Camden clean air initiative
Wednesday 20th April 7.00 pm
10A South Grove N6 6BS (and on Zoom)
Georgina McGivern from the Camden clean air initiative and Marc Ottoloni from Airlabs talking about the installation of 250 of the world’s first highly dense air quality sensors, Airnode, across the borough. Entry free. Full details here.
Do come along to meet your neighbours, enjoy a good cup of coffee and find out what is happening in Highgate.
The planning committee often have someone on hand to answer planning queries.
THIS EVENT WILL BE HELD IN THE AUTUMN.
No One Day Like Another …
Wednesday 27th April 7.00 for 7.30 pm
10A South Grove N6 6BS
Katherine Ives, Director of Lauderdale House will provide some insights into its journey from a ‘down at heel’ shabby building hiding its heritage, to the sparkling and beautiful house it is today. More details here.
Do come along to meet your neighbours, enjoy a good cup of coffee and find out what is happening in Highgate.
The planning committee often have someone on hand to answer planning queries.
Saturday 30 April, 2.30 to 4.00 pm when the group will do some more weeding and trimming in the flower beds around the public toilets. Volunteers welcome. We will have some tools but please bring your own protective gloves and, if you have them, secateurs and a fork (large or small). We will give a safety briefing at the start and supply water. Email: infrastructure@
Do come along to meet your neighbours, enjoy a good cup of coffee and find out what is happening in Highgate.
The planning committee often have someone on hand to answer planning queries.
Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of the Highgate Society will take place on Wednesday 11th May at 7.00 pm at the Jackson’s Lane Arts Centre. The guest speaker will be the author and journalist Hunter Davies.
For details:
https://mcusercontent.com/2985557cc2df15c446f059bef/files/09a3cf18-c103-30a8-96db-6f1a2bf1069b/AGM_poster_draft_for_final_approval_334680_.pdf
Nikki Yeoh is a creative free spirit who, although deeply rooted in the language of improvisation, is open to a range of music that leans as much to populism as it does high art.
Since her emergence on the British jazz scene in the mid-90s, pianist Nikki Yeoh has proved to be an improviser, composer and all-round adventurer who has continually sought to broaden her musical horizons.
Accomplished soloist as she is, Nikki has also excelled as a composer; this is borne out by the number of very significant commissions. Among the most notable recent works is her Suite Of Seven Tunes based on the seven deadly sins, for the internationally renowned reeds virtuoso, John Sunman. River Spirit, which was written for The Oxford New College Boys Choir following a commission from Oxford Contemporary Music.
Yeoh’s output to date reflects an irrepressible spirit of curiosity that has taken her into areas far and wide, be it gigs with cutting edge jazz musicians such as Steve Williamson and Courtney Pine, soul stars like Jean Carne and Roy Ayers, or the fiercely original hip-hop group The Roots. Regardless of the setting Yeoh always shows the same degree of dynamism and responsiveness, qualities that she has developed through both her personal research of the history of music and extensive travels in Latin America, India, the Far East and Europe.
Do come along to meet your neighbours, enjoy a good cup of coffee and find out what is happening in Highgate.
The planning committee often have someone on hand to answer planning queries.
Take a break on a Tuesday lunchtime and enjoy 45 minutes of gorgeous classical music performed live by our resident musicians upstairs in the beautiful Long Gallery overlooking Waterlow Park.
Stephen Hose trained at the Royal Academy of Music where he held a Vaughan Williams scholarship. He has specialised in chamber music and has worked extensively as a Musical Director, conductor and pianist in London and regional theatre, in addition to appearances in France, Sweden, Ireland, and Germany.
The Merry Mug Quiz returns
Tuesday 17th May 7.40 for 8.00 pm.
HLSI 11 South Grove N6 6BS
Entrance free. Booking not necessary.
After a gap of two years due to the pandemic, the annual battle of wits between the Highgate Society and HLSI returns, compered by John Plews. For a full description see the Spring 2022 issue of Buzz.
Renowned for his melodic and warmly lyrical trumpet playing, Chris Batchelor has been composing music for almost as long as he’s been performing. Winner of the prestigious Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award for Composers and a BBC Jazz Award, this new ensemble sees Batchelor further honing and distilling the approach he established in his writing for the influential groups Loose Tubes and Big Air.
Batchelor’s distinctive compositions for Zoetic are the outcome of his long lasting immersion in a wide range of music in London’s varied scene, from East African guitar band grooves to echoes of wistful European folk themes and sinuous lines reminiscent of Arabic music.
