Category: Festivals

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London’s annual Turkish Cypriot Cultural Festival confirms its 2024 date

Ever since its launch in 2017, the Turkish Cypriot Cultural Festival in North London has become an important annual fixture in the British Turkish social calendar. With its live music, DJs, comedy sketches, folk dancing, delicious food and drinks, craft and community group stalls, children’s face painting, funfair rides and even donkey rides, this family-friend […]

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Hackney’s Laburnum Street Turkish Food festival is back this January!

Enjoy delicious Turkish food with your family and friends at this year’s Laburnum Street Turkish Food Fair. This three-day event in East London is organised annually by Suleymaniye Mosque and attended by thousands of visitors from all backgrounds. Diners can tuck into freshly cooked, tasty Turkish food that range from kebabs to desserts such as […]

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Review: Turkish Cypriot Cultural Festival 2023 was fabulous and fun, but not without its flaws

Ersin Tatar, the President of the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus (TRNC), was among the thousands of people to enjoy this year’s Turkish Cypriot Cultural Festival on Donkey Lane, North London. After an absence of four years due to the pandemic, this family-friendly one-day festival organised by the Council of Turkish Cypriot Associations UK (CTCA) […]

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Erol Alkan joins stellar line-up for London’s Kaleidoscope Festival 2023

British Turkish Cypriot Erol Alkan has been making waves in his many creative guises, whether it be DJ, producer, label owner, club promoter, radio host or collaborator. In a career spanning decades, Alkan’s history as a champion of alternative and electronic music culture, reads “almost like mythology”. He is the shy boy who snuck out […]

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Turkish Cypriot Cultural Festival 2023: everything you need to know

This Sunday, North London will see one of its largest community events take place as the Turkish Cypriots from across the capital and beyond come together for a one-day cultural festival at Enfield Playing Fields on Donkey Lane. Around 25,000 people are expected to attend the festival, which will include live music, folk dancing, DJs, […]