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6 September is set for the first Archway Island Street Festival. There will be something for everyone, including:

• live Latin American music
• arts and crafts workshops
• specialist food market
• bouncy castle
• face painting (what festival would be complete without it?)
• a five-a-side football tournament for 12-16 year-olds, with coaching from Arsenal community football coaches
• community stalls
• and much more!

To register a team for the five-a-side email Josi on This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or download the registration form at the bottom of this page.

The festival is taking place at Archway Close (where the Archway Tavern is), with Archway Park on St John’s Way used for the football tournament. It is being organised by Islington Council and supported by a number of partners: Arsenal FC, Budgens of Archway, Friends of Archway Market and the Better Archway Forum.

As part of the festival, a number of island/seaside themed art installations have been commissioned for the site. Nicola Shilcock, a graduate from Byam Shaw School of Art in Archway, and Mina Samangooei, a graduate from Oxford Brookes School of Architecture have been working throughout the summer to develop a number of temporary installations. All are evocative of a bygone era, such as a Victorian British seaside resort. They include a lighthouse overlooking the ‘sea of traffic’, lifebelts around the perimeter, seaside viewers and attractions, a sun deck and a head through hole photo board... see if you can spot Dick Wilmington’s cat!

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