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GREAT Britain Festival arrives in Spain

皇冠体育app United Kingdom brings its fantastic food and drink, fashion and culture to Spain in a 3 week celebration of why Britain is GREAT

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Britain is GREAT Festival launches on 17th October

皇冠体育app United Kingdom brings its fantastic food and drink, fashion and culture to Spain in a 3 week celebration of why Britain is GREAT.

皇冠体育app GREAT Britain Festival launches on 17 October 2014. People across Spain will have opportunities to:

  • taste the best of British food
  • buy clothes from top British designers
  • enjoy the best of British writing and live music

British Ambassador Simon Manley says:

British food, drink, fashion and culture are famous around the world for their creativity and their quality. So come and taste our delicious products, try on our fabulous clothes, enjoy our creative films, books and music, and discover why truly 鈥淭his is GREAT Britain

El Corte Ingl茅s promotion

皇冠体育app 鈥淪hopping is GREAT Britain鈥� campaign launches with a nationwide promotion of more than 600 British products in 35 El Corte Ingl茅s department stores including gourmet.

This campaign will enable customers of stores to discover British fashion such as Victoria Beckham Denim, Vivienne Westwood Anglomania, Jigsaw, Phase Eight, John Smedley or Drakes London. This is alongside the many British brands that are already famous in Spain at El Cort茅 Ingl茅s鈥� flagship stores in:

  • Madrid (Castellana)
  • Barcelona (Diagonal)
  • Bilbao
  • Valencia
  • Marbella (Puerto Banus)

Other opportunities to enjoy the GREAT Britain Festival

皇冠体育app Festival also includes the chance to:

  • see top British bands at the (BIME) in Bilbao
  • visit British Education Fairs in Barcelona and Madrid
  • watch
  • meet best-selling British authors

A Union Flag-adorned Mini 鈥� an icon of British innovation for more than 60 years 鈥� will also make guest appearances at locations throughout Spain.

GREAT Festival events

Main events of the Britain is GREAT Festival are:

  • 17th October to 9th November: Britain is GREAT promotion in El Cort茅 Ingl茅s - department stores nationwide
  • 18th October: book signing by Chris Stewart, autobiographical writer - Marbella
  • 20th October:
  • 21st October: children鈥檚 story-telling by Marta Altes, Barcelona
  • 21st October: children鈥檚 story-telling by Marcus Sedgwick 鈥� Madrid
  • 22nd October: children鈥檚 story-telling by Marcus Sedgwick - Barcelona
  • 22nd October: British Education Fair 鈥� Barcelona
  • 23rd October: British Education Fair 鈥� Madrid
  • 28th October: An evening with British authors John Carlin and Chris Stewart - Madrid
  • 31st October to 1st November:
  • 3rd and 4th November:

Updates to this page

Published 6 October 2014