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SUMMER UNI LONDON
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Forty thousand young Londoners can enrol on free summer courses throughout June, July and August this year. The Summer Uni London programme offers a choice of 1000 subjects ranging from belly dancing and Japanese to rowing and business studies.
Held in all 32 London boroughs, the courses are available for young people between the ages of eight and 25, and last from one hour to six weeks. There are extra places for young people with special needs, and female- and male-only courses. To enrol, please visit the website for details. |
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CARNIVAL DE CUBA
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| More than 60,000 came to Southwark Park and enjoyed some of the best Cuban and Latin music, great Cuban cocktails and smoothies from Cubana bar-restaurant, Cuban, Latin and World food, free kid's activities, dance workshops and much more. |
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BOW CREEK SUMMER FUN
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| DATE: |
Saturday 1st August 2009 |
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11.00 - 15.00 |
| VENUE: |
Bow Creek Ecology Park, Newham |
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Free |
| TEL/ E-MAIL: |
08456 770 600 |
| WEBSITE: |
www.leevalleypark.org.uk |
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| Have a go at pond dipping, mini beast hunting, nature trails, quizzes and much much more. |
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| FEELING GLOOMY |
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| Welcome to The Gloom! The UK's only club night that brings you the saddest, most melancholy music known to man |
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| CLUB DE FROMAGE |
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| HOSTS FAT TONY & SLOW ALFIE PROUDLY PRESENTS presents Club De Fromage. |
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| DIVIDING THE LINE |
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| Following high praise for their trance tinged Hardcore, Dividing The Line return with more incredibly energetic live shows. |
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| UNDERAGE FESTIVAL |
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| DATE: |
Sunday 2nd August 2009 |
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11am - 8:00pm |
| VENUE: |
Victoria Park E9 |
| PRICE: |
£26.50 |
| TEL/ E-MAIL: |
+44 (0)844 477 2000 |
| WEBSITE: |
www.underagefestivals.com |
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Underage Festival 2009 will take place again at London's Victoria Park, Grove Road, Tower Hamlets, London E3 on Sunday the 2nd of August - Early Bird Tickets Available NOW from:
Ticketweb |
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| DUMMIES |
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| If the machines of the modern world turned you into a ‘dummy’, would you stay silent, or learn to speak again? Featuring ‘Stomunculus the Homunculus’, ‘Dr.Shaboo the Shambolical Shaman’, and many more, Dummies is a radical rag-bag stuffed with puppets, clowns, automata and porridge, colliding sense with nonsense, adulthood with infancy, sanity with madness. |
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| HOUSE OF THE HOLY AFRO |
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| In shamanistic ceremonies in rural villages in South Africa, ancestral spirits are summoned and revered with songs that arise from dreams. In the churches of the townships, soaring gospel songs lead people into states of spiritual communion and trance. |
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| LONDON POETRY FESTIVAL |
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| You don't have to be an aspiring bard or well-versed in Shakespearean sonnets to enjoy the annual London Poetry Festival. Held at St John's Church, the event showcases a broad range of poets to highlight the genre's accessibility and importance. |
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| JERK COOKOUT COMPETITION |
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| What would summer be without a relaxing cookout with family and friends... London's Horniman Museum welcomes the best jerk chefs in the UK for an afternoon of delicious food, entertainment and arts and crafts at the annual Jerk Cookout Competition. |
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| TONGUE FU |
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| Tongue Fu - where the UK’s finest performance poets flex their best lyrical moves to an improvised soundtrack of mercurial jazz and blistering beats. Come along to witness risk-taking performance at its most entertaining, music at its most spontaneous and poetry alive with breath, magic, sex and thunder. |
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Enjoy the beats and rhythms of live drumming in this African dance workshop. If you are new to African dance or have been doing it for years, bring along your family and friends and join in in The Clore Ballroom.
