The City of London Festival is an arts festival that takes place in the City of London every year, over two to three weeks in June and July. The festival includes mainly classical music, but also offers a programme of jazz, world music, opera, film screenings, lectures and guided tours. Performances are usually held within local venues including some of London’s ostentatious churches, St Paul’s Cathedral and Livery Company Halls. Many events are free, making the arts accessible to a larger proportion of the city’s population. Another part of the programme of the festival is educational; primary and secondary schools from around the city are involved in a variety of culturally enriching projects which are then showcased within the main festival programme.