299 musical workshops and performances

Announcement Date: 2 June 1998

Through 299 musical workshops and performances the organisation engages with more than 5,000 children in 24 schools, and two groups. It also launches singing workshops for city workers and a women only vocal group. The Summer Festival includes 43 concerts, 12 walks and talks.

“The Spitalfields Festival has grown into a strong, strange beast. Friendly in manner,fierce in ambition, it has a loyal following from the locality and beyond.” The Observer