Cultural Celebrations London

K&J Culture joint Picnic @ Primrose Hill 🇰🇷🍰☀️

Hyde Park Picnic | Languages | Culture | Pimms | Latin Dance

**Saturday Picnics at Italian Gardens**, Hyde Park, Classy, Summery Hello!, 你好!, こんにちは! ¡Hola!, Olá!, Bonjour!, Привет!, , Xin chào!, ہائے!, Halo! * Bring **picnic blankets**, snacks, **drinks**, **strawberries** to share * Every **Saturday** * **Practice** and **learn ANY language** * Your **Music**? Welcome! * **Talk about world's cultures** and **travel tips** * **Nametags:** break the ice, get it free from Organizers. Add: **Your languages** \| or \| **Your Name** **WHERE:** Lancaster Gate tube (2 mins away), On the Grass, opposite Italian Gardens Cafe. Can't see us?: 078 76 800 100. **CULTURES:** share your fave Instagram culture videos **TRAVEL**: show your favorite travel pix, past travels or next adventures. Chatting breaks the ice. **HUNGRY?** Italian Gardens Cafe has cakes-a-plenty **LANGUAGES:** All proficiency levels welcome. **Just English?** Also good **WANNA DANCE?** There's a FREE Salsa event happening in parallel **MOTTO:** Meet new people, make new friends Free language learning and culture exchange. Just bring good vibes **Want to Co-Organise?** Volunteers welcome! Ping us

K&J Culture joint Picnic @ Primrose Hill 🍙🇯🇵☀️

Join us for a fun afternoon picnic this bank holiday - with tasty snacks and great conversations! 祝日ピクニック開催: おやつ片手に楽しく話しましょう！ 🌳 **Where to Find Us - 集合場所** We’ll be gathering in our usual spot, under the Shakespeare Oak at Primrose Hill. いつもの場所、プリムローズ・ヒルにある「シェイクスピア・オーク」の木の下に集まります。 **What to Bring - 持ち物** To make this a fun communal vibe, we reccomend bringing a snack or drink to share. みんなで楽しい時間を過ごせるように、シェアできるスナックや飲み物を持ってきていただけると嬉しいです。 While any food is welcome, it would be great to see some Korean or Japanese inspired treats! どんな食べ物でも大歓迎ですが、韓国や日本にちなんだお料理やお菓子があると、さらに嬉しいです！ e.g. Onigiri, Kimbap, Mochi... 🍙🥢 例：おにぎり、キンパ、餅など… If you can bring a picnic blanket, or anything else that might be useful at a picnic, that would be really helpful. ピクニックシートや、ピクニックに役立ちそうなものを持ってきていただけると、とても助かります。 Unfortunately BBQ's are not allowed in the park. 残念ながら、公園内ではバーベキューは禁止されています。 **Who Can Join? - 参加できる方** Everyone interested in Korean or Japanese culture is welcome - no need to speak either language. 韓国や日本の文化に興味がある方なら、どなたでも大歓迎です。 This will be a joint event with the Korean Culture Meetup. 今回は「Korean Culture Meetup」との合同イベントです。 Our events have a friendly, inclusive atmosphere. 私たちのイベントは、フレンドリーで誰でも参加しやすい雰囲気です。 There's usually a mix of newcomers and regulars who will make you feel welcome. 初参加の方と常連の方がいつも一緒に参加しているので、初めての方も安心して楽しめます。 🌤 **Weather- 天** Fingers crossed for good weather, but if it rains heavily we'll move to a pub nearby. I'll leave a comment here if we decide to move. 晴れることを願っていますが、もし雨が強く降った場合は、近くのパブへ移動します。場所を変更する場合は、こちらにコメントでお知らせします。 Let’s leave no litter behind, and create some great memories together. ゴミを残さず、みんなで素敵な思い出を作りましょう。

