Overground Festival 2014

Thursday 26th to Sunday 29th June 2014
Westow Park & Crystal Palace Triangle, Crystal Palace, Greater London, SE19 3AN, England MAP
FREE

Daily capacity: 5,000

Last updated: Fri 20th Jun 2014

The eighth Crystal Palace Overground Festival returns to Crystal Palace from Thursday 26th to Sunday 29th June to showcase best local live music, poetry, theatre, comedy, film, food and fashion.

Line-up

Latest addition is Tony Hatch.

Wednesday: Acts include Fascinating Rhythm Big Band, The Lovebirds, and Piano Pete.

Thursday: Acts include Longfellow and Co, Tom Walker, Stone Faced Travellers, Hipster Ray, Domali, The Monday Club, DJ Mighty Craic, and Twenty-Five.

Friday: Brendan Cleary, David Crystal, Tamsin Kendrick, Jazzman John Clarke, Emma Ako, Zuli Stenson, Wondermare, Sergei Podobedov, The Gremlins, DJ Mighty Craic, Metamono, Twenty-Five, Ragged Glory, and Buenavista Social Club Dedication.

Saturday: DJ Kobayash, Gypsy Hill, Twenty-Five, Rene and his Cuban Combination, and Saulfingers.

Sunday: Longfellow, Lorraine Graham, Mangoseed, Scarlett’s Roses, Franck & Friends, Hipster Ray, Lost in Space, Bumble & The Flower, Duke Bradley and the Crystal Palace Community Choir, Utsarjam, Tape to Tape, Upper Norwood Salvation Army Band, Ron McElroy, SPAM clarinet quartet, Charlotte Way, Kate Andrews, The Sound of the Ladies, Joanna Watts and Chris Fish, Waka Hasegawa, Dandlemänn, Kate Proudlove, Brother G and the Trouble, Dakota Jim and His Band, The Alma, Twenty-Five, and Phillipa Leigh.

Festival highlights include performing arts, crafts, sports and kids' activities, gourmet food and drink stalls and the best local bands on the Antenna music stage in Westow Park.

The event will start with 'fringe' events on Thursday and Friday around Crystal Palace, in anticipation of the main big festival weekend. Westow Park will be the main festival hub on Saturday, with Sunday focusing around the Upper Norwood Triangle.

Getting there

Gipsy Hill or Crystal Palace on Southern Railways or London Overground.

More info

Highlights include flower festival, tea dance, boules competition, comedy, music, DJs and outdoor cinema.

Spoken word & music events, piano recital, more music including fabulous Metamono gig and more outdoor cinema, Table tennis competition, lots of markets, art, exhibitions and more music. Free music performances all over town, DJs, BBQs as well as a barn dance. Classical music, poetry, cider festival, carnivals, touring scratch performances, alternative tour guides, Vintage Up the Palace! and much much more.

Performances, storytelling, sport, arts and crafts plus much more! Also new this year is our Baby & Toddler Zone. Back with the best in up and coming talent and a very special guest. A Food Court and Food Tent. From Crystal Palace Transition Town to physios, osteopath and personal trainers. Toddle in the City, a tiny hidden village

Thursday see Channel 4′s Random Acts take over Coopers Yard in a night of short film fun. Friday the open air cinema presents the debut feature by Crystal Palace legend Richard Ayoade from the IT Crowd.

Bring out the bunting, hairspray that beehive and ruffle those petticoats as Vintage Up the Palace! is coming this summer.

For more information, see the Crystal Palace Overground Festival website.

More information will be here when available.