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East in Angel – a special celebration in Islington

Some special Korean and Japanese festivities at Angel Central this week, in part I think to mark the opening of the new Pelicana outlet. Look out for LKL’s friends from the Korean Pantry, who should be there during the day (10am – 4pm) on Saturday with kimchi, spicy Korean sauces and teas from Boseong.

East in Angel

Date: Monday 16 May - Sunday 22 May 2022
Venue:
Angel Central | 21 Parkfield Street | Islington | London N1 0PS |

Tickets: Free | More details here
East in Angle poster

In celebration of the best of Korean and Japanese culture, the East in Angel festival brings together the centre’s East Asian brands. All with a curated line-up of K-Beauty make up events and pop-up shop, community markets, fresh Japanese and Korean food sampling and offers, and kids lanterns and origami crafting sessions.

Monday 16 – Friday 20 May

It’s happy hour! Pelicana is offering 2-4-1 Korean cocktails and mocktails, from Lychee Love to Gangnam Mojito.

Available from 4-6pm.

Billed as “the original Korean fried chicken”, Pelicana is offering 50% off it’s classic Boneless and Peli Wing chicken with a choice of their signature sauces.

Thursday 19 – Sunday 22 May

Keep your Korean fried chicken fix going, and enjoy a complimentary Peroni Nastro Azzuro 0.0 with your Pelicana lunch time meal.

Thursday 19 – Sunday 22 May

Shop some of Korea’s best skincare and beauty buys at our K-Beauty pop-up shop, featuring over 10 different cruelty-free brands.

Thursday-Saturday 10am-8pm.
Sunday 12-5pm.

Thursday 19 – Friday 20 May

K-Beauty make-up artist Lan Nguyen-Grealis of the popular Instagram account @lanslondon will be hosting a meet and greet at the K-Beauty pop-up shop, dishing out tips and tricks of the trade.

2-6pm. Free of charge, no booking required.

Thursday 19 May

Woosung
Korean-American musician Woosung brings his ‘Moth EP Showcase Tour’ to Angel Central at the O2 Academy Islington.

More details here

Friday 20 – Saturday 21 May

Muji will be hosting their very own in-store Community Market, featuring local and independent traders, as well as a Japanese sweet maker.

Friday 20 May

Wagamama will be taking over the piazza with free Asian food sampling, inspired by the flavours of Japan.

Free of charge, while stocks last.

Saturday 21 May

Join Little Angel Theatre’s creative kids craft area on the piazza and make a treat to take home! Try your hand at making funky origami snapping creatures, or build and decorate your own beautiful paper lanterns.

Ideal for children aged 3-8.

10am-4pm. Free of charge, no booking required.

Sunday 22 May

Learn the ancient Japanese art of paper-folding! Muji will be hosting their own drop-in kids origami craft sessions.

10am-12pm. Free of charge, no booking required.

Friday 27 May 11pm – 3am: K-Pop Party

O2 Academy Islington | 16 Parkfield Street | London N1 0PS | Tickets £8 – £10.30 via Eventbrite

Islington K-pop Party

Come and Immerse yourself in Korean culture with DJs playing K-Pop, K-Hop, K-Trap and more.

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