🇬🇧🇮🇹🇮🇳🌞 PICNIC - Part 3! 🌳🥪🧃🇪🇸🇩🇪🇺🇸🇨🇳🇫🇷🇧🇷🇷🇺🇰🇷🌏

**⚡ PLEASE READ ALL INFORMATION BELOW TO JOIN THIS EVENT ⚡** Yes, it's time for our next (the 3rd!) **Languages in London** PICNIC & international language social 🌞🌳🧺🍓🥪🥂🌏 👇👇 ⚠️⚠️ **IMPORTANT** YOU MUST JOIN OUR WHATSAPP (BROADCAST) GROUP TO ATTEND THIS EVENT. TO DO THIS, READ THE DETAILS BELOW👇👇 ❇️ Note: This event is for **Languages in London community members** and their guests. **You'll need to have a Meetup confirmation** to attend this event and be in our WhatsApp group, to be updated of our exact location on the day of the picnic ❇️ As with all our events expect to meet a truly diverse and international 🌏 group of people for a fun and social afternoon. Lots of people, lots of languages and lots of memorable conversations! **📍The Venue - we're going to be in Hyde Park** and we'll be there from 2pm 🕑 on Saturday afternoon. Our **exact location 🧭** will be confirmed on Saturday afternoon shortly before 2pm via our group WhatsApp "Broadcast" message. To join our WhatsApp group read the instructions further below. **📝 What to bring** - For yourself (and to share if you would like to), food / snacks, drinks, picnic mats / blankets and perhaps games to keep you even more entertained\! We hope to be in a shaded area\, as its going be a warm day, but prepare accordingly with drinking water\, sunscreen\, hats\.... umbrella! 🔘 To attend this event there's a small **£1 contribut**ion per person, which you can pay when you arrive. You can pay by card / phone or cash (bring correct amount) 🔘 **Post Picnic**! We will head over to a local pub for some extra hydration 🍻🍷 **🌳Remem**ber \- The park is a public space\, look after your belongings\. Be courteous to other visitors to the park\. Please remove your food leftovers and rubbish \(drinks cans / bottles\, food wrapping etc\) and dispose of them considerately🚮🗑️ **⚠️⚠️IMPORTANT - How to join our Picnic WhatsApp group and what is a Broadcast message?** 🔒To respect the privacy of all of our community members your WhatsApp information is not visible or shared with anyone else. 📢 **A WhatsApp Broadcast** is a feature that lets you send the same message to multiple people at once, but each recipient receives it as a private chat. Unlike a WhatsApp Group, recipients cannot see each other or reply to everyone. ▶️ To join our Picnic WhatsApp group there are just 2 steps and you must complete both. Step 1 - Send a Message to Girish via your MeetUp account "Send Message" or "Chat" feature. Include your first name and mobile number, and request to be added to the "Languages in London Picnic" WhatsApp Group. Step 2 - You will receive a response via WhatsApp confirming your that you've been added to the picnic group and **you need to then add that WhatsApp mobile number to your own phones contacts list. This is required by WhatsApp so you can receive a Broadcast message and it isn't blocked as a spam message. If you don't follow this step you WILL NOT** **receive the message confirming our location in Hyde Park**. Finally, please don't post your mobile number in the Meetup group chat. For your own privacy this will be removed. **Still have questions?** Please make sure you've read and followed the instructions above if you'd like to join us at the picnic. If you still have a question, send me a message via MeetUp or post a message in the Meetup picnic event group chat. I'll respond to any messages on MeetUp until 11am on Saturday. Looking forward to another memorable get together, closer to nature, in one of London's most iconic locations! Girish ☺️

Nottinghill Carnival 2026

Join me at NHC 2026! Notting Hill Carnival is the UKs largest street festival, celebrating Caribbean heritage, culture, and arts with over 2 million attendees. Held annually in West London during the August bank holiday weekend, the event features a vibrant parade, sound systems, steel bands, and traditional Caribbean food. The date may be Sunday and/or Monday - it will be confirmed with those that RSVP. Admin fee: £3pp

Chinese Valentine’s Day: Qixi Festival & Perfume Pouch Making

Come join us to celebrate Qixi with love stories and traditional fragrant perfume pouch making (香包, xiāng bāo). Qixi (七夕节), often known as the Chinese Valentine’s Festival, is a celebration of love, longing, and timeless devotion inspired by one of China’s most beautiful legends. It tells the story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, two lovers separated by the Milky Way who are allowed to meet only once a year on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month. In the spirit of Qixi, a romantic festival celebrating love and connection, fragrant perfume pouches (香包, xiāng bāo) make a meaningful handmade gift for loved ones. Filled with aromatic herbs , these small sachets are believed to symbolise affection, protection, and good fortune. In this experience, you’ll create your own perfume pouch, blending fragrance and design into a personal charm to share with someone special, carrying your heartfelt wishes and blessings. What You’ll Experience: 🌙 Learn the Festival Story: Discover the story of the Cowherd and Weaver Girl and how their once-a-year reunion became one of China’s most enduring love festivals 🧵 Perfume Pouches Making: Make your own perfume pouch (香包, xiāng bāo), symbolising love, protection, and good fortune 🥠Asian Treats : Enjoy a selection of Asian snacks and drinks

35+ Independence day chai and snacks, dinner afterwards

Taste of the Caribbean Festival - LGBTQ People of Colour social

Are you **LGBTQIA+** and a **Person of Colour?** Do you want to meet others of similar backgrounds, in a relaxed and welcoming space? Look no further! During our QTIPOC-nic earlier in the month, the consensus was more outdoor events and more food! Join Tash and Aaron for a trip to Kingston's **Taste of the Caribbean Festival.** Described as "*Europe's largest food and drink festival dedicated to Caribbean food" ,* this is one not to miss! There will be lots of food and drinks to try, live reggae music, funfair rides, celebrity chef demos and a community bake off. Lots to choose from! We shall be meeting at the festival entrance at 1pm, where we shall enter together. Please be punctual, so we can enter as a group. Please note this event is ticketed. You can purchase a ticket here for £15 (Standard). Children go free (but must be accompanied by an adult). This event is family friendly. If costs are prohibitive , please let the hosts know. [https://tasteofcaribbeanuk.com/product/kingston/](https://tasteofcaribbeanuk.com/product/kingston/) **ACCESS INFORMATION:** [https://tasteofcaribbeanuk.com/accessibility/](ACCESS) The event states there will be an accessible toilet, free water refills and event staff on hand to help, including medical and security staff. This is an outdoor event in a park, so grass and pavement may be uneven. Food and drink including water can't be brought in with you. If you have any ideas for what you would like to see for local LGBTQ+ People of Colour, we will be more than happy to hear your suggestions. At each event, we discuss venues for upcoming socials, so please bring suggestions for us to vote on. **Nervous about not knowing anyone?** Try not to be! You will soon be smiling and feeling more connected to community. We do exist!

