5 February

THE GREAT SPITALFIELDS PANCAKE RACE 12.30pm

Teams of 4 race up and down Dray Walk to raise funds for charity.
Old Truman Brewery, 91 Brick Lane, Spitalfields E1 Admission Free
For application forms and info call 020 7375 0441 info@alternativearts.co.uk

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1-8 March

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S WEEK

A wide ranging Programme of Events in Tower Hamlets presented by women’s groups from all over the borough. For Info & programmes  020 7375 0441 info@alternativearts.co.uk

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3-9 March

WISE WORDS

Celebrates diverse women writers with an international line-up of novelists, poets, playwrights, journalists, comics and musicians. The programme presents authors from Africa, America, Bangladesh, Britain and East London.

Rich Mix, 36-47 Bethnal Green Rd E1 6LA.

For programmes and tickets call 020 7247 2584. info@alternativearts.co.uk

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21- 25 April

ALTERNATIVE FASHION WEEK

The event for new designers to be discovered. Fabulous fashion shows at 1.15pm daily featuring over 70 original and creative collections, everything from the sublime to sensational. Plus daily FASHION MARKET from 12noon-3pm with stalls selling an exotic range of clothes, textiles and must-have accessories in the Spitalfields Traders Market, Crispin Place, Brushfield Street. E1. Admission Free.    
For info call 020 7375 0441 info@alternativearts.co.uk


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11 May

COVENT GARDEN MAY FAYRE & PUPPET FESTIVAL

Annual celebration of the art of puppetry with Punch and Judy Professors from all over the country commemorating the first sighting of Mr Punch in England by Samuel Pepys in 1662. St Paul’s Church Gardens, Bedford Street WC2. Admission Free
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3 June - 22 July

 JAZZ PLUS on the Embankment

The UK’s finest contemporary jazz artists are featured in this open air lunchtime concert season in the very pleasant setting of Victoria Embankment Gardens, Villers Street, WC2 right beside the River Thames and next to Embankment tube station. Admission Free.
For info & programmes call 020 7375 0441 info@alternativearts.co.uk

 


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14 Sept

THE SPITALFIELDS SHOW and GREEN FAIR 12noon-6pm

Annual Horticultural Show displaying fruit, flowers and vegetables, home-made produce and handicrafts plus a whole range of stalls run by groups and organisations with Fairtrade goods, healthy food, healing therapies and projects raising environmental awareness. Allen Gardens and
Spitalfields City Farm, Buxton Street, E1. Admission Free.

For info & programmes call 020 7375  0441info@alternativearts.co.uk

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1 Oct - 30 Nov

PHOTOMONTH the east london photography festival www.photomonth.org

 

International exhibitions of photography featuring emerging and established artists in galleries and spaces in the East End of London, plus portfolio reviews, lectures, seminars, artist talks & workshops. For information and brochures call 020 7375 0441 info@alternativearts.co.uk

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Programme subject to change and addition. For further information contact
ALTERNATIVE ARTS 020 7375 0441 info@alternativearts.co.uk
www.alternativearts.co.uk