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So much in SE15 this weekend 👀 Rooftop season returns, Nunhead Cemetery glows after dark, and Peckham 24 turns 10, and Prince of Peckham turns 9! We pulled the best from this week ↓ Swipe → full details, times & tickets ⭐ PICK OF THE WEEK Nunhead Cemetery Late returns this Friday — masked performers, soundscapes, puppets and strange dusk processions through the cemetery Saturday brings the annual Open Day: tours, crypt visits & community stalls 🎁 Sold out — but we’ve got a pair to give away to the first reader who reaches out. 🎨 Peckham 24 turns 10 — photography, talks & book fair across Copeland Park 🍻 Bold Tendencies + Frank’s Cafe reopen for summer 🎶 Ivy House Beer Fest — 3 days of free live music 🎨 Occupied: Strange Company takes over the Safehouse buildings ✨ ALSO 🎻 Peckham Chamber Orchestra x Weaving Trust 🎭 PalesTEENian at Peckham Fringe 🎬 Shorts for Palestine at The Feminist Library 🎉 Happy 9th birthday to @princeofpeckham 🍹 Bussey Rooftop are doing £22 Aperol jugs for Golden Hour this weekend 🌮 Extra treat: Camberwell Food Festival lands Saturday — street food, live music & farmers market energy just down the road Which one are you actually doing? 👀 Save this for the weekend 📌 Send it to your plans group ☁️ Weather check: Fri evening = best window 🌤 Sat = bright but cloudier Sun = wet later 🌧 Tickets + full listings → link in bio #se15 #peckham #londonevents #thingstodolondon #londonculture

Two versions of Peckham this weekend — and both are worth it 👀 Big culture energy and community chaos: sound art, exhibitions, yard sales, hot sauce & car boots We pulled the best from this week ↓ Swipe → full details, times & tickets ⭐ PICK OF THE WEEK Peckham Yard Trail — a neighbourhood-wide yard sale across SE15 Wander front gardens, find treasures, meet your neighbours. Map drops Sunday morning when you RSVP. 🎶 Shortwave Festival — 2 nights, 4 venues, live sound + performance 🎨 WePresent @ Copeland Gallery — 16 artists + free brunch & drinks 🌶️ Hot Sauce Festival — 40 makers, DJs, margaritas ✨ ALSO 🎨 New Peckham Oasis gallery-bar opens (art + cocktails) 🎭 OffBeat Art Club — 80+ artists, one-night show 🛍️ Yard Trail + Car Boot = elite Sunday combo NEXT WEEK: 🎉 Happy 9th birthday to @princeofpeckham - among celebrations, you have Rachel Ama x White Men Can’t Jerk — one-night supper club, Caribbean flavours + serious grill energy. ☁️ Weather check: Thu/Fri = decent Sat = best day ☀️ Sun = rain (plan accordingly) ✍️ Open call: @fivepoundtheatre are looking for short scripts to stage — deadline May 12 Which one are you actually doing? 👀 Save this for the weekend 📌 Send it to your plans group Tickets + full listings → link in bio #se15 #peckham #londonevents #thingstodolondon #londonculture

SE15 Bank Holiday plans sorted 👀 Farmers market launch, Peckham Fringe, rooftop drinks & a lot going on this week We pulled the best from this week’s listings ↓ Swipe → full details, times & tickets ⭐ PICK OF THE WEEK Two new shows open at @southlondongallery this Thursday — free preview, drinks, and first look at new work Expect sculpture, film & myth-inspired painting from Ranti Bam + Paulo Nimer Pjota 🎭 Peckham Fringe starts (40th anniversary year) 🎉 Shortlist day + night party (one of the last at this spot) 🩸 DISCHARGE @ IKLECTIK — performance art meets party 🎶 JC LOVES U — chaotic cabaret, Bank Holiday edition 🌿 PLUS 🥬 New Peckham Farmers Market (launching Sat) 🍹 Bussey Rooftop reopens (soft launch prices all weekend) ⚠️ Heads up SET Social is closed this week 🍻 New on IG: @se15nights are building Peckham’s biggest pub crawl — got a favourite spot? Drop it in their comments 🌦 Weather: Thu = your day ☀️ Weekend = mixed, Sunday = sofa energy Which one are you actually going to? 👀 Save this for the weekend 📌 Send it to your plans group Tickets + full listings → link in bio #se15 #peckham #londonevents #thingstodolondon #londonculture

