Hackney History Festival

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01/08/2026

Loved this music in Dalston today.. The sound of summer!

10/06/2026

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06/06/2026

🎉 We’re back in 2027!

Save the dates for Hackney History Festival 2027 and get ready for another inspiring programme of talks, walks, exhibitions, workshops, and community events celebrating Hackney’s rich history.

🗓️ May 2027!

More details coming soon—until then, add these dates to your diary and stay tuned!

04/06/2026

This May, Hackney told its own story.

113 events across the borough.
43 talks
22 walks
29 guided tours
5 film screenings
3 musical events ·

About 2000 people who showed up.
Thank you to every speaker, every walker, every historian, every archivist, every volunteer — and everyone who came, brought a friend, asked a question, or simply listened💚

Hackney’s history belongs to all of us. You proved it this May.

See you in 2027🙌

04/06/2026

Introducing documentary filmmaker Barney Snow, who’s been coming to Hackney since the 1970s and is now a Hackney History Festival collaborator, creating amazing work in collaboration with Janet Chapman, festival Chair.



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01/06/2026

Winstan Whitter talks about being a community-minded filmmaker and his film “Save Our Heritage”about saving the historic Four Aces Club in Dalston.



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31/05/2026

This Sunday is the last day of Hackney History Festival 2026. Here’s how to spend it.

🚶 11am — Walk Hackney Marshes with a WW1 historian, tracing the story of Leyton Orient’s players who went to war. Clapton’s Orient heritage trail

🎻 12pm — Live cello at Sutton House. Thomas Tallis, 17th-century Mary Dering, Scottish Pibroch. Then make a collage of Hackney’s buildings to take home. Free, drop in.

🎨 2pm — Sketching, graffiti rubbing and cyanotype at St Augustine’s Tower — Hackney’s oldest building. Free, just turn up.

🎬 2pm — Women from Hackney’s History at the Rio Cinema. A film about 11 women from 1670 to the 20th century — including Clara Ludski, who founded the very cinema where it screens. Followed by a live panel.

One last Sunday. Make it count.

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29/05/2026

Introducing Winstan Whitter ( ): Hackney-based filmmaker, skateboarder, lightworker, and collaborator of the Hackney History Festival.

I had the pleasure of interviewing Winstan after the screening of a few of his films at the Rio Cinema last week.

Stick around to learn more about the ways in which growing up in Hackney has shaped his filmmaking practice.

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29/05/2026

FINAL WEEKEND of Hackney History Festival ✨

What a legendary run this has been. The energy, the stories, the atmosphere — absolutely unforgettable.

This is your last chance to experience it before it’s over. Tickets are going fast, so don’t wait until everything’s sold out.

See you this weekend for the grand finale✌️