Posts Tagged ‘Art’

Hackney WickED Weekend Festival 2011

It’s Hackney WickED festival time again, the 4th annual festival so far at Hackney Wick.

It’s a kind of open studio artists festival, combined with lots of street food and music events, and his quickly become one of London’s most popular fringe festivals.

There’s also a Coracle Regatta on the Sunday.

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Coracle Regatta

London Alternative Fringe Festival

As well as The London Festival Fringe in August, as if that wasn’t alternative enough, there will also be an alternative fringe called wait for it… The London Alternative Fringe.

The London Alternative Fringe Festival is a celebration of Alternative Performance including Cabaret, Circus, Vaudeville, Burlesque, Fetish, Live Art and Experimental Theatre. A showcase of the capitals alternative nightlife

The London Alternative Fringe has been going for one whole year already, formed in 2009, and is an “open access” fringe festival which means there is no curating of events as such, the more the merrier. Any performance which wishes to take part is welcome but the remit is to promote the following types of performance:

  • Cabaret
  • Burlesque
  • Vaudeville
  • Variety
  • Live art

London Alternative Fringe comes together with the Camden Fringe and the London Festival Fringe to help create a rich festival experience for London throughout August.

For more details see http://www.alternativefringe.com

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London Alternative Fringe Festival