What's On and Things To Do Around Upton Park

‘Do you think dreams are wasted on people like us?’ It’s a hot and humid summer in 1958 St Anns, Nottingham. Tempers are flaring and Teddy Boys are on the march. Jamaican couple Pearl and George are helping Caribbean migrants to cut loose by hosting a forbidden party at their Shebeen.

For two nights only, Mitchell Brunings and his iconic live band take the audience on a journey of pure roots, rock reggae!

12pm, 3.15pm & 4.05pm Friday – Sunday Every day during School Holidays: 10.15am, 11.05am, 11.55am, 12.45pm, 1.35pm, 2.25pm, 3.15pm, 4.05pm. Sessions last approximately 40 minutes.

Illyria are back to blow your socks off with another fantastic season of open air theatre! Frederick, apprenticed to the Pirates since a child, learns that he was born in a leap year on 29th February, and that he is contracted to the Pirate King until his 21st BIRTHDAY, not his 21st year.

The Lifestyle Lab is coming to Westfield Stratford City on Thursday 28th June until Sunday 1st July. A wellness event to nourish the mind, body and soul.

Westfield Stratford City is proud celebrate its fourth year of the Westfield Presents Programme with an exciting run of free events to celebrate music, art, sport and tech between June and September.

East Village is inviting residents and visitors to loosen up with a series of free yoga and wellbeing workshops.

Friendly craft market in the lovely setting of st. John’s churchyard in the middle of Leytonstone.

Foo Fighters Plus Special Guests. Artists performing: Foo Fighters.

Join IODS Productions as they set musical theatre back a thousand years! Monty Python’s SPAMALOT is a new musical, lovingly ripped off from the hugely successful 1975 motion picture MONTY PYTHON and the HOLY GRAIL, from the original screenplay by Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones,...

Bach to Baby is the critically acclaimed classical concert series for babies, toddlers and their carers. Tots dance, roam about and revel in the wonder of live music, while you take a moment out of your busy day to hear top notch performances by outstanding musicians, with your young babes in tow.

24 artists have been selected by Mark Titchner for this year’s Bow Open Show, which presents a curated selection of the charity’s studio and education artists annually.

A summer evening of performance in Bow Arts’ Victorian courtyard, adjacent to the Gallery. Featuring bluebeard by Cradeaux Alexander (with a live prop), The Luncheon by Luis Amália, Knee Jerk by Marcus Orlandi and DISCO DE MARISE by Jones Tensini.

Enter this large London garden through a re-claimed Victorian iron pergola, past a colourful mixed bed to a relaxed fire pit. Shady ferns, next to a small rill created from cattle troughs, leads to a walkway cut through the mature rhododendrons.

Fancy being a detective for a night? The Dragon Theatre Company invites you to test your detective skills with an interactive evening of drama, intrigue and murder. Witness the mystery unfold and interrogate the suspects in this theatrical battle of wits. Questions, clues, coffee and cake!

Petite courtyard garden with water feature. Rambling roses, jasmine, vine and clematis cover the overarching pergola. Small but beautifully formed. A pure joy to see.

On site of Lord Cheyne’s original market garden, typical suburban garden with lawn and borders of shrubs, climbers and perennials - greenhouse and productive fruit and vegetable garden.

The first ever London SUP Open will take place this summer at Royal Victoria Docks (Crystal Building Lawns). The venue will be transformed into an urban beach for the largest SUP festival in the UK.

Dancing City is London’s favourite outdoor dance event, showcasing incredible performance from the UK and beyond in the parks, piazzas, waterfronts and shopping malls of Canary Wharf.

Victoria Park Race for Life 5k is a single lap of the park. The course primarily on tarmac with a few small sections on grass and is very flat course. The 10k is a double lap of the 5k. There is no car parking available at this event. Participants are advised to use public transport.

Traditionally spotted on freezing terraces up and down the country, Bovril has just been given a very cool, cocktail makeover.

Bach to Baby is the critically acclaimed classical concert series for babies, toddlers and their carers. Tots dance, roam about and revel in the wonder of live music, while you take a moment out of your busy day to hear top notch performances by outstanding musicians, with your young babes in tow.

TOM STADE: I SWEAR TO… fter last year’s smash-hit tour, the comedy legend returns with a new show, picking up just where he left off. Welcome to ‘I Swear To’; as an hour just wasn’t long enough. Tom knows the times are a-changing and he wants time to know he won’t be changing with them.

Join inspiring retail buyers, entrepreneurs and experts from the fashion industry for this one-day extravaganza. Types of businesses this event is ideal for: Womenswear, menswear, childrenswear, lingerie, shoes, jewellery and accessories.

Meet Maddy, a typical millennial, celebrating her 30th birthday running a marathon – tied to a balloon. But this is more than just a race. It’s a battle. By the finish line she needs to have made a decision. Yes or no.