Ruskin Park Summer Fete
Ruskin Park - Bandstand Ruskin Park, Denmark Hill, United KingdomThe Ruskin Park Summer Fete is a great day out for friends and family. Join us from 12pm to 6pm around the bandstand.
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Gig at the Greenhouses: Mambista with Alvorada
Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses Brockwell Park, Herne Hill, London, United KingdomMambista is back in the summer sun at the Greenhouses this year with an incredible line up of local talent and legendary musicians. Join us in the garden for music, food and drink amongst the flowers. Our first gig of the summer is with Alvorada. Alvorada are the UK’s leading performers of choro – a gorgeous form of instrumental acoustic music from Rio de Janeiro. The band features top musicians from London and Brazil, whose diverse backgrounds – including jazz, classical and Brazilian music – make for a unique and innovative sound. Check out their second album release “Faz Tempo” via alvoradamusic.com. Alvorada are perfect for the ambiance and natural beauty provided by BPCG’s Plum Tree “stage”. One not to miss! Come rain or shine, as we can take shelter in the greenhouse and under marquees if the weather is unkind to us. Join us for a wonderful session of seriously good sounds! BOOK HERE
£12 – £15
Willow Weaving Workshop: Make Your Own Hanging Basket
Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses Brockwell Park, Herne Hill, London, United KingdomCome along and enjoy a day of creativity, learning the traditional craft of willow weaving! In this 5 hour workshop you will master weaving techniques and make your very own hanging basket which you can take home at the end of the day. Willow weaving is a traditional method for making all kinds of beautiful baskets and containers using natural materials. There are many varieties of willow and many different coloured stems or ‘rods’. The different coloured rods add an extra layer of decoration to your willow weaving allowing you to weave different coloured patterns into your baskets. In this workshop you will learn the traditional method of willow basket weaving but with a twist. The basket will have a pointy base to transform it into a beautiful hanging basket. Hanging baskets can make an attractive addition to any garden, entranceway, front door or courtyard space, and can be planted up with edible or ornamental plants including our trailing bush tomatoes, Tumbling tom yellow and Tumbling tom red which will be on sale at our shop. All material and tools provided. BOOK HERE
£50 – £65
Portrait modelling in clay – a one day ceramic workshop with Ben Swift at the Bell House Pottery, Dulwich
bell house pottery 27 College Road, London, Southwark, United KingdomA full day weekend workshop with skilled ceramic sculptor, Ben Swift. During the one day workshop you will, with guidance and demonstrations from your tutor: Model a small self/portrait head in Terracotta. Learn about proportions of the head. Build up a basic head form on a simple armature support. Use modelling tools to construct the features. Create surface details: hair, skin etc. Finish and prepare the piece for the kiln.! Teacher is Ben Swift Ben is a ceramic artist and ceramics teacher based in Dulwich. His work explores both figurative, geometric and organic subjects with emphasis on process: construction, throwing, casting and fabrication, thus creating rhythms, textures and forms. These are expressed through the treatment of a variety of media. Most often he employs ceramics but he also combines constructed metals and found objects. Recent work has begun to compose disparate elements as assemblages. Cost is £150; concessions £75 As with all Bell House Pottery courses we offer two concession tickets at half price, which can be booked directly at the box office. If you would not be able to attend at the full price due to financial considerations, then this concession option is available. Book here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/bellhousepotterystudio/1126771
£75 – £150
Botanical Books at BPCG | Merlin Hanbury-Tenison: Our Oaken Bones
Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses Brockwell Park, Herne Hill, London, United KingdomMerlin Hanbury-Tenison (conservationist, veteran and founder of The Thousand Year Trust, Britain’s rainforest charity) joins us at Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses to discuss his new book 'Our Oaken Bones', an honest and intimate true story about the astonishing healing power of nature, and our duty to heal it in return. Tickets are Pay What You Can from £5! FIND OUT MORE AND BOOK HERE
£5 – £12
Art in the Park at Brixton Windmill
Brixton Windmill 100 Blenheim Gardens, London, United KingdomArt in the Park, Sunday 10 August, 1pm to 5pm Windmill Gardens, SW2 5DA Free art and craft workshops for children, adults and families in Windmill Gardens Park. This year's workshops include jewellery weaving, T-shirt painting and paper marbling. Brixton Windmill is also open for guided tours and our cafe and shop will be open too. All workshops are drop in - no need to book. https://www.brixtonwindmill.org/events/art-in-the-park/
Monday Swim Sessions
Alleyns School Townley Rd, Dulwich, United KingdomImprove your swimming technique and meet other swimmers at our Monday swim sessions at Alleyns School pool, Townley Road, Dulwich SE22 8SU. All evenings are led by two qualified instructors teaching a range of skills from inter-mediate to masters. Adults 18+ welcome. The 8:30pm to 9:30pm sessions run every Monday (except Bank Holidays, the month of Autumn, and the Christmas period). We have the whole 25m pool with six lanes and a maximum of 32 swimmers. For more information visit www.brockwellswimmers.com.
