The Barbican, Create London and the London Legacy Development Corporation present Open East Festival – a weekend of music food, theatre, family fun and much more.

 Open East Festival will be taking place in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on 27 and 28 July 2013 to mark the first anniversary of the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

The north area of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park will open up to thousands of people for a packed weekend of entertainment and activity, art and food, programmed by the Barbican and Create London.

Ticket holders will discover a host of international acts on the main music stage, featuring Toots and the Maytals, The Waterboys, Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 and a supergroup of Malian artists including celebrated duo Amadou and Mariam, Vieux Farka Touré and Fatoumata Diawara assembled by Cheick Tidian Seck.

Meanwhile on the Caught by the River Stage catch live musical performances by DJ Don Letts, Wire, Stealing Sheep and The Rockingbirds.

Visitors will be able to sample the flavours of the world at 70 stalls of London's best street food sellers and food producers that make up the Real Food Festival, join in a communal feast on the bridge over the River Lea set against the vista of the stadium and the Orbit, sample beers from local breweries from within a 10 mile radius of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park at the Ten Mile Beer Festival or simply take time out for a quiet picnic on the banks of the River Lea.

Open East Festival celebrates the first anniversary of the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games and the first phase of the Park opening.

There will be a number of Games related performances as audiences remember the great summer of sport and culture. The Pandemonium Drummers and BMX riders from the London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony will make an appearance as will the Opening Ceremony ‘Thanks Tim’ choreographer Kenrick ‘H2O’ Sandy and members of Boy Blue Entertainment. Graeae present Ted Hughes’ The Iron Man Directed by Jenny Sealey, the Paralympic Games Opening Ceremony Co-Directorthis classic modern fable features a colossal iron puppet taller than a double-decker bus.

The best local talent will also feature with leading east London artists and organisations taking part in the day’s activities, including Theatre Royal Stratford East, Barbican Drum Works, LSO Discovery and local bands from Continental Drifts. Ida Barr – the “old time Music Hall turned rap superstar” character of Christopher Green, will lead a mass, inter-generational sing-a-long with friends from the east London community and Rebecca Davies will host bespoke East End mass bingo games around her Beau Belles Ice Cream Van produced by Artsadmin.

Also produced by Artsadmin is Handbag, Geraldine Pilgrim’s celebratory dance performance which features great music, dancing and handbags and will animate the areas on the riverbanks, where you can hop onboard the Floating Cinema.

Art lovers will also get the chance to unearth a future masterpiece at the Art Car Boot Fair and discover hidden treasures at the Urban Bazaar, an art and design community, showcasing the best in UK made, sustainable, up-cycled, vintage and contemporary design featuring Alex Noble.

27 & 28 July

Open 1.30pm

Spectacular finale 9.30pm

Close 10pm