Monday 6 October
Tuesday 7 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.
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.
An Evening with Mary Berry
7.30pm-8.30pm. Join Britain’s best-loved cook, Mary Berry, as she celebrates her 90th birthday with a career-spanning collection of iconic, fuss-free recipes for every occasion.
Honor Oak WI Monthly Meeting
7.30pm-9.30pm. Join Women of London’s Becky Laxton-Bass at our October meeting. Explore the lives of Lewisham’s extraordinary female icons who have left lasting legacies in Lewisham, from medical pioneers to social reformers and politicians.
Gong Bath on Sydenham Hill – a cosy evening Sound Journey
8pm-9pm. Step into the magical realm of my Secret Soul Sanctuary by the woods! It is a safe haven in the heart of South London, where I invite you to join me for an evening Gong Meditation / Sound Journey.
Wednesday 8 October
Goose Green Coffee Morning
11am-12.30pm. Do drop into Goose Green Coffee Morning, which is open every Wednesday between 11am and 12:30pm. It’s a great place to meet others from the local community and enjoy a coffee or tea and some cake! All welcome!
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: Bystanders Can be Lifesavers – First Aid Evening
7.30pm-9.30pm. Join us at our October event, where we learn more about ‘First Aid’ and how Bystanders can be Lifesavers. We all have been in situations where First Aid help was needed to assist a person in medical need and we felt unsure what to do. A colleague having an epilepsy attack, a family member having accidentally cut themselves with the bread knife or a fellow passenger on the train experiencing heart palpitations. During the evening, we learn what to do in such cases, to assist the person in need of medical attention and how to deal with emergency services.
Tasmania and Hunter Valley Australia
7.30pm-9.30pm. The Dulwich Wine Society started in 1991 meets most Wednesdays, and provides a way for novices and seasoned wine lovers to explore the world of grapes and wine regions. Taste, learn and discover new favourites.
Thursday 9 October
BNI Adventurers
6.30am-8.30am. Part of the award-winning multi-national networking organisation, BNI, Adventurers brings together businesses local to Dulwich to pass business and keep 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.
Intangible Landscapes, recent paintings by Nicholas Ashton (until 19 October)
12pm-6pm. The Anna Lovely Gallery is pleased to be showing recent works by Nicholas Ashton, offering a subjective and personal interpretation of place that moves beyond scientific or purely visual documentation. Private view Saturday 11th October 2025 from 6-9pm.
Convergent (until 12 October)
Gina Beaton, Sharon Blair, Sera Furneaux, Caroline Ingham, Kate Jacob, Octavia Milner, Erika Winstone Seven artists from across the UK, converge at Safehouse 1 to share their examination of memory, loss, hope and desire in this 3-day exhibition.
An Evening with Gyles Brandreth
7.30pm-8.30pm. Somewhere, a Boy and a Bear. The extraordinary story of A A Milne, Christopher Robin and Winnie-the-Pooh. 2026 marks the centenary of the publication of Winnie-the-Pooh, one of the best-selling children’s books of all time. Best-selling biographer Gyles Brandreth knew the real Christopher Robin, and Somewhere, a Boy and a Bear is an intimate and revealing biography of A A Milne.
The Art of the Cartoonist
8pm-9pm. Harry Venning has been a professional cartoonist for thirty years, providing cartoons for high-profile UK publications (e.g. The Guardian, Radio Times) as well as for countless more obscure titles (e.g. British Journal of Wound Care). He was awarded UK Strip Cartoonist of the Year for his Guardian strip Clare In The Community, which he adapted into a Radio 4 sitcom. In this lecture Harry will trace the history of his profession from Cruickshank and Hogarth to more recent artists like Giles and Schulz, bringing events up to date with cartoons produced fresh on the page that very day.
FOLD Art Collective – Works on Paper (until 19 October)
Prints, drawings, paintings, collage, and more, are on show at FOLD Art Collective’s Works on Paper exhibition at the Jeannie Avent Gallery. FOLD is a female art collective formed in South East London, to champion the work of mid-life women artists. Works are for sale at affordable prices.
Friday 10 October
Herne Hill Music Festival (until 19 October)
The HHMF is an annual, ten-day festival in celebration of the art of music. It is a not-for-profit event for the local community and beyond. This year it runs from Friday 10th to Sunday 19th October in well-known venues arouånd Herne Hill. Over the ten days there are 18 different events, comprising 25 different acts with dozens of talented artists. Some are solo performances; some singer-songwriters, some duos; not a few quartets; big bands and rock bands – and up to full-blown choirs and a sinfonietta.
Lewisham Underwater Hockey Club
7.30pm-9pm. Try out underwater hockey at Forest Hill Pools every Friday evening. We’re a mixed-ability club that play for fun and exercise. Complete beginners welcome.
Gong Bath on Sydenham Hill – a cosy evening Sound Journey
8pm-9pm. tep into the magical realm of my Secret Soul Sanctuary by the woods! It is a safe haven in the heart of South London, where I invite you to join me for an evening Gong Meditation / Sound Journey.
Gong Bath on Sydenham Hill – a cosy evening Sound Journey
8pm-9pm. Step into the magical realm of my Secret Soul Sanctuary by the woods! It is a safe haven in the heart of South London, where I invite you to join me for an evening Gong Meditation / Sound Journey.
Saturday 11 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, and is mainly flat, making it a potential PB course. The start & finish are located close to the Colyton Road park entrance.
South Dulwich Chorus Inaugural Concert: Handel’s Messiah
6pm-7.30pm. A NEW CHOIR IN THE HEART OF THE WOODS. Put your name down in history as a Founder Member of South Dulwich Chorus and become part of an inspiring musical association that will include world-class soloists and instrumentalists. Our Musical Director, Oliver Lallemant, Director of Music at St Stephen’s, is looking forward to working with keen singers from all walks of life. No audition necessary.
Sunday 12 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.
Heritage Orchard Volunteer Gardening
2pm-3.30pm. Come and join our team of friendly volunteers who meet from 2-3.30pm on 2nd and 4th Sunday of each month to tend and garden our beautiful heritage orchard.
Samhain/Halloween Gong Baths in Brockley
6.30pm-7.30pm. I am thrilled to extend a heartfelt invitation to you for an enchanting gong bath session at the serene and welcoming “andosteo” studio, nestled in the heart of Brockley. Autumnal Magic will be in full swing and will come to a pinnacle at the end of the month when many celebrate Halloween, Samhain, All Hallows Eve. This is a time when it is said the veil between the living and the dead is at its thinnest. We will therefore pay special respect to all those who have gone before us and connect with our ancestors.
Singaround
7pm-10.30pm. Our Singarounds are informal and participative. We take it in turns to sing a song – any language, any genre, accompanied or unaccompanied, anything goes! We don’t use mics. Singers, listeners and complete beginners welcome!
Have fun this week and keep checking here for more events in and Around Dulwich.