Here is our weekly roundup of all the wonderful events happening in and Around Dulwich this week. Find out more details about each event via our Events Section which has timings, addresses, further information, and ticket links.
Monday 7 October
Bach to Baby Family Concert in Dulwich Village
4pm-4.45pm. Bach to Baby is the critically acclaimed concert series for babies, toddlers and their carers. Tots dance, roam about and revel in the wonder of live music, while you take a moment out of your busy day to hear top notch performances by outstanding musicians, with your young babes in tow.
Sophie from Romania by Rory Cellan-Jones
7.30pm-8.30pm. In January 2022, the Cellan-Jones-Coyle family said goodbye to their beloved elderly Collie Cross, Cabbage. Newly retired, Rory had become inseparable from her during daily pandemic walks which alleviated his Parkinson’s Disease symptoms. After a grief-stricken year, Rory and his wife Diane contemplated opening up their hearts again and came across a dog listing for ‘a kind girl who loves everybody and is just looking for her forever home’. Bright-eyed, big-eared and trembling, Sophie arrives in London from Central Europe in a van on 17th December.
Tuesday 8 October
Weekly Online Breathing Class
7pm-7.40pm. Weekly virtual online breathwork class Join me every Tuesday at 7pm for a 40-minute breathing and relaxation class.
Kimchi Fermentation Workshop in Penge
7pm-8.30pm. Join me for a Hands-On Fermentation Workshop in Penge, London SE20 where you will chop and prepare veg and fruit to take home and ferment with full instructions. The recipe I use is vegan. Everything you need is provided. No experience of fermentation is required. I’ll teach you everything you need to know and your ferment will be ready to eat within a week of the workshop.
Life Drawing & Painting
7pm-8.30pm. This is an online drawing & painting session conducted via Zoom. Long pose life painting and drawing. A single pose is held for three hours with 5-minute model breaks every 25 minutes.
Socials Runs with DPR
7.30pm-8.30pm. Fantastic local running club. Social runs every Tuesday 7.30pm at Trevor Bailey Sports Ground on the south circular.
Wednesday 9 October
Goose Green Coffee Morning – The Singing Geese
11am-12.30pm. Goose Green Coffee Morning meets every Wednesday and serves coffee, tea and cake. It’s a great place to meet others from the local community.
This week The Singing Geese will be enjoying a variety of songs from around the world, led by Steve Barbe. The singing begins at 11:30. Do give us a try!
Zoom Portraiture @ Dulwich Art Group & School
2pm-5pm. This is now a hybrid session with 15 artists allowed into the studio and also cameras for artists attending through Zoom.
EDWI – Meet Kevin Coates – A former musician in the Band of Her Majesty’s Coldstream Guards
7.30pm-9.30pm. We are delighted to welcome Kevin Coates, a former musician in the Band of Her Majesty’s Coldstream Guards for 30 years, reaching the rank of Senior Band Sergeant Major. He was recognised for his service to military music in 2001 with an MBE, awarded by Prince Charles.
He has travelled to many countries playing in many famous concert halls and has taken part in two North American tours playing concerts in over 70 cities in the three-month duration of the tours.
Thursday 10 October
BNI Adventurers
6.30am-8.30am. Part of the award-winning multi-national networking organisation, BNI, Adventurers brings together businesses local to Dulwich with the aim of passing business and keeping money in the local community.
Untold (on until 22nd October)
Untold at the Jeannie Avent Gallery in East Dulwich, is an exhibition of street photography and portraits from India, Bangladesh and south-east Asia. It is the work of traveller, writer and photographer Adrian Whittle. It follows his successful 2023 exhibition at the Barbican Library Gallery. The new show includes work from 2023 and 2024, much of it exhibited for the first time.
The Road to Santiago de Compostela – Pilgrimage and Spectacle
8pm-9pm. In the 11th and 12th centuries, the idea of a physical journey towards a spiritual goal was extremely popular. The ‘camino’ or pilgrimage road across northern Spain became one of the most widely-used, dotted with Romanesque churches and monasteries designed to incorporate the veneration of saints into sumptuous architecture, religious sculptures and elaborate reliquaries, attracting many pilgrims and their money.
Friday 11 October
Herne Hill Music Festival 11-20th October
Come and enjoy a variety of music in Herne Hill. The festival is a not-for-profit organisation. We aim to provide a variety of musical events for the whole community and promote local artists and venues.
Events take place in pubs, churches, clubs, parks and greenhouses with some free events and other events raise money for charity.
Opening Night: Sarah L. King at the Half Moon
8pm-9pm. The 2024 edition of the Herne Hill Music Festival again kicks off with #jazznight in The Half Moon, Herne Hill on Friday, 11th October with Sarah L King Jazz! 7:30 doors/8pm start. Sarah has been lauded by critics for her ‘vocal prowess and formidable songwriting and arranging ability’. Her music has featured on Jazz FM’s Single Of The Week, as well as BBC Radio 3 Jazz Requests, and Helen Mayhew’s True Brits.