SE15 events you can't afford to miss this week 👀 Live music, theatre, comedy, and free fun in Peckham We've got the top picks from 18 posters so you don't have to Swipe → full listings, times, and tickets TONIGHT 🎭 Big Throw #3 — a wild mix of theatre and opera 😂 Mark Thomas WIP — South London's comedy king WEEKEND 🎵 Acid Mothers Temple — a rare London performance 🎭 Feminist cave tour — sharp, funny, and different 🎶 Free vinyl all-dayer — 10 hours of beats MIDWEEK 🎶 Alyssa Jinks EP launch party ♟️ Chess club meets DJs 🎭 Six new shows @ Vespers Which event will you actually hit? 👀 Save this post so you don't miss out 📌 Send it to someone who needs plans Tickets → link in bio #se15 #peckham #londonevents #thingstodolondon londonculture

SE15 this week: a new album heard first, Record Store Day done properly, a Prince tribute at Palais + Victorian cemetery secrets unlocked 🐾🌤 TONIGHT ↓ 🎸 Starter Car + Kissing Gate + New Hat @ivyhousenunhead — Thu 7:30pm. £8+bf / £10 OTD. Three South London bands, one cosy Nunhead pub. Kissing Gate's live show has a reputation — go see why. THIS WEEKEND ↓ 🎵 Shai Space × Yaya Bey: Fidelity listening @shai.space — Fri 7–10pm. £11. Full album listen on release day, short film, then @yayabeybay joins live from New York for a Q&A. First time most people in that room will have heard it. 🖼️ Softer/Harder @set.stage.gallery — Fri–Sun 2–8pm. Female sexuality and desire through a digital lens — Tumblr-era nostalgia, erotic poetry, photography. Open night Friday for ticket holders; walk in across the weekend. 🎵 Record Store Day @thegreyhound.uk — Sat from 6pm. £10.13 / afters £5 (free before 9pm). Live South London acts upstairs, then Palace Vinyl take the basement to 4am. 🪦 Cemetery Symbols walk, Nunhead Cemetery — Sun 2–3:45pm. Free. Guided tour of the Victorian symbolism carved into every headstone. The kind of walk that changes how you see the place. 🕺 South London Soul Train: Prince 10 Years @palaisldn — Sun 6–11pm. £5–10 adv / £13 OTD. Marlon & Kyri dig deep into the full catalogue — Purple Rain to the weird late-night stuff. Five hours, one dancefloor. MIDWEEK ↓ 🔥 Bibi's Circle | Beltane @ronspeckham — Mon 6–9pm. Donation. Spring fire festival gathering — food, drinks, community. 📚 Comedians Do Poems: Spring Edition @reviewbookshop — Tue 7–9pm. £10. Comics swap punchlines for verse. Quarterly scratch night, always a good room. 🎨 Jace Ambwani & Seonaid Best @peckhambr — Wed 7pm. Free. Two-person opening: sculpture and multimedia rooted in housing, architecture and the suburb. Which one's going on your list? Full listings + tickets → link in bio #peckham #se15 #whatsonlondon

SE15 this week: a debut listening party, a corner pub turning two, unconventional lessons for a good cause + a soul night worth showing up early for 🐾🌤 TONIGHT ↓ 🎤 Piñata with @juliamasli — Thu 7:30pm. From £10. Monthly comedy variety night with the Guardian’s no. 1 comedy show of 2023. Weird, funny, and a papier-mâché smash at the end. 🎬 Underscore 002: My Father’s Shadow + Duval Timothy & CJ Mirra @jumbipeckham — Thu 7–11pm. Free. Film + a rare extended DJ set from the people who scored it. 🍷 After Hours @forest_london — Thu 6–9pm. Free. Plant shop turns candlelit wine bar, Brindisa tapas, Hop Burns & Black bottles, DJs. No booking needed. THIS WEEKEND ↓ 🪩 House of Soul Launch @theclfartlounge — Fri 7pm–late. Free. Brand new Friday night session, jazzy house into afro-house into RnB/Trap Soul. 🎉 The Greyhound Turns 2 — Sat 12pm–3am. £5–25. Full building takeover with Benyayer, C.A.R., Marie Malarie + more. Football, food, surprises. 🎞️ Back To School (in a fun way) @set.social.peckham — Sat 2:30–6pm. £5 per lesson / £20 for the afternoon. Unconventional lessons, good company, all proceeds to Refuge. 🎨 @marysho : A City Asleep @thepalaceofthedogs — Sat 5:30–9:30pm. Free. Debut photography exhibition + exclusive EP listening party from 7:30pm. 🎞️ No Data Plan screening + Q&A @set.social.peckham — Sat 7pm. PWYC £3–10. Fundraiser screening in solidarity with migrants, filmmaker in the room. @movementatset every Sunday — this week focuses on emotional power in movement. £5–7 on the door. MIDWEEK ↓ 🎸 Bowie 10 years on @ivyhousenunhead — Tue 8–11pm. £14. Full-band tribute marking a decade since his passing. 🎻 Peckham Chamber Orchestra @copelandparkse — Wed 7:30pm. Free. Mahler + Smyth + Bitter Sweet Symphony + a new original. Just turn up. 📚 Resonance Poetry Collective: anthology launch @peckhampelican — Wed 7–10pm. Free. Live readings + cover art reveal. Books for sale on the night. 🎷 The Late Late Late Late Late Late Late Late Show @thegreyhound.uk — Wed 8pm. £5–9. Basement chat-show chaos with Molly Martian + a new character debut. Which one’s going on your list? Full listings + tickets → link in bio #peckham #se15 #whatson

