Modern Cockney Festival 2024

The Modern Cockney Festival Calendar

Friday March 1st (11am-3pm)-Cockney Day, Museum of Docklands

Sunday March 3rd (All day)-Speak Cockney Day-DIY celebrations on social media

Tuesday March 5th (5:30pm-7pm)-Inspiring Women-live event-The Hickman Building, Whitechapel, E1 1EW

Wednesday March 6th (12 noon)-‘Is Cockney dying or evolving?’-online discussion visiting the archives of the British Library + guests

Friday March 8th (3pm)-‘Avin a larf-is there such a thing as Cockney humour?’-online event with Arthur Smith comedian, musicologist Tom Carradine, Yiddish performer Vivi Lachs, and comedy expert Dr. Mary Irwin

Tuesday March 12th (6pm) – ‘A Celebration of Pie ‘N’ Mash Culture’ – Online event discussing the history, poetry and humour of Pie ‘n’ Mash

Friday March 15th (12 noon) – ‘How do you create a TV comedy series set in a Pie ‘n’ Mash shop?’ – Online event with TV star and Pie ‘n’ Mash shop owner Emma Cooke

Saturday-16th March 2024-12noon-5pm-Art Workshop at Whitechapel Gallery

Thursday 21st March 2024-Tour 1-12noon-2:30pm-Tour 2-6pm-8:30pm-Ruby Murray Tour of Brick Lane

Friday 22 March 2024-12noon-How Being Cockney Can Make You Healthier25 March 2024-12noon-Are the Working Classes Revolting?

25 March 2024-12noon-Are the Working Classes Revolting?

26 March 2024-6pm-7pm-Black Cockneys’ 300-Year-Old-Story

28 March 2024-7pm-9pm-London’s Street Markets Past and Future