This summer, East Bank invites local residents and visitors to discover a programme of events taking place across the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
This newly announced programme of events will bring together East Bank’s cultural institutions, world leading universities and residents of east London, with music, dance, sport, art and more.
Highlights of the programme are set to include:
Great Get Together | 15 June
In celebration of its ten-year anniversary, the annual Great Get Together returns to Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on Saturday 15 June. This free community event brings together local residents, families, and friends through entertaining activities across music, dance, arts, sports, and food.
Main stage performances, activities and workshops will be provided from all five East Bank partners alongside the Park’s community partners. From electrifying performances to interactive workshops and different cuisines, there is something for everyone. Friends and families are invited to celebrate East London, East Bank, and honour London’s Olympic legacy as the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games approach.
The Great Get Together is supported by Foundation for Future London’s Westfield East Bank Creative Futures Fund, funded by Westfield Stratford City.
Register your interest on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park website.
UCL Festival of Engineering | Tuesday 15 July | UCL East
Explore technologies and breakthroughs in popular culture that will inspire the next generation of creators and problem solvers, as UCL’s celebration of 150 years of advancements in engineering at the university comes to Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
V&A East x BeauBeaus Art Club Made in east London commission | July
In July, new Made in east London commissioned artworks will go on display across V&A East Museum’s exterior, created by artists 18-year-old Marley Robson and 20-year-old Dani Novis. The artworks are the winning commissions from a collaborative programme between V&A East and BeauBeaus, a community-first café in Whitechapel owned by artist Slawn and his family. V&A East invited BeauBeaus Art Club to respond to the theme Made in east London, and V&A East curatorial, brand and campaigns teams worked together with artist Teoni Hinds to support the art club’s members to develop their responses to be considered for the paid commissions. This is both Marley and Dani’s first public artwork commission.
Academy Breakin’ Convention Summer Sessions | 5 – 8 August
Academy Breakin’ Convention (ABC), located at East Bank partner Sadler’s Wells East, will offer a free full-time further education programme for creative and talented 16-19 year olds, covering the foundations of hip hop theatre. ABC is running ‘Summer Sessions’ where audiences can learn the foundations of hip hop theatre for free. Across 4 high impact days, ABC will break down the basics of Breaking, DJing, Emceeing, Graffiti, Music Production, Popping and Hip Hop Social Dance, exploring these elements through a theatrical lens. Suitable for ages 14 – 17.
Breaking Watch Parties | 9 & 10 August
As Breaking makes its debut in this year’s Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Sadler’s Wells is inviting visitors to watch the Breaking Olympic Programme at a live watching party, accompanied by DJs from BBC 1Xtra. Breaking is a dance form which is celebrated across East Bank, driven by Academy Breakin’ Convention at East Bank partner Sadler’s Wells East.
Greenwich and Docklands International Festival, Dancing City: “Touch” and “Out of the Box” | 7 September
This year, East Bank is proud to partner with Greenwich+Docklands International Festival (GDIF) on their iconic annual programme of outdoor dance, Dancing City. TOUCH will be presented as part of Dancing City and combines the use of a theatrical flight of stairs and gravity-defying trampoline choreography, for which French dancer and choreographer Yoann Bourgeois has become renowned following viral performances and recent choreographic collaborations with Harry Styles, P!nk and Missy Elliott. This UK premiere will be performed to an extraordinary electro-synth Daft Punk soundtrack at Stratford Cross.
Tamsin Ace, Director of East Bank, says: “As we continue to celebrate London’s Olympic legacy, twelve years on from the Olympic and Paralympic Games, East Bank will continue to be a place for people to come together and enjoy the transformative power of culture, the arts, and innovation. For this very reason we are especially proud of the inaugural Summer Programme at East Bank. East Bank is all about collaboration, and for our first summer programme we are experimenting with all that is on offer in the area for an array of activity that truly reflects the East Bank spirit.”
For further details visit: https://www.queenelizabetholympicpark.co.uk/east-bank