Highlights of events happening from Sunday 11 April - Sunday 18 April include:

DJ competition
16 April
Young DJs have the opportunity to show their talent with judges from the music business including Choice FM's DJ 279. Young people who wish to participate should send demo tapes to the Vince Hines Foundation, or to:
The Festival Office
Rm 230
Hammersmith Town Hall

Guided Walk: Artists, Painters & Personalities
14 April
Meet outside West Kensington Tube Station
6.30pm-8pm
Free
An alternative guided walk looking at some of the famous names who've lived in the area. We'll pass the Beatles' Staircase, Holst's Music Room (The Planets), the Stranglers and the Jam at the Red Cow, and end up at a Dick Turpin Pub - just five minutes from Hammersmith tube.
Led by blue badge guide Simon Rodway.

The Big Gig



14 April
@ West One Four
8pm
£5 Performances from unsigned bands with comments from a 'Pop Idol' style panel and a final vote from members of the audience.
Local bands are invited to apply to perform - email us at: BigGig@lbhf.gov.uk or call the festival hotline on 020 8753 6567

Community Spirit



17 April
@ Kings Mall
11.00-4.00pm
Free
This is an opportunity to see the work of the community groups which contribute so much to the life of the borough, together with street theatre, performance and music.

Memories of a Golden City: Baghdad



Visits by appointment
@ a y a g a l l e r y
Free
By the Iraqi Artist Sadik Alfraji


Performer's Workshop
15 April
@ Hammersmith Town Hall
10:30am to 5:00pm workshop
7:30pm performance
Free
Ninia Benjamin from BBC TV series 3 Non-Blondes and Geoff Schumann hold a workshop for aspiring young musicians, comedians and poets