Spitalfields Market Music Festival

What is it with the hay fever this year? Most years I get a few sniffles, though nothing a quick trip to Boots couldn’t sort out, but over the weekend heading out of doors with anything less than a deep-sea-divers suit on caused my face to explode in a liquidy, tissue-destroying mess. As a result I didn’t exactly enjoy the weekend sunshine but now that I’ve found some more anti-hayfever drugs I’m all up for the remainder of the Spitalfields Market Music Festival, which comes to a close on Friday.

Probably the most accessible part of the festival for City folk is that all of this week there are free lunchtime gigs outdoors at the market between 12.30pm and 1.30pm. In addition to that there are evening concerts and for those who don’t fancy sitting down after a day behind a desk there are musical walking tours to be had as well.

If you, like me, work “the other end” of the City then going more than 400 yards at lunchtime can seem like a strange idea but I’d seriously recommend it, particularly if you haven’t been to Spitalfields Market before.

Spitalfields Market “Summer 09″ Music Festival
http://www.spitalfieldsmusic.org.uk