Join us for a series of free and low-cost cultural events, art installations and performances that will enlighten, inspire and invigorate your senses!
The launch of Fellowship Square is a unique occasion for the community of Waltham Forest to come together safely and through a summer season of cultural events, reconnect with each other and rediscover the places and spaces that make the borough so richly diverse and colourful.
The Fellowship Square Summer Season programme has been curated with the involvement of fellow residents, artists, local cultural centres, community groups and local businesses. It reflects on the challenges and experiences of the pandemic, whilst celebrating feelings of hope, inspiration and togetherness.
There’s something for everyone, across all ages to enjoy. So come along with your family and friends, kick back, relax, laugh, dance and shop.
We look forward to seeing you in the Square!
Sat 17 and Sun 18Â July
Fellowship Films: Outdoor Cinema A weekend of classic family favourites, contemporary feature films and locally-made shorts programmed by Walthamstow film curators Stow Film Lounge and Leytonstone Loves Film shown on a large LED screen by the Square. Visitors are invited to bring their own blanket and picnic to enjoy on the grassy slopes with food and drink also on offer from local vendors. Headline partner for this event is Countryside Properties.
Sat 24 and Sun 25Â July
Made In Waltham Forest Craft Market with music programmed by Continental Drifts
Curated by Leyton&Stone Designers, the market will celebrate a selection of designers and craftspeople from across the borough while local producers will offer tasty food and drink. To add to the atmosphere, Continental Drifts’ programme of music will feature artists which make the global truly local. Surprise flash mob performances from local X7eaven Performing Arts Academy will take place throughout the day and art installations from two of Waltham Forest Muslim Culture Forum’s talented artists Rezia Wahid MBE and Juma Harding-Dimmock will also be on display.
Sat 31 July
Soho Theatre Comedy in the Square London’s legendary Soho Theatre (soon to open a major new comedy venue in the borough) offers up a one-day takeover of Fellowship Square featuring a day of workshops and performances followed by a jam-packed evening show of uproarious comedians handpicked from Soho Theatre’s stages as Fellowship Square welcomes Simon Amstell, Shappi Khorsandi and Thanyia Mooretake. During the afternoon, local social enterprise Haven Coffee’s matinee stage show “Laffuccino” will feature a line-up of talented comedians from refugee and migrant backgrounds. Waltham Forest’s presenting partner for this event is ISG Ltd.
Sat 7 and Sun 8 August
Waltham Forest Fashion Market plus Emily Dust (BBC Radio 1/1Xtra), Fedz and Movimientos
East London fashion hub The Fashion District brings together independent designers and curators of vintage clothing and accessories from across the borough at Fellowship Square, offering a wide selection of pre-loved and designer items to suit all budgets. A line-up of DJs curated by local Continental Drifts will include a Local Global Special on Saturday with Emily Dust (Radio One and 1 Xtra) on the decks, while Sunday sees Fedz and Movimientos creating the perfect musical accompaniment. Local community dance group Leaders Academy will be performing some special surprise flash mob dance performances.
Also taking place over the course of the month will be:
Sound Garden (21 July – 25 August, various times)
A 15 minute self-led spatial audio installation from legendary electronic artist Max Cooper and young producers from Waltham Forest Music Hub, exploring mindfulness, William Morris patterns, and the surround sound from Fellowship Square’s hidden speakers.
Write Across Waltham Forest in association with the Royal Literature Society in partnership with the Mall (from 17 July)
A walking tour across the borough that uses QR codes to introduce audiences to limericks, lyrics, sonnets and slam poetry from poets and wordsmiths including lcoal talent Adreena Leanne, Mo Gallacio, Khaled Hakim, Lemzi, Paul McGrane and Patrick Evans.
Art installation Distant Fellowship (17 July – 15 August) by Studio Carrom in association with the William Morris Gallery will see colourful William Morris-inspired, Indian printed designs wrapped around the gateposts of Fellowship Square. And Here We Meet (8 – 15 August) created by Soloman Sato with the help of local art students explores multiculturalism, colour and sustainable materials in a bright art project that will hang from trees around the Square.
