Our annual community festival celebrating the life and history of the neighbourhood continues this week with an exhibition and two guided walks. For a full listing of Festival activities see the events page.
Festival is a celebration of Fitzrovia life
Fitzrovia Festival 2016 will be held from Saturday 18 to Saturday 25 June with a series of events including an exhibition of photographs and books, guided walks and talks about the neighbourhood. Fitzrovia Festival is a non-commercial celebration of Fitzrovia’s life and history. Fitzrovia Neighbourhood Association is proud to celebrate Fitzrovia as a place where people live, foster a …
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All the fun of the Festival
This past month we turned the Fitzrovia Neighbourhood Centre over to a celebration of the life and history of the area with another well-attended Fitzrovia Festival. We held exhibitions of community art, organised guided walks and discussed radical politics and the past and future of the neighbourhood. Now its over for another year and we can …
Pay us a visit this weekend for an exhibition of posters and books about the neighbourhood
We are open this weekend (Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 June) from 10 am to 4pm for an exhibition of rare posters, and we have collection of books about the neighbourhood to browse. These events are part of Fitzrovia Festival 2015. The exhibition features posters from the See Red Women's Workshop. There is also a …
For sale – Ming-inspired Cloth-mache Plate
Cloth-mache plate inspired by porcelin designs at the Ming exhibition at the British Museum, 2014 and displayed in the Great Court that year. Embroidery and block-print cloth, semi-moulded. Handmade by women at the Cultural Art Project at Fitzrovia Neighbourhood Association. Cotton, ink, beads, glue. Approx. 23.5cm diameter, 3.3cm high. Condition: excellent, used. This is being …
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For sale – Inspired by Colombian Gold: lovely appliqué panel
This lovely appliqué and embroidery panel, showing tortoise and a fish on a dark blue background was created to exhibit with the Colombian Gold exhibition at the British Museum and displayed in the Great Court while it was on. Inspired by the Mola tradition in Coloumbia, this was handmade by women at the Cultural Art …
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In June 2015 we celebrate 40 years since we were founded
In June 2015 we will celebrate 40 years since the organisation was founded and the Fitzrovia Neighbourhood Centre was opened. The Fitzrovia Neighbourhood Association was created to run the Neighbourhood Centre and to employ staff to carry out community development work including providing a free housing and welfare advice service. The Neighbourhood Centre, which was previously …
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We celebrate the life and history of the neighbourhood in 2014
The doors to the Fitzrovia Neighbourhood Centre will be open on Saturday 28 June for Fitzrovia Festival 2014. There will be an exhibition, a browse and buy bookstall and a guided walk of the neighbourhood's musical heritage. Fitzrovia Festival was first held in 1973 under the banner "The People Live Here" as a celebration but to …
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Open Books in Fitzrovia
Part 2 of Fitzrovia Festival 2013 continues for two days only from 5pm to 9pm Wednesday 18 September (to coincide with London Design Festival late night in Fitzrovia); and 10am to 4pm on Saturday 21 September (an unofficial part of Open House London 2013 in Fitzrovia). Exhibition and book sale: 5pm to 9pm, Wednesday 18 …
Lost Fitzrovia: The Gort Estate, Tottenham Court Road and more
Part 2 of Fitzrovia Festival 2013 continues for two days only from 5pm to 9pm Wednesday 18 September (to coincide with London Design Festival late night in Fitzrovia); and 10am to 4pm on Saturday 21 September (an unofficial part of Open House London 2013 in Fitzrovia). Lost Fitzrovia: The Gort Estate and Tottenham Court Road …
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Fitzrovia Neighbourhood Association 