Field Day gets its acts together
Victoria Park’s annual Field Day festival is looking an increasingly enticing prospect for the May bank holiday, with a new set of acts now confirmed
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Hackney puts shorts on
Screenings, live music and parties to be held in venues across Hackney as London Short Film Festival comes to town
Pig’s Ear Beer Festival – ale drink to that!
Beer festival to keep its ales real with local brews
Making it – the London Design Festival
The London Design Festival features many Hackney-based studios and designer-makers
Hackney Wick Festival 2012
This year’s action-packed Hackney Wick Festival takes its sporting theme from the Olympics
1-2-3-4 Festival 2012 – review
New acts rub shoulders with some of the music industry’s legends at Shoreditch Park
Counting down to the 1-2-3-4 Festival
Festival director Sean McLusky reveals what revellers can look forward to in Shoreditch at the beginning of next month
East End Film Festival 2012 – preview
The East End Film Festival presents its annual extravaganza of premieres, pop-ups and other events, 3–8 July 2012
Hackney WickED festival 2012 cancelled
Hackney WickED organisers forced to plan alternative events after festival fails to secure council and police backing
Hackney Jubilations – what’s on this weekend
A selection of Queen’s Diamond Jubilee street parties and other celebrations in neighbourhoods across the borough
Field Day and Apple Cart competition – ticket winners announced
Find out who the lucky winners are of two free tickets to this year’s Field Day and Apple Cart festivals
Win Field Day and Apple Cart tickets
Hackney Citizen readers can win free tickets to these great events this summer – simply answer two questions to enter the draw
BBC to mark 2012 Olympics with ‘biggest ever free live music event’
Elbow commissioned to write BBC Olympic theme tune as plans for Proms, Shakespeare season and Radio 1 event revealed
Little reporters’ competition: win tickets to The Apple Cart Festival 2011
Get to be a reporter for the whole festival, and talk to the bands, the comedians, the magicians and more (for 14 year-olds and under)