Outdoors and free, London Free Festival events listing 2008

[smokedout]

Summers coming

Here’s your 2008 guide to free events in London this Summer:

Sunday 27 April
Love Music Hate Racism Carnival
Victoria Park, Tower Hamlets
http://www.lovemusichateracism.com/

Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th May
Paradise Gardens
Victoria Park, Tower Hamlets
http://www.paradisegardens.org.uk/

Monday 26th May
Kingston Green Fair
Canbury Gardens Upon Thames, Kingston, Surrey (not free but cheap)
http://kingstongreenfair.org.uk/

Sunday 1st June
Camden Green Fair and Bikefest
Regents Park, Camden
http://www.camdengreenfair.org.uk/

Sunday 8th June (tbc)
Stoke Newington Festival
Clissold Park, Stoke Newington

Sunday 15th June
West London Green Fair
Furnivall Gardens by the river in Hammersmith
http://www.greenfest.org.uk/

Saturday 21st June
Tottenham Carnival
Bruce Castle Park, Tottenham, N17
http://www.tottenhamcarnival.co.uk/

Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th June
Carnival de Cuba
Southwark Park, Southwark

Saturday 5th July
London Gay Pride
Central London

Sunday 6th July
Brent Respect Festival 2008
Roundwood Park, Harlesden NW10
http://www.brent.gov.uk/respect

Saturday 12th July
Lewisham People’s Day
Mountsfield Park, Stainton Road, SE6

Sunday 13th July
London Rise Festival
Finsbury Park, N4

Saturday 19th July
Ealing Blues Festival
Walpole Park, Ealing

Sunday 20th July
Ealing Global Festival
Walpole Park, Ealing

Wednesday 23rd July – Sunday 27th July
Ealing Jazz Festival 2008
Walpole Park, Ealing

Saturday 19th & Sunday 20th July
Lambeth Country Show
Brockwell Park, London, SE24 0NG Cost

Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th July
The Bowl 2008
Crystal Palace Park Bowl, Crystal Palace Park
http://www.thebowl.org.uk/

Sunday 3rd August
Carnival del Pueblo
Burgess Park, Southwark
http://www.carnavaldelpueblo.co.uk/

Sunday 3rd - Monday 11th August
Camp for Climate Action
Kingsnorth power station, Kent
http://www.climatecamp.org.uk/

Sunday 10th August 2008
London Mela
Gunnersbury Park, Acton W3

Sunday 24th Aug & Monday 25th August
Notting Hill Carnival

Sunday 31st August
Urban Green Fair
Brockwell Park, Herne Hill, Lambeth (tbc)

Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th September
The Mayor’s Thames Festival
South Bank, London
http://www.thamesfestival.org/

Sunday 14th September
Spitalfields Show and Green Fair
Allen Gardens & Spitalfields City Farm, Buxton Street (off Brick Lane), Tower Hamlets

list will be kept up to date here

email details of events to thevoidblog (at) yahoo.co.uk

 

[smokedout]

updated

Sunday 4th May
Vaisakhi
Trafalgar Square, London
http://www.londontown.com/LondonEvents/Vaisakhi/087bb

Monday 2nd - Fri 6th June
City Showcase
Live music in and around the West End
http://www.cityshowcase.co.uk/

Saturday 7th June
Haringey Green Fair
Outside Tottenham Town Hall, N17

Sunday 8th June
Stoke Newington Festival
Clissold Park, Stoke Newington
http://www.stokefest.co.uk/

Saturday 19th July
Bonkersfest
Camberwell Green, SE5
http://www.bonkersfest.com/

Sunday 20th July
Waltham Forest Green Fair
Lloyd and Aveling Park, E17

Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th August
Innocent Village Fete
Regents Park, NW1
http://www.innocentvillagefete.com/

Saturday 16th - Sunday 24th August
Shoreditch Festival
Events all over Shoreditch with open air events in Shoreditch Park on Saturday 16th and Sunday 24th August
http://www.shoreditchfestival.org.uk/

 

[William of Walworth]

Yay! Thanks for this list. Didn't realise Stokefest was Sunday 8th June (thought it'd be a week later). So maybe we'll get to go to that one after all -- day after Strawberry Fair mind

 

[Onket]

Can this be a sticky for a bit?

 

[TopCat]

Wipe your hands on it.

 

[mango5]

Can this be a sticky for a bit?

Yep - and I'm happy to help edit/update early posts if needed

 

[Maggot]

Nice one!

Smoked out has just gone up in my estimation.

 

[smokedout]

some of these events may now not be regarded as being confirmed, see this turgid thread for details

 

[durruti02]

big sexy fest july 26th .. looking good!

check out thread in London forum

 

[Onket]

Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th July
The Bowl 2008
Crystal Palace Park Bowl, Crystal Palace Park
http://www.thebowl.org.uk/

Looks like the date of this is wrong & it's been cancelled anyway.

 

[William of Walworth]

Looks like the date of this is wrong & it's been cancelled anyway.

Blimey, has this one been cancelled since July then?

Very slow to pick up on this festival's date change to a weekend I could actually have made (on the Sunday, anyway). No sooner do I check up on the Crystal Palace Bowl site, and I find it's all off for this year.

 

[DeadManWalking]

Shouldn't this be listed on here:

http://www.stbarnabascommunityfete.org/

This weekend

 

[Onket]

Could be up for that one.

WoW- Yes, it was cancelled when I posted.

 

[nEptune]

Any chance of a 2009 guide?

 

[smokedout]

I'm on it, have a look at http://www.freelondonlistings.co.uk/events-categories/categoryevents/6-Fetes%20and%20Festivals.html - not many dates confirmed yet, but ill post up a full guide when i get more details.

 

[Nixon]

Im so glad I can walk to Victoria Park from my lasses house..I can see it's going to be a MESSY cheap summer

 

[mango5]

When you do the 2009 one, let me know and I'll sort out the stickiness

Aha, just seen the thread in the London forum.