💿LOVE MUSIC? Dance Anthems To Make Floor Burn Till 5AM: @Iconic KOKO🎧🎼

**Love dancing to hedonistic, high‑energy dance tunes?** Then join for our 3rd edition of an euphoric, high‑octane dance music night with one of the finest French Swiss **dance‑music DJs and Producers** out there dropin phenomenal uplifting spiritual, hypnotic melodic grooves for us to lose ourselves to in one of the most iconic venues in London’s clubland — **KOKO** Camden, in the home of music. Collectively - their music has amassed over 18 million streams. Expect a proper dance music club‑night experience with inspiring immersive lightshows / lasers for our bodies to sync in harmony to as with gyrate to the **rhythms** of the night. Obvs there will be no uncool mainstream "touristy" pop rubbish but proper dance music - think - ecstasy inducing tunes you'd dance to at other music clubs like Lightbox, Egg, Bagleys, Ministry, Moondance, Fabric, Paradise, Studio 54 (Brooklyn) spun by global DJs renowed in these genres. We'll join up to 1,500 other fellow cool young trendy music lovers for a night of blissful musical tranquility, Average age range will be 18 to 35ish heavily skewed toward 20s men. **Free Tickets limited.** Sorry but if you don't love both uplifting dance music and dancing to it - please don't rsvp and deprive genuine musical dancers an extremely rare free place! And honestly, if you're only gonna stay for less than a couple of hours there's probably no point in coming. You don't need to stay till 5am like last time but as per most proper clubs - the real revellers don't usually arrive untill 1ish and the main DJ / music sets don't even kick off till 12 so it's would be waste of a free ticket that you'd normally pay up to £70 quid for! Oh & please don't ask me about 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine - I'm not a biochemist - try your local Boots! **=== Time To Make The Floor Burn But Early ===** The only downside is we have to get in there before 11pm else regular door charge tickets will be about £45-80 quid. If you wanna pay for full price on door/ pre-buy and meet us in there later that's cool too as 11pm is understandably way too early to go a club (hence the free tickets) - we can sort out the details later. DM me for the free ticket link. We'll meet beforehand somewhere quieter for pre-drinks, intros, banter and obviously music chats about our previous rave escapades, our fav tunes, and non-music related banter. As Koko gets packed by 2am (1500 standing dancing cap) and we have restricted free tickets - to avoid losing people - a small group size will be optimal for dancing and socialising so limiting RSVPs. Obviously you can dance with the other ravellers once they arrive. Will update with nearby super cheap pre-drinks Camden venue in the location and comments so keep an ear out Lucas The Rave

Notting Hill Carnival

Celebrate Tai Solarin Day 2026

At this time of year, on and around the birthday (20th August 2026), of Dr Tai Solarin, Association of Black Humanists joyfully celebrates and recognises the contribution of African humanists in Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora. This year our celebrations will take place at 4pm to 7pm on Sunday 23rd August 2026 at May Foods, 16C Market Row, London SW9 8LD, an authentic Ghanaian restaurant with an inexpensive selection of mouth-watering dishes. =================== Date: Sunday, 23rd August 2026 Time: 4pm - 7.00pm meal at May Foods restaurant Venue: May Foods, 16c Market Row, London SW9 8LD =================== Join us to honour the life and legacy of Tai Solarin – Nigerian educator, writer, and fearless humanist who championed truth, reason, and social justice. He established the famous Mayflower School, Ikenne, Ogun State in 1956. A passionate advocate for Pan-African progress, Solarin dedicated his life to challenging dogma, promoting education, and inspiring Africans to think freely and act boldly. On this day, we celebrate not just his achievements, but the values he stood for: integrity, equality, and the belief that a better Africa is built through critical thought and human endeavour. [Follow this link to learn more about the life of the outstanding humanist Dr Tai Solarin.](https://abhumanists.wordpress.com/) We kindly ask for a voluntary contribution to help towards the hire of equipment, and various other admin expenses. If you can't attend and would still like to contribute, or would prefer to pay online; ABH bank details: A/c name: Association of Black Humanists A/c No: 26427968 Sort code: 30-96-26 Bank name: Lloyds Bank Our events are 18+ unless accompanied by a parent or guardian. We encourage dialogue, debate, and sharing of information, but ask people to keep their comments cordial. Any individual's views expressed do not necessarily reflect the views of the group at large.

Chocolate Nation - NHC Sunday ( Soca )