- Bonkersfest
Bonkersfest is a music and arts festival held in
Camberwell , South London which aims 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 is created and led by the user/survivor/ex-patient organizationCreative Routes .The festival was first held in
2006 , and again inJune 2007 , and July 2008. The venue in Camberwell Green was chosen because of the nearbyMaudesley 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 ofSouthwark . Artists appearing at the 2007 festival includedLol Coxhill ,John Hegley , andSteve Beresford .References
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