Soul On The Canal Side Sept 2019
Location: Grow, Hackney, 98C Wallis Road, Main Yard, Hackney Wick, E9 5LN.
Date and Time: Saturday 14th September, 3pm.
Description: The Soul On the Canal Side festival is back at Grow with a closing party for this years summer series of special afternoon-into-evening Soul On the Canal Side Sessions in Hackney Wick. Grow is an independent creative space with bars and a kitchen created out of an old sausage factory by the River Lea in Hackney Wick. DJs will play music across the Soul, Jazz and House spectrums.
Cost: Free
Minimum age: see website
Young Hackney Music production
Location: Hoxton Hall, 130 Hoxton St, N1 6SH.
Date and Time: Every Saturday in school term-time. 11am–1pm. See website
Description: Do you want to become a music producer or sound engineer? These free music production sessions at Hoxton Hall will give you the opportunity to learn and develop key skills in the studio. You will learn how to record music so it sounds as good as the music you listen to on the radio, how to use equipment such as mixing desks and vocal booths and learn how to record live instruments. To go, just sign up via the link.
Cost: Free
Minimum age: 14–19 (Suitable for young people with support needs up to age 25)
Live filming of the next episode of The Alison Johnson Show
Location: The Front Room, 37-39 St George’s Walk, Croydon CR0 1YL.
Date and Time: Saturday, 14th September, 11am-4pm
Description: The event is aimed at young people interested in business. Alison Johnson an international speaker and author will be interviewing young entrepreneurs and business owners, exploring the passion that got them started and why they keep ongoing. There will be a live musical performance and opportunities to pose a question to the host of the show herself.
Cost: £13.52
Minimum age: see website
Age Against The Machine Festival of Creative Ageing
Location: Multiple events See website
Date and Time: 13th September to 6th October, 2019. See website
Description: Age Against the Machine is the London Borough of Lewisham’s Festival of Creative Ageing and winner of a Cultural Impact Award as part of the Mayor’s London Borough of Culture initiative. This arts festival will explore the ways creativity can promote positive ageing and make a fundamental impact on quality of life. It celebrates older people as artists and investigates issues that affect all of us across age and social barriers.
Cost: See website
Minimum age: See website
Cooking Team in Lewisham
Location: Lewisham, see website
Date and Time: 14th September, 11am. This event repeats on various days.
Description: This is a fundraising and charity event across Lewisham. Help cook a healthy, nutritious three-course meal for members of the community. No experience necessary, please just wear suitable clothing and shoes for the kitchen.
Cost: Free
Minimum age: 18
StreetFest London
Location: The Oval Space Hackney. 29-32 Bethnal Green, Tower Hamlets E2 9DT.
Date and Time: Saturday 14th September, 2pm.
Description: Following the success of last summer’s 10th anniversary StreetFest, the street culture and urban arts festival returns with a ‘feast of the senses’, an eight-hour celebration of some of London’s best names in street dance, urban music and live arts. The event will showcase some of the best of London’s thriving urban arts and music scene including DJ Shortee Blitz, DJ Ron, Chloëdees, RBC, DJ Dbo, LyrcL, MC Paz, Soul Mavericks, b.supreme, Music Is Remedy, Nathan Bowen, Artista, Andy Seize, Code FC, Demograffix and is suitable for the whole family.
Cost: £8 Lazybird £10 Latebird £12 Flock of Birds £50 Family ticket – £20 (two ADULTS and two CHILDREN, ENTRY BEFORE 4pm) DOOR – £15 Babybird
Minimum age: see website Oval Space, Hackney
Poplar Poets Society
Location: Poplar Union. 2 Cotall Street, Poplar, E14 6TL.
Date and Time: Monday 9th September to Monday 23rd September, 6.30pm-8.30pm.
Description: The Poplar Poets Society is a brand new fortnightly event where writers can come together alongside local poet and musician, John Warwick, to hone their craft, share new material, and learn new poetry writing skills. The society is designed to be a space for reflection, feedback and personal development and is an opportunity to meet fellow East London and Poplar based poets. Each week a different poetic style will be explored or attendees are able to use the time to work on their own material. All you need is yourself, your notepad and a willingness to share your creativity!
Cost: Free
Minimum age: see website
