The last few years have seen the North East London borough of Walthamstow become a breeding ground for exciting ideas, cultural projects and artistic adventures. One of the most intrepid acts jazzing up the local scene is undoubtedly Addictive TV, an ingenious audio-visual combo of “remixers and electronic artists” who,...
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It was over 20 years ago that the sonic video wizards known as Addictive TV started to challenge the music world, hinting at new meanings, suggesting new formats and cultivating new multimedia languages. It was the late 1990s when the London-based audiovisual collective, launched by digital artist and producer Graham...
Returning to leafy Lloyd Park for its sixth year, Walthamstow Garden Party served up an eclectic mix of big names and young performers, bringing together an international line-up for an international crowd. A festival ‘made locally’ and produced by Barbican Centre, Create London and the people of Waltham Forest (declared...
It’s that time of the year again; when one of our favourite festivals will brighten up Lloyd Park in Walthamstow. On 13th and 14th July, Walthamstow Garden Party will be back with its two days jam-packed with dance, arts and crafts, circus performances, and food and drinks. However, as is...
Preview: Walthamstow Jazz Festival @ Walthamstow Assembly Hall (London; Saturday 16th February 2019)
Looking to indulge us further in the current jazz scene revelry, Byrd Out and Waltham Forest Council will by debuting the very first Walthamstow Jazz Festival. Set in the iconic arts venue of Walthamstow Assembly Hall, the event will have two stages and will host both live performances and DJ...
On Thursday 25th October, Mokoomba came all the way from Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe to play to a rather diverse crowd at St Mary’s Church, Walthamstow. The night began with myself and my friend exhausted from work, sat slumped on one of the church pews lined with bibles near the...
There are now cultural and musical collaborations where passionate musicians of diverse backgrounds, young refugees and asylum seekers come together at once. Where? Music Action International has a lot to do with this ever-transforming commitment. ‘Creative Re:Action for Peace’ is the charity’s motto, aiming to directly empower torture survivors and war...
It was another triumphant weekend at Walthamstow Garden Party. Sunbathing in glorious weather and indulging in radiant notes played by brilliant musicians, we enjoyed every minute of it. From its debut, basking in Saturday’s early afternoon heat with London African Gospel Choir and their rendition of Paul Simon’s Graceland, until Sunday...
There’s no summer in London without Walthamstow Garden Party! The two-day free-entry festival happening every mid-July at Lloyd Park in Walthamstow is becoming a constant of the British capital’s summer event calendar. And it couldn’t be otherwise, because the weekend of music, theatre, dance, circus, film and spoken word organised...
Even if summer and London are two words not working too well together, except perhaps as an oxymoron, there’s an event that, since 2014 brings the sun shining over the East End. Maybe that’s only figuratively, but Walthamstow Garden Party is one of the best ways to celebrate the sunny season...