If Brazil is too far away or too expensive to reach, just jump on a cheap Ryanair flight and come to London for the most amazing, spectacular and surprising European summer party!

We are lucky enough to have here on our doorstep the most amazing European street carnival, and we would be happy to offer you 10% discount on your London stay if you book with us, at Clink261  Hostel!

BOOK NOW, then just drop us an email with your booking number and we will be happy to discount your stay!

The Notting Hill Carnival is an amazing event which takes place on the streets of Notting Hill, one of the most famous London’s areas each August, over two days, every year since 1965.
It is led by members of the Caribbean population, many of whom have lived in the area since the 1950s.

The carnival has attracted up to 2 million people in the past, so why don’t you join the fun this year?

Check the Notting Hill Carnival Official Website for all the details about this year’s celebrations or the very well done MyVillage.com Notting Hill Carnival Guide, with plenty of suggestion and hints about how to live the Carnival at its best!

This year the Carnival will be the 29th and 31th August, and the program of the celebrations includes great music, great food and of course the most colourful and joyful parade you’ve ever seen!

The 29th will be Children Day, with the emphasis on family, with a shorter Carnival route reserved for young people and kids.

The 30th, Bank Holiday Monday, will be the day reserved for the real Carnival fun, the parade, the music, the fun and frolics!

The music is at the very heart of the Carnival: street bands will be playing Soca and Calypso Music, but also many international reggae, r&b, funk and house artist have been joining the celebrations in the past years. The Carnival featured names as Eddie Grant, Jamiroquai and Wycleaf Jean, only to mention a few. Expect an ecletic line up for this year too!

You will be also able to taste the real Caribbean food as jerk chicken, rice and peas and rum punch, as well as other exotic food from all around the world in the many food stalls all around the streets.

The Notting Hill Carnival is a fantastic chance to have fun, suitable from 0 to 99 years old!
Bring your friends, your family, your work colleagues! Spread the word and come to London to dance and have fun on the most amazing Street Festival of the summer!
And most of all… do not miss the chance to have 10% discount, staying with us in Clink261!

{SPECIAL THANKS to Zoubin Navi, Alexander Montuschi, Norbert A. Mueller and Rupert Hitchcox for letting us use their amazing photos!}

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One of them is the Wireless Festival which will be back to the Hyde Park for its 6^th year from Friday 2 July to Sunday 4 July 2010. It’s a phenomenal open-air live music experience right in the centre of bustling London. The music is a mixture of today’s dance, pop and rock acts. It’s the perfect place to see great bands perform live along with up and coming talents on 4 big stages. Past years headliners were artists such as Jay-Z, Depeche Mode, Kayne West and the White stripes and this year’s Line-up is going to be just as exciting:

Friday: Pink kicks-off along with the Ting Tings, Gossip,Temper Trap, Plan B and Taylor Hawkins.

Saturday:  is known as the festivals “dance night”. LCD Soundsystem headlines along with DJ Shadow, Missy Elliot and special guest: Snoop Dogg.

Sunday: The final day sees Jay-Z, Lilly Allen, Chipmunk, Slash, Friendly Fires and many more.

If you need a break you can go to one of the many food stalls and chill out areas. The Festival also features a massive beer garden and interactive games-the perfect place to meet new people.

The Hyde Park is located right in the centre of London so it’s very easy to get there from the Clink261: You can either take the tube (Piccadilly line to Hyde Park Corner) or the bus (390, 10,73 to Marble Arch) all departing from King’s Cross.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             If

If you love festivals, what better way to spend a summers afternoon and evening?

We offer you 10% discount on your stay in the Clink261, if you attend the Wireless Festival.                

You just have to get your Festival ticket now and then book your discounted night in the Clink261!

Festival tickets are still available in a variety of options. The prices start from 47.70£ per day up to 110£ for a 3 day ticket. But you better get a ticket soon because the demand is high!

We look forward to seeing you in July!!!!

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We also had a short movie filmed in our reception and rooms (click here to read about!) and there is a Vue Cinema just 10 minutes by walk from the Hostel, in the Angel area, with many screens with all the latest releases.
(Click here to check if your favourite movie is already on screen!)

With so many great Festival all around Europe, travelling for film-lovers has never been so appealing!

Cannes, Venice, Rome, New York… so many great cities are hosting directors and actors, and of course London is right on the top of the list!!

The Times BFI 53rd LONDON FILM FESTIVAL 2009 will take place from Wednesday 14 October through Thursday 29 October 2009.

This amazing event attracts every year many international filmmakers, promising to show you the best of the best in contemporary world cinema.

Last year the Festival opened with the World Premiere of Ron Howard’s Frost/Nixon and closed with the European Premiere of Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire, and this year the program is not less exciting.

As the Film Festival Artistic Director Sandra Hebron says, “What is the cinema, if not dreams?”
This year’s Festival you will find plenty of films that work on many levels, enough for every taste and expectation.

Anyone looking for work by some of the world’s most significant filmmakers can enjoy new films from Claire Denis, Joel and Ethan Coen, Manoel de Oliveira, Frederick Wiseman, Bong Joon-ho, Steven Soderbergh, Jim Jarmusch, Shyam Benegal and many more.
They will be represented alongside a wealth of newer talents including Warwick Thornton, Jordan Scott and Mia Hansen-Løve, with also the welcome return of such maverick voices as Eugène Green, Andrew Kötting and Harmony Korine.

The opening and closing night films, both presented as World Premieres, will be Fantastic Mr. Fox by Wes Anderson, and Nowhere Boy, by Sam Taylor-Wood, where John Lennon’s early life is told as a love story.

In between these two, alongside the new fiction features and documentaries from around the world, there will be a lively programme of short films, animation, avant-garde and experimental work.

And if all this is not enough, what if we tell you about the FREE SCREENINGS in Trafalgar Square, taking place on the 22nd October?

Under the granite eyes of Horatio Nelson, in the most famous and central of London squares, you will be able to enjoy a selection of short films from the BFI National Archive and London’s Screen Archives.

All the films will be screened in various venues all around the city, so you will be able to see some of the most beautiful London landmarks as long as your favourite flicks.

For all the details about the Festival and its prestigious participants, just check the BFI official website.

If you love cinema, why not coming to London, this October?

Here at Ashlee House Hostel we offer you 10% DISCOUNT on your stay, if you book with us to attend to the Film Festival!

And if you did not have enough of seeing movies all day, you can keep doing it in Ashlee House!
Every night is a movie night, in our Hostel, thanks to the big screen in our lounge and our wide collection of DVDs.

What are you waiting for?
The best of the world cinema and the best Hostel in London are here waiting for you!!

WHERE: Many cinemas all around London, and also Trafalgar Square!
WHEN: From 14/10/09 to 29/10/09
WHY: Because it’s a great chance to see the preview of some of the best world movies and meet your favourite filmmakers and actors!

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEE YOU THEN!
(But hey… don’t forget the pop corn!)

{Thank you very much to Steve Rhodes, Richard White and Simon Pearson for the beautiful photos attached to this post!}

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