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Open House Festival 2022

View of St Pancras Hotel with blue sky and swirling clouds
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The Open House Festival is a two-week celebration of London’s architecture, housing and neighbourhoods. There are walking tours (both with guides and self-guided), visits to notable and interesting buildings, exhibitions and presentations (including online), and more.

The locations are all over London, from Orpington to Uxbridge, and Sutton to Waltham Cross. Of course there are plenty of things to do within Camden as well! Some places need to be pre-booked, others you can just drop in.

A random few locations in Camden are:

  • West Hampstead Fire Station
  • Lawn Road Flats, Belsize Park (Grade I listed residential block)
  • Fitzroy Park Allotments, Highgate
  • Brandon Centre, Kentish Town
  • The Standard Hotel (former Camden Town Hall annexe), Kings Cross
  • Meta (Facebook) Offices, Kings Cross
  • St Pancras Chambers and clock tower

It is running from Thursday 08 September until Wednesday 22 September.

So explore London!

https://programme.openhouse.org.uk/

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This is Kilburn

This is Kilburn logo

This is Kilburn is a celebration of the strong Irish heritage in Kilburn. There will be live music, storytelling, bodhrán (traditional Irish drum) workshops, food and drink, and more!

It is being organised by the London Irish Centre, and supported by Camden Council.

It will take place this Saturday 20 August, at Kilburn Grange Park, from 11 am to 5 pm.

If you want to do the bodhrán workshop you should register here before Saturday:

https://londonirishcentre.org/events/this-is-kilburn-free-bodhran-irish-drum-workshop/
Screenshot from Google Maps showing location of Kilburn Grange Park NW6 2JL
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Community Groups call for council rent freeze

Community group Defend Council Housing has issued a statement calling for local councils to freeze council housing rents next year, because of the very high inflation rate and cost of living crisis.

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Several community groups plan to have a demonstration outside the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities on Thursday 15 September.

http://www.axethehousingact.org.uk/news/cost-of-living-crisis-protest-september-15th-2022-london/

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Camden Mela 2022

This year is the 30th Anniversary of the Camden Mela – a cross-cultural community celebration that grew out of the Bangladeshi community.

This year’s event is being held on Sunday 17 July, at Coram’s Fields, Guilford Street, WC1N 1DN.

There will be live performers, rides, food stalls, henna painting, face painting, and much more.

Camden Mela 2022 poster