SE15 this week: Easter weekend goes big — milestone gigs, secret chapel shows, warehouse link-ups + a soft midweek comedown 🌤🐣 TONIGHT ↓ 🎟️ What Was, What Is, What Could Be @camberwellspace — Thu 6–8:30pm (opening). Free. LGBTQIA+ youth arts, new commissions + a powerful 7-year archive. Slow viewing recommended. 🎬 Exploding Cinema @set.social.peckham — Thu 6–10:30pm. £7.50. DIY short films, live music + a full immersive projection takeover. Filmmakers in the room. 🎷 Grass Roots @theclfartlounge — Thu 8pm. £0–£6. Emerging London jazz, April spotlight on Open Your Mouth! THIS WEEKEND ↓ 🎭 Magic Adventure Comedy II: Bad Friday @peckhamlevels — Fri 7–11pm. £6.50–£10. Alt comedy + cabaret chaos with Kate Cheka + guests. 🎶 @sofarlondon (secret chapel show) — Sat 5–8pm. £28. Candlelit, stripped-back sets in a hidden Peckham chapel. Address drops 36h before… 🪩 Jumbi: The Mighty Link Up @jumbipeckham — Sat 8pm–2am. £7. Four collectives, three rooms, heavy energy. Tickets moving. 🥐 Tanya Bush x TOAD Bakery @toadbakery — Sat from 10am. Pastry collab + signed cookbooks. Get there early. 🐣 SET Social Easter Community Day & Market @set.social.peckham — Sun 12–5pm. Free. Market, workshops, food + a long easy browse. 🎸 Otala’s 100th Gig @set.social.peckham — Sun 7pm–midnight. £3–£7. This week’s pick. Live sets, jam energy + Northern Soul/funk vinyl. 🪩 Faem E Li: malix & friends @palaisldn — Sun 10pm–4am. From £23. UK-rooted club sounds + tight programming. MIDWEEK COMEDOWN ↓ ✉️ Snail Mail Isn’t Dead @ronspeckham — Wed 6:30–9pm. Free. Letters, stationery + cosy energy. 🇵🇸 Fundraiser film night + DJs @thepyrotechnistsarms_nunhead — Wed 6–11pm. £5–£10/PWYF. Film, music + talks supporting Palestinian causes. ✍️ In The Arch @queens.se15 — Wed 7pm. Free. Intimate songwriter showcase under the arches. 🍿 Peckhamplex — all week. £6.99. Mario goes galactic + fresh releases + HOH screenings. — 🌿 Extra notes: • Nunhead Cemetery now open daily 8am–7pm — post-work walks unlocked • Easter weather looking decent: best day to be out = Saturday ☀️ Which one’s going on your list? Full listings + tickets → link in bio #peckham #se15 #londonevents

