Satire and Santa beckon: get your tickets now

With the chilly months upon us, it was absolutely brilliant to be able to host our very first Kids’ Ceilidh at the end of October. Thank you to all the families that came along for what turned out to be a joyful afternoon at St Hilda’s Church Hall. We couldn’t have been more impressed with Box of Delights Ceilidh Band and their superb caller, Liam, who encouraged nearly 100 of us to get up and shake a leg for an exhausting but glorious afternoon. The Halloween costumes were wonderful, the children were great fun, and we all ate a few too many sweets! Thank you to Rita and the team at St Hilda’s in Crofton Park for providing such a lovely venue, and to Paul and the ceilidh band for a magnificent afternoon of music and dance. Rumour has it we might tempt them back for another kids’ ceilidh during Brockley Max itself next June…

Thanks is also due to Martin Rowson, who will be premiering his brand-new and very topical satirical show, Reform School, for us at The Brookmill pub on Tuesday 24 November. Martin has been an ardent supporter of Brockley Max for many years – even once designing our festival programme front cover – and is kindly donating ticket sales proceeds to us to help boost our coffers. With less than two weeks to go until this fundraising event, please snap up a ticket or two while you can: https://store.brockleymax.co.uk/product/reform-school-with-the-guardians-martin-rowson/

We have added some more, amazing prizes to our Festive Food Raffle. Matt and the team at Crofton Park Tavern will once again be hosting our raffle draw at our Christmas social on Wednesday 16 December – please do come! As well as their generous prizes of meats, meals and bottles of wine, raffle prizes include a vegetarian pasta hamper courtesy of Plenty, a £20 voucher to spend at Meat Jon in Ladywell, incredible vegan feasts at Amrutha in Honor Oak, gins and liqueurs from Gorilla Brands and a copy of Ottolenghi’s latest cookery bible. Tickets are just £1 each: https://store.brockleymax.co.uk/product/2026-festive-food-raffle-ticket/

Putting on Brockley Max each year costs at least £40,000, so every ticket sale, donation, advert and offer of help is really vital. And if you’re able to do so, we’d love you to support us with an advert in our glossy festival programme which our fantastic volunteers give out to 10,000 locals in person and via our wonderful shops, venues and businesses. Details of sponsorship and other promotional options are in our brand-new media pack. 

Thanks everyone! This community rocks
Rosie Hattersley, festival director