Zoetic is an exceptional combination of musicians who have played together for years in many other settings. Guitarist John Parricelli and bassist Steve Watts were fellow members of Loose Tubes, for which Batchelor was a key composer and soloist. The addition of violist Margrit Hasler and percussionist Paul Clarvis results in a unique and intriguing collective sound, rich in textural possibilities.
Do come along to meet your neighbours, enjoy a good cup of coffee and find out what is happening in Highgate.
The planning committee often have someone on hand to answer planning queries.
Sunday lunchtime concert: Viennese café music
Sunday 22nd May 12 noon.
Tickets £15, including a glass of Buck’s Fizz
Joanna Ly (violin) and Martin Andre (piano) will play music by Dvorak, Mendelssohn and Fritz Kreisler.
Booking through Eventbrite – click here
Waterlow Park Trust AGM
6:30pm for 7pm Monday 23rd May at Lauderdale House
A Zero Carbon Park? But what might this mean?
The Waterlow Park Trust Advisory Group will explain its role in giving local stakeholders a role in governance, policy and operational oversight in Waterlow Park.
The Trust strategy will be presented and your input sought, especially in relation to one of the objectives which is to develop what it means to be a ‘zero carbon park’ and how such an objective might be achieved.
To find out more about the Trust and the work of the Advisory Group please visit www.waterlowparktrust.org.uk
Embodied carbon:
The hidden emissions impact of your building works
Wednesday 25th May 7.00 pm
10A south Grove N6 6BS and on Zoom
Presentations by Elspeth Clements and Dermot Barnes
Full details here
Free event but please booked your place:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/embodied-carbon-the-hidden-emissions-impact-of-your-building-works-tickets-301564175567
Do come along to meet your neighbours, enjoy a good cup of coffee and find out what is happening in Highgate.
The planning committee often have someone on hand to answer planning queries.
Do come along to meet your neighbours, enjoy a good cup of coffee and find out what is happening in Highgate.
The planning committee often have someone on hand to answer planning queries.
The Blue Town Trio features emerging London-based talent Zoe Francis on vocals, multi-award winning Jim Mullen on guitar (Morrissey Mullen, Terry Callier, Mose Alison, Georgie Fame, Gene Harris), and the incomparable Ross Stanley on Hammond organ.
It’s a cracking repertoire of classic standards with fresh arrangements. Songs including “Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most”, “Too Late Now”, “Skylark”, “Who Can I Turn To”, “Midnight Sun”, “Nature Boy”, “Daydream”, “My One and Only Love”, “In a Sentimental Mood”, “Cinema Paradiso” and many more. Zoe’s love of a great lyric and beautiful voice set against the rich layers of sound from Ross’s Hammond and Jim’s melodic blues lines make this trio sound like a mini orchestra – not to be missed!
“Something a bit special is going on when this artist takes the stage…a classy poised singer” – London Jazz News on Zoe Francis
“Zoe communicates a love and understanding of the classic American Songbook with the lightest of touches, her choice of not-quite forgotten songs is canny too” – Dave Gelly (The Observer)
There will be dozens of colourful stalls lining the Square and South Grove selling an
exciting range of world food, crafts, plants, books and clothes. The vast majority of
stalls are run by local charities, societies and businesses and The Fair gives them an
ideal showcase to the thousands of visitors who typically flock to Highgate on the
day. Visitor feedback reveals many people value the opportunity to explore the
range of local activities to get involved in – from volunteering to the arts, beekeeping,
horticulture or sports.
Do come along to meet your neighbours, enjoy a good cup of coffee and find out what is happening in Highgate.
The planning committee often have someone on hand to answer planning queries.
On the last day of the Highgate Festival…..
To buy you ticket: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sunday-lunchtime-concert-the-reliables-jazz-group-tickets-341701567587?utm_campaign=post_publish&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eventbrite&utm_content=shortLinkNewEmail
Do come along to meet your neighbours, enjoy a good cup of coffee and find out what is happening in Highgate.
The planning committee often have someone on hand to answer planning queries.
Do come along to meet your neighbours, enjoy a good cup of coffee and find out what is happening in Highgate.
The planning committee often have someone on hand to answer planning queries.
Do come along to meet your neighbours, enjoy a good cup of coffee and find out what is happening in Highgate.
The planning committee often have someone on hand to answer planning queries.
