Posts Tagged ‘Brockley Max festival’
Cartoons, kids’ ceilidh and festive frolics: Brockley Max’s autumn events schedule
Brockley Max is delighted that renowned satirist and cartoonist Martin Rowson is once again hosting an evening of satirical scrawlings and historical horrors on our behalf. Reform School will take place on Tuesday 24 November upstairs at The Brookmill pub and will track the rise – and hopefully the downfall – of Nigel Farage through cartoons, along with brief explorations of Brexit and…
Read MoreHalloween fun with Brockley Max
The Brockley Max team had a lot of fun last autumn hosting fundraisers towards the cost of putting on the festival – so much so that we have decided to arrange some more! First up is a Halloween Kids’ Ceilidh on the afternoon of Saturday 31 October. We thought it was about time we put…
Read MoreBrockley Max launches fundraising campaign
Brockley Max has launched a fundraising campaign aimed at securing the well-loved festival’s future. Since forming 19 years ago the Brockley Max Festival has taken a corner of south-east London each June for a nine-day run. Brockley Max, run mostly by volunteers, started with just 12 events in 2001, and has expanded each year. In…
Read MoreBecome a Sponsor for 2017
Keen to help ensure Brockley Max takes place? The festival is entirely dependent on contributions from the local community, both in terms of time and through advertising and sponsorship. One of the key ways local businesses can get involved is through advertising in the 32-page festival programme. Distributed via local shops and hand out at…
Read MoreAl fresco films and masses of music
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…
Read MoreArt and craft at Brockley Max
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.…
Read MoreOpening Night kicks off weekend of music
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…
Read MoreTake part in our photo exhibition
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…
Read MoreShow off at Brockley Max
Are you a poet, an actor, a storyteller or an artist? Do you dance, sing, strum or craft? Brockley Max is looking for a whole host of performers, exhibitors and workshop leaders to appear as part of this year’s festival. The Brockley Max festival takes place from Friday 29 May until Saturday 6 June, bookended…
Read MoreHow to put on an event at Brockley Max
The Brockley Max festival takes place in venues across Brockley, Ladywell, Crofton Park and Honor Oak over a nine-day period from 29th May to 6th June. Brockley Max 2015 will kick off with an afternoon and evening of live music, singing and dance at our Opening Night down by Brockley station from 4pm to 10.30pm…
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