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Raise The Banner

  • St John on Bethnal Green 200 Cambridge Heath Road London, England, E2 9PA United Kingdom (map)

A new intergenerational participatory show commemorating anniversaries of famous events of protest and resistance in London’s East End

  • Centenary of the Poplar Rates Rebellion, 1921

  • 85th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street, 1936

  • Half century since the publication of Stepney Words, 1971

Featuring Grand Union Voices, representing the whole demographic of East London, the Grand Union Youth Orchestra and the Re:Generation Band.

Admission: pay what you can afford.

Earlier Event: 2 October
Black History Month Launch
Later Event: 15 October
Sounding Bethnal Green, Pt. 1