Walthamstow Festival 2014
Saturday 26th to Sunday 27th July 2014Lloyd Park, Forest Road, Walthamstow, Greater London, E17 4PP , England MAP
FREE
Bobby Womack, and Tiken Jah Fakoly will headline the FREE Walthamstow Garden Party, a weekend of music, theatre, arts and crafts, food and family activities in Walthamstow’s Lloyd Park on Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th July 2014.
The festival will have two music stages will feature international and local artists. Joining Bobby Womack on Saturday will be The Ukulele Orchestra Of Great Britain, Chicha Libre, Walthamstow Acoustic Massive, Jaipur Kawa Brass Band, Sondorgo, and Debademba.
Tiken Jah Fakol headlines Sunday with a bill that also features The Excitements, Ibibio Sound Machine, Kobo Town, E17 Jazz Collective, Afrikan Boy, and Karol Conka.
The weekend will also feature a sports arena offering family activities such as running and cycling with further family offerings throughout the park including bowling taster sessions, a mini garden party for under 5s and the soul picnic chill out zone with DJs.
The Real Food Festival will bring their extraordinary food from around the globe and a mini farm while E17 Designers Market will showcase local artisan designs.
Budding artists and makers will have the chance to explore the legacy of William Morris through arts and crafts workshops and demonstrations in the Useful and Beautiful Craft Marquee as well as explore the impressive and award-winning William Morris Gallery which will be open throughout the weekend.
For more information see the Barbican website.
The Walthamstow Garden Party builds on the legacy of Waltham Forest Council’s 2013 two-day music festival the Walthamstow Big Weekender and follows on from last summer’s Open East Festival which saw the Barbican and Create London programme a two-day celebration in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park to mark the first anniversary of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games and the opening of the north of the park to the public. This year’s weekend of events is delivered by the Barbican in partnership with Create London and the Waltham Forest Council.