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Events Calendar
Visit The I Love N2 Website for a local events calendar to see what's on in and around East Finchley: https://iloven2.co.uk/whats-on/
EF's Got Talent
21st April 2024:
How to take part
and event details
Following on from last year’s popular talent competition the event is again being hosted by MOBO Award winner Pat ’Have Mercy’ Leacock at the Phoenix Cinema on Sunday 21 April. East Finchley’s Got Talent celebrates the variety of incredible talent in N2.
As well as a talent competition there is also a Bake-Off competition on the theme of ‘The Silver Screen’, films shown at the Phoenix. All ages and abilities welcome to apply!
Starting at 2.0pm, local acts will be performing on the Phoenix stage. During an interval in the talent competition the bake-off winner will be announced, and cake will be on sale in the foyer with all proceeds raised going to the Phoenix Cinema charity. The second half of the talent competition will conclude with a presentation to the winner at about 4.30pm.
Audience tickets are available from the Phoenix https://www.phoenixcinema.co.uk/movie/ef-got-talent-ef-bake-off/
You can choose to pay between £2.50 - £10 with all proceeds going towards the Phoenix Cinema charity.
Have you got what it takes?
Do you have a talent that you can demonstrate on a stage in 5 minutes? Can you sing, dance, play, perform magic or do something so unique and extraordinary that you just have to share it with the
world? If so, East Finchley’s Got Talent wants to hear from you. Taking place at 2pm on Sunday 21 April at the Phoenix Cinema, East Finchley’s Got Talent celebrates the variety of incredible talent N2 has to offer.
East Finchley’s Got Talent is open to all ages and all talents.
If you think you can wow the judges and the audience with your talent, please email EFgottalent@gmail.com telling us a bit about your act and your connection to East Finchley.
Applications to participate close on Friday 5 April.
The winner of East Finchley’s Got Talent gets the opportunity to perform on the Community Stage at this year’s East Finchley Festival on 23 June in Cherry Tree Wood.
To take part in East Finchley’s Got Talent email EFgottalent@gmail.com
To take part in East Finchley Bake Off email EFtownteam@gmail.com or simply bring along a cake on the day!
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Wildlife gardening & biodiversity in HGS
A talk by Dr Stephen Head, founder of the Wildlife Gardening Forum
7pm on Monday, 29th April 2024 at St Judes. Free entry.
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Learn to Speak Spanish
Weekly sessions at the Ann Owens Centre on Oak Lane for beginners to the Spanish language. All welcome!
EFOA Winter Fair
Join East Finchley Open Artists for their Winter Fair on Friday 17th and Saturday 18th November at United Reform Church in Muswell Hill for what promises to be a wondeful event to showcase the best of our local artistic talent.
East Finchley
Christmas Tree Lighting
Join us outside Budgen's on Saturday 2nd December 2023 at 5pm for the annual Christmas tree lighting - a lovely community event with carols, hot drinks and plenty of festive cheer!
- Carols from Brookland School Choir (joined by members of East Finchley's men's football team!)
- Music from London Metropolitan Brass Band
- Performances from Fixation Academy
- Hot drinks and minced pies courtesy of Budgen's
Miel de Lucie's annual honey sale
On Sunday 10 December from 11am to 3pm at 18 Beech drive N2 9NY, Lucie Chaumeton of Miel de Lucie will be selling honey, beeswax candles, beeswax food wraps, beeswax and propolis winter salve (new for 2023), plum jam, blackberry jelly, apple honey and rosemary jelly, quince cheese, and lavender sachets. Profits will be donated to the Finchley food bank.
Visit https://mieldelucie.wixsite.com/website for more information.
East Finchley Festival
East Finchley Festival is a one-day community festival in London N2, produced for the benefit of the local community. Entry is free. The festival has existed in its current form since 1974 and will be celebrating its 50th year in 2024. For more information, please visit the East Finchley Festival website: https://www.eastfinchleyfestival.org/
Local Facebook Groups
'East Finchley Community' is a thriving Facebook group run by locals with over 10,000 members - well worth joining to keep in touch with local news and updates.
East Finchley community - a Facebook group with recommendations, links to local events and discussions. The group can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/338881330611885?locale=en_GB
Finchley's Local Community Page is a Facebook group to build up a community, where local members/ neighbours, workers or businesses,can share info on local activities, places that are family friendly, advice on schooling, places to eat, local clubs or even sell your unwanted clothes, toys etc.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1809826325926851?locale=en_GB
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