24 February |
 THE GREAT SPITALFIELDS PANCAKE RACE Teams of 4 race up and down Dray Walk to raise funds for charity. |
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 themed around the 2012 Olympics. |
1-15 March |
 WISE WORDS celebrating women’s writing, comedy and music with a diverse line-up of poets, storytellers, comics and musicians in selected East End venues Click here to view the Wiseword Comedy night document |
20- 24 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 11am-5pm with stalls selling an exotic range of clothes, textiles and must-have accessories in the SpitalfieldsTraders Market, Crispin Place, Brushfield Street. E1. Admission Free. Here is the list of Top Twelve Designers, and for all our designers click here For more Info contact us via:
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10 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. 10.30am – 5.30pm |
2 June - 21 July |
 JAZZ PLUS on the Embankment The UK’s finest contemporary jazz artists are featured in this open air lunchtime concert season in Victoria Embankment Gardens, Villers Street, WC2 right beside the River Thames and next to Embankment tube station. Admission Free. info@alternativearts.co.uk 020 7375 0441 |
July onwards |
PORTMAN VILLAGE GALLERIES Exhibitions & events by emerging artists in a series of temporarily vacant spaces in Seymour Place and Quebec Street W.1. opening on the FIRST TUESDAY of each month. Open Tues-Sat 11am-6pm. PHOTO-SPACE |
13 Sept |
 THE SPITALFIELDS SHOW and GREEN FAIR 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. 12noon-5pm Admission Free. info@alternativearts.co.uk 020 7375 0441 [More Info] |
1 Oct - 30 Nov |
 PHOTOMONTH east london photography festival 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. Free brochures available. info@alternativearts.co.uk 020 7375 0441 |
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For further information on all events contact:
ALTERNATIVE ARTS 020 7375 0441 info@alternativearts.co.uk
www.alternativearts.co.uk