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The London Sangerstevne was founded in 2004, inspired by the great Norwegian sangerstevner, where choirs of all sorts and sizes come together to perform to each other and share repertoire. Each choir sings pieces of its own choice and, if they wish, join in the massed choir Festival Pieces. The London Sangerstevne has been held annually in May across a weekend since 2004. There is a main festival on the Saturday afternoon and evening in a central London location, and Fringe Concerts across the city on Friday and Saturday evenings, and Sunday afternoon. The festival welcomes all choirs, large or small, sacred or secular and charges on £5 per singer. Further information is available from http://www.sangerstevne.org.

To aid and encourage choirs and singers to participate in the Festival Pieces, downloadable versions of the music and voice-differentiated rehearsal tracks are available about three months before each festival. The Festival Pieces are arranged for SATB or Unison, in a manner that both versions fit together but still make good harmony, and so that male voice choirs or ladies choir have something to sing.

As the Sangerstevne is held in the historic centre of London, it's easy for choirs to participate in the festival and visit other interesting tourist sites.