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 2 December
TRIO exhibition at Jeannie Avent Gallery until 4 December
Sitting on the sunny corner of North Cross Road in East Dulwich is the well-loved and known, Jeannie Avent Gallery. This November the space is home to TRIO, an all-female exhibition made up of Louise C. Galizia, Ana Gallego, and Corin Ashleigh Brown.
Sarah Ollerenshaw: Footsteps in Bloom (until 15 December)
10am-5pm. A solo exhibition featuring original paintings by Sarah Ollerenshaw, showcasing vibrant landscapes inspired by London’s parks and bluebell woods.
Christmas Wreath Making Workshop
7pm-9pm. Join Wildside London at Bell House, Dulwich Village for a Christmas Wreath workshop on Monday 2nd December at 7pm.
Kick off the festive season by learning to create a gorgeous wreath with an array of seasonal florals, some of which we have foraged from the beautiful gardens of Bell House. Our workshops are fun, immersive and relaxed, and we provide all the materials and instruction to enable you to design and build a fabulous wreath.
Tuesday 3 December
Bach to Baby Christmas Family Concert
10.30am-11.30am. Grab your family, harness up your fastest reindeer and meet us at a Bach to Baby concert for the perfect prelude to the holiday season!
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.
Festive Kimchi Fermentation Workshop in Dulwich
7pm-8pm. Join Lorraine from @SouthLondonFerments in the Studio at West 16th for a hands-on Festive Kimchi Fermentation Workshop! The Brussels sprout kimchi is back for one time only this year. PS: sprouts are optional so if you’re not a fan of them, you can leave them out and make a classic vegan Korean kimchi.
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.
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.
Honor Oak WI Monthly Meeting
7.30pm-9.30pm. The Honor Oak WI is a friendly and supportive group of women of all ages, backgrounds and interests. We meet Monthly on the first Tuesday of the month. We also have book and craft clubs, gallery & museum visits and gentle local walks groups.
December’s meeting is Christmas craft and we are making metal tree decorations in silver, copper and gold tones.
Online Talk – Through the Valley: East Dulwich to West Dulwich Changes Over Time
8pm-9pm. Dulwich is an interesting and attractive area of London with ample evidence of its past through the medium of documents, map illustrations and photographs. Yet the area is constantly changing, evolving over time because of wars, social, economic and technical change which have been its drivers. Local historian Brian Green attempts to explain some of these catalysts in this illustrated talk.
Wednesday 4 December
Vintage Christmas Card Printing
10am-1pm. Come and end the year in our ever-popular Christmas Printing Workshop in the new Print Room & Bindery using our historic 1860’s Albion printing press, a trio of Adana vintage hand presses and a few Showcard presses too. There will be glitter, there will be Christmas card designs galore and opportunities to print a big Festive Banner or make some joyful bunting.
Goose Green Coffee Morning – Christmas Craft
11am-12.30pm. This week at Goose Green Coffee Morning there will be a simple craft activity to make an ornament for your Christmas tree! , We will use porcelain pens to colour the decorations. Plus you can enjoy our tea, coffee, cake and chat!
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.
British Museum Lecture – Picasso: printmaker with Curator Catherine Daunt
7pm-8.30pm. Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) was one of the most inventive and influential talents ever to explore the medium of print.
In addition to his many paintings, sculptures and drawings, the Málaga-born artist made over 2,400 prints during his career. From his early years as an artist in Paris to his old age in the South of France, printmaking offered Picasso the opportunity to develop ideas, tell stories and embark on new creative adventures.
An Evening with Jon Sopel
7.30pm-8.30pm. In 2022, after eight years of political reporting in the US, Jon Sopel moved home to the UK. Having spent almost a third of his career abroad, he returned to find a very different country to the one he left. In Strangeland, Jon examines the new post-Brexit Britain with fresh eyes, as a native who’s been out but come back. With his characteristic wit and clarity, he unpicks the changes that have rendered his homeland almost unrecognisable from the country he once knew.
Strangeland is a personal exploration of post-Brexit Britain and what it now means to be British, from the bestselling author, political insider, and presenter of the chart-topping podcast, The News Agents.
Thursday 5 December
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.
