Bonkersfest was a free music and arts festival held in
Camberwell, South London, which aimed to approach mental distress/health issues and people who are affected from them with positivity and creativity, to challenge stigma and exclusion, and to celebrate psychological diversity. It was created and led by the
user/survivor/ex-patient organization
Creative Routes.
The festival was first held in 2006, and again in June 2007, and July 2008. The venue in Camberwell Green was chosen because of the nearby
Maudesley hospital, one of London's best known psychiatric institutions. The festival is organized by a group of arts and mental health organizations led by Creative Routes and in 2006 was opened by the mayor of
Southwark. Artists appearing at the 2007 festival included
Lol Coxhill
George Lowen Coxhill (19 September 1932 – 10 July 2012) known professionally as Lol Coxhill, was an English free improvising saxophonist. He played soprano and sopranino saxophone.
Biography
Coxhill was born to George Compton Coxhill ...
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John Hegley
John Richard Hegley (born 1 October 1953) is an English performance poet, comedian, musician and songwriter.
Early life
He was born in the Newington Green area of Islington, London, England, into a Roman Catholic household. He was brought up i ...
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Steve Beresford
Steve Beresford (born 6 March 1950) is a British musician who graduated from the University of York He has played a variety of instruments, including piano, electronics, trumpet, euphonium, bass guitar and a wide variety of toy instruments, suc ...
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Free festivals
Mental health in the United Kingdom
Mental health organisations in the United Kingdom
Music festivals in London
Media and communications in the London Borough of Southwark
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