The Clapton Festival

Programme: June 15th-17th 2012

Thursday 14th June

The Round Chapel School Rooms 5.30-7.30pm Hackney Beyond 2012Hackney Enterprise Network

Discussion on the business opportunities and ‘legacy’ of the Olympics for small business in Hackney.

http://www.hbv.org.uk/hackneyenterprisenetworkevents.html 		FREE
Chats Palace 7-10pm 'One Good Thing About Music'Photographs by David Corio

Opening of Photographic exhibition spanning 3 decades of Corio's photos of the famous and the infamous showing classic portraits from the golden age of Punk, Funk, Soul, Jazz, Reggae and Hip Hop.
15TH JUNE TO 28TH OCTOBER 2012, THURSDAYS TO SUNDAYS 12pm to 6pm

http://www.chatspalace.co.uk/exhibitions-2/ 		FREE
Biddle Brothers til late Hanne’s JazzNu-jazz collective of musicians and djs led by Hannes Riepler FREE

Friday 15th June

The Dentist 10am-6pm Alexandra Parry and Fiacha O’Dowda

Temporary Research Centre: exploring local residents’ experiences of housing and home in the shadow of the Olympics

http://www.newsocialresearch.wordpress.com 		£3
Core Arts 6-11pm Clapton Festival Opening Night Party

Bands, DJs Poets, performers special guests

http://www.corearts.co.uk/html/events.html 		FREE
The Round Chapel Hall 6-9pm Outhere ExhibitionLaunch party and private view

Art, performance, DJs and spoken word from the creators of ‘Barmy Park’
Also open Sat 16th June 12pm-6pm, Sunday 17th 12pm–4pm

http://outhereexhibition.wordpress.com/ 		FREE
Oriole and Thistle 6.30-9.30pm Birds Bees and Sprouting SeedsExhibition by Lars Frideen FREE
Chats Palace 8pm Springing UpYouth Bands night

Featuring young up and coming and more established under 16s bands

http://www.chatspalace.co.uk/whatson/ 		£3
Biddle Brothers til late DJ MODFACEplaying whatever, whenever, wherever FREE

Saturday 16th June

Biddle Brothers til late The Pendeltonstwisted electro/folk FREE
24 Clarence Mews 10-6pm Cressida Bell's June sale

New designs of scarves, lamps and shades available and a wide range of stock at reduced prices – for these 2 days only.

View Sale Poster 		FREE
The Old Contemptibles 10.30am, 4pm Northern Soul / Mod Dance Classesintroduction

Leader: Teddy 'Phil' Sawyer. Book a place by email: soulwam@soulwam.plus.com

 FREE
St Johns 10.30am & 12pm Hackney Childrens Theatre

A magical bill of theatre for children and families from Circle of Two

Who's in for tea? : have you ever wondered what happens in Wonderland when Alice is not there?
Bambolina and Dodo :when the clock strikes twelve magic begins and a doll comes to life!

Suitable for ages 3+

 £3 + concs
Clapton Square South 12-6pm Games, stalls, circus skills from students of Circus Space, face painting, bouncy castle and fun… FREE
Clapton Square North 12-8pm Main Stage: Vaudeville, Punk, Choir, Jazz, Rhythm n' Blues, Hip-hop, Reggae, Blues, Soul and Metal...

Tom Baker/Bohemianoughts
The Walking Wounded
Hackney Secular Singers
Nu2ral - universal reggae
Hackney Jazz ensemble
King Salami And the Cumberland 3
The Fabulous Penetrators
Rat Salad
The Dublo

Also featuring curmudgeonly DJ's PJ (Dirty Water Club) Tim Wells & Jumpy

 FREE
Millfields School 12-6pm Exhibition Showcase of Millfields Art Week 2012

Follow the 700 Clapton flags designed by the children of Millfields school leading to the exhibition ‘A Field for Millfields’ and an abundance of artworks in different mediums.
Also Sun 12-4pm

View Exhibition Poster 		FREE
Clapton Pond 12-6pm Stalls, events, steel pans, food

Pop up bar from The Clapton Hart, BBQ and scrummy food served by Palm 2, homemade lemonade and cakes, facepainting, Bike Surgery, Balloon drop, coconut shy, leighton brown crisps, prizes, music and more

