London Fourth of July Picnic, Barbecue and Fireworks CANCELLED

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. The expat American community's annual Independence Day celebration goes from strength to strength. Nine hundred people attended in 2008 and and this year they're expecting many more. The festivities will take place in the open space beside the Pump House Gallery and the organisers have secured a full bar licence and permission for the park to remain open till midnight. Admission is free and this is very much a family, as well as adult, event. As well as balloons, red, white and bluebouncy castles and face painting for the kids, there will be an upmarket but affordable barbecue from Butcher and Grill & Bodeans and a laser fireworks display complete with John Philip Sousa pyromusical accompaniment.