Do come along to meet your neighbours, enjoy a good cup of coffee and find out what is happening in Highgate.
The planning committee often have someone on hand to answer planning queries.
Do come along to meet your neighbours, enjoy a good cup of coffee and find out what is happening in Highgate.
The planning committee often have someone on hand to answer planning queries.
Do come along to meet your neighbours, enjoy a good cup of coffee and find out what is happening in Highgate.
The planning committee often have someone on hand to answer planning queries.
Do come along to meet your neighbours, enjoy a good cup of coffee and find out what is happening in Highgate.
The planning committee often have someone on hand to answer planning queries.
Jazz maestro and trumpeter Jay Phelps brings a fresh new band to Lauderdale house featuring music from his upcoming album ‘The Now’.
Prepare for grooves and gusto from a quartet consisting of the crème de la crème in London’s new Jazz scene. Starring Jay Phelps on the trumpet, Tom Ford on guitar, Menelik Claffey on bass, and Harry Ling on drums.
Bring your friends and family along, pack yourselves a picnic and come join us for an evening of musical splendour.
For more information and tickets, please visit our website!
Do come along to meet your neighbours, enjoy a good cup of coffee and find out what is happening in Highgate.
The planning committee often have someone on hand to answer planning queries.
The Tootsie Rollers, London’s original retro girlband, fuse old-school classics with contemporary hits.
The Tootsies have taken their unique sound all over the world and played everywhere from royal palaces to music festivals. They count Colin Firth, Richard Branson and HRH Prince Charles amongst their celebrity followers.
Their charity single ‘Walk the Walk’, in aid of breast cancer awareness, shot to number one in the jazz charts, marking their proudest moment to date.
The Tootsie Rollers can’t wait to bring vintage bang up to date at Lauderdale House. Grab yourself a picnic, a glass of prosecco and come roll with The Tootsies!
Do come along to meet your neighbours, enjoy a good cup of coffee and find out what is happening in Highgate.
The planning committee often have someone on hand to answer planning queries.
You are cordially invited to the last instalment of our open-air festival this summer on our sun-soaked tea lawn!
Lauderdale’s resident cabaret artiste, Tim McArthur, will lead you in a gallop through all your favourite songs from a great selection of iconic shows along with the wonderful Abigail Carter-Simpson and Musical Director Aaron Clingham.
If you don’t want to sing then come for the fun and ‘actalong’ to great classics such as Hakuna Matata, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Doe A Deer and more!
Pack yourselves a picnic, bring your friends and family and come join us for a wildly fun evening!
Do come along to meet your neighbours, enjoy a good cup of coffee and find out what is happening in Highgate.
The planning committee often have someone on hand to answer planning queries.
Do come along to meet your neighbours, enjoy a good cup of coffee and find out what is happening in Highgate.
The planning committee often have someone on hand to answer planning queries.
Daisy is doing her best to keep her chin up and her head down – but as the first anniversary of her mum’s death approaches she begins to realise grief isnʼt something she can put aside indefinitely, and whether she’s willing to admit it or not, things aren’t fine.
From the silly to the sublime to the scary to the ridiculous, Daisy wrestles (sometimes literally) with her grief – Ian, a 6-foot invisible bald guy with a lot of luggage – eventually discovering that by letting him into her world she is able to reconnect with the memory of her mother.
Combining physical comedy with striking aerial acrobatics and an original, constantly moving aerial set, the debut live show from She Said Jump draws on theatre clown, circus and puppetry to tackle the themes of grief and bereavement with a light and playful touch.
Suitable for ages 8+
Do come along to meet your neighbours, enjoy a good cup of coffee and find out what is happening in Highgate.
The planning committee often have someone on hand to answer planning queries.
Children’s Drawing & Painting Classes
Our children’s art classes run on a termly basis, providing children aged 5-8 with an introduction to the basics of drawing and painting.
Each week children will build on their skills learnt in previous weeks, developing their confidence and ability.
Taught by experienced, supportive, and friendly teacher Aynur Erdal, this class is the perfect opportunity to introduce your child to the world of art.
We welcome any students wishing to join after the beginning of the term and charge a pro rata rate of £17.50 per class until the end of the term. Please contact the office on 020 8348 8716 to book or if you have any queries about the class.
You are also welcome to book an initial trial class at £17.50 ahead of booking the whole term- please call on 020 8348 8716, and we will be happy to help.