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Art & Events Children's Shows Festivals Music
Today in London: Friday 16 August 2013
By TW Editorial | Published on Friday 9 August 2013
It’s rich pickings at the festivals fair today, as a triple bill of irresistible weekend events presents a slight timetabling dilemma…
TODAY’S ART CHOICES
Hackney WickED Art Festival, various locations, Hackney, 16-18 Aug
Celebrating its sixth anniversary this year, Hackney’s WickEDest free arts fete represents a rare chance to permeate the E9 area’s galleries and secret spaces. Dedicated to presenting creations by established and new international names, it features a variety of exhibitions, live performance, talks and classes in screen-printing, photogram-making, wool-wrapping and drawing. Details here.
TODAY’S FESTIVAL CHOICES
Lollibop, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, 16-18 Aug
Every child’s dream-festival-made-real is back and as fizzing with kid-friendly entertainment as ever it has been. This year’s additive-free sweetie aisle of treats features CBeebies star Justin Fletcher; ‘bogies’ godheads Dick And Dom; cartoon girl-swine Peppa Pig; cutie-pie ruminant Shaun The Sheep; TV’s Stacey Solomon in a live action ‘Peter Pan’; The Science Museum’s tactile and interactive learning zone; a Lollisports games area; a ‘life-sized’ Transformers bot; a baby disco. Details and tickets here.
TODAY’S MUSIC CHOICES
Canary Wharf Jazz Festival, Canada Square Park, 16-18 Aug
What tastes better than jazz? Why, free jazz, which by chance is what’s a la carte all weekend at this Wharfside open-air jam, as stars world-class artistes (inc alto saxophonist Soweto Kinch, Cuban violinist Omar Puente, American soul child Carleen Anderson and MOBO Awards darling YolanDa Brown (photo’d above) repping the genre’s every facet. Details here.
