Community festivals
Camden will be buzzing this summer as a host of community festivals and street parties kick-off around the borough, bringing summer sizzle to our streets.
Join the fun and pop along to a party near you.
July
Queen Square Fair
Queen Square WC1N 3AQ
04/07/09 12:00 – 17:00
020 7269 6088
maddy.fisk@marywardcentre.ac.uk
The paved area is ringed by up to 40 stalls taken by community groups e.g. tenants associations, arts and crafts classes. In the centre of the oaved area groups perform the musical entertainment with one main group being professional but usually Camden based and the others usually local groups.
Jester Festival
Fortune Green Open Space NW6 1UE
04/07/09 - 05/07/09 10:00-18:00
0207 431 6753
jesterfestival@gmail.com
Jester festival to promote social inclusion, cohesion with a sense of community, activities include: children’s arts project, sports events (football competition), dance workshops with ballet teacher etc.
Camden Bangladesh Mela
Regents Park NW1 and British Museum WC1B 3DG
04/07/09 - 05/07/09 11:00 - 18:00
0207 278 5635
nasim.ali@camden.gov.uk
The Bangladeshi community is the largest BME community in Camden, estimated to be 10% of the population in Camden. There will be 100 stalls at Regents Park selling food, clothes, handicrafts, books etc. from Bangladesh. The British museum event will be taking place on the 4th of July and Regents Park event on the 5th of July.
Inkerman Area Residents Association
Alma Street NW5
05/07/09 12:00 – 19:00
0207 485 6924
di_light200@yahoo.com
We usually have a dance instructor and or a demonstration followed by members of the audience taking part. We also conduct a number of fun races.
Swiss Cottage Festival
Swiss Cottage Park, NW3
11/07/09 - 12:00 - 20:00
020 7586 5272
swisscottagefestival@hotmail.com
An annual community festival comprising live music and community dance displays on the stage, children's fun and rides, family sports, charity stalls, commercial stalls, with participation of Hampstead Theatre, the Winch, and Swiss Cottage Leisure Centre, Community Centre and Library.
Friends of St Martins Gardens
St Martins Gardens NW1 0HR
11/07/09 12:00 – 16:00
stmartinsfriends@gmail.com
Animal handlers for children - education rather than exploitive! Childrens entertainer/magician - used in 2008, was excellent. Musicians - acoustic, preferably non-amplified if possible - organised dancing e.g. line dancing
S.T.A.R.T
Chalton Street
Somers Town NW1 1HS
11/07/09 11:00 – 19:00
0207 383 0942
shijo123uk@yahoo.com
Circus workshop, Mural painting, keyboard workshop, puppet making, martial arts workshop, music and dance.
Kilburn Festival
Kilburn Grange Park NW6
Kingsgate community centre NW6 2JH
Kingsgate Workshops NW6 2JG
Latin America House NW6 4TA
12/07/09 12:00 - 19:00
0207 328 9480
agsirwin@agsirwin.freeserve.co.uk
Kilburn festival is beginning its "Celebrating Kilburn’s diverse communities programme" which each year will highlight the cultural and social impact of some of the many different cultures that have made Kilburn their home. We will work with disabled people, volunteers, people from different cultures, young people, new arts partnerships and hard to reach Camden residents in the planning and delivering of the event.
Ingestre Road Summer Festival
Ingestre Road NW5 1UX
18/07/09 14:00-18:00
020 7267 0281
ingestrecc@yahoo.com
The
local neighbourhood have met and decided to have the following
entertainments. Local Youth Band. Latin American Band. Tap Dance
competition/Irish dance group with the group encouraging the visitors
to try their hand. Special prizes for the children taking part.
Kings Cross County Show
Coram’s Field WC1
18/07/09 12:00 – 17:00
0207 278 5635
kcbna@aol.com
Kings Cross county show is a community festival that is organised by a committee that includes local residents, voluntary sector organisations, statuary sector partners and local business partners. The festival is a day filled with fun, with over 65 stalls that will sell and promote a wide range of items. There will be a stage with a diverse range of entertainment, music and dance from all over the world.
