Just when you thought the summer festival season was fully done, this Saturday, 27th Sept, Transmissions From Hackney is back to unite the neighbourhood’s top nightlife destinations with a solid 16-hours of music and dancefloor revelry.

From lunchtime until the early hours of Sunday morning, you’ll hear the deeper, trippier strains of techno and house played by the likes of Kia, Paquita Gordon, Skee Mask and loads more artists across all the rooms and outdoor spaces of Colour Factory, Crate, No.90, Grow and All My Friends. 

The event comes to you from the promotions crew behind the acclaimed Transmission parties regularly held at Canning Town’s FOLD venue, so expect clued-up clubbers and party-hardy souls to bring the energy to the area, just as the student population descends for a fresh term, too.

More local music & nightlife events to check out below 👇🏼

📌 Public art trail The Line is ten years old this year, and pioneering minimalist sculptor Rasheed Araeen turns 90, so their collaboration on Untitled - The Line, the latest addition to the trail which The Wick team went to see unveiled last night, feels particularly timely. You’ll find it beside the River Lea over in Bow, plus there’s a free installation, Rasheed Araeen’s Reading Room, running daily at The House Mill in E3 from 26th - 28th Sept, where visitors have access to key publications from Araeen’s long career, with The Line’s Youth Guides on hand to introduce his texts, curatorial projects and activism.

👕 Support local small businesses and explore 40+ traders selling plants, ceramics and vintage, bakery goods, candles, vintage and everything in between at the return of The Big Market at Riverside East on Sat 27th Sept.

🎶 It’s the final seasonal evening to catch free al fresco live music tomorrow, Thurs 25th Sept at both Stratford Cross Sunset Sounds and also at Here East Canalside for Summer By The Canal featuring guitar music from The Spanish Quartet.

🎭 Hackney Wick-based French-Algerian actor and playwright, Amine Salmi, brings his new play, Kill The Dinosaur to the stage this month. It’s a surrealist dark comedy about fractured relationships, the lies we tell ourselves, and the search for meaning in the void, as told through a Groundhog Day-style time loop where every morning at the bus stop, an old man dies. Catch it at The Courtyard Theatre in Hoxton 30^th Sept – 5^th Oct.

🖼️ Hand made to measure frames are the thing at Happenstance Framing Studio, which celebrates its grand opening at The Trampery Fish Island Village this Fri 26th & Sat 27th Sept with drinks, frames and fun for families. The first 26 customers on Friday will receive a free frame of their choice, and look out for surprise activities for kids on Saturday, too.

🎶 It’s the official launch party for the brand new Faithless LP Champion Sound on Thurs 25th Sept at No90 Hideout, with DJ sets from Sister Bliss and producer Jem Haynes.

🎤 Viral rap sensation Cortisa Star gets on on headline duties for Hypoxia at Colour Factory on Fri 26th Sept.

💃🏼 Celebrate the end of summer with Conjunto Sabroso at the latest KULA Collective party, bringing live salsa, Latin rhythms, and vibrant DJ sets to Grow on Fri 26th Sept. 

🍺 Grab a pint of the Alpacalypse Session IPA at Hackney Bridge on Sat 27th Sept, then swing by the locker-style Thread Shed to unlock one of four epic prizes from customisable merch to a free pint - every locker’s a winner.

🍺 Oktoberfest continues at the Beer Merchants Tap (run to 5th Oct) with a full range of Festbiers from Germany and beyond. Expect Paulaner, Spaten, Geisinger, Hofbrau and Lowenbrau just for starters. Then there’ll be classic German food and snacks, and oompah tunes pumpin' in our decked out beer hall.

🗣️ Future Talks: Dangerous Ideas to shape the Creative Economy is the next edition of Here East’s Future Talks series, which aims to uncover bold new thinking on the future of the creative economy. It takes place next Tues 30th Sept.

🔮 Head to Omega Hub this Fri 26th Sept for a healing session including Cacao ceremony, breathwork, sound bath, gong, Tibetan singing bowls, shamanic, crystal Reiki and 5D healing and more.

👖 QueerSwap x Sustainable Fashion Week brings workshops, a flea market, sip and stick social and masses more to Hackney Bridge on Sun 28th Sept.

🚧 Groundwork delays as part of the Hackney Yards development on White Post Lane have postponed the reopening of the footway with installation of a new gantry. While these works continue, the project team is exploring options to keep the footpath accessible for longer hours.

🗣️ Plot Studio and Upstarter are running a research project into how current forms of investment work, or do not work for creative businesses. Hopeful Finance is a 4-min survey that asks you a few simple questions and in return you’ll be sent a cheat sheet on different types of finance.

💁🏼‍♂️ Selby Ventures is a business growth programme built to help founders, freelancers, and small business owners turn great ideas into thriving ventures. Whether you're just starting out or ready to grow, Selby’s expert-led support is designed for ambitious entrepreneurs working from co-working and community spaces across London. They have a series of workshops coming up, plus 1:1 consultancy, too.

Their plucky recent FA Cup run may just have come to an end, but Hackney Wick FC is still a juggernaut of non-league footballing aspiration and success. Indulge yourself in this 1.5 hour deep dive into the the amazing story behind the club, the challenges of breaking through as newcomers in the established footballing order, and loads of stories from the early years in this episode of the PLVYMVKERS podcast.