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SE15 this week: the clocks go forward, short films take over, and a curatorial tour of the best show in Peckham right now 🐾 TONIGHT ↓ ✍️ Poetry Foyer: Her Words @theatrepeckham — Thu 7pm. Free. Women’s voices, featured performers + open mic. 🎬 My Eyes! My Eyes! Short Film Night @multistorypeckham — Thu 7pm. £11.92. First curated shorts programme since 2023. Beautiful, dark, eye-popping. Meet the filmmakers. 🎬 Relationship Drama: A Night of Short Films @set.social.peckham — Thu 7:30pm. £11.55. Make-ups, break-ups and everything in between. 🌬️ Only Breath by Breath Quartet @iklectikartlab — Thu 7:30pm. From £6.74. Electronic sound, voice and movement across four phases. Move, lie down, listen, or dance. THIS WEEKEND ↓ 🖼️ Strange Parade: Open Studios — Fri PV 7pm, Sat–Sun 11am–6pm. Free. New paintings by Brian Bushell & Chumbeni Kikon at 123 Evelina Road. Part of @thfest 🎭 NT Connections @theatrepeckham : 1) Britney’s Lock + Ride or Die — Fri 7pm. £5. GCSE stress, a Britney relic, and a car crash of a theme park argument. Sharp, funny. 2) Ride or Die + Cloud Busting — Sat 7pm. £5. Closing double-bill based on Malorie Blackman’s novel. 📸 In Living Memory: curatorial tour — Sat 11am–12pm. Free. This week’s pick. @myah.jeffers takes you behind the scenes of her @peckhamplatform commission at The Hub. Show’s extended to 8 April. 🎥 DFP Film Festival: Awards & Immersive Exhibition @copelandparkse — Sat 6–10pm. From £22. Bold shorts, screen-based art and movement-led work. Catch a lot of new voices in one hit. 🛋️ Big South London Flea @copelandparkse — Sat–Sun 10am. £2. Vintage furniture, reclaimed fixtures, lighting and homewares at Peckham Salvage Yard. 🏛️ Rafael Escardó: Scaffolder @moca_london — Sun from 2pm. Free. Opening event with live performance. Scaffolding, concrete and textiles as wearable structures. Runs until 25 Apr. 🎶 @nunheadchoir fundraiser — Sun from 6pm. Free. Raising funds for The Green Nunhead at the Man of Kent. Easy early-evening singalong. 🌿 Extra treat: @thewaverleyarms Garms clothes swap + Meat Free Monday - Free + 20% off food Full listings + tickets in the newsletter — link in bio 👆

SE15 this week: the equinox, a tart from Maison Bertaux, Ivkovic all night at Palais, and the first HIPPOCAMPUS 🐾 TONIGHT ↓ 🎧 PanOrama + A Quiet Tuning @iklectikartlab — Thu 6:30pm. From £11.22. Oram-archive electronics then slow, fragile scores by women composers. ✊🏾 Anti-ICE Benefit Night @set.social.peckham — Thu 7:30pm. £10 suggested (sliding scale). Indie + punk + clothing swap + raffle. Nobody turned away. 🥟 Paratha Club @johntheunicornpeckham — Thu 7pm. £17.50. Aloo parathas, chai, sweet treat, then *Polite Society*. Sells out before most people forward th 🥧 STST Word Club x Maison Bertaux Soirées @staffordshirest — Thu 7pm. £6–14. Soho patisserie crosses the river. Theme: Tart. They’re bringing an actual one. THIS WEEKEND ↓ 💤 HIPPOCAMPUS @theoldnunshead — Fri 7:30pm. £12. Dream-logic cabaret with Lorna Rose Treen + puppet-makers Ash Appadu & Jess Shead. This week’s pick. 🖼️ Point of Reference @set.social.peckham — Fri 7pm. Free/£5. Brothers Saiya & Yumaani Thomas transform the gallery into their family living room. 🪩 Palais: @vladimir_ivkovic — Fri 10pm. From £8. Six hours all night on the Funktion-One. 21+ with ID. ☀️ The Sun at Night — Fri–Sun. Pay what you feel (min £3). NASA footage + cinematic soundtrack inside St Giles’ Church, Camberwell. Spring Equinox. 🛍️ Pearly Makers Market @princeofpeckham — Sat 12pm. Free. Jewellery, ceramics, prints + good pints. 📚 Outhouse 2nd birthday + Issue 3 launch @peckhampelican — Sat 4:30pm. Free, drop in. Urban Dreamscapes. Readings, special prints, cake. 🤖 @thewrong.biennale : An Authentic Delirium — Sat 6pm. Free. AI art private view + exhibition through Mon. AMP Gallery, SE15 2TZ. 🎤 Always On Time — Sun 4pm. Free. DJ @femiydfem on 90s neo soul all afternoon @theclfartlounge ALL WEEK ↓ 🎭 NT Connections 2026 @theatrepeckham — Tue 24–Sat 28, 7pm. £5. New plays by young companies all week. Double-bills nightly. 🎬 @peckhamplexcinema — from Thu. £6.99. Project Hail Mary advance Thu night, then Ready or Not 2 + One Last Deal from Fri. Full listings + tickets in the newsletter — link in bio 👆

