Fitzrovia

The People Live Here Festival

Fitzrovia Festival is a non-commerical celebration of the life and history of the neighbourhood. It is a series of small events commemerating the people and places of the neighbourhood, its history, and changing times. Festival has been held since 1973 when the community activists declared: “The People Live Here!”

Another year and another Festival to plan. We are discussing ideas for guided walks, exhibitions, talks, and some horticulture… Capper’s Farm, boundary lines, strange preachers, musical history, and what in gawd’s name is happening to modern Fitzrovia!

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We’ll be celebrating the life and history of the neighbourhood with a series of non-commercial events including exhibitions, literature, and guided walks, from Monday 19 to Sunday 25 June 2017

If you are interested in the past, present, and future of this fascinating inner London district, then follow us on Twitter and Facebook for the latest news on Festival 2017.

All events are free and are held at Fitzrovia Neighbourhood Centre, 39 Tottenham Street, W1T 4RX (except Thursday’s which is at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, Howland Street).

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Last year it was Crossrail, this year it is Crossrail 2. Hence Derwent Dystopia 2. This walk will look at how the buildings, residential community and whole neighbourhood is changing.

Discover why not enough affordable housing and public open space is being delivered, and why there is a business improvement district in this the strangest of London barrios.

Meet at 11.45am at Fitzrovia Neighbourhood Centre, 39 Tottenham Street, London W1T 4RX. Walk starts at 12 noon. Free event. Led by Fitzrovia News editors.

Author and Fitzrovia News editor Mike Pentelow will lead a guided walk around Fitzrovia’s pubs and talk about the neighbourhood’s literary connections.

The walk will be based on the book Characters of Fitzrovia written by Mike Pentelow and Spare Rib founder Marsha Rowe. The walk will visit several of Fitzrovia’s famous pubs where you can discover more about the many writers and their hangers-on who used to gather there.

An exhibition about the little known story about the YMCA Shakespeare Hut, a building opened on the side of the current London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in 1916 to house and entertain troops on leave during WWI.  Continue reading →

Over the years Fitzrovia has attracted many influential writers. From the birth of feminism to wild bohemian orgies Fitzrovia has seen it all.  Continue reading →

A panel of writers from a range of disciplines give their views on the way things are changing and what might be in the future. These are not industry gurus predicting the future, rather they are practitioners sharing their personal perspective of what they see as the ups and downs ahead for their craft. For example, these might be technological, cultural, economical or political changes. They invite you to come along and listen, ask questions and then share a glass with them afterwards.  Continue reading →

From concert venues to recording and TV studios Fitzrovia has many connections with punk rock, the cultural phenomenon that changed music and fashion forever.

Punk rock, racism and anti-racism: guided walk, 12 noon Saturday 18 June 2016. Meet at Fitzrovia Neighbourhood Centre, 39 Tottenham Street, London W1T 4RX. Free event.

Photos and books about the neighbourhood: 10am to 4pm Saturday 18 June 2016, Fitzrovia Neighbourhood Centre, 39 Tottenham Street, London W1T 4RX. Free event.