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(Cancelled due to Coronavirus outbreak) The Italian Job – Karaoke Nights
Enjoy live music and karaoke at the Italian Job Pub every Wednesday and Sunday from 7:30pm to 10:30pm. Free Entry.
Orange Tree Theatre – While The Sun Shines
On the eve of his wedding, the young Earl of Harpenden – Bobby to his friends – has offered his room to Joe, an American soldier he drunkenly met the night before. When Bobby’s fiancée Lady Elizabeth turns up, Joe makes a move, thinking she must be Bobby’s ex, the wonderful Mabel Crum. But a Free French lieutenant also has eyes for her... And to complicate matters, Bobby’s future father in law turns up too. London in the Blitz, and…
The Italian Job – Quiz Nights
Rattle your brains with a weekly quiz night at the Italian Job Pub every Thursday from 8pm. Entry is £2 per person.
The Food Market Chiswick
The market is behind the flats on the A316, opposite Chiswick School. You can reach it from either Edensor Road or Riverside Drive (and then left onto Alexandra Gardens). Just follow the signs. The Food Market Chiswick is a collection of stalls where the stallholders are also the producers of the food, so the food is fresh and seasonal. There are stallholders offering prepared food: a selection of street food, handmade bread, cakes and pastries, and those offering the ingredients:…
Chiswick Pier – Party on the Pier
The action starts at 11.30 when the event officially opens and the first free boat trip sails. FREE BOAT TRIPS aboard Princess Freda, a Dunkirk Little Ship, sail from Chiswick Pier every 45 minutes from 11.30 throughout the afternoon. Stroll around, browse the stalls and entertain the children with various games including interactive fun sessions with Amanda’s Action Club. These will run at 12.00, 1.00 and 2.30 Thames Explorer Trust will be taking the children river dipping from 1.30 so…
Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith – Sammy
Olivier Award-Winner Giles Terera (Hamilton) leads the cast of Sammy, the major new musical based on the life and career of legendary entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. At a young age Sammy set his sights on stardom and never looked back. From humble beginnings he shot to fame as a member of The Rat Pack and navigated the racial politics of 60s America to eventually become one of the great performers of the 20th century. Tickets range from £10 - £42 and…
Chiswick Park – Urban Food Festival
Chiswick Park Guests and the local community will be spoilt for choice at lunchtime with over 18 food traders offering a wide variety of flavours and cuisines from around the world, marking the return of the Urban Food Fest Markets.
Riverside Studios, Hammersmith – Book Club
Literary conversations on the last thursday of each month. Go and meet like-minded book-loving souls to discuss books with affiliation to Riverside's heritage. In February there will be a discussion on The Buddah of Suburbia by Hanif Kureishi who once worked there and in March the set reading is The Handmaids Tale by Margaret Attwood who held book launches there and is one of Riverside's Heritage Icons. Please bring along your own copy of the book or ebook. Book your…
Chiswick School – Car Boot Sale
One of the most successful car boot sales in the South East, the Chiswick Car Boot sale offers a glorious serendipitous mix of stuff: clothes, plants, DVDs & CDs, books, furniture, toys, you name it. Most of it is second hand, some new, but there are some real bargains to be had. The sale is held on the first Sunday of the month, every month except January, at Chiswick School, Burlington Lane, London W4 3UN. Car entrance Staveley Road, pedestrian…
Chiswick House & Gardens – Pub in the Park
There's a fantastic array of chefs, talent and hosts that will be taking part throughout the weekend - all hosted by the one and only Marcus Wareing. Joining Marcus will be Atul Kochhar, Andrew Pern, Jose Pizzaro, Chris King, Chantelle Nicholson, Nieves Barragan, Tom Brown & Luke Taylor, some of the finest chefs in the business, who will be taking part in cooking demo’s book signings, Q&A’s and more. With more restaurants this year than ever before, the pubs and…
Chiswick Book Festival
The 12th Chiswick Book Festival will take place across the long weekend from September 10th to 14th 2020, with a few events in the days before and afterwards. It will be marking the 60th anniversary of the first production of The Caretaker – which Harold Pinter wrote while living in Chiswick, based on events at his flat in the Chiswick High Road. Lady Antonia Fraser and his biographer Michael Billington will share their memories of Harold Pinter with Festival director…
The Arts Society Chiswick – Mr Barry’s War: rebuilding the Houses of Parliament
A highly topical lecture, given the current arguments about the multi-billion pound restoration planned for Westminster! The Houses of Parliament is one of the most famous and staggering buildings in the world. It rises serenely from the Thames at Westminster, on a site which has been the centre of power and government in England from the earliest times. It is a masterpiece of Victorian architecture and a spectacular feat of civil engineering: but from the beginning, its design and construction…
Chiswick House – Dog Show
Chiswick House Dog Show is an opportunity for everyone who uses and loves Chiswick House & Gardens to give something back through being part of a fun day out for all the family. Run by the community for the community, everyone’s efforts raise monies to fund projects to maintain and constantly improve this wonderful, historic oasis in West London. If you would like to volunteer to help us on the day, please click here. With classes ranging from Naughtiest Dog to Prettiest…
The Arts Society Chiswick – Art Transported: How did it get here from where it was made? Who owned it before?
We love standing in a museum gazing at a painting by Titian or Caravaggio, but we rarely question where it was before it came to be in that museum or who, in earlier times, stood in front of it and gazed nor by what practical means it got there. When Napoleon invaded Europe he had the best of Europe’s works of art sent back to Paris for his new Musée Napoleon. But how did they get four life -size bronze…
The Arts Society Chiswick – Pompeii: Digging Deeper with the Muddy Archaeologist
The tragedy of Pompeii’s burial by Mount Vesuvius’ eruption in AD79 provided an archaeological miracle that enables us to see how Roman villas were richly decorated with stunningly beautiful frescoes. It also gives us a glimpse into how luxury villas reflected their owner’s aspirations. They were also used as working estates for business and industry. Yet, even here, there is art in abundance.Their preserved remains and contents show us aspects of Roman life that archaeologists could never have guessed at…