ParaPride proudly showcases disability talent with a spectacular line-up; a Panel discussion and a community.

Hackney Night Shelter’s legendary comedy benefit night returns to the Hackney Empire.

A free monthly Italian conversation club for learners, experienced and native speakers.

Join our resident comic artists to draw and create comics this half term.

A Rio Feminist Film Programming Group x Women’s History Month East London 2026 special for mother’s day!

Swallow’s Wings Puppetry presents the infamous character of Anansi in this vibrant endearing tale. Free! Booking essential.

New TV writing workshop for anyone who loves TV and is curious about the process! The session can help you strengthen your ideas, help you write a script and is a great opportunity to meet like minded people.

A free creative workshop for young and Black global majority women .

For International Women’s Day, Bitches in Stitches returns to Hoxton Cabin with their biggest lineup to date.

Join WO5FF for tea and cake followed by a selection of excellent short films under the theme ‘Radical Leaps One Step at a Time’. At The Round Chapel Old School Room as part of the brilliant All-Ages Thursday project.

A moving new film commissioned by the Hackney Society to bring to life eleven women from Hackney's past. Followed by Q&A

Join Shoreditch Town Hall on their IWD history tour. Featuring the stories of suffragette Sylvia Pankhurst, women’s rights advocate Helen Taylor, Shoreditch's first woman mayor Henrietta Girling OBE and more.

Join Women of Colour Cycling Collective for a bike ride and free sauna event on International Women’s Day for women, trans & non-binary folks from global majority backgrounds.

Make a mobile inspired by Pioneering Women in Astronomy with our Stamford Hill Library Artists in Residence

A free creative workshop for young and Black global majority women .

Meet with industry experts, connect with alums from organisations like KPMG, IMG and TikTok, and discover more about our East London 100% scholarship scheme for local residents.

Join us for the launch of the Imagination Library in Hackney this World Book Day!

An interactive multimedia performance exploring asylum, media and democracy, rooted in the belief that the migration “crisis” is not a crisis of people but of the stories told about them. Filmed testimonies of Syrian refugee women intertwine with music, movement, poetry and humour, reimagining Aeschylus’ Suppliants for today.

An interactive multimedia performance exploring asylum, media and democracy, rooted in the belief that the migration “crisis” is not a crisis of people but of the stories told about them. Filmed testimonies of Syrian refugee women intertwine with music, movement, poetry and humour, reimagining Aeschylus’ Suppliants for today.

Are you aged 18 - 30? Fancy making some new wave performance and poncing about in East London with a bunch of new pals?

A free screening of Frederick Wiseman’s incredible documentary, Ex Libris: The New York Public Library at Homerton Library.

A guided walk through Dalston’s queer history, honouring iconic venues, lost spaces, and community stories in East London. Hosted and written by Dan De La Motte and Lil Warren

We made a film! Back in September we challenged the queer community in Hackney to film themselves, and we made a film of it. This is the film.

A guided walk through Dalston’s queer history, honouring iconic venues, lost spaces, and community stories in East London. Hosted and written by Dan De La Motte and Lil Warren

Share songs and stories with your friendly local librarian!

Bitches in Stitches London's first show of 2026 is all about love. This stand-up comedy night is our Valentine to all our girls, gays, theys and allies.

Join us for an immersive family reading session that proves some stories never grow old.