The Electric Quizzard has returned!

It’s a quiz like no other, although quite a lot like most.

There will be questions about pop, general knowledge, specialist stuff (not that sort of specialist stuff), the already legendary Mystic Mash-up will return as will your hosts Akira the Don and Jeres. And of course also plenty of ales, food, and whatever floats your boat at the bar.

It’s a piffling pound to get in but you stand to win much, much more. So rally your mates and come on down for a night of fun and prizes at Pub on the Park!

Pub On The Park (Martello St, by London Fields) brings you a new bi-weekly pub quiz on Sundays, presented by a couple of the The Quietus chaps.

Coming at you from the very depths of time itself (well, mainly from the mid-70s to the present day) is a brand new concept in multi-media musical entertainment (as well as current affairs and other malarkey) designed to soothe your brow, excite your brains and round off the weekend triumphantly.

Featuring a Wizardlike spell caster acting as Quiz Master is Mr. Jeremy Allen. And also present is the Prestidigitator On The Cross Fader Mr John Doran and his Necronomicon of Afrobeat, Northern Soul, Funk, Cosmic Disco and Psych Rock!

So after polishing off a Sunday roast or two and some of the Pub In The Park’s fine mahogany brown ales why not grab a pen and paper in order to seek musical enlightenment in the bi-weekly ELECTRIC QUIZZARD!

There will be a general knowledge NEWSTRODAMUS round; IT’S A KIND OF MAGUS music and SHAZAM BAN, THANK YOU MAN! audio rounds (featuring magical mash-ups and other electronic ephemera); the CLOAK ON THE WATER section (so mysterious, not even the quizzards fully comprehend what it is yet); JOHN’s NECROTIC DEATH METAL VOCAL PRIZE SNOWBALL QUESTION; THE WIZARD’S SLEEVENOTES, the YOU’RE THE WAND FOR ME FATTY specialist segment and many other esoteric and arcane types of quizzardry.

There will be a main cash prize of £50 as well as a runner up prize of food and drinks and spot and snowball prizes. We’ll be setting up and playing music after 7pm every other Sunday and the quizzardy begins at 7.30pm sharp… Only £1 per head to play. Maximum six per team.

Coming soon to the Pub on the Park near you… it’s Sunday Roast

Starring:
Topside of beef with Yorkshire pudding, Horseradish Hollandaise.
Co-staring alongside:
Pork loin with Brandy apple sauce and Crackling.
Special guest appearance from:
Chicken breast with sage & onion stuffing and chipolatas.
The keen observer will spot the cameo by director:
Mushroom and sage Wellington with spied tomato gravy.

With special thanks to:
Potatoes Roasted in Duck Fat,
Braised Red cabbage with apple,
Parsnip puree,
Medley of market vegetables,
Real gravy.

All for £10. 50

***** Time Out “all gravy”
***** Heston Blumenthal “I might buy Hackney”
***** Body Building Monthly “Edna, Where’s my wellington?”

The Pub on the Park Cup
sponsored by Ricard

12pm Saturday 7th August
19 Martello Street, Hackney, E8 3PE, London

Pub open for registration from 11am

Open to all abilities: First Timers, Casual players or pros

If you’ve seen The Guardian or Evening Standard recently you’ll know that Boules – known in France as Pétanque – is this summer’s “must try” sport. Joshua Jackson, Diane Kruger, and Vanessa Paradis have been playing and now you can too.

This weekend, to coincide with the first ever Little London Fields Festival, Pub on the Park E8 will be hosting the very first Pub on the Park Cup. Boules players of any ability can take part, whether you’re a seasoned pro or just fancy having fun, and winners will take home a very special trophy. There’s a BBQ on the terrace on all day (weather permitting).

The event is sponsored by Ricard – who host Boules events in Spitalfields every week.

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Pub on the Park is open Monday – Saturday : 11am – 12 midnight and Sunday – 12 noon – 11pm

We’re proud of our good pub food, bar snacks and real ale.

“Truman beer has made a comeback in the East End after not producing a drop for more than two decades.

Ale enthusiasts James Morgan and Michael-George Hemus acquired the Truman brand and have made its first product since the original Brick Lane brewery closed in 1989.

They enlisted the help of the award-winning Nethergate Brewery to produce Truman’s Runner. Now they hope to open their own commercial brewhouse. The 30-year-old entrepreneurs, who work in Brick Lane, were inspired to take on the project after walking past the derelict site every day.

Mr Morgan said: “We’ve spent the last 10 years in that area and it’s always been this big hole. It seemed a crying shame. This was the capital of the world for brewing at one point. Truman was the world’s biggest brewer in the 1870s.”

Established in 1666, the site closed in 1989 due to competition from continental-style lagers. The pair acquired the Truman name this year and spent hours searching archives for old recipes.

Planning rules mean they cannot use the Brick Lane site, and they are seeking a new east London location. Mr Morgan said: “Our dream is to bring Truman’s back to the people it belongs to.”

Truman’s Runner is served in the Scolt Head, N1; Griffin, Lennard Street, EC2; Carpenter’s Arms, Cheshire Street, E2; Water Poet, E1; Pub in the Park, E8; and Barnsbury, Liverpool Road, N1″

Read more at The Evening Standard Online

“This free one day event seeks to unite and inspires its audience creating a powerful legacy in the community” say the organisers “so bring your friends and family and prepare to be inspired!”

Mirrors headline and Don’t Wait Animate, Anna Calvi, Hind Ear and Robot disaster also perform.

Pub on the Park will be open during and after the festival. Pop in for our BBQ or a cold pint.

http://www.littlelondonfields.co.uk/

Seen any guerilla Petanque? No?

You might do soon.

Apparently it’s the new “done thing” in East London, with the  East London Pétanque Association, recently described as  “dapper, deck-shoed twenty- and thirtysomethings who love nothing better than a gravel strip and some small metal balls” by the Evening Standard.Posh labels like Pernod Richard, Veuve Clicot and Karl Lagerfeld are at it too (with custom made Chanel boules of course…)

Still, if you can’t afford the £1,665 set or Louis Vuitton ‘s  £1,450 lot, don’t think you can’t join in the fun. We’ve got a Petanque pit (Can we just call it boules?) at Pub in the Park and will let you have a go for free.

Just ask at the bar.

View the full menu here

Hope to see you for a bite to eat soon.