Goose Green Lunch Club
12.30pm-2pm. The lunch club is a friendly and informal club for people over 55. We meet every Thursday during term time and enjoy a delicious main course and dessert with tea and coffee for £5.
Friday 6 December
Dulwich Charity Lunch
12.30pm-4pm. The wonderful Dulwich Charity Lunch is now in its 23rd year, and it would be lovely if you could come along and help raise funds for this very worthy local charity. The all-important date is Friday 6th December.
The Nutcracker – A Fun Family Show
6.30pm-7.30pm. The enchanting story of The Nutcracker is brought to magical life by Spontaneous Productions in the beautiful setting of St Bartholomew’s Church, Westwood Hill Sydenham, SE26.
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.
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 7 December
Winter Marketplace
10.30am-4pm. Lewisham School of Arts and Design at Adult Learning Lewisham, brings together a group of designers, artists and learners selling jewellery, pottery, artwork, prints, glass, upholstery, cushions, decorative textiles, seasonal cards, artisan bread and floral designs.
A fantastic opportunity to enjoy, browse, purchase and commission a bespoke piece and even join a class with Adult Learning Lewisham.
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.
Carols by the Green
11am-1pm. Come along and sing – or listen to – your favourite carols at this popular local event at St John the Evangelist, East Dulwich. Warm up with mulled wine, mince pies and get some Christmas shopping done at our festive stalls.
Festive Artist Open House (and Sunday)
11am-8pm. Meet local artists and enjoy an intimate shopping experience set in a wonderful self build wooden house. Affordable unique gifts: Fine Art Prints, Cards, Ceramics, Reformed Glass, illustration, plants and local Cider for sale. Free glass of mulled wine between 6 – 8pm on Saturday. Saturday 7th December 11am – 8pm & Sunday 8th December 11 – 6pm.
Festive Open Garden
11.30am-2.30pm. December’s Open Garden promises to be a treat – come and explore our 2.5 acre grounds which includes a walled vegetable garden, a more formal house garden with our newly created pollinator bed and the poly tunnel and beehives. Our garden volunteers and beekeeper Annie will be on site to explain our organic approach to gardening, putting biodiversity and wildlife at the forefront of what we do.
The Nutcracker – A Fun Family Show
2pm-3pm. The enchanting story of The Nutcracker is brought to magical life by Spontaneous Productions in the beautiful setting of St Bartholomew’s Church, Westwood Hill Sydenham, SE26.
Sunday 8 December
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.
Meet Oliver Jeffers, bestselling author of How to Catch a Star
11am-12.30pm. Come to Village Books to meet Oliver Jeffers, author of the multi-million copy How to Catch a Star, where he’ll be signing copies of his new book Where to Hide a Star.
The Dulwich Village Christmas Stocking is Back!
11am-5pm. The Dulwich Village Christmas Stocking is back! Experience Christmas in the Village with music, mince pies, a disco and a mystery stocking hunt. Festive music from 11am in the Square. Popchoir sings Christmas from 2pm in the Square. Nutty’s Children’s Disco – 2pm to 4pm at St Barnabas Parish Hall and lots more!
St Clements with St Peter Church Christmas Fayre
11.30am-2.30pm. Come join our festive fun at the St Clements with St Peter Church’s Christmas Fayre on 8th December! We will have lots of stalls including gifts, books, cakes, bric-a-brac, tombola and a raffle with some fantastic local prizes! There is also be hot sausage rolls, mince pies and warming mulled wine.
The Nutcracker – A Fun Family Show
2pm-3pm. The enchanting story of The Nutcracker is brought to magical life by Spontaneous Productions in the beautiful setting of St Bartholomew’s Church, Westwood Hill Sydenham, SE26.
Seasonal Singaround
7pm-10.30pm. At our Seasonal Singaround, we intersperse festive songs and carols sung in unison (we provide the words!) with songs sung by individual people or small groups of people.
Messiah & Messa di Gloria – Blackheath Choir
7.30pm-10pm. Blackheath Choir sing Handel’s famous ‘Messiah’ and Puccini’s dramatic ‘Messa di Gloria’ – joined by a full orchestra and professional soloists, it’s a concert not to be missed!
Have fun this week and keep checking here for more events in and Around Dulwich.