{"title": "Writeidea Festival 2026", "start": "2026-11-20T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-22T00:00:00Z", "place": "Bethnal Green Library", "address": "Cambridge Heath Road, E2 0HL London", "price": "FREE", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["literature"], "description": "Writeidea Festival 2026 is a festival of events with authors, running over three days in November at the Tower Hamlets Town Hall in Whitechapel. Its programme features award-winning writer and comedian Deborah Frances-White, legendary music director Tim Pope, performer and broadcaster Cally Beaton, award-winning author and historian Tharik Hussain, and BAFTA-winning filmmaker Dean Atta, among many more. 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It features a lineup of acts such as Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, Mandy, Indiana, Working Men's Club, DIIV and Freak Slug. 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Little else is stated about the night, so visitors can expect an evening of live electronic music acts under one roof.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/palais-presents-adi-loidis-marco-shuttle-37698/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}]}