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Event Information:
On
23rd May , it was announced that
for Radio 1 would be replacing
the Big Weekend with a 'Hackney
Weekend' to form part of the London
Festival, in the build up to
the Olympics. The festival will
take place on the Hackney Marshes on
23 and 24 June . Florence and
The Machine were initially announced
as playing on Saturday 23rd, but a
double booking at another European
festival meant that they were moved
to the bill for Sunday 24th. The
Ting Tings were initially announced
as to be playing on Saturday 23rd,
but due to logistical reasons beyond
their control they have had to pull
out.
Hackney Marshes is an area of
grassland on the western bank of the
River Lea in the London Borough of
Hackney. It was incorporated into
the Lee Valley Park in 1967. It was
originally a true marsh, but was
extensively drained from Medieval
times, and rubble was dumped here
from buildings damaged by air raids
during World War II.
The
principal area of the marsh lies
below Lea Bridge Road between the
Old River Lea, and the Hackney Cut –
an artificial channel of the Lee
Navigation, dug about 1770, to avoid
a loop in the natural watercourse.
The southern extent is marked by the
A12; although the industrial land
around Hackney Wick Stadium was
originally an extension of the
marsh; now to form a part of the
Olympic Park for the Summer
Olympics.
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