | |
| London Blue Badge Tourist Guides offer free walking tours around the Olympic Park area and Lower Lea Valley | ||||
| Open up MK | Living Archive | 26–28 Sep 08 | South East | |
| Open weekend event celebrating Olympic hopefuls from our area with exhibition and digital stories | ||||
* indicates an Inspire Mark event