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For the third year running All Saints Church in Edmonton will be hosting the Lamb Festival, celebrating local literary celebrities Charles and Mary Lamb.

The Festival will run from Saturday 18th June to Friday 24th June, starting with a Fair on the Saturday afternoon.  Other highlights will include the young performers from Iconic Arts, jewellery making with Zinfinity, a guided walk with Joe Studman, the Carers UK poetry evening, and music from the Tottenham Community Choir, and Jacquelyn Hynes and J. Eoin.

Local MP Kate Osamor will be giving the second Mary Lamb Lecture, "On Needlework 2016".

Festival events

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Saturday 18th June 12-5pm

Lamb Festival Fair.

with Iconic Arts performing at 3pm.
and guided walk with Joe Studman leaving at 4.30pm.

Saturday 18th June 7.30pm

Mary Lamb Lecture, given by Kate Osamor MP.

Sunday 19th June 4pm

A Service of Thanksgiving for Charles and Mary Lamb.

Wednesday 22nd June 1pm

Organ Recital with Mr Simon Catt.

Thursday 23rd June 7.30pm

Carers’ UK Poetry Evening.

Friday 24th June 7-9pm

Festival Prize-Giving and Celebration Concert

with the Tottenham Community Choir, Jacquelyn Hynes and J Eion.

Photography and essay competitions

As before, there will be essay and photography competitions in the run up to the Festival, with winners being announced on the Sunday.  Both competitions will have three categories:

The subjects for photographs are All's Well that Ends Well and/or The Tempest

The subjects for essays are The Old and the New Schoolteacher and/or The Child Angel:  A Dream.

For both competitions the prize in each category is £100.

For more information and entry forms visit allsaintsedmonton.org.uk/lamb-festival.html.

To see the latest information about the festival and to see photographs from last year's Lamb Festival, see the website and Facebook page.

 

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