Trainers ready, water bottles filled, grab an umbrella (maybe!) and your catalogue, then ready, steady, go! Two weekends full of creative talent awaits. Nearly 200 homes, studios, venues […]
Laughter therapy and laughter itself boosts people’s health, communication, positive thinking and creativity and these therapy sessions are just the ticket for the dose required! In our laughter therapy sessions everyone will feel great with lots of laughs.
Ella’s workshop in Mindful Reading is fun, bonding and thought-provoking, and will leave attendees with a lasting method to change their ways of looking at things!
Join The HandleBards for a bicycle-powered, laugh-out-loud production of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. This is an outdoor production, which will take place whatever the weather, so please dress appropriately and bring your own chair or blanket to sit on. Food and drinks will be available at Copper Beech Café.
Fringe comedy comes to Dulwich with 3 nights of hilarious previews, including brand new tour shows ahead of this summer’s Edinburgh Fringe. Tuesday night includes Live At The […]
Get lost in the Bermuda Triangle for a few hours, with a fun and creative painting session
Many of the world’s leading street artists were invited by Ingrid Beazley to interpret the Baroque paintings of Dulwich Picture Gallery in their own unique styles, creating the Dulwich Outdoor Gallery in 2012. These, plus other new murals in the community, will feature on this guided walk.
A multi-sensory musical journey encountering magical storybook characters led by the Beanstalk Arts team of musicians and storytellers.
A film and conversation that will be an inspirational use of creativity to get children through tough times!
Fringe comedy comes to Dulwich with 3 nights of hilarious previews, including brand new tour shows ahead of this summer’s Edinburgh Fringe. Jake Farrell (Penguin’s Edinburgh Fringe Unlocked) […]
The extraordinary story of Dulwich Picture Gallery’s world class collection of Old Master paintings during WW2
Acclaimed novelist Monica Ali will talk to former Book Prize judge, John Mullan, about her latest book, Love Marriage
hear talented pupils from local primary and secondary schools making music of an exceptionally high standard
Local chef and owner of the Blue Brick Café in East Dulwich, Daniel Hughes, will be serving up a two-course vegan and gluten free meal, from his new Blue Brick Trailer. Enjoy Spanish guitar from Jon T, followed by opera and jazz from local singer Peggy Rossano.
The Organisation began a decade ago at The Manhattan Project, a Jazz staple in South London and the brainchild of guitarist Simon Fernsby. Drummer Pete Cater, organist Pete Whittaker and award winning, multi-instrumentalist, Tony Kofi complete the quartet.
An evening of music discovery, real talk and community.
Do you know what ‘success’ means to you in your artistic career, or are you working to someone else’s definition? Wherever you are in your creative practice, this workshop will help you find your own clear vision and identify key goals and next actions.
Award winning Ensemble Plus Ultra make their first London performance since before the pandemic in the stunning surroundings of Dulwich Picture Gallery.
Formed for the Dulwich Festival in 2015, the 6-piece band now play at many of the country’s top jazz events recreating the music heard at New York’s Cotton Club from the late 20s to early 40s. Expect big-sounding, authentic arrangements with virtuosic jazz solos and swing as it should be swung!
Founded in 1811, Dulwich Picture Gallery was the world’s first purpose-built public art gallery when Sir Francis Bourgeois RA bequeathed his collection of old masters “for the inspection of the public”. We invite the public to explore the gallery main collection for free, simply by showing a Dulwich Festival programme. Tickets must be purchased for the Reframed Women in the Window exhibition.
The Plantscapes Exhibition confronts the relationship between humans and the natural world in the age of climate and ecological breakdown.
The Knitworks symposium explores the use of networks that are common to the function of both nature and machine,
Come and enjoy the artworks of budding young artists who entered the Children’s Art Competition, which will be on display in the beautiful surroundings of Belair House.
Join local guide Keith Turpin on a trail celebrating the public art & craft of SE22 and SE15 including the Bellenden renewal area. Explore the work of contemporary makers whilst evoking the spirit & traces left by earlier artists who found inspiration in this once quiet corner of rural Surrey.
Enjoy nature tours, Take part in outdoor crafting and enjoy music and refreshments
Discover how to get the very best from home brewing methods from the ubiquitous cafetière to the V60, AeroPress and syphon, whilst tasting a range of filter coffees to see which brew methods best suit the array of coffees on offer.
Playing a fun and lively repertoire of music, from marches to musicals, the Family Fiesta has something for the young, and young at heart! Fancy dress and audience participation encouraged!
Tour of these ancient woodlands by the London Wildlife Trust and The Dulwich Estate
Join the Illusioneer as he showcases a collection of puzzles, illusions & magic for all the family
London’s busiest ceilidh band, Licence to Ceilidh return to the Festival for an evening of fun, guided dancing to a live band
An evening of the funniest stand-up comedians at a one-off special collaboration with neighbourhood bar and kitchen, Peace + Riot.
Melissa Hemsley talks to Felicity Cloake, Guardian food writer about her latest cookbook, Feel Good.
an historical adventure with the great and the good of Dulwich and some baddies too!
A festive celebration of culture and community, the Goose Green Fair is a wonderful day out for all the family.
An historical adventure with the great and the good of Dulwich and some baddies too!
Authentic Cuban salsa, timba and son Montuno from these Ronnie Scotts regulars.
Louise Candlish, author of Our House, and Abigail Dean, author of Girl A, talk about their journey into crime writing.
Flash Fiction Competition - call for entries; deadline 5 June 2022