Camden New Town Community Festival
Camden Square NW1
St Paul's Church NW1 9XG
Irish Centre NW1 9XB
18/07/09 – 19/07/09 11:00 – 17:00
020 7276 9586
davemlcc@yahoo.co.uk
The aim is to develop a festival that would draw together our multicultural community, we encourage performances by young people e.g. cheer leaders, dancing; ballet and other activities.
Praise Chapel Community Festival
Maygrove Peace Park and Sports Pitch
London NW6
19/07/09
0208 905 6249
info@praisechapel.org.uk
Queens Crescent Community Festival
Queen's Crescent Community Centre
London NW5 4QE
25/07/09 12:00 - 17:00
020 7267 6635
rukib@qcca.org.uk
A variety of activities and workshops running towards the festival, we will employ a professional dancer to work with the youths giving them a chance to perform live dance during the festival to demonstrate ongoing positive work they have engaged in.
August
The Camden Fringe
Etcetera Theatre NW1 7BU
Camden Peoples theatre NW1 2PY
Liberties NW1 0LU,
Roundhouse Studios NW1 8EH
03/08/08 – 30/08/09 13:30 - 22:30
0207 482 4857
admin@camdenfringe.org
This year Camden Fringe will expand to include more performances, and more opportunities for new acts to get themselves noticed. The Camden Fringe hosts an eclectic programme new writing, Classical theatre, musicals, stand up, sketch comedy, theatre, dance, and children’s shows.
Castle Haven Community Festival
Castle haven Community Association, NW1 8RU
07/08/09 12:00 – 18:00
0207 692 2293
danielle@castlehaven.org.uk
The Castle Haven Festival is a large community event that aims to engage and involve and celebrate the whole diverse local community, the festival runs alongside the Camden unity cup, the football tournament happens on our community centres football pitch.
Ze Connexions Festival
The Camden Centre WC1H 9AU
29/08/09 10:00am – 03:00am
rohm.atchourou@connexion.fm
A unique art and music festival in the heart of London. Alternative scene for confirmed artists - in response to an increasing demand, Bringing artists, talents and audience beyond frontiers Uniting multicultural society and communities. Encouraging greater public participation in the arts.
September
Marchmont Street Party
Marchmont Street WC1N 1AB
05/09/09 12:00 - 17:00
07948 769 727
info@marchmontstreet.org.uk
Live bands on stage, plus dance acts with audience participation and children’s entertainers.
Gayton Festival 2009
Gayton Road NW3 1UB
12/09/2009 13:00 - 17:00
red.szell@blueyonder.co.uk
The Gayton festival is an annual community street party that has been running for over 30 years. There is a focus on children and a clown roams the streets entertaining and interacting with the younger children especially. We also have face painters and a local band playing children’s songs.
Perfect Day
Swiss Cottage NW6
13/09/09 10:00 – 18:00
0207 681 8080
marshanlee@gmail.com
Lady Somerset Road Street Party
Lady Somerset Road NW5 1TU
20/09/09 11:00 – 22:00
020 7485 1603
anna.wright@blueyonder.co.uk
Lady Somerset road street party is a community event which directly engages a high proportion of the residents of our neighbourhood. The focus is on inclusion of local artists, including artists with disabilities, on local capacity building and on activities which can overcome the barriers between younger and older residents.
Belsize Eco Week
21/09/09 – 27/09/09
Belsize Library, Haverstock Hill,
sarahnicholl@hotmail.com
There will be various events throughout the week including: Films at Belsize Library, Demonstrations, On Friday 25th there will be a showing of The Age Of Stupid, with a discussion after, On Saturday 26th September there will be a Foraging Workshop to Hampstead Heath, a Green Fair on Haverstock Hill, which will include lots of stalls, food tasting, activities and demos, e.g. bicycle repair workshops, Story Telling in a WigWam.. And on Sunday 27th Sept, we area planning a Sunday Feast, with locally grown/home made food to share...
October/November
Return to Camden Town Festival
London Irish Centre NW1 9XB
23/10/09 – 01/11/09 19:00 – 22:00
vpk@waitrose.com
RTCT promotes and celebrates the traditional music, song and dance of one of the Camden historically strongest ethnic groups the Irish. RtCT has brought many of the local Irish community back in touch to celebrate and practice traditional art forms.