Suitable for anyone aged 14+, please note there is a specialist on hand for any younger dancers |
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| GAME ON AT THE 02 - 4 NATIONS BASKETBALL |
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| DATE: |
Friday 14th - Sunday 16th August 2009 |
| TIME: |
18:00 |
| VENUE: |
The O2 Centre |
| PRICE: |
£15.00 - £50.00 |
| TEL/ E-MAIL: |
0870 242 4442 |
| WEBSITE: |
www.ticketmaster.co.uk |
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| Catch some world-class basketball in this four-nation tournament at The O2 in London this summer. 14 - 16 August. |
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| LONDON MELA |
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| This year’s London Mela will be held in Gunnersbury Park on Sunday 16th August, there will be seven zones with urban, classical and experimental music, DJs, circus, dance, visual arts, comedy and a children’s play area. |
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| PUMA COLLABORATE WITH LONDON COLLEGE OF FASHION |
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| Sportswear giant Puma has teamed up with London College of Fashion Womenswear design students, school children from local schools in Hackney and some of the UK's biggest rising music stars, including Sway and Nate James, to swap ideas and collaborate on a range of t-shirt designs that will go on to be sold on ASOS.com. The exhibition will showcase winning designs and will celebrate the collaboration between the world of music and fashion. |
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| CURE THE DISASTER |
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| Its during the summer holidays so no excuse for everybody not to come! Plus all our shows are 14+ or All Ages so almost everyone can come through the doors! |
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| ANIMAL COLLECTIVE |
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| Animal Collective is an avant-garde musical collective originally from Baltimore, Maryland |
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| GRAND CARNIVAL COSTUME SPLASH |
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| DATE: |
22 - 23 Aug 2009 |
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12pm-7.30pm (unitl 6.30pm Sat) |
| VENUE: |
Alexandra Palace |
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£10; concessions £5; under 12s £3 |
| TEL/ E-MAIL: |
info@nhmba.com |
| WEBSITE: |
www.alexandrapalace.com |
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In a pre-Notting Hill warm-up, Alexandra Palace hosts the Grand Carnival Costume Splash. Take a sneaky peak at the elaborate costumes to be paraded at Notting Hill's upcoming carnival and hot up on mask making and the latest dance moves.
Prizes are awarded across four age groups for Best King of Carnival, Best Queen of Carnival, Best Male Costume and Best Female Costume. |
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BACK 2 SCHOOL SUMMER PARTY
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Dust off those uniforms, put on your skates and get ready to celebrate the new term as we go back 2 School for a special ice skating party on Saturday 29 August 2009.
The party starts at 20.30 and there’ll be plenty of fun and games to keep the whole family entertained. You can really get in the spirit of things by coming in fancy dress – there are prizes to be won for the best dressed. |
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POP VIDEO DANCE WORKSHOP
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Ever dreamt of being a dancer in a pop video? This is your chance to learn the moves from one of the top pop choreographers around.
Suitable for anyone aged 14+, please note there is a specialist on hand for any younger dancers. |
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LIBERTY FESTIVAL
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| DATE: |
Saturday 29th August 2009 (tbc) |
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Please contact organiser for more information |
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Trafalgar Square |
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Admission is (£) free of charge |
| TEL/ E-MAIL: |
+44 (0)207 983 4277 |
| WEBSITE: |
www.lth-hotels.com |
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Liberty Festival in London's Trafalgar Square will celebrate disabled people's input into the capital's culture, featuring them performing, singing, dancing and acting. Your can expect an influx of arts as the London Trafalgar Square for a day will become a zone for street arts, comedy, music and amazing children's activities.
There will be stalls and food also available, so Liberty London festival 2009 is a perfect piece of free entertainment for family and friends! Trafalgar Square in London, which was built to commemorate Nelson's victory at the battle of Trafalgar in 1805, is a spacious and beautiful part of the London city to meet friends, family and at the same time share the sunshine with those who instigated the Liberty festival in London.
Date is still to be confirmed, so check closer to time for an update. |
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CLAPHAM WEEKENDER
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| Head to Clapham Common for the Clapham Weekender, where the two festivals are fused into one banging weekend of music and mayhem. The indie-dance crossover festival Get Loaded in the Park follows London's biggest event dance event, South West Four. |
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NOTTING HILL CARNIVAL 2009
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| Held each August Bank Holiday since 1966, the Notting Hill Carnival is the largest festival celebration of its kind in Europe. Every year the streets of West London come alive, with the sounds and smells of Europe’s biggest street festival. |
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SUMMER UNI LONDON
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| DATE: |
27 - 31 Aug 2009 |
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Contact organisers for information |
| VENUE: |
Empire Cinema |
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Year pass: £140. Day pass pricesThursday - £22.50. Friday - Sunday - £45. Monday - £37.50. Single tickets for individual films at £10. |
| TEL/ E-MAIL: |
frightfest@mac.com |
| WEBSITE: |
www.frightfest.co.uk |
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| Held each August bank holiday weekend in the heart of London, the Film4 FrightFest trumpets horror, sci-fi, fantasy and thriller genres. Thousands of film buffs gather at Leicester Square's Empire Cinema for premieres, personal appearances, signings and surprises. |
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