Welcome to Wandsworth We are London Borough of Culture 2025

This is our year as The Mayor's London Borough of Culture, a year to show how culture can spark joy, making us feel happier, healthier and more connected to each other.

We're bringing people together to enjoy the rich mix of traditions, festivals, food, and arts that make our borough so special. It's about creating something we can all be proud of and building connections that will last well into the future.

Jeeva Prahaava ‘Life Flow’ – Attakkalari Centre, Bangalore, India

Urban Flow | Sat 13 September

Step into the energy of Urban Flow, a bold, vibrant procession through Roehampton's streets, celebrating movement, culture, and community.

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Battersea Park in Concert

Sat 23 - Mon 25 Aug 2025

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man sitting down in front of paintings on wall with a shield shaped sculpture resting against his leg

Wandsworth Artists’ Open House

Sat 4 - Sun 12 Oct 2025

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A finale moment featuring dozens of performers on stage with their arms raised as an audience applauds

Palace of Varieties

Wed 26 Nov 2025

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Sim Campbell sits centre stage on a sofa. He is a black man with dyed dreadlocks, wearing a black vest, grey shorts and white socks. He's surrounded by mysterious figures wearing trench coats, masks and hats. They frame him as they pass objects to eachother, behind and around him. But Sim is looking intently at his own hands, which are held up in front of him as he uses sign language.

Liberty Festival 2025

Liberty Festival brings a celebration of disabled artistry to Wandsworth from 24–29 September, Explore the Liberty 2025 line up and book your free tickets now.

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Midgitte Bardot, a person with dwarfism, performs their cabaret act onstage. They stand in white silk underwear and a red fishnet bodysuit, covering their chest with a cymbal..

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Liberty Festival 2025 Opening Party

Wed 24 Sep 2025

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A young woman using a wheelchair and a middle-aged woman sit beside each other. They are surrounded by wooden crates and plants, with a billowing tent canopy overhead. Atmospheric low lighting, illuminates their faces with a golden glow and casts shadows of the plant leaves around them.

Oily Cart & Polyglot Theatre

When the World Turns

Thu 25 - Fri 26 Sep 2025

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Image shows a bedside table and wooden four-poster bed trailing with ivy, spotlit in a darkened room. Fabrics printed with ornate patterns tumble from mattress to floor, snaking like tree roots into loose autumn leaves on the surrounding floor.

Kristina Veasy and Alejandro Ahmed

Capturing the Forest

Thu 25 - Sun 28 Sep 2025

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a man and a woman stand back to back against a wandsworth backdrop

Tune in every Sunday: The Wandsworth Way

The Wandsworth Way, a brand new 40-part weekly drama produced by award-winning local broadcaster Riverside Radio, in collaboration with the home of new writing in Wandsworth, Theatre503.

New episodes every Sunday at 5pm!

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DJ Max Reinhart wears a cowboy hat at Latitude Festival

Our Music Our Freedom

BBC presenter Max Reinhardt curates a new series of podcasts - a deep dive into the last 50 years of Wandsworth’s rich and diverse musical heritage.

Portrait of a National Treasure

Sonia Boyce's powerful tribute to Dame Carmen Munroe, a national and local icon whose trailblazing career has shaped British cultural life.

Colourful street band perm in front of Tooting Market

Tooting Food Festival

A feast of togetherness, sustainability, and the rich diversity of Tooting.

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Schools Author Events and Poetry Festival - Autumn 2025

Thu 14 Aug

Celebrated children's writers Chris Riddell, Joseph Coelho, and Cressida Cowell will be appearing at 'meet the author' events for Wandsworth schools during…