Brockley Max programme cover competition extended

Before the schools broke up for Easter we announced our competition for secondary schools pupils across the borough to design the front cover for this year’s Brockley Max Festival programme. Word didn’t get out to everyone so, in order to give all 11-to-18 year olds in the area a fair chance of entering, we’ve just…

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Last chance to get Martin Rowson fundraising night tickets

Tickets for our fundraising night at The Chandos on Tuesday 4th February are nearly all gone – so grab yours while you can! The event, The State We’re In, combines topical satire and poetry and is a double header with The Guardian cartoonist Martin Rowson and renowned poet Luke Wright. Martin says: ‘We’ve been cursed…

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Help Brockley Max earn more pennies with Tesco tokens

Inside the Magical Marquee of Making at Art In The Park 2019

Shopping at your local branch of Tesco could help towards the funding for this year’s Brockley Max Art In The Park family day. Brockley Max non-profit organisation Max Media Arts is one of three organisations currently vying for customers’ endorsements at branches of Tesco in Lewisham borough through its Bags Of Help scheme. Throughout January,…

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Brockley Max 2019: what were your highlights?

We’re approaching the end of November and have been plunged into the bitter cold of late autumn so it’s heartwarming to look back at the glorious sunshine and fantastic sense of community that was evident during this year’s Brockley Max festival. From the uplifting energy of the opening night street party down by Brockley station…

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Top arts picks

With so many great art events taking place, it’s hard to know where to start. Here are our highlights. Merging Inks Paint Jam | 180 Brockley Road |  6:00 pm – 9:30 pm, 27th May | Free The wall of 180 Brockley Road is the canvas for this live, collaborative art jam. The theme is…

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Submit your short film to the Brockley Max film night

Brockley Max film night Brockleywood Nights, 2011

Brockley Max is delighted to announce that one of our most popular events, Brockleywood Nights, is making a return at this year’s festival. Brockleywood Nights is an evening of short films screened on Hilly Fields. Film curator Declan McGill is currently looking for films to show on the night – Friday 3rd June. Declan says “The…

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Al fresco films and masses of music

Brockley Max film night Brockleywood Nights, 2011

Friday night at Brockley Max is the perfect way to let your hair down. Get stuck in to the festival-themed Music Geek Monthly at The Ladywell Gallery from 7.30pm and share your thoughts about the latest albums and bands. Tell your fellow music aficionados why your favourite summer album is the best – and be prepared…

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Art and craft at Brockley Max

Lewisham ArtHouse exhibition attendees

As you’d imagine, being a community arts festival, Brockley Max has plenty of arts and crafts events for you to get stuck into. There are several exhibitions running throughout the festival period including one at Beecroft Garden Primary School. The Beecroft Garden Art Show is a delightful retrospective of children’s art exploring colour, texture and light.…

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Opening Night kicks off weekend of music

Crowd at Brockley Max Opening Night

The Brockley Max festival opened with a bang last night with hundreds of people enjoying the fantastic live performances organised by Ben Swan and Richard Swan and introduced by our inimitable MC Dre – who even took a turn on the keyboards when guitarist and singer Yasu invited other musicians to jam along with him. Other…

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Take part in our photo exhibition

Cardboard City at Leander Centre, Deptford

Going to Brockley Max events and want to take part in a collective, digital and interactive photography exhibition to record the festival history in images? Here’s how… Brockley Max is staging an interactive exhibition of images taken Brockley Max events over the years. We’ve called it Look Back and Interact. We’d love you to submit your…

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