Take a look at this page and check back throughout the month to see what else is happening! If you would like to submit an event to be considered for this listing, please email culture@islington.gov.uk

Free taster, Mixed Up Chorus with Together Productions

Tuesday 6 January, 6.45 – 9.00 pm
Christ Church Community Hall, 159 Highbury Grove London N5 1SA

Join the Mixed Up Chorus for a free taster session with their community choir!   

Founded in 2014, their non-auditioned community choir unites audiences and singers through a love of music.  

The choir has performed at incredible venues and events including the Southbank, at Milton Court in the Barbican, the BBC, Admiralty House, the Scoop and Union Chapel amongst others. 

Donation required if you wish to remain with the choir for the term. 

Find out more

Free Taster, Sing for Freedom with Together Productions 

Thursday 8 January, 11.45am – 1.45 pm 

Christ Church Community Hall, 159 Highbury Grove London  N5 1SA

Join the Sing for Freedom Choir for a free taster session with their community choir! The Sing for Freedom Choir is a remarkable community of torture survivors and friends across London who sing together in a spirit of joy and hope, in solidarity with all those who are oppressed. 

Find out more

Making trouble at Union Chapel

Monday 9 February, 5 – 7pm 

Union Chapel, 19B Compton Terrace, N1 2UN

Join Union Chapel for the world-premiere of a brand-new cycle of songs conceived, created, and performed by young musicians from Islington and North London.

This hour-long performance has been produced in collaboration with professional musicians from Highbury Opera Theatre, Music Education Islington and Guildhall School of Music & Drama and more and is part of Union Chapel’s Sunday School Stories Project of cross-arts, heritage-inspired, community co-produced activities. 

Free for everyone. Find out more and book  

Mrs H Sings ‘From The Top Of The Tower’ at Union Chapel

Monday 16 February, 3 – 5pm 

Union Chapel, 19B Compton Terrace, N1 2UN

An immersive music experience to kick start half-term for children up to 9 y/o and their adults, as part of Union Chapel’s Sunday School Stories Project.

Join Union Chapel for a free, time travelling, light hearted, life affirming show about helping one another inspired by Union Chapel’s 200+ year archive and legacy of supporting families from all walks of life. This one-off show features songs co-created with Year 2 students from Ambler Primary School and Children’s Centre.

Free for everyone. Find out more 

Community Art workshop with Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration

Friday 23 January, Friday 27 February, Friday 20 March, 10.30am – 12.30pm 

Church on the Corner, 64 Barnsbury Road N1 0ES 

Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration are running free creative illustration workshops at Church on the Corner for refugees, migrants and asylum seekers (adults only).  

This is an opportunity to learn new art skills with professional artists, practice English with native speakers, and make new friends in a lovely community setting.

Free snacks and hot drinks provided. If you would like to join these sessions, please e-mail community@qbcentre.org.uk 

Already Perfect at The Kings Head Theatre

Tuesday 3 – Sunday 8 February, 3pm Matinees and 7.30pm Evenings  

116P Upper Street, Islington Square, London N1 1QP 

Join The Kings Head Theatre’s membership this month for free! 

Any Islington Residents can join our N1 Membership scheme during the month of February. Any residents that join are eligible for a free ticket for any performance of Already Perfect during the first week of February! To book, email the box office boxoffice@kingsheadtheatre.com 

Already Perfect is a searing and uplifting new musical by Tony Award® winner Levi Kreis. On the eve of his Broadway show being filmed for the archives, Levi finds himself alone in his dressing room, unravelling and on the brink of ending it all.   As Levi Kreis, Killian Thomas Lefevre and Yiftach ‘Iffy’ Mizrahi transform through dozens of characters, the world of the musical expands, powered by a soaring score that moves effortlessly from gospel tambourine to tender ballad. At once brutally honest and defiantly hopeful, Already Perfect asks what it truly takes to make peace with your own story. With humour, music, and unflinching truth, it lands on a radical simplicity, there is nothing to prove: you are already perfect. 

Community Risograph Newspaper Sessions with Cubitt Artists

Saturday 7 February, Saturday 21 February, Saturday 7 March, and Saturday 21 March. All sessions are 2-4pm

8 Angel Mews, N1 9HH  

Cubitt is building on Islington’s long history of radical publishing, and we’re excited to share that we now have our very own Risograph printer! With it, we’re re-opening the Cubitt Community Press: a space to share local stories, document alternative histories, and support projects in our borough and beyond rooted in social justice.

In our final few months in our current site, we’re working towards our third iteration of our community newsletter: reflection on gentrification, community resources and what’s happening in our borough.
Over 4 hands-on sessions we’ll be making and printing the newspaper together in house at Cubitt.

No experience needed, and nothing to prepare, just come along! You can book to attend just one or all sessions, just make sure you get the correct ticket(s). 

A Party for Charles: Family friendly tour and activity at the Charles Dickens Museum

Thursday 19 and Friday 20 February, 10.30am, 12.30pm and 2.30pm

Charles Dickens Museum, 48-49 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LX

Specifically for families with children aged 5-8 years old. The event will last 1 hour, 15 minutes

£10.50 per adult/child. Before or after the event, you are welcome to explore the historic house and current exhibition. Require that in every booking you have at least one adult and one child.

Charles Dickens is having a birthday party and there’s lots to do! Find out about the food that they would serve, who is going to eat it – and play some Victorian party games Finally, use a real quill feather pen and ink to write a party invitation or plan your own party meal.

Book now, or contact the events team on events@dickensmuseum.com.