Bankside Open Spaces Festival - What's On

The Bankside Open Spaces Festival is coming, and here’s the line up so far:

Across the festival

• Tour - Borough’s Green Spaces
  Join Dr Stephen King for a fun and informative guided tour of Borough’s amazing green spaces and the 2,000 years of history behind them. Starts at 3:30pm and lasts about 90 minutes, it s a gentle stroll and starts and finishes at the Red Cross Garden. Tickets are available by suggestion donation here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/boroughs-amazing-green-spaces-a-gentle-stroll-of-discovery-tickets-171093875387

Red Cross Garden

• Live Music from 1pm - starting with Dai Price and Neala Hickey, The Astral Planarians, The Soft Shell Crabs, Rob Corcoran and closing with Lovell

• Stalls by Bee Urban, make a pomander pumpkin with the Old Operating theatre's Herb Garret, The Borough Belles WI with tea and badge making, Gosnells Mead, and our BIG PLANT GIVEAWAY - grab a free plant for your window box, balcony, or garden.

• COPS IN STOCKS with the good sports from Southwark Community Police

Marlborough Sports Garden

• The Borough Beach chill-out area with sandcastle building for children.

• Sports and fitness activities from Surrey Cricket Club, The Fitting Rooms gym, The Pride of Lions Walking Football, Regans Soccer School, Afrobix, The Bridge Women’s Gym, UK Wall Ball and more.

• Community performances from Carragher Dance, Nightingales, Superarts, Unity Music Arts Trust, Yoco and the People’s Company Southwark Playhouse, and Dea School Children's Orchestra.

• Community information and craft stalls - including from Blackfriars Settlement, Clear Community Web, Cinema Museum, Edible Rotherhithe, Fabrix, Hands of Hope, Illuminated River, LGBTIQ+ Outside, Marlborough Sports Garden consultation, Superarts

Crossbones Graveyard

• Crossbones Wardens welcoming visitors 12-4pm

• Crossbones Tours from 1pm by Lucy Coleman Talbot of the Crossbones Forum