Hackney Wick Festival Saturday 27 September 2008 12midday - 5pm
Artists and residents are coming together on Saturday 27 September 2008 to celebrate the lives and life of Hackney Wick. The day includes an artist-led fete on the Village Green with publicworks, walks, tours, site specific art installations and projections, boxing, open studios, inflatable ruins, school fairs, local bands, a boulder, gardening, Eton Manor Boys Club re-union, eating, roof top art. The theme of the fete is 'local produce' with artists and residents running stalls as well as showcasing local bands and businesses.
Organised by local residents and artists, SPACE, St Mary’s of Eton, Gainsborough School, Hackney Wick Community Association, this is the first annual Hackney Wick Festival.
Supported by the Arts Council, England, London Borough of Hackney, Gunpowder Park, the Buzzacot Trust and the Simons Charity