13 June - 13 July 2025
Wandsworth Heritage Festival
Wandsworth Heritage Festival is an annual festival celebrating Wandsworth’s rich history through a programme of walks, talks, exhibitions, and creative performances. Last year's theme was 'Wandsworth and the arts’, and was a bumper heritage festival lasting four weeks to mark Wandsworth’s year as London Borough of Culture.
The 2025 Wandsworth Heritage Festival took place from Friday 13th June- Sunday 13th July, and shared a week with Wandsworth Arts Fringe for the first time ever!
Highlights included encounters with the dead in cemetery walks, finding folklore in the borough’s flora and fauna, heritage walks, talks and and archive tours. Activities for children included library storytelling and craft workshops.
The annual Wandsworth Heritage Festival was organised by the Wandsworth Heritage Service to celebrate Wandsworth’s rich past, with the support of contributors from local groups and societies who share their enthusiasm, knowledge, and time.
"Our programme this year aims to show how heritage and culture intersect with one another, inspire one another, and form part of one another. It has come together, as it does every year, due to the willingness of local voluntary organisations and enthusiastic individuals to share their knowledge and throw open their doors" - Cllr Kemi Akinola
Exhibitions and Projects:
- Exhibition: Before we were Proud - Organised by Steve Reeves
- Art Installation: The Lighterman - Organised by G23LAB
- That Witch Helen - Organised by Sybil Theatre and Catie Ridewood
- Performances and audience engagement: Afternoon Tea (at the Fringe/In the Museum) - Organised by Fritha Fallon Dance Diversion
- Community Art Project: The Voices of Wandsworth - Organised by Roopa Design
- Community Project: A Celebration of (Horti)culture - Organised by the Paradise Cooperative
- Sound Pavilion: Falcon Road Bridge - Led by artists Jaspar Joseph-Lester and Ben Judd, designer Krity Gera, and composers Asher Levitas, Amy Blier-Carruthers and Amy Crankshaw.
- