Leytonstone Festival and Leytonstone Arts Trail
12 to 22 July 2012
This year there’s a double helping of culture as Leytonstone Festival and Leytonstone Arts Trail run alongside each other on the same dates.
From 12 to 22 July Leytonstone Festival and Arts Trail will be offering a wide selection of events including art, drama, music, comedy, photography, arts and crafts market and much more all around Leytonstone.
I’ve listed below events that people have sent to me and asked me to promote, plus I’ve tried to fill in the gaps from the official programmes and postings in the many associated Facebook pages and groups.
Do look at the official programmes on the Leytonstone Festival and Leytonstone Arts Trail websites/Facebook pages, however, to check for any last minute updates to the programmes, in case I have missed anything or where you may have to book in advance or numbers may be limited. If you spot an error, please let me know.
July is also Independent Retailer Month, so while you’re out and about in Leytonstone, take the opportunity to support your local shops, cafés and restaurants!
From Thu 12 July
When the Walls Come Down
Leytonstone Arts Trail
Norlington Rd Studios, E10
Thu 12 to Sat 21 July
As Time Goes By
Leytonstone Library
Thu 12 Jul and repeats on other dates
I am Cann Hall, 1948-2012 photography exhibition
The Holly Tree. Entrance Free.
Thu 12 July
Lunchtime concert at St John’s
Free weekly concerts every Thursday 13:00-14:00 at St John’s Church
Sunset over London Tours
New tours, which started July 2012. You are taken to the top of the church tower for half an hour to enjoy the stunning views over London. The tours start with music from a professional musician and end with a free tea/coffee or chocolate. Booking essential.
Thu 12 July
Rye, plus support
Music night at the North Star
Thu 12 Jul
Curry and Quiz Night
Star of India
Thu 12 and Fri 13 July
O’Neills: Pandora, Goddess of Barnsley, is waiting for you…
Come and see her in action this Thursday or Friday at O’Neills at 8pm. Tickets on the door or you can book them here:
Fri 13 Jul
Buxton School presents The Jungle Book
Fri 13 Jul
What’s Cookin’ Jazz Night
The Birkbeck Tavern
Fri 13 Jul
Woodhouse Players
The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
- Fri 13 July 2012, 8pm
- Sat 14 July 2012, 2.30pm and 8pm
- Wed 18 July 2012, 8pm
- Fri 20 July 2012, 8pm
- Sat 21 July 2012, 2.30pm and 8pm
Welsh Church Hall 879 High Road Leytonstone E11 1HR
Performed by Woodhouse Players
Tickets £8 (£5 concessions)
Book online via the Woodhouse Players website http://www.woodhouseplayers.co.uk
Phone reservations: 020 8504 3872
Sat 14 Jul
Buxton School’s Summer Fete
www.buxtonschool.org.uk
Sat 14 July
St John’s Church Open Day
Festivity and fun, featuring tower tours, refreshment, and music. Entrance Free.
Sat 14 Jul
Lion Heart Festival Market
Outside the Red Lion, home baked cakes, retro and vintage fashion, art and craft and lots, lots more and you can always pop into the Red Lion for food and drink if the summer weather gets too … hot … outside.
Sat 14
Leytonstone Calling, live music at The Red Lion
Sat 14 Jul
Woodhouse Players
The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan (see Fri 13 above)
Sat 14 Jul
News from Nowhere Club
John Ruskin, the French Baron and the Olympic Games
Dr Cynthia Gamble, Vice-Chair of the Ruskin Society, will show how John Ruskin was a major influence on a young French Baron, Pierre de Coubertin, who was responsible for reviving the Olympic Games in Athens in 1896.
Sat 14 July
Vision Voices presents an evening of opera
Leytonstone United Free Church
Sat 14 July
John Ongom Big Band and Singers
The Heathcote.
Sat 14 Jul
What’s Cookin’: I See Hawks in LA
The Birkbeck Tavern
Sun 15 July
Leytonstone Green Drinks
For anyone interested in building a stronger community with more of the things we need being grown or sourced locally. Ask at the bar if you cannot spot us. (Every month on the 15th.)
Sun 15 July
Let’s have fun together
An afternoon for children, their parents and carers.
Epicentre
Sun 15 July
A Walk Round The Flats
Leyton and Leytonstone Historical Society walk around the green spaces of Wanstead Flats.
Sun 15 July
The Little Big Band
The Luna Lounge
Sun 15 July
What’s Cookin’ presents I See Hawks in LA, plus guests
The Birkbeck Tavern
Sun 15 July
Poetry Cafe
SunWay Cafe, 17:30-19:00
Julie Stephenson’s informal get together welcomes all Leytonstone poets (accomplished and aspiring); features two readers, a raffle, and free refreshment; and aims to encourage a stronger local poetry scene.
Sun 15 July
The London Nobody Knows, the Leytonstone Nobody Knows, and Alfred Hitchcock
The Heathcote
… and lots more events right the way through to 22 July.
Check these pages for more information:
Mon 16 July
Don’t forget: Olympic Controlled Parking Zone period starts today!
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