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May
30
Sat
Visit to Beth Chatto’s Garden @ Beth Chatto's House near Colchester
May 30 @ 9:00 am – 5:30 pm

Friends of Waterlow Park are organising a coach trip on Saturday 30 May to this famous garden and plant nursery near Colchester in Essex. Beth Chatto, now in her 90s, is one of the country’s foremost plantswomen. Highlights are the gravel garden, the fabulous display of herbaceous plants and shrubs, and water and woodland gardens. Come along to get ideas for your garden or just to enjoy seeing great garden design. Coach will depart Highgate at 9.00 and return by 17.30.

Apr
12
Wed
Around @ Jacksons Lane
Apr 12 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Arriving with a caravan of hobby horses, two acrobats transform an empty stage into a charming circus ring with the help of a band of musicians. Making its London debut as part of Jacksons Lane’s Sirkus Finnish showcase, Around is a magical show that combines incredible skill, beautiful artistry and live music. Juggling, sword swallowing, hula hooping, acrobatics, clowning and a guitar-playing monkey will surprise and delight little ones and their families in this captivating spectacle.

For ages 4+

Around @ Jacksons Lane
Apr 12 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Arriving with a caravan of hobby horses, two acrobats transform an empty stage into a charming circus ring with the help of a band of musicians. Making its London debut as part of Jacksons Lane’s Sirkus Finnish showcase, Around is a magical show that combines incredible skill, beautiful artistry and live music. Juggling, sword swallowing, hula hooping, acrobatics, clowning and a guitar-playing monkey will surprise and delight little ones and their families in this captivating spectacle.

For ages 4+

Apr
13
Thu
Around @ Jacksons Lane
Apr 13 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Arriving with a caravan of hobby horses, two acrobats transform an empty stage into a charming circus ring with the help of a band of musicians. Making its London debut as part of Jacksons Lane’s Sirkus Finnish showcase, Around is a magical show that combines incredible skill, beautiful artistry and live music. Juggling, sword swallowing, hula hooping, acrobatics, clowning and a guitar-playing monkey will surprise and delight little ones and their families in this captivating spectacle.

For ages 4+

Around @ Jacksons Lane
Apr 13 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Arriving with a caravan of hobby horses, two acrobats transform an empty stage into a charming circus ring with the help of a band of musicians. Making its London debut as part of Jacksons Lane’s Sirkus Finnish showcase, Around is a magical show that combines incredible skill, beautiful artistry and live music. Juggling, sword swallowing, hula hooping, acrobatics, clowning and a guitar-playing monkey will surprise and delight little ones and their families in this captivating spectacle.

For ages 4+

Jul
1
Sun
Sundial Sundays: Jazz Connect @ Lauderdale House
Jul 1 @ 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Join us in pretty Waterlow Park for another free Sunday afternoon concert!

This week’s performance showcases a collection of jazz ensembles brought together by Camden Music Hub as part of their Art’s Council funded project “Jazz Connect”. The show will feature jazz ensembles from local schools, Camden music service and Camden music hub partners – all coming together to perform a programme of thrilling live music.

Relax on the grass with a hotdog and a cold drink while you enjoy family-friendly live music as part of our ongoing Sundial Sundays season.

The Jazz Connect performance will take place between 2.30 and 4.30pm on 1 July. All sessions are free to attend and open to everyone.      

Photo credit to Tim Kraemer.

See the full programme of Sundial Sunday performances here.

Sundial Sundays have been generously sponsored by the Co-op Community Fund.

Jul
22
Sun
Sundial Sundays: John Etheridge @ Lauderdale House
Jul 22 @ 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Join us in pretty Waterlow Park for another free Sunday afternoon concert!

For this Sunday internationally renowned guitarist, John Etheridge will be joining us playing an eclectic mix of genres from funk, jazz, to acoustic and electric, accompanied by Ross Stanley (organ) and Dylan Howe (drums).

