This year's Thames Estuary Partnership photography competition focuses on The Thames Path National Trail from the source of the river in Gloucestershire to the sea. Along the trail, there are new riverside public spaces created by the Thames Tideway Tunnel project, each incorporating newly commissioned...
Flour & Grape have opened The Cellar Club, a basement cocktail bar for pre- and post-dinner drinks. It is open from 5pm to diners and non-diners alike. Flour & Grape founder Nick Crispini and his team have come up with a selection of cocktails, wines,...
Hiver will be sharing its enthusiasm for all things bees, beer and honey this Friday at a fun day for all ages.: 11am - hands on workshop uncapping and extracting honey from the hive - need to book - link here 3-8pm - honey-tasting competition - tell by...
Team London Bridge has pulled together a schedule of local events for next week, the bank holiday week. The webpage includes the events they organise themselves and those in the wider London Bridge community, called At London Bridge. It includes music at Amazing Grace in...
Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery is delighted to present Tainted Love, a group exhibition co-curated by Soheila Sokhanvari and Kristin Hjellegjerde. The show explores the complexities of relationships in all their forms – from romantic heartbreaks to unrequited love, fractured family bonds, friendships that fade and internal...
José Pizarro arrived on Bermondsey Street 15 years ago and opened José tapas bar, and now has six restaurants including three on the street. José, Pizarro and Lola all offer traditional Spanish cooking and a great atmosphere. The street has changed a lot in that...
A new show opens at Eames Fine Art Gallery this week on Thursday 21 May. It is called The Shape of Things: Abstraction and Printmaking in St Ives. It includes prints by many of the great artists who have worked in St Ives including Terry...
In a recent newsletter, Southwark Council publicised its offer to help residents who find it hard to afford mobile internet. Southwark residents can get a free SIM card from O2 that gives you: 12 months of free internet Free calls and texts No contract and no...
Local playwright Camilla Elerman has written and produced her first professional stage show, Patronage, which will be performed Tuesday 26 - Saturday 30 May at the Drayton Arms Theatre in South Kensington. The production team is Happy Gal Collective (all ex-Mountview Drama School in Peckham)....
The festival at The Blue market will open on Saturday 16 May with Bangladeshi-born storyteller, Raz Kabir sharing a story blending myth and legend. Once the story has been told, Sarah Sparkes will be sharing how to make tree spirit marionette puppets. The following Saturday,...
Hiver, local producer of honey-based beer and cider, has produced a handy planting guide that is friendly to bees. The more plants of these kinds that there are growing in our area, the more food there will be for bees, and other pollinators. Hiver's beginner's...
On Thursday 7 May, a new set of Councillors was voted in for our ward, London Bridge and West Bermondsey. They are: Sam Dalton, Labour, re-elected Selena Gray, Labour, elected David Noakes, Liberal Democrat, elected. Many congratulations to all three. BermondseyStreet.London looks forward to working with them in the coming...
There is a busy and exciting range of textile workshops locally over the coming week: At the Science Gallery on Saturday 9 May a participatory weaving workshop Connecting Threads. This is aligned with the Gallery's current exhibition of tapestries - The Thread that Binds us. The...
Miranda Priestly navigates her career amid the decline of traditional magazine publishing. She faces off against Emily Charlton, her one-time assistant, now a high-powered executive for a luxury group, with advertising dollars that Priestly desperately needs. The film is showing at The Arzner supports independent...
A doorway emerges as if hewn from weathered rock carved with intricate symbols harking back to ancient Sumerian ceremonies. Celestial forms swirl, drawing us towards its centre. It is a portal to what Bahraini artist Zayn Qahtani calls the ‘whispering world’ – an in-between space...
There are several art photography shows at Southwark Cathedral this coming week: Water in London | 18 April - 17 May 2026 A diverse range of photographic work showing London water from fountains to small rivers and lakes and of the Thames. Presented by the Royal Photography Society London...
Founded in 1725, it has stood at the heart of the London Bridge neighbourhood for three centuries, and this May, the anniversary is being marked with a week of events including a Service of Thanksgiving at Southwark Cathedral, a Clinical Academic Symposium, and a Gala...
Check out Morocco Bound's Arts event programme in May for a great mix of live music, poetry workshops and comedy with Dog at a Disco. There will be jazz, folk and much more music. The poetry workshops will run on Monday evenings, all with a...
Engraver Blaze Cyan will be at the Eames Fine Art Studio in Tanner Street this weekend 25-26 April to talk about her recent work which is being showcased there. The exhibition is entitled In the Circle of Ancient Trees. Blaze has been illustrating an exquisite...
Set Ready training is a free programme offered by FilmFixer to support the next generation of screen production talent. The two-day training course provides an opportunity to learn crucial skills for working on film and TV shoots. It is completely free of charge and there...
Ron’s Honky Tonk returns to Fabal Beerhall in Druid Street for another night of live country and Americana. Expect an evening of heartfelt songs, storytelling and high-energy performances. Great music, great beer, great atmosphere. This show brings together three exciting voices from the UK country and Americana...
On Sunday 26 April, 50,000 runners will take on the 26-mile London Marathon course, Greenwich - Rotherhithe - Tower Bridge - Canary Wharf - The Mall, many raising money for good causes. Bermondsey Street and its surroundings are just outside the area of the route,...
Saturday 18 April is an opportunity to celebrate St George's Day at Dockhead Fire Station with the London Fire Brigade. The doors will open to offer the local community lots of emergency services fun, with a St George's Day twist! The event is designed to bring...
From Wednesday 22 April, White Cube Bermondsey will present an exhibition of works by Katharina Grosse, the first major UK presentation to fully encompass the breadth and scale of Grosse’s expansive approach to painting. It is entitled I set out, I walked fast. The exhibition...
Anita Klein's next exhibition, Glimmers, at Eames Fine Art Gallery opens to the public on Thursday 23 April. It is the culmination of two years with over 30 paintings including 12 square paintings representing the different months of the year, and a quirky set of...
The Hiver Taproom at 56 Stanworth Street SE1 3NY (continuation of the Ropewalk towards Abbey Street) is now open from 5pm on Thursdays for their regular Boardgames Meet up - free to attend but reservations welcome https://www.designmynight.com/london/bars/bermondsey/hiver-taproom/thursday-night-board-games-at-hiver-taproom There is also a monthly hosted Blood on the...
Many of you will be aware of the work that has gone into tackling the shameful waste heaped up continuously at the corner of Bermondsey Street and Morocco Street. It has been an eyesore for many years now, despite all the changes put in place:...
London Glassblowing will be hosting their yard sale on Saturday 11 April 11-5pm. They are taking over the gallery carpark for the day and will be showing a whole selection of pieces that the studio makes, that are a little too unexpected or gloriously unusual...
On Thurday 16 April, the next Drawing Biennale opens in the exhibition space at Drawing Room, with a friends and family day on Saturday 25 April 2-5pm. The exhibition includes more than 300 newly-commissioned drawings by leading international artists. There will be a two week...
Many thanks to Richard Miller, who has been busy again writing Building Bygones 4, the story of the delightful Time and Talents building near St Mary Magdalen church in Bermondsey Street. The Time & Talents movement was very much part of the 19th century wave...