Articles tagged ‘Victoria Park’
Street Performer of the Year
By Chris | August 24th, 2007 |
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Britain’s street performers get a chance to battle it out to see who’s the best this weekend in the Street Performer of the Year contest taking place at Victoria Park in Hackney from 25-27 August.
Musicians, jugglers, acrobats, fire breathers, dancers, magicians, comedians, clowns, poets, street theatre, mime artists and many other types of performer will [...]
Vintage FunFair touring London
By Chris | August 17th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
One of the most unique carnival funfairs in the UK is going to be at various locations around London in the next month or so. Carters Steam Fair features attractions and rides that were built as far back as the 1890s and have been painstakingly restored, although the majority seem to be from the 1920s [...]
Bikes only day in central London
By Chris | June 26th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Plans have been announced for a cycling event for the general public on the streets of central London where traffic will be banned for the day. London Freewheel takes place on Sunday 23 September and 9 miles of roads along the Thames will be shut off to cars in the mass participation event designed to [...]
BP Summer Series in London
By Chris | May 28th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The Royal Opera House in Covent Garden has got together with BP to put on the BP Summer Series, three live transmissions of opera and ballet productions from the stage at the Royal Opera House to big screens in large squares and parks across London and the UK.
The first of the performances to be screened [...]
Holiday weekend at Victoria Park
By Chris | May 24th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Victoria Park in East London is hosting a special Bank Holiday event called Paradise Gardens, two days of live music, street theatre, circus performances, a designer village fete, dance groups and food and crafts stalls. Victoria Park is on the border of Hackney and Tower Hamlets and is a popular venue for gigs.
Paradise Gardens, on [...]
