“Leytonstone’s been tipped as a hot spot for a while now, but thankfully it’s escaped the Shoreditch-style makeover that most up-and-coming areas succumb to”
Read the full and very positive article on Timeout published on 15 August 2015.
Time Out
Leytonstone Festival and Arts Trail Mon 16-Fri 20 July
Leytonstone Festival and Leytonstone Arts Trail continue this week and into next weekend (21-22 July) with music, art, photography, theatre and much more.
Most of the local pubs have special events on and many events are free, or low cost.
Do look at the official programmes on the Leytonstone Festival and Leytonstone Arts Trail websites/Facebook pages, however, to check for any last minute updates to the programmes, in case I have missed anything or where you may have to book in advance or numbers may be limited. If you spot an error, please let me know. Highlights of the coming week include:
Leytonstone Arts Trail Map Exhibition launches at The Stone Space
The Stone Space is the headquarters for Leytonstone Arts Trail 2012 and is showing samples from over 70 artists. You can collect a Trail Guide from The Stone Space, which is open every day this week, and find out about the venues taking part in this year’s Arts Trail including:
- Stone Space Projects, Leytonstone’s new pop up gallery situated just outside the tube station
- As Time Goes By exhibition featuring 17 artists
- The Red Lion’s group of exhibitions
- Norlington Road Studios ‘When The Walls Come Down’
- The Sir Alfred Hitchcock Hotel
- Leytonstone Social Club’s Shadwell Printers exhibition
- Leytonstone Library
- Davies Lane Primary School
- Electroset Studio, Davies Lane
- Queen Elizabeth Jubilee Centre
- Eatery 7, Church Lane
- Meze Patisserie, High Road Leytonstone
- 491 Gallery, Grove Green Road
- Café de Montmartre, Church Lane
and many more.
Mon 16 July
Don’t forget: Olympic Controlled Parking Zone period starts today!
Monday 16 July
Leytonstone Museum at The Red Lion
Created this year as an online museum of photographs of people and places in Leytonstone, these sessions will give you an opportunity to see printed copies of the photos.
Monday 16 July (and every day)
I am Cann Hall, 1948-2012 photography exhibition
The Holly Tree
Monday 16 July
Heavy Metal 2: Bell ringing at St John’s Church
Monday 16 July
Hitchcock Retrospective
O’Neills, Green Man roundabout
Monday 16 July
Mr Nightingale’s Diary by Charles Dickens and Mark Lemon
Leytonstone Library Playreading Group
Leytonstone Library
Tuesday 17 July
Leytonstone Museum at The Red Lion
See Monday 16 July for more details.
Tuesday 17 July
I am Cann Hall, 1948-2012 photography exhibition
The Holly Tree
Tuesday 17 July
Maddona at the Star
The Star of India
Wednesday 18 July
The Art and Architecture of St Margaret’s
St Margaret’s Woodhouse Road
Wednesday 18 July
Leytonstone Museum at The Red Lion
See Monday 16 July for more details.
Wednesday 18 July
I am Cann Hall, 1948-2012 photography exhibition
The Holly Tree
Wednesday 18 July
Leytonstone Film Club’s Curry and Quiz Night
The Golden Curry
Wednesday 18 July
Norman Jacobs talks on Gilbert and Sullivan
Leyton and Leytonstone Historical Society
St John’s Church Hall
Wednesday 18 July
Pandora’s Box—an hour of Comedy Cabaret
O’Neills, Green Man roundabout
- O’Neill’s Leytonstone website
- www.class-stage.co.uk
- Advance bookings: www.ticketsource.co.uk
Wednesday 18 July
Woodhouse Players
The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
The Welsh Church Hall
Wednesday 18 July
What’s Cookin’ presents Eric Brace and Peter Cooper
The Birkbeck Tavern
Thursday 19 July
Leytonstone Museum at The Red Lion
See Monday 16 July for more details.
Thursday 19 July
I am Cann Hall, 1948-2012 photography exhibition
The Holly Tree
Thursday 19 July
Lunchtime concert at St John’s
Thursday 19 July
London Sunset Tower Tour
Music, a drink a a tour of the tower with stunning views over London.
- St John The Baptist Church (on this site)
- Read my review of the first Sunset over London Tour
- St John The Baptist Church official site and booking information
Thursday 19 July
An evening of spoken Word, Storytelling and Music
Leytonstone Library
- Website: http://pauladavid.co.uk
Thursday 19 July
Stand Up Musical Comedy Night
The Luna Lounge
Thursday 19 July
The George Simmonds Septet
The Heathcote
Thursday 19 July
Pandora’s Box—an hour of Comedy Cabaret
O’Neills
- www.class-stage.co.uk
- Advance bookings: www.ticketsource.co.uk
Friday 20 July
I am Cann Hall, 1948-2012 photography exhibition
The Holly Tree
Fri 20 July
Woodhouse Players
The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
The Welsh Church Hall
Fri 20 July
Lost Horizons presents Ewan McClellan
The Birkbeck Tavern
Fri 20 July
The Legendary Mr Will Gaines with Jacqueline Pert and Bret Jones
Leytonstone Social Club
Further afield
The British Film Institute has a Hitchcock Season this summer.
… and more events on Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 July
Check these pages for more information:
- Leytonstone Festival
- Leytonstone Festival on Facebook
- Leytonstone Festival Programme
- Leytonstone Arts Trail on Facebook (best for updates)
- Leytonstone Arts Trail website
July is also Independent Retailer Month, so while you’re out and about in Leytonstone, take the opportunity to support your local shops, cafés and restaurants!
Hitchcock murals featured in Time Out
One of the Leytonstone tube Hitchcock mosaics
Leytonstone tube’s Hitchcock murals were the first pictured in a recent article in Time Out Going underground: London’s unsung tube mosaics and murals. Thank you Time Out for some positive coverage about Leytonstone and to Hil Do for sharing this story on Facebook.
