Celebrate the City Festival - Thursday 21st June- Sunday 24th June.

I think this event deserves a mention-it has been rather poorly advertised it seemed to me, but has an impressive list of events> The website with the program for all 4 days is here:

http://www.visitthecity.co.uk/index.php/celebrate

See below for details for the street Fayre on Saturday 24th 10am-5pm FREE .(copied from the website)

Easy access from the Ladder via the Overland trains to Moorgate (short walk away from Cheapside) from either Hornsey or Harringay stations or indeed by bus. 

Cheapside Street Fayre Saturday 24th June

Cheapside and Poultry, EC2

One of London's oldest shopping thoroughfares, Cheapside*, closes to traffic and fills with people today for this vibrant street fayre featuring music, performance and free ice cream for kids.

The fayre will include:
A performance stage showcasing cultural organisations supported by the City Bridge Trust, including Roundhouse's Funk da Cirque,

the London Children's Ballet,

the Spare Tyre Steel Band,

the London Irish Pensioners Choir

and the Hoxton Singers.

On street entertainment and animation ranging from jugglers, to dancers and a puppet theatre.

Livery companies demonstrations - from Blacksmiths'with forge and display, Woolmans' with sheep (tbc),Poulters' with poultry and Brewers' company with Brewers dray ride. Also there will be the Farmers' company milking a cow on Milk Street, the Playing Card Makers' company with human playing cards, Hackney carriages old and new, the Firefighters with old and new engines (tbc), the Bowyers and Fletchersdoing archery (tbc), the Farriers shoeing horses and the Gardeners planting a garden.Aleconners will be offering beer tasting.St John's Ambulance tent for demonstrations for adults and children.Music from Guildhall School of Music and Dramastudents

FREE ice cream for children!

FREE tuk-tuk rides to Leadenhall Market

Music at One New Change (on the indoor stage and on the rooftop)

A City of London Festival Golden Street Piano

Bell-ringing and free tours at St Mary-le-Bow.

Sports by Golden Lane Sport & Fitness, including egg and spoon races, hopscotch, Zumba classes and rowing competitions

Museum of London display of artefacts from the archaeological archive's handling collection.

Open City Workshop at the Great St Helen's Sculpture Space - see listing below.

St Mary-le-Bow bell ringing at 2pm.

Pop up poetry - a series of site specific poetry readings taking place at various locations along Cheapside, including St Paul's, Mansion House and the site where John Keats lodged with his brothers in 1817.*(Milk St, King St, Gresham Street from Milk St to King St)
10am-5pm FREE