Summer in London - Free (ish) Festivals guide..
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DeadManWalking
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Saw a poster for this:
Have no idea what it'll be like but it's this Sunday and local to me.
6th May: You are welcome to our May Bank Holiday UNITE festival in Forest Hill / Brockley.
UNITE free music festival May Bank Holiday, Sunday May 6th 7pm-10.30pm, Kings/Guys Sports Club, 150 Brockley Rise, next to Stillness School, Honor Oak Park, SE23.
Come and enjoy, One of the Master Drummers of Africa, Jamaican Quadrille, Singing of a Hindu prayer, Surprise guests, Sound system, Family fun with bouncy castle 6-8pm, bar and jerk stall.
Organisers: Lewisham TUC, LARAG.
Sponsors: SERTUC.
http://www.naar.org.uk/larag/
Have no idea what it'll be like but it's this Sunday and local to me.
6th May: You are welcome to our May Bank Holiday UNITE festival in Forest Hill / Brockley.
UNITE free music festival May Bank Holiday, Sunday May 6th 7pm-10.30pm, Kings/Guys Sports Club, 150 Brockley Rise, next to Stillness School, Honor Oak Park, SE23.
Come and enjoy, One of the Master Drummers of Africa, Jamaican Quadrille, Singing of a Hindu prayer, Surprise guests, Sound system, Family fun with bouncy castle 6-8pm, bar and jerk stall.
Organisers: Lewisham TUC, LARAG.
Sponsors: SERTUC.
http://www.naar.org.uk/larag/
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Bernie Spain Gardens, next to Oxo Tower Wharf
http://www.coinstreetfestival.org/
Went to a couple of these last year. Celebrating Sanctuary was good stuff.
An English Ceilidh
Saturday 2 June - 1-7pm
Fun family event featuring English traditions, arts, crafts, food and entertainment.
Pulse
Saturday 16 June, 1-7pm
Central and eastern European sounds featuring the region's biggest stars.
Celebrating Sanctuary
Sunday 17 June, 2-7pm
A cultural cornucopia presented by established and emerging artists from London’s refugee communities.
Turkish Fest
Saturday 14 & Sunday 15 July, 12noon-7pm
A taste of Turkey on the South Bank with top Turkish music, food drink and Turkish Bazaar
Capital Age Festival
Sunday 19 August 2-6pm
There's no better time to act your age!
http://www.coinstreetfestival.org/
Went to a couple of these last year. Celebrating Sanctuary was good stuff.
An English Ceilidh
Saturday 2 June - 1-7pm
Fun family event featuring English traditions, arts, crafts, food and entertainment.
Pulse
Saturday 16 June, 1-7pm
Central and eastern European sounds featuring the region's biggest stars.
Celebrating Sanctuary
Sunday 17 June, 2-7pm
A cultural cornucopia presented by established and emerging artists from London’s refugee communities.
Turkish Fest
Saturday 14 & Sunday 15 July, 12noon-7pm
A taste of Turkey on the South Bank with top Turkish music, food drink and Turkish Bazaar
Capital Age Festival
Sunday 19 August 2-6pm
There's no better time to act your age!
Africa Day - Mon 28th May, Traf.Sq.
http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor/culture/africaday/index.jsp
Ealing Summer stuff (July):
http://www.ealing.gov.uk/services/leisure/ealing_summer/index.html
http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor/culture/africaday/index.jsp
Ealing Summer stuff (July):
http://www.ealing.gov.uk/services/leisure/ealing_summer/index.html
hiccup
King of the Vagabonds
Ealing Summer Festival, including, amongst other events:
Ealing Blues Festival
21 July
Walpole Park, Ealing
(Access: Mattock Lane, W5)
Cost: £1
This year we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the blues festival and to mark the birthday Manfred Mann’s Paul Jones tops the bill.
Ealing Global Festival
22 July
Walpole Park, Ealing
(Access: Mattock Lane, W5)
Cost: £1
Entering its second year, this is a vibrant celebration of music from around the globe. Highlights of 2006 included Ska Cubano and La Xula.
