Hammersmith's Summer Festival Begins This Weekend

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With JOY in Lyric Square performed by the Unity Choir

Hammersmith's annual Summer Festival gets underway this weekend with JOY in Lyric Square.

On Saturday 8 June at 12pm and 3pm, disabled and non-disabled Hammersmith & Fulham residents will come together to perform as the Unity Choir.

In two free out-door performances, they will be singing songs composed by local disabled artists with talented musician Ara Serugo-Lugo – a joyful celebration of the creative strength that exists within our community.

JOY 2019 is a celebration of local disabled artists and part of this year’s Summer Festival and Hammersmith & Fulham Arts Festival, running throughout this week.

You can see the full daily programme for the ArtsFest, runnjing to 9 June here

This week, there are also four evenings of performance and workshops at the Lyric Hammersmith, showcasing already established artists and reaching out across the community to emerging disabled artists and those who have not previously been involved in the arts.

These are The JOY of Performing, tonight 5 June; The JOY of Theatre, 6 June; The JOY of Music, 7 June and The JOY of Dance, 8 June. Find out more here.

The Summer Festival continues through June and July, with the Big Screen returning to Lyric Square for free films, opera and sports, including live tennis from Wimbledon, plus picnics in the square, book swaps and more.

In the next week, which is also Bike Week, local cyclists can consult Dr Bike on 11 June from 11am till 3pm, to get their cycles road ready and protected with free maintenance and security advice.

Police officers, funded by Hammersmith BID will be providing free security bike marking. Your bike will get its own permanent barcode that will be uploaded with your personal details onto the BikeRegister police national database.

It is followed by a Hammersmith Highline Exhibition, from 22-30 June, with entries from the public ideas competition to generate proposals for a Hammersmith Highline on a disused railway viaduct will be on display at Kings Mall.

Organised by Hammersmith BID and local architect group West London Link, the competition aims to forge ideas that could transform the 300m elevated stretch of viaduct into an attraction similar to New York City’s High Line.

Thers will also be Picnics in the Square on 24-26 June and 15-17 July, from 12pm-3pm.

Relax, ping-pong or picnic al-fresco during lunchtimes. Soak up the atmosphere with our free Hammersmith BID deckchairs and picnic tables.

June 5, 2019

 

 

Tuesday 26 June, Lyric Square, from 7pm - La Bohème, Big Screen Opera Live from the Royal Opera House

Watch Puccini’s passionate opera La Bohème. The opera tells the love story of Rodolfo, a penniless poet and Mimì, a seamstress. They fall passionately in love, but their happiness is threatened when Rodolfo learns that Mimì is gravely ill. Puccini’s romantic depiction of bohemian Paris, with memorable music and a love story drawn from everyday life, has captivated audiences around the world, making La bohème one of the best-loved of all operas.

APPROXIMATE RUNNING TIME: 2 HOURS 35 MINUTES, INCLUDING ONE INTERVAL | SUNG IN ITALIAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES

Friday 29 June - Sunday 1 July - Lyric Fest
Join a three day event jam packed with thrilling entertainment including music, theatre, dance, poetry and more. The Lyric will be bringing an extraordinary line up of talent to Lyric Square to celebrate the vibrant and diverse community of Hammersmith.

Here's the programme:

29 June - 5.00pm, Love Letters; 5.30pm, Comedy;6.30pm, Guilty Pleasures DJ set

30 June - 11.00am, Family Disco (DanceWest) midday, The Little Gardner;1pm, Puppets with Guts workshop (durational); 1.30pm, ZooNation performance; 3pm, Rhinoceros Run

4pm, The Little Gardener; 5pm and 7pm, How To Fail at Being Perfect

1 July - 11am, Stop Drop and Yoga; 12.15pm, FRAME RAVE; 1.15pm, The Extraordinary Story of Human Beings, Energy and Happiness – Paul Allen talk; 2.30pm, Tri-borough Music Orchestra performance; 5.00pm, Bees!

Monday 2 to Sunday 15 July, from 12pm - Wimbledon
Grab your strawberries and cream and catch all the live action every day from Wimbledon on our Big Screen.

During Wimbledon, look out for the Wimbledon Winners event taking place in the Serve Kings Mall. Test your serve and challenge your friends.

Throughout July - Tour de France
Catch the cycling highlights as the riders take on the mountains and cobbled streets of France.

Thursday 12 July, Lyric Square, from 6.30pm - Don Giovanni

The Royal Opera House will broadcast a spectacular performance of Don Giovanni, Mozart’s dazzling opera which follows the adventures of the serial seducer whose dangerous liaisons lead to dark and tragic consequences. Tragic and comic in turns, this is a story high with emotions of every sort, expressed to perfection through Mozart’s musical subtlety and human insight.

APPROXIMATE RUNNING TIME: 3 HOURS 40 MINUTES, INCLUDING ONE INTERVAL | SUNG IN ITALIAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES

PING PONG - Throughout the Summer Festival.
The free ping pong tables will be out in Lyric square for a summer of fun! Grab a couple of bats and impress passers-by with your top-spin action.

Find out more about what's on offer this summer at HammersmithLondon.

June 8, 2018