July - November
Gateway Boroughs |
Next Stop 2012, a participatory arts programme to mark the commencement of the British leg of The Olympic Games.
Performances:
5th & 6th July Danson Festival, Bexley
12th July Lewisham’s People’s Day
24 August Redbridge - Park Opening
28th September Havering’s Launch of Cultural Olympiad, Romford Town Centre
2 November Barking and Dagenham’s Molten Festival
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5 July
London |
Quaggy Carnival EEA is involved annually with this Carnival which takes place at Orchard and Coldbath Estate in Lewisham Road. This year's theme is literacy and recycling. |
12 July
London |
See our giant mechanical elephant at the Southwark Carnival |
19 July 2008
Glasgow
Manchester
Birmingham
London. |
China Now - Silk Screens Live
Commissioned by the BBC, Video Nation, and BBC Big Screens in partnership with China Now, the UK’s largest ever festival of Chinese culture. Click for more info.
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25-27 July
Charlton Park, Wiltshire
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Children's workshops at the WOMAD Festival |
10 August
Gunnersbury Park,
London
W3 |
London Mela - EEA will be programming the Magic Mela in the Children's Area of London's biggest mela. |
18-27 August
London |
A2 Summer school
Workshops where students will design and make costume, lanterns and floats for the Mayor’s Thames Festival that will take place on the South Bank in September 2008. |
24 August
The o2
London |
EEA is programming events for the Olympic handover at The O2 in Greenwich. |
24 August
Redbridge,
London |
Next Stop 2012 goes to Redbridge with the 'Air carnival' as the opening of its new Olympics Cycle track on Olympic handover day. |
13 September
London |
EEAis working with Green Chain on workshops for the Mayor’s Thames Festival. |
21 September
Greenwich
London |
Workshops for Green Chain at Car Free Day in Greenwich. |
14 September
South Bank
London |
The Mayor's Thames Festival - EEA will be on the Parade with work produced at their A2 Summer School. This year marks the festival’s 10th Anniversary culminating in a spectacular Night Carnival and fireworks display. |
26 September
Barking
London
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Next Stop 2012 - our Mechanical Phoenix will be launching the Molten Festival in Barking Town Centre. |
28 September
Bewdley,
Shropshire
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The River Severn project with Fire and Water processional events. |
28 September
Havering
Essex |
Next Stop 2012 - EEA's 'Elemental Carnival' will be in Romford for Havering Council's launch of the Cultural Olympiad in Romford Town Centre. |
4 October
Bridgenorth,
Shropshire |
A night time procession through Bridgenorth. |
6 October
Stratford,
London |
'Festivals of Light ' at Discover in Straford. An installation representing different festivals of light. |
12 December
Chester |
Something Wishful. The spectacular closing celebration for Cheshire’s Year of Gardens, as part of Liverpool City of Culture 2008. |
Bollywood Brass Band
Our flagship band is as busy as ever and, in addition, has been rehearsing for a major project at the Oslo Opera House where they will be performing with Bollywood and Qawali singer Rafaqat Ali Khan. Arrangers from the band have been working on new material which will feature songs by the great Pakistani singer Noor Jehan and the modern classic Chaiyya Chaiyya. Click here for a list of their performances.
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