MANILA, Philippines - The Great British Festival will be held from March 7 to 9 at BGC. The exhibit will be open from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. on March 7 and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on March 8 and 9.
The three-day festival will inlcude British brands in the trade exhibition area which will feature more than 20 well-known companies whose products and services rank excellently in the world.
There will also be a London Fashion Week where top UK brands will showcase their spring/ summer 14 collection with typical British flair. The fashion show will feature the latest trends from Marks & Spencer, Ben Sherman, Lee Cooper, TM Lewin, River Island, Warehouse, Superdry, Hackett, Dune. The Fashion Show is directed by Robby Carmona featuring PMAP models.
Sports lovers will enjoy the football games, which will feature the Philippine Azkals star players, Phil and James Younghusband, in a sports clinic in partnership with Chelsea Football Academy. Sports enthusiasts will also get to see a display of rugby, another British favorite, with the Philippine Volcanoes; and wheelchair basketball which was one of the featured sports in the London 2012 Paralympics.
Talk to Chevening alumni about their educational experience, ask British Council Philippines about education institutions in the UK, or find out from the British School Manila how you can get a British education without having to leave the country.
Spend the afternoon catching some of Great Britain’s film gems—take a stroll along Hogwarts in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, find your own love story in Notting Hill or solve a mystery with Sherlock Holmes.
And finally, sing along in a Yellow Submarine with a Beatles performance by the Bloomfields and relive the British invasion of America when Beatlemania hit the US in 1964. Get a feel of Glastonbury with She’s Only Sixteen and Taken by Cars. Find the British music soul with Blue Rascals and dance the night away.