 FREE
The Old School House 12-6pm Walks, talks, exhibitions & flint knappingHistoric building soon to be rescued

This is the first opportunity to see inside the historic early Victorian schoolhouse (next to the Princess of Wales public house) which it is proposed to convert into a living history centre
Also open Sun 17th 12-6pm

 FREE
St Johns Gardens 12-8pm Hackney Homemeade Festival Market

Hackney Homemade Festival Market Crafts, food, clothes, music and entertainment

http://www.hackneyhomemade.com 		FREE
St Augustines Tower 12.30-5pm Grade 1 Twelth Century TowerOpen to visitors FREE
The Round Chapel Outside 1-3pm Community Meal

bring a dish to share with neighbours and friends

 FREE
The Round Chapel School 2pm repeat 5.30pm Mr Blue Sky and MatchpLay

2 funny contemporary short plays directed by Lucy Skilbeck and Gordon Murray

 FREE
The Round Chapel 2-11pm Reggae Sound ConnectionGladdywax and Solution Sound Systems

Gladdywax and Solution Sound Systems with Trevor Sax, Manasseh and Penny Reel

 £3 before 6pm
£5 after
The Levy Center 3pm Talk on the history of cinemaby film historian Nick Hiley

Dr Nick Hiley, head of the British Cartoon Archive and expert on film history, will give an illustrated talk on the history of cinema

 FREE
The Round Chapel School 3.30-5pm 'Legacy in the Dust'

Film/documentary by Winstan Whitter on The 4 Aces Night Club Dalston

 FREE
Sutton House 6.30,7.30,8.30pm Classical music concertChamber shorts featuring 3 cellos and a piano

Choose your chamber short: drop in and join local musicians for some friendly chamber music at Sutton House
Starting at 6.30pm (doors open at 6pm) each Chamber Short will last between 25 and 30 minutes - you can drop in on one, two or join us for all three

6:30pm Chamber Short 1
Leclair Sonata for Two Violins in A
Popper Requiem for Three Cellos and Piano, Op. 66
Popper Elfintanz (Dance of the Elves), Op. 39
Ravel Trio for Piano, Violin, and Cello: Pantoum (mvt 2)

7:30pm Chamber Short 2
Schubert String Trio in Bb, D.471
Bartok Duos (more info: op, no, key?)
Handel Duo Sonata Handel G minor op.2 nos 8.
Schoenfield Café Music mvt 1

8:30pm Chamber Short 3
Ravel Trio for Piano, Violin, and Cello

£2 a Short ( £1 for children aged 10 and under)
£5 concession for all three Shorts (children £2).

Download Full Programme 		£2 a short
(children £1)

£5 for all
(children £2)

Sunday 17th June

Biddle Brothers all day til late Hannes Riepler Quartetan afternoon and evening of smooth, jazz sessions FREE
24 Clarence Mews 11-5pm Cressida Bell's June sale

New designs of scarves, lamps and shades available and a wide range of stock at reduced prices – for these 2 days only.

View Sale Poster 		FREE
MKII 12-6pm Dead Historians SocietyPhoto Exhibition

A collaborative project between local photographer Sanna Charles and the Dead Historians Society - an extra curricula history group run by BSix college students and their teacher.

 FREE
St Johns 1-7pm Apollo Music Projects Haydn String Quartets http://www.apollomusicprojects Donations welcome
Chats Palace 1.30pm Chatter and Verse with John Hegley and guest reader

Suitable for ages 7+

http://www.chatspalace.com 		£4, kids free
Clapton Square 1.30-4.30pm Community Picnic, open jam session (bring instruments), knitting, RSPB bird watch FREE
The Dentist 5-7pm Mak Murtic ensemble12 piece Balkan Space Jazz http://www.makmurticensemble.com FREE
Lumiere 5pm Fractal Waves present Clorinde + guests

or a night of beautiful instrumental music, free form experimentations, projections, performances & various permutations in between

 FREE
The Round Chapel School 5.30-7pm ‘Uniformity in Crisis: Dissenters and State Persecution in Hackney, 1662-1714’Speaker: Dr Mark Burden FREE
The Round Chapel School 7.30-9pm Equality and the Spirit Level

An illustrated talk followed by discussion.
Speaker: Martin Wilkinson

 FREE