Newsletter - 21 April 23

Grab a coffee, here's your Friday morning essential read, from Camdenist.

 PUB: Discovering the hot new Camden Darts Club  

This week we went for a boozy midweek gossip and beers session at local pub 

The Colonel Fawcett

, in order to report back on their latest wheeze - the opening of the brand new Camden Darts Club in the large upstairs function room. So did it hit the bullseye or did we swiftly take flight? And most importantly, what was that famed in-house pizza really like?

• 🎯10 things you need to know about Camden Darts Club (including that it's haunted)

• 🍕 Quick! There's an introductory 50% discount on all bookings until the end of April too.

 SHOW: Hear in 4D Sound at Stone Nest  

Stone Nest

is the glorious former Welsh chapel (and one-time Limelight club, too) on Charing Cross Rd and you're going to want to head there if you're interested in the next frontier of audio experiences. Amsterdam's acclaimed 4DSound start a month-long residency there tonight, bringing the world's most advanved spacial soundsystem to London for the first time. Live afternoon and evening shows include music from Kali Malone, Max Cooper, Oren Ambarchi, Grand River, Andrea Belfi and NikNak.

• 🔊More about this groundbreaking Stone Nest residency + full listings 

• 🎇Discover more about 4DSound and their mindblowing installations

 EVENT: Spring flower festival at Hawley Wharf 

The next two weekends see

Camden Market Hawley Wharf

take full advantage of it's waterside location with a seasonal celebration of all things floral. You'll be pleased to hear that alongside the flower installations and dried flower stalls, you'll find a live Bavarian brass band, a beer festival and even gin cruises up and down the Regent's Canal.

• 📃 Read the full line-up of free and paid attractions for each weekend

• 🎟️ Book the last remaining tickets to the gin and beer events

 JOB: Help design the neighbourhood's new map  

Camden Town Unlimited are recruiting 10 locals to help imagine a new Camden Green Loop map, currently being worked on by Footways, who promote a network of walking routes in the capital. It's a 2-hour walking workshop on Wednesday (26th) and you'll get paid £11.05 minimum wage for your time, plus credit when the map gest distributed free in cultural hotspots later this year.

• 🚶Apply to be a Camden Green Loop Neighbourhood Designer next week

• 🌿Hit the streets with the Camdenist walks through the area live on the Go Jauntly app

 GIGS: Our pick of who's playing locally this week 

– listings in association with –

 ALT, INDIE, POP 

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 SAMPLE ANSWER & FRIENDS

at London Irish Centre

This free concert sees producer, poet, painter and designer Sample Answer from Dublin taking to the stage with his eclectic style.   Fri 21 April

 ROOTS ⏩ ELI WEST at Green Note

Eli West sees music architecturally, building songs like houses and weaving in acoustic root music influences that first inspired him. 

  Sun 22 April 

 JAZZ ⏩ HAMILTON DE HOLANDA & NDUDUZO MAKHATHINI at The Jazz CafeThe Brazilian Bandolim wizard and famed South African pianist-composer come together over their shared love of improv and jazz.   Sun 23 April

 CLASSICAL ⏩ A RECITAL OF MUCH LOVED SONGS at Lauderdale house

Soprano Hannah Francis and pianist Stephen Wilder will be performing much loved songs, arias and piano solos from the likes of Schubert, Fauré and Hugo Wolf.   Mon 24 April

 FOLK, POP, ROCK  

⏩ JOY OLADOKUN

at St Pancras Old Church (pictured)

The singer-songwriter documents her life in songs, capturing the human experience including life's small joys.

 Thurs 27 April 

Discover ALL the gigs across Camden (and the rest of London) on Halibuts.com. 

 GOSSIP: More juicy bits from Camdenist 

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Talacre Green Space

is the all-inclusive spot for anyone who fancies joining a big, free local community Eid cerebration on

. There's a BBQ and loads to keep the family occupied.⏩ Ambitious plans have just been announced to develop Camden Film Quarter in the Regis Rd industrial estate at Kentish Town. It will see the area become a world class hub of movie-making, (but even more exciting is the potential of opening up new walking routes to Gospel Oak, finally breaking up the annoying no-go 'island' in the middle of NW5).⏩ Record a voice note with your memories and emotions regarding the 75th anniversary of the arrival of the Windrush generation on these shores. Camden Council's culture department will then incorporate the audio into the upcoming celebrations and in the borough archives.

⏩ Head up to Parliament Hill by 9.30 this morning if you want to join the historic protest walk from the Heath to the Houses of Parliament ahead of Extinction Rebellion's The Big One weekend, or look out for the colourful/noisy walkers making their way on an interesting green route through the Royal Parks.

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