Ealing Jazz Festival
25 – 29 July
Walpole Park, Ealing
(Access: Mattock Lane, W5)
Cost: £1
This internationally acclaimed festival is now in its 23rd year and attracts big bands, the big names of jazz, as well as up-and-coming performers.
London Mela
12 August
Gunnersbury Park
(Access: Popes Lane, W3)
Cost: Free
London’s largest Asian cultural festival enters its 5th year. With more than 50,000 spectators, this is one of the most colourful and vibrant festivals in the country. With a number of stages ranging from classical Asian music to the new beats on the Radio 1 stage, there is something for everyone at this family event.
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There is an entrance charge to enter the Jazz Festival for the first time in 23 years this year
Only £1, but that's what a Tory council gets you it seems, and I bet it won't be just a pound in a few years time. The charge is to help pay for the fencing, apparently. Well take down the bloody fences then innit! No need!
Ealing Blues Festival
21 July
Walpole Park, Ealing
(Access: Mattock Lane, W5)
Cost: £1
This year we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the blues festival and to mark the birthday Manfred Mann’s Paul Jones tops the bill.
Ealing Global Festival
22 July
Walpole Park, Ealing
(Access: Mattock Lane, W5)
Cost: £1
Entering its second year, this is a vibrant celebration of music from around the globe. Highlights of 2006 included Ska Cubano and La Xula.
Ealing Jazz Festival
25 – 29 July
Walpole Park, Ealing
(Access: Mattock Lane, W5)
Cost: £1
This internationally acclaimed festival is now in its 23rd year and attracts big bands, the big names of jazz, as well as up-and-coming performers.
London Mela
12 August
Gunnersbury Park
(Access: Popes Lane, W3)
Cost: Free
London’s largest Asian cultural festival enters its 5th year. With more than 50,000 spectators, this is one of the most colourful and vibrant festivals in the country. With a number of stages ranging from classical Asian music to the new beats on the Radio 1 stage, there is something for everyone at this family event.
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There is an entrance charge to enter the Jazz Festival for the first time in 23 years this year
Only £1, but that's what a Tory council gets you it seems, and I bet it won't be just a pound in a few years time. The charge is to help pay for the fencing, apparently. Well take down the bloody fences then innit! No need!
Rollem
two kinds of wonderful
no clue if already mentioned, but chas n dave return to southwark park bandstand as part of "the big picnic" 
July 8th
and of course, the day before is The Event (i.e. bermondsey carnival) with music, fairground, fireworks etc, and i think "the real thing" are playng (if they're the ones who sang "you to me are everything" that is)
July 8th
and of course, the day before is The Event (i.e. bermondsey carnival) with music, fairground, fireworks etc, and i think "the real thing" are playng (if they're the ones who sang "you to me are everything" that is)
chegrimandi
associated with adultery
Barbican big Screen - Free films, live music, classical - 11th-15th June
looks excellent:
http://www.barbican.org.uk/bigscreen/home
lavender hill mob, toy story, ladykillers, some like it hot, some LSO performances.
looks excellent:
http://www.barbican.org.uk/bigscreen/home
lavender hill mob, toy story, ladykillers, some like it hot, some LSO performances.
Rollem
two kinds of wonderful
free al fresco films on the riverside, 6-29 june, at the scoop
ska invita
back on the other side
If you want free fun, you cant get more free than this:
http://thefreeafternoon.blogspot.com/
In the spirit of freedom everything at the event will be free! If there is anything you can contribute, please do so. Drop them a mail at [email protected]
ska invita
back on the other side
Bump - this weekend -niksativa said:If you want free fun, you cant get more free than this:
http://thefreeafternoon.blogspot.com/
The Free Afternoon
16th of June 2007
3PM to 7PM
Altab Ali Park, Whitechapel
In the spirit of freedom everything at the event will be free! If there is anything you can contribute, please do so. Drop them a mail at [email protected]
Also in SOuth London this Sunday 17th June theres a music arts thing in Camberwell's Lucas GArdens
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