MyRaynesPark Festival To Offer Comedy, Art, Music, Poetry And Family Fun
Community arts festival takes place during ten days in June and July
Now in its ninth year MyRaynesPark Festival is a community arts festival for local residents. During ten days in June and July, organisers promise Raynes Park will be full of comedy, art, music, poetry and family fun.
MyRaynesPark Festival is managed by Raynes Park Community Church with support from a wide range of local groups and businesses and sponsored by Wimbledon Foundation Community Fund, Tesco Bags for Help & Aviva Community Fund. Details of the events are below:
· Human Flow
Film followed by a discussion with Eleanor Harrison (OBE) of Safe Passage.
Date: Friday 28th June
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: Lantern Arts Centre, Tolverne Road, SW20 8RA
Price: £5 (proceeds to Safe Passage)
Booking: Online at www.lanternarts.org or on the door
Suitable for: 12+
· OurRaynesPark Saturday
Host or attend an event in your street. Check out myraynespark.co.uk for events near you.
Date: Saturday 29th June
Time: various
Venue: various
· Festival Church Service – Acts of Kindness
Join Raynes Park Community Church and explore together how to be kind to each other in a world which favours a ‘me first’ mindset.
Date: Sunday 30th June
Time: 10.30-11:30am
Venue: The Scout Hut, Cottenham Park Road, SW20 0SX
Price: Free
· Malory Torr with support from Quietones
Fresh off supporting George Ezra on tour, musician Malory Torr will perform with support by Quietones.
Date: Sunday 30th June
Time: 8pm
Venue: The Cavern
Price: Free
· Learn to Use Chalk Paint
Up-cycling furniture workshop.
Date: Monday 1st July
Time: 11am-1:30pm
Venue: The Bash, 496 Kingston Road, SW20 8DX
Price: £30
Booking: Online at Eventbrite or directly with Room Remedies, 12 Lambton Road, SW20 0LR. 020 8946 6894
· Craftivism Workshop
Learn from award-winning activist and founder of the global Craftivist Collective Sarah Corbett how you can use craft to do slow, quiet and kind activism that works.
Date: Monday 1st July
Time: 7:30
Venue: Lantern Coffee House, 195-205 Worple Road, SW20 8ET
Price: £9
Booking: Online at Eventbrite
· Pub Quiz
Date: Tuesday 2nd July
Time: 8pm (sign up from 7:30pm)
Venue: The Edward Rayne, 12 Coombe Lane, SW20 8ND
Price: £2 per person
Booking: Email dthurst52@gmail.com (teams of up to six or on your own to join another team)
· BabysongFest!
A gentle, guided singing group for parents/carers and their children under 3.
Date: Wednesday 3rd July
Time: 10-11.30am
Venue: Raynes Park Library Hall, 21 Approach Road, SW20 8BA
Price: £2 per family
Booking details: No need to book - just turn up and sing!
· Belly Laughs
Choose your preferred restaurant and enjoy dinner with two comedy sets.
Steve Bugeja (The Russell Howard Hour)
“Wry Storyteller” Bilal Zafar
Date: Wednesday 3rd July
Time: 7.30pm
Venues:
1) Mora Meza, 17 Approach Rd, SW20 8BA,
£25 for three courses (Middle Eastern food)
Book directly with restaurant - 020 3583 7148.
2) Sai Punjabi, 193 Worple Rd, SW20 8RE
£25 for buffet (Authentic Punjabi food)
Book directly with restaurant - 020 8947 2212 / 020 8617 0278
· Swing Dance Class
Date: Wednesday 3rd July
Time: 7:30-8:30pm
Venue: Studio Theatre, Lantern Arts Centre, Tolverne Road, SW20 8RA
Price: £5
Booking: Online at Eventbrite or on the door
· The Common Good Lecture
Neil Jameson (CBE), Founder and Emeritus Director of Citizens UK, will help explore how to build consensus in precarious times through community organising. He will be joined by a diverse panel of leaders from faith and community; Dr Sebastien Chapleau, Rabbi Janet Darley, Esmat Jeraj & Father Gerard Mitchell.
Date: Thursday 4th July
Time: 7.30pm (doors open from 7.00pm)
Venue: Parish Lounge, Sacred Heart Church, Edge Hill, SW19 4LU
Price: Free
Booking: Online at Eventbrite or on the door
· Poetry Evening with Theresa Lola
Date: Friday 5th July
Time: 8pm
Venue: Love & Dye, 187 Worple Rd, SW20 8RE
Price: £2
Booking: Online at Eventbrite or on the door
Why Frogs Croak – Tales of Beginning
Storytelling, music and craft ideally suited to children from 4-10 years.
Date: Saturday 6th July
Time: 2:30-3:30pm
Venue: Raynes Park Library
Price: Pay what you can
Booking: Online at Eventbrite
· Human flourishing in an Age of Anxiety
With technology and social media encouraging us to live faster with the projection of an 'idealised-self', the uncertainty of Brexit and rising fear in the future of our planet we’re living in an age of deep anxiety. Join Ian Mobsby as he discusses the practices from the new monastic movement that help build hope, peace and resilience. The evening will be a mixture of discussion, reflection and exploration.
Date: Saturday 6th July
Time: 7:30pm
Venue: The Bash, 496 Kingston Road, SW20 8DX
Price: Free
· Raynes Lark in the Park
African Acrobatics & Drumming with Mbilla Arts – Indian Dancing – Siegeris Dance – Football with Free Range Kids - Swing Dance Workshop with SwingStateLondon – Parachute Games – Art Activities – Bouncy Castle – Waffle Jacks Van – Refreshments from 19th Wimbledon Scout Group - and much more!
Date: Sunday 7th July
Time: 12:30-4:30pm
Venue: Holland Gardens, Cambridge Road, SW20 0SN
Price: Free (bring a picnic)
May 9, 2019