Love Tower Hamlets summer festival fun, and win VIP tickets
Music and culture fans can show how they Love Tower Hamlets this summer, with the return of celebrated festivals to our award‑winning Victoria Park, including All Points East, LIDO and In the Neighbourhood.
This year’s In the Neighbourhood programme celebrates the creativity, diversity and community spirit highlighted by the Love Tower Hamlets campaign.
All Points East festival openers and co-headliners BRIT Award-winning British icon Jorja Smith and two-time Grammy Award-winning British Nigerian star Tems will be performing on Friday 21 August.
Closing the festival season, Maribou State and a full support bill will perform on LIDO event day, on 31 August.
Other headliners including Lorde, Outbreak Fest, Tyler the Creator and Twenty-One Pilots will perform curated shows on the Vicky Park stages.
In between the two festival weekends, All Points East will once again host community festival In the Neighbourhood, in partnership with Tower Hamlets Council and the borough‑wide Love Tower Hamlets campaign. The free-to-enter community programme of weekday activities welcomes everyone, so head down to make the most of everything on offer, inviting residents and visitors to enjoy a packed programme. This includes free open-air film screenings, live music and entertainment, sports and wellbeing sessions, arts and crafts workshops, children’s theatre, plus a street food market and pop-up bars and much more!
In The Neighbourhood will take place from Monday 24 to Thursday 27 August, giving residents and visitors a chance to make the most of the last weeks of the summer holidays and enjoy a fantastic showcase of the rich and diverse culture of Tower Hamlets. It is the ideal destination for families and fun-loving individuals of all ages and backgrounds. By taking part, you’ll be joining thousands of people celebrating what makes our borough one of the most vibrant and diverse communities in the UK.
Win VIP tickets
Residents are invited to enter a prize draw for a chance to win a pair of VIP All Points East festival tickets as part of this celebration of our community's unique history and culture. A VIP ticket gives festival goers quicker admission via dedicated entrance lanes; a chance to access the main arena and an exclusive VIP Garden next to the East Stage, and much more.
This special giveaway is open only to Tower Hamlets residents as part of our Love Tower Hamlets summer celebrations.
To be in with a winning chance, submit your answer to the following question by 5pm on Tuesday 7 July (visit the Love Tower Hamlets website for clues):
Winners will be picked at random and notified after the closing date.
Tower Hamlets is one of the most diverse places in the UK, with residents speaking over how many languages?
- 10
- 130
- 250
Enter the All Points East Competition
Terms and conditions
1. Winners will picked at random and notified after the closing date.
2. One entry per household.
3. Entrants must enter on one platform only. Multiple entries will be disqualified.
4. Winners will be drawn at random and will receive a pair of VIP tickets.
5. You must give the name and email address of one of the people who will be attending.
6. Names and email addresses must be correct and cannot be changed after your ticket draw entry has been received.
7. Entrants must have a Tower Hamlets postcode.
8. Winners will be sent their tickets by email. We are unable to mail out paper tickets.
9. Unsuccessful entrants will not be contacted.
10. We are unable to exchange winner’s tickets for any other event day.
11. The ticket draw is subject to the events not being affected by cancellation.
12. A number of age restrictions apply to All Points East festival.
13. Entry into the festival will be subject to the festival terms and conditions available on the All Points East festival website
14. Tower Hamlets Council cannot take responsibility for undelivered emails.
15. Winners of any other Tower Hamlets Council All Points East Festival 2026 draw or competition will be exempted from this draw for All Points East Festival 2026 tickets.
Winners will receive a notification email from AXS Tickets
Tickets for All Points East are delivered via Mobile ID and can be accessed through the official All Points East app.
Winners will need to download the official All Points East app to access their tickets.
If you don’t have an account with All Points East already, you will need to sign up with the same email address that you used to enter the competition.
You can find more information about All Points East and how they will use your personal information on the All Points East festival website.
Mobile ID is a digital ticketing system, with tickets assigned to fans attending and will be the only customer admission method for events at All Points East 2026.
To gain entry to the festival site, winners must show their tickets via the All Points East app.
Posted on Monday 16th June 2025