Lewisham Loop - Issue 35 ✨

October has barely made it through the door and Lewisham is already getting on with it. Deptford has art and a Fire & Ice party, Lewisham High Street has drum & bass, Talking Heads and Sunday jazz, and Corbett is building an entire Fun Palace. A quiet weekend was apparently never an option.

Heart n Soul’s Good Chaos Party is back at The Albany with DJs, live performances, art activities and a Fire & Ice theme. The club night is designed for young people with learning disabilities and young autistic people aged 10–25, with family and friends welcome too.

Tickets can be booked from the Albany’s website here, and are pay-what-you-decide, with £5 suggested, with £3 or £10 options availabe, while parents and carers go free.

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Deptford X is taking over Cockpit Deptford and Trinity Laban for a weekend of work by artists based in or connected to Lewisham. Expect painting, collage, film, sculpture, photography, textiles and performance, alongside workshops and screenings. Friday kicks things off with a 6–9pm preview event, before the exhibitions continue across Saturday and Sunday.

Entry is free. The full timetable of events and tours can be found here. There’s also a free family workshop at Cockpit Deptford from 11am–1pm on Saturday, making this an easy one to dip into without committing your entire weekend.

London Elektricity’s Fast Soul Music series lands at Fox & Firkin with Anile, Charli Brix, Conrad Subs, London Elektricity, Stay-C and Ayah Marar + Stamina MC.

Tickets can be booked from here for £10 from the Fox & Firkin’s website.

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For anyone whose Friday definitely does not finish at midnight

Friday Unlocked brings another late one to The Hatch Club in New Cross, with DJs and dancing running from 11pm into the early hours. The event is running on multiple Friday dates, with The Hatch at 23 Lewisham Way as home base.

Full details and tickets can be found here! Tickets are priced at £8.30. Specifics about the venue can be found at this link.

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Corbett Community Library is going full Fun Palace with badge making, children’s nature activities, a Human Jukebox, printing and pottery, a mini fun fair and the unveiling of its new community mosaic. Everything is free, although some workshops need booking. Gareth P Jones’ Rabunzel the Musical has sold out in advance, but a few spaces may become available on the day.
There’ll be local food around too, so this is very much a “pop in for an hour, accidentally stay half the day” situation.

Check the full programme and book a space to the various workshops through this link!

St Swithun’s is marking Harvest Festival with a special morning service, followed by a bake sale. They’ll also be collecting suitable food donations for Lewisham Food Bank, so bring something along if you can. Everyone is welcome.

Read more about the service here - a Bake sale will follow afterwards!

The Big Market returns to Fox & Firkin with 30 local makers, designers and small businesses. The Big Firkin Band brings together jazz musicians from Lewisham and South East London for classics made famous by Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Buddy Rich and more. Exactly the sort of relaxing Sunday plan that requires very little persuasion.

Entry is free, as are the artist workshops, craft area and activity book, with a DJ keeping things moving throughout the day. View full details about the market at this page, or the band here. No booking is required for either event.

📚 Reading Group at Catford Library - Friday, 11am–12pm. The monthly adult reading group is back for its first-Friday meet-up. Everyone’s welcome and there’s no need to book.

Local Councillors Surgery - Deptford ward - Saturday, 10am–11am. The fortnightly drop-in question session with the local councillor happens this Saturday at Deptford Lounge - come prepared with questions regarding the local area!

🎨 Come Painting With Ms Carry! - Saturday, 11am–12:30pm. Bring your own creative project or try the activity on offer with local artist Carry Hornby. Free, all ages and no booking needed

✍️ Lewisham Writers’ Link Up - Saturday, 1–2:30pm. Writers at every stage can swap ideas, tackle industry questions and meet fellow local creatives at Downham Library. Free tickets need booking.

🗺️ The New Cross Learning Psychogeography Reading Group - Saturday, 2–5pm. Three hours of friendly, suitably synapse-firing discussion at New Cross Learning. Completely free and no booking required.

🥕 Blackheath Farmers’ Market - Sunday, 10am–2pm. The weekly market returns to Blackheath Station car park for produce, bread, dairy, meat, fish and plenty of Sunday-browsing potential.

See you next week ~