Deptford Gardens Festival + Open House London at the Shipwrights' Palace

Two local events this Saturday 20th September:

Deptford Gardens Festival at Old Tidemill Wildlife Garden, 12-6pm
Celebrating all things green in Deptford, a day of music, games, performances and creative workshops. Assembly who run the garden are joined by urban fete & fun providers Madcap Coalition, plus gardeners from the Wonky Prong (Crossfields), Deptford High Street Community Garden (Coffey Street) and Sayes Court Garden CIC, the team hoping to build a Horticultural Centre of Excellence at Convoys Wharf. And...The Purple Ladies, Hula Hoop Workshops, Treehouse Art Lab Workshops, Ping Pong with Serve & Return, art installations, and pizza direct from the Assembly oven!
Entrance to the garden at Reginald Road

Open House London at The Master Shipwrights House, 10am-5pm
If you haven't yet taken advantage of the annual opportunity to have a look round this famous Deptford building, now's your chance. See this post from the Deptford Dame to give you an idea. The Lenox Project CIC put on quite a big show here last year with firing cannon, re-enactors and art stalls. This year they'll be exhibiting their restored cannon, providing tea and cakes and talking up their project – an added bonus for Open House visitors who will also be able to view plans and images of the Royal Dockyard in the riverside residence. Watergate St SE8 3JF. See the listing here.

Other Open House buildings in and around Deptford include Lewisham Arthouse, the Richard Hoggart Building at Goldsmiths College, The Seager Distillery Tower, the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance, Deptford Green School, Deptford Lounge, and Fordham Park. 

Open House London gives public access to 800 fabulous buildings – both old and new – all over the city for one weekend only. Pick up a FREE brochure at Deptford Lounge.

Party in the Park 14th September

More information here.

Local events this bank holiday

Saturday 27th August, 12 - 7pm
Urban Village Fete at Friendly Gardens
Lucas Street SE8 4QH
Carnival Arts • Soca and dance workshops • Join the carnival procession! • Clowns, Arts & Crafts, Face Painting • Under 5’s area • Cultural and dance performances • DJ MADCAP • Olympics & Tug of War • Football with Millwall Community Scheme • Fairground sideshow games and competitions • Community stalls, food and refreshments • All welcome!

Monday 29th August,  5-7pm

Music at McMillan Herb Garden

• Lol Coxhill, Rob Mills, Tom Scott (sax trio)
• Missing Puddings
• acoustic set from local festival favourites The Nearly Perfect
FREE

Coming up at the Herb Garden...

Sunday 4th September, 5-7pm

DRUM GARDEN

10 or 11 drummers from the south east London underground, evenly distributed so that the sound moves through and across the space in a dynamic and engaging sequence of rhythms, beats, textures and strategies.
FREE

New Cross Free Festival

Friday 29th July 2011, 4-7pm and Saturday 30th July 2011, 12.30-7pm

A MADCAP Coalition, in collaboration with Milton Court TRA, Irie! dance theatre, Farassi Organisation and Millwall Community Scheme will be delivering a festival in Fordham Park on Saturday 30th July.

The festival will be proceeded by open participative workshops in Carnival Arts, Samba percussion, and dance on Friday 29th at 4pm, and a community music jam at 7pm. The three workshops will be repeated on Saturday morning at 10.30 am, finishing at 12pm.

The festival kicks off on Saturday at 12.30 with a procession around the Milton Court Estate, and activities in Fordham Park will start at 2pm and go on until 7pm.

The event will consist of a mini food-festival, arts & crafts, storytelling and puppet show, sideshow games, "The Deptford Olympics", clowns, face-painting, competitions and a myriad of music and dance performances.