Friday Evening Events

Friday Evening Events are free, sociable and fun gatherings in a friendly environment.

Events are held every Friday at St Mary’s Community Centre, Upper Street, Islington N1 2TX (next to St Mary’s Church) from 6.30pm to 9.00pm. Click here for a map and directions. We are here every single Friday of the year, which in 2009 included Christmas Day and in 2010 New Year’s Eve.

Refreshments are provided – tea, coffee and fruit juice from 6.30pm, followed by a nutritious buffet at 7.00pm. All refreshments are free of charge.

At 7.30pm there is a presentation, workshop or activity – it could be a talk on local history, tips on health and wellbeing, a philosophy mini-seminar, a lecture on astrophysics or Latin American dancing! We’re sure you’ll find something of interest in our programme. If you just want to come along to meet new people and socialise, that’s fine too.

SLT has been running Friday Evening Events for over ten years, and in June 2012 we will be celebrating our 5ooth Friday!

As with all SLT events, anyone is welcome to attend (you don’t have to be an Islington resident). Just come along and check us out!

Poet and comedian John Hegley entertains at a Friday Evening Event (photo by Philip Wilson)

Puppeteer Ronnie Le Drew brings along some friends from his long career in TV, film and theatre

Our regular classical music presenter Ken Baldry

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