Potters Fields Park Management Trust is celebrating its 21st Anniversary year with a midsummer party on Potters Fields Park.

The Potters Fields Fair takes place on Saturday June 20th, from 12 noon until 8p.m. and offers a day of fun and entertainment for local residents and visitors of all ages.

There’s a full stage programme of music, from traditional foot-tapping New Orleans jazz; Jamaican-influenced R’n’B, ska, dub rock and reggae, and ending with two sets of ‘surf noir’.

Between musical acts, visitors can enjoy a display of traditional Catalan castell (human pyramid-building) from the Castellers of London, a dance performance from Southwark College students and Fur The Love of Dogs – an entertaining dog show organised by Bermondsey-based Hiver Arches.

Children will be kept busy with arts and crafts and a mini sports day (with other activities to be confirmed), and there will also be walks, talks, workshops and market stalls.

With food traders from the nearby Tower Bridge Collective food hall, and drinks available from Hiver Beers and the ever-popular Pimm’s teapot, the scene is set for the ideal celebration.

Schedule of performances and events:

12.00 – 18.00: Kids’ Activities, Jo-McCormick Puppet Workshops, Florence Nightingale Museum Object Handling
12.00 – 19.00: Market Stalls
12.30 – 13.15: Doolally Tap (New Orleans jazz)
12.45 – 13.45: Good Time Gals – Sports Day
12.45 – 13.45: Castellers of London (traditional Catalan castell – human pyramid-building)
13.50 – 14.50: Fur the Love of Dogs Show (sign up here)
14.55 – 15.15: Southwark College Dance Performance
15.15 – 16.00: Good Time Gals – Sports Day
16.00 – 17.45: The Overproofs (Jamaican-inspired ska, reggae, dub-step, etc)
18.00 – 20.00: The Bikini Beach Band (“the kings of surf-noir”)

Walks and Talks:

13.00, 14.00, 16.00, 16.00 : Potter in the Field – hour-long guided walks around the area
14.30: Meet Darryl Moore – see and hear from the designer behind the new sustainable planting scheme at Potters Fields

(Final programme subject to change; please check back here for updates).