BOSfest2025 – line up
Take a look below to plan your afternoon on 7 June 2025 – BOSfest is packed full of live music, workshops, craft, stalls and more!
Detailed information about the festival and all the free, drop in activities on site can be found on the main festival page.
Red Cross Garden Stage
1pm – Soft Shell Crabs
BOSFest regulars the Soft Shell Crabs are back to open the festival.
2pm – Moondusty solo show
Moondusty aka Cess aka Daniel Orcese, is a London-based singer-songwriter blessed with decades-long experience of making magical music.
3pm – Liam Lancia
Canterbury based troubadour Liam has enjoyed significant success with his previous band Syd Arthur – but has now returned with a powerful set of new songs.
4pm – Omam Dawn
Omam Dawn is a singer/songwriter who grew up on the South Coast.
5pm – Louis Brennan
London-based Dubliner Louis Brennan is a singer-songwriter in the folk tradition.
6pm – Pearl Fish
Pearl Fish is an emerging songwriter based itinerantly on the UK waterways. Her superbly written, beautifully delivered songs have already gathered a buzz.
7pm – Gabriel Moreno solo show
Gabriel Moreno brings an immersive show of passionate resistance with perfectly crafted folk songs delivered with intensity and precision.
Marlborough Sports Garden Stage
12.20pm – 12:50pm – Nunhead Choir
12:55pm–1:25pm – Jig & Swig Irish Dancing
1:30pm–2pm – Heart ‘n’ Soul inclusive choir
2.05pm–2.35pm – Ranjini Nair – South Asian Kuchipudi Dance, performance and workshop.
2:40pm–3:10pm – Kaagô, African drumming & dance
3:15pm–3:45pm – Rock Choir
3:50pm–4:20pm – UnTapped from The Autism Project
4:25pm–4:50pm
KT6 Vocal Group
Quaggy Community Choir
4:55pm–5:25pm – Elephant and Castle Choir
5:30pm-6pm – Some Voices Choir
6pm–7pm – Salsateca
Sports activities at Marlborough Sports Garden
11-1pm – Pride of Lions Walking Football demonstration match.
12-4pm – UK Wall Ball in our Wall Ball court.
3-5pm – Regan’s Soccer School coaching on our football pitch.
Crossbones Graveyard
At 12 to 2pm:
Tours of Crossbones Graveyard with Jennifer Cooper of Friends of Crossbones, Vigil organiser and long term champion of this special space, and Dr Lucy Coleman Talbot whose research work has unearthed important historical details about Crossbones as a burial ground and those buried here. Free, just turn up.
Neurodiversity Friendly Quiet Zone
Join Bankside Open Spaces Trust and our art collective The Wet Potatoes for a series of accessible nature craft workshops.
Quiet Zone with FREE neurodiversity friendly nature and green crafting. Plus, a safe space to find some calm. All around Little Dorrit Court.
12.15-1pm – Botanical art/Leaf Craft
1.30-2.15pm – Seed bomb making
2.45pm-4.15pm – Sun Printing
Free, book here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nature-inspired-craft-workshops-at-bankside-open-spaces-festival-tickets-1375912313769?aff=oddtdtcreator
Sports activities at Marlborough Sports Garden
12-2pm – Pride of Lions Walking Football demonstration match.
12-4pm – UK Wall Ball in our Wall Ball court.
2-3pm – Sport 4 All on the football pitch
3-5pm – Regan’s Soccer School coaching on our football pitch.
Inclusion House – Pride at BOSfest25
An afternoon exploring queering ecology, inclusive land access, and community care through talks and workshops.
2:15-3:15pm – Talk: Stories from the African Rainbow Family
Uplifting diasporic voices and rooting down into their work and support for LGBTIQ+ refugees from Africa. We’ll also ask: how can we grow together across difference?
3:25-4:25pm – Talk: Trans Planting: Gender, Growth and Green Space
Thierry Alexandre leads an exploration of what it means to grow and thrive in public and private outdoor spaces – celebrating joy, visibility and eco-expression.
4:40–5:40pm – Talk: Reparative Landscapes: Climate, Colour and Care
Chude Jideonwo from The Africa Centre’s Chakula Programme will help us unpack decolonial ecology, land repair and radical futures. Together we’ll explore what climate justice looks like when rooted in lived experience?
Free, booking required: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inclusion-house-at-bankside-open-spaces-festival-tickets-1388583834629?aff=oddtdtcreator
BOSFest – A one of a kind festival
Fun, Free and For Our Community.