SE15 this week: St Patrick’s Day, Mother’s Day, folk films and the 018th donut jam 🐾 THIS WEEKEND ↓ 🎞️ The Land Between Race & Place @offbeatfilm at @set.social.peckham — TONIGHT 6:30pm. £10. Black British folk films + panel. Small room, book ahead. 🎭 ENRON — @dulwich_players at @theatrepeckham — TONIGHT–Sat. £17/£10 under 18. Lucy Prebble’s corporate scandal play with teeth. 🎧 Anja Ngozi listening session @shai.space — Fri 7pm. £18. Deep selections through the Big Ears system. 😂 Magic Adventure Comedy: A New Nativity @multistorypeckham — Fri 7:45pm. Alt comedy + cabaret. New night. 🕯️ Common Host: gathering the parasitic @futureritual at Safehouse 1&2 — Fri–Sun. PWYC–£15. Performances, exhibition + artist lab. 🍩 @donut__jam x @staffordshirest — Fri 7:30pm. £12.50. Musicians in the round, live visuals. Monthly essential. ☘️ St Paddy’s @set.social.peckham — Sat 6pm. Free before 8pm. Trad 9–11pm, DJs til 2am. 🌼 Big Fish Little Fish Mother’s Day Rave @multistorypeckham — Sun 2pm. From £9.75. Bubbles, balloons, parachute. Best for 0–8s. ST PATRICK’S WEEK ↓ 🍀 Guinness Tuesdays + Irish dancers at @thepyrotechnistsarms_nunhead — Tue 17 Mar. £5 Guinness. No tickets. 🍽️ Peckham’s Multicultural Plates @rebelledequality at @set.social.peckham — Tue 17 Mar, 5–9pm. FREE. Community iftar + langar feast. Come hungry. 🎶 MoreThanShows Vol. 2 @princeofpeckham — Tue 17 Mar, 7pm. £11.50. Live music + poetry, open mic to start. 🍀 Call Yourself an Irishman at @skehansfreehouse — Wed 18 Mar, 12pm. £15/£12. One-person show on Irish/British identity. COMMUNITY ↓ 🏗️ Public meeting: Peckham Rye Station & Square — Mon 16 Mar, 6pm, Rye Lane Chapel. Free. Go if this affects you. 🏃🏽 TN.PL Run + Lift Club @trainnow.playlater — Every Monday 6:30pm. Meet at Peckham Rye Station. Free, drop in. Full listings + tickets in the newsletter — link in bio 👆

We’re back after two weeks off and SE15 did not disappoint 🐾 THIS WEEKEND ↓ 🧵 لملمة; Gathering @staffordshirest — Palestinian textile exhibition. Free fundraiser TONIGHT 7–11pm (£7–12, no one turned away). Gallery talk Sat 1:30pm. Embroidery workshop + film screening Sunday. 🎷 NYJO + Sunshine Afrooist at Peckham Levels — TONIGHT 8pm. From £11. 💋 BONK & DIRRTY HARRY at The Old Nun’s Head — TONIGHT 9pm. Alt drag, absurdist comedy. £7–12. 💃 Movement at SET @set.social.peckham — FREE session TODAY 2–4pm. Southwark residents, RSVP [email protected]. 👕 Lucy & Yak (Im)perfect Sale at Copeland Park — TODAY through Sunday. Free entry. 📚 IWD Book Swap at The Feminist Library — Sat 2–4pm. Free. ✏️ Drawing Workshop with @alvin_kofi + @theydidicantoo — Sat 2–5pm. Free, places limited. 🧵 Upcycle Denim Bag Workshop at Shop from Crisis Peckham — Sun 1–4:30pm. £15. 🎬 @peckhamplexcinema : The Bride!, NT Live: Othello Sun 13:30. NEXT WEEK ↓ 📷 In Living Memory: Jeffers & Otchere at Jumbi — Mon 9 Mar, 6pm. Free. 🎬 I DO at Peckhamplex — Tue 10 Mar. French indie miniseries + director Q&A from Paris. 😂 Good News! It’s Been Destroyed at The Pen Theatre — Tue 10 Mar, 7:30pm. £7.21. COMMUNITY: 🥟 Happy belated birthday @mrbaouk — 10 years on Rye Lane! OGs: the Full Taiwanese is back for brunch this Sat + Sun. How was the birthday feast? 👀 🐔 @glengallwharfgarden needs your help — coop broken into in January. Donate the price of a coffee, link in bio. 🖤 Welcome back @girlsaboutpeckham — already hitting the streets. First catch: the one-finger dancing granny on Rye Lane. Watch it. You’re welcome. Full listings in the newsletter — link in bio 👆