John Etheridge has played with the likes of Nigel Kennedy, Yehudi Menuhin and John Williams, and has been praised as “one of the best guitarists” by Pat Metheny. He is currently part of numerous bands as well as performing his own solo gigs, holding guitar workshops and playing at festivals. John is also a composer and has written much of his own music.

This free outdoors performance is set to have a wonderful array of guitar music, suitable for all the family. Come along, relax on the lawn and listen to some live music as part of our Sundial Sundays season.

John Etheridge’s performance will take place between 2.30 and 4.30pm on 22 July. All sessions are free to attend and open to everyone.

See the full programme of Sundial Sunday performances here.

Sundial Sundays have been generously sponsored by the Co-op Community Fund.

May
23
Sun
Pentecost – A New Devotional Performance By Jonathan Byrd @ St Augustine's Church Highgate London UK
May 23 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

A Pentecost performance of uplifting and (hopefully) sunlit sacred music on the Spanish Guitar.

“A sequence of timeless emotions, such as awe, reverence, ecstasy, penitence, prayer, gratitude, rapture, worship, praise, ardour, resolve, Jonathan Byrd’s music presences us at the Holy Spirit’s descent as the disciples’ likely knew it”

 

 

Sep
29
Thu
Black Sheep @ Jacksons Lane
Sep 29 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm

After moving from Germany to London over ten years ago to live and work in a more diverse community, renowned sword swallower, circus artist and dazzling burlesque artist Livia Kojo Alour learned that life-long feelings of self-hatred and otherness are part internalised racism and part survival techniques. With a successful career under her stage name MisSa, but tiring of playing someone else full-time, Black Sheep has been long in the making, serving as a candid autobiographical work and a euphoric reclamation of Livia’s identity and ongoing fortitude.

Black Sheep is a story about a Black woman finding love and a testament of personal strength, developed through transcending the white gaze, overcoming institutional racism and leaning into radical vulnerability. Securing her place as a pivotal UK Queer Black voice while telling her story via a heady mix of physical theatre, spoken word, song and sword swallowing, Black Sheep is timely, unsettling and deeply personal.

Suitable for ages 14+

Sep
30
Fri
Black Sheep @ Jacksons Lane
Sep 30 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm

After moving from Germany to London over ten years ago to live and work in a more diverse community, renowned sword swallower, circus artist and dazzling burlesque artist Livia Kojo Alour learned that life-long feelings of self-hatred and otherness are part internalised racism and part survival techniques. With a successful career under her stage name MisSa, but tiring of playing someone else full-time, Black Sheep has been long in the making, serving as a candid autobiographical work and a euphoric reclamation of Livia’s identity and ongoing fortitude.

Black Sheep is a story about a Black woman finding love and a testament of personal strength, developed through transcending the white gaze, overcoming institutional racism and leaning into radical vulnerability. Securing her place as a pivotal UK Queer Black voice while telling her story via a heady mix of physical theatre, spoken word, song and sword swallowing, Black Sheep is timely, unsettling and deeply personal.

Suitable for ages 14+

Oct
1
Sat
Black Sheep @ Jacksons Lane
Oct 1 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm

After moving from Germany to London over ten years ago to live and work in a more diverse community, renowned sword swallower, circus artist and dazzling burlesque artist Livia Kojo Alour learned that life-long feelings of self-hatred and otherness are part internalised racism and part survival techniques. With a successful career under her stage name MisSa, but tiring of playing someone else full-time, Black Sheep has been long in the making, serving as a candid autobiographical work and a euphoric reclamation of Livia’s identity and ongoing fortitude.

Black Sheep is a story about a Black woman finding love and a testament of personal strength, developed through transcending the white gaze, overcoming institutional racism and leaning into radical vulnerability. Securing her place as a pivotal UK Queer Black voice while telling her story via a heady mix of physical theatre, spoken word, song and sword swallowing, Black Sheep is timely, unsettling and deeply personal.

Suitable for ages 14+