Annual Talk at Brixton Windmill
Brixton Windmill 100 Blenheim Gardens, London, United KingdomThe 12 Windmills of Lambeth,Then and Now Join us to discover more about Lambeth's windmills. The talk is free but please register to reserve a place. Doors open at 6.45pm with refreshments and windmill shop available. https://www.brixtonwindmill.org/events/annualtalk/
BROCKFEST Sunday 14th September 12 – 9 pm. Free.
Brockwell Hall SE24 Brockwell Park, London, United Kingdomproduced by Junior Open Mic (JOM), featuring 31 remarkable youth acts, a bespoke sound system (tested and approved by sound engineer Tim Pennells (Morcheeba, Arlo Parks, Floating Points), Emmy award-winning sound engineering, a young entrepreneur’s market, licensed bar and food stalls. All happening in the new Brockwell Hall SE24
Free
BROCKFEST 14th September 2025 • 12-9pm
BROCKFEST is an end of the summer free musical festival at Brockwell Hall in Brockwell Park SE24, produced by Junior Open Mic (JOM), featuring 31 remarkable youth acts, a bespoke sound system (tested and approved by sound engineer Tim Pennells (Morcheeba, Arlo Parks, Floating Points), Emmy award-winning sound engineering, a young entrepreneur’s market, licensed bar and food stalls. All happening in the new Brockwell Hall SE24 Herne Hill Forum is pleased to be a community partner for this event along with Herne Hill Music Festival, JOM and Lambeth Council. Some really great acts will be on show for BROCKFEST; some have played Herne Hill Music Festival in the recent past as JOM has been a final Sunday Fest fixture until this year. These include Kotoa, Sam Wilkinson, Where's Rei, Undici, Shut Up Sally and many, many more - see the poster for full details. Fingers crossed for some splendid sunshine! Sun 14 Sep 12:00pm - 9:00pm. FREE ENTRY !! #Brockfest #BrockwellHall #BrockwellPark #JuniorOpenMic #HerneHillForum #HerneHillMusicFestival #LambethCouncil
Free
BROCKFEST – Herne Hill Music Festival “Pre-Fest” event Sun. 14th Sept noon-9pm
Brockwell Hall SE24 Brockwell Park, London, United KingdomHerne Hill Music Festival gets fully started 10th-19th October but kicks off even earlier this year with a "pre-fest" event this Sunday - that's today! HHMF is pleased to be a community partner for BROCKFEST on Sunday 14th September - in association with Herne Hill Forum, Lambeth Council and producers Junior Open Mic. A free, one-off, family-friendly 9 hour music festival in newly refurbished Brockwell Hall, featuring 31 youth acts aged 7-21! Rock, pop, rap, reggae, indie, jazz fusion, death metal. Best-in-class bespoke sound system tested by sound engineer Tim Pennells (Arlo Parks, Morcheeba) plus Emmy award-winning sound engineer Dalton Napier (Coldplay, Rolling Stones). Licensed bar, food, young entrepreneurs market. Come visit HHMF at our table! #freeentry
Free
Harvest Festival at Brixton Windmill
Brixton Windmill 100 Blenheim Gardens, London, United KingdomCelebrate the wheat harvest at Brixton Windmill! Free family friendly event with live music, food, beer, workshops and milling demonstrations. Brixton Tatterjacks will be dancing at 3.30pm! https://www.brixtonwindmill.org/events/harvest-festival-2025/