Featuring a dazzling array of exotic foods, live entertainment, new music and high fashion, the eleventh annual Brick Lane Festival – organized by the local not-for-profit organization the ‘Ethnic Minority Enterprise Project’ (EMEP) takes place every year in September.

This year, over 60,000 people converged on east London’s famous street to enjoy this unique celebration of the cultural diversity of London’s East End. Over 60 chefs chopped 9,000 onions for the afternoon’s celebrations.