One Hackney Festival 2012

One Hackney Festival 2012 is a borough wide event taking place to welcome the Olympic flame. The FREE festival will take place at Clissold Park, in Hackney, London on Saturday 21st July 2012.

Line-up

Rio Carnival, local acts and other unconfirmed live entertainment.

The Parade

On the day itself there will be a vibrant and musical street parade, moving to a specially-composed soundtrack of Hackney, and culminating in an event in Clissold Park, Stoke Newington. At Clissold Park, celebrations will get into full swing to welcome the Olympic Torch coming to Hackney.

The afternoon will be filled with music from four stages and a number of activities in one of four activity tents including cooking classes, dance and much more. There will also be plenty to eat and drink with stalls offering a variety of food and home-made produce.

Festival fringe

Accompanying the parade will be a Festival fringe which will extend the celebrations to Hackney's distinctive town centres, with food, performance and music throughout the borough. Events include Shoreditch Festival 2012, Dance Nations Dalston, Hackney Central village Fete and a Family fun day at Mabley Green.

Tickets

This is a free festival.

Accommodation

This event does not have camping but there are a number of hotels, hostels and guest houses in the area.

More info

For more information see the One Hackney Festival website.

More information will be here when available.

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