Live Band Karaoke
7pm-11.30pm. Reckon you’ve got the swagger of Jagger? Well, this is your moment. Belt out classics from Dolly Parton to Dizzee Rascal, live on stage, backed by a stunning 5 piece band, in front of a supportive crowd. Lyrics are provided on a screen, and our compere will be on stage with you to add those critical BVs or keep things on track…
Lewisham Underwater Hockey Club
7.30pm-9pm. Try out underwater hockey at Forest Hill pools every Friday evening. We’re a mixed-ability club who play for fun and exercise. Complete beginners welcome.
Saturday 12 October
Dulwich Park parkrun
9am-10am. Free, weekly timed 5k run, jog or walk in Dulwich Park. Every Saturday at 9am promptly starting from Queen Mary’s Gate. Register once and bring your printed barcode.
Peckham Rye Park parkrun
9am-10am. Peckham Rye parkrun is a 3-lap anti-clockwise course, entirely on tarmac is mainly flat and therefore a potential PB course. The start & finish are located close to the Colyton Road park entrance.
Throwing on the wheel for teenagers – a 4-week beginners course for ages 13-17
10am-12pm. Throwing on the Wheel, 4-week course, Beginners, 13–17-year-olds. Cost £160 for four 2-hour sessions.
Tapestry Weaving Beginners Class
10am-1pm. This class is for anyone who would like to pick up a bobbin and try tapestry weaving. It’s the perfect session if you have always wanted to have a go – no experience necessary. On an upright loom, get started with plain weave, then try blending colours or weaving a simple shape. By the end of the session, you’ll have made your own small tapestry to take home.
The Little Mermaid
2pm & 3.30pm. Spontaneous Productions’ present its 30th original show for families since 2017 – a brand new musical version of the much-loved fairy tale The Little Mermaid adapted from Hans Christian Andersen’s classic fairy tale by Lavern Archer and Jonathan Kaufman.
London’s Street Tress: A Guided Walk with Paul Wood
3pm-4pm. Join Paul Wood for a guided walk through Dulwich Village to celebrate the publication of the revised London’s Street Trees.
Paul, London’s best known tree expert will lead a circular walking tour from Village Books (Dulwich Village). He’ll be pointing out the great diversity of trees planted on our streets, followed by a book signing at the bookshop. There will also be wine and nibbles on your return to the bookshop.
South East London Orchestra’s Autumn Concert
4pm-6pm. Join us for an afternoon of wonderful music at All Saints Church, West Dulwich. Celebrating the stories of mythological women, we will be performing the virtuosic Sheherazade by Rimsky-Korsakov, Pohjola’s Daughter by Sibelius and Rhiannon by British composer Grace Williams.
Sunday 13 October
Brockwell Park Junior parkrun
9am-9.30am. A free 2km fun run for 4–14-year-olds every Sunday in Brockwell Park. Just register on parkrun.com to get a barcode and meet behind the lido at 8:55 for a briefing.
Peckham Rye Junior parkrun
9am-9.30am. A free, weekly, timed run for 4–14-year-olds, to get fit, stay healthy, and have fun! We run 2km every Sunday at 9am, through rain and shine.
The Weekly Horniman Market
10am-3pm. Located on the Bandstand Terrace, stalls sell seasonal fruit and vegetables, artisan bread and cheese, organic meat and delicious street food.
So Last Century’s Vintage Market at the Brewery
11am-6pm. Vintage Market at the Brewery is back in Gipsy Hill, south London, this autumn for another outing at Gipsy Hill Brewing Company’s Taproom
In and around the Brewery’s event space you can expect to find mid 20th century furniture, art, lighting, homeware and ceramics, decorative objets, prints, records, vintage clothes (including children’s), jewellery and lots more.
The Little Mermaid
2pm & 3.30pm. Spontaneous Productions’ present its 30th original show for families since 2017 – a brand new musical version of the much-loved fairy tale The Little Mermaid adapted from Hans Christian Andersen’s classic fairy tale by Lavern Archer and Jonathan Kaufman.
The Goose Is Out! Singaround at The Ivy House
7pm-10.30pm. If you like singing, come to our Singaround! It consists of people – or sometimes small groups of people – taking it in turns to sing a song. We welcome listeners too!
Our Singarounds are very informal and participative. We don’t use the stage and we don’t use mics. You can sing whatever you like – any genre, any language. You don’t have to be a “good singer” – just wanting to sing is good enough for us. Everybody is welcome, including those who have never sung in front of other people before.
Have fun this week and keep checking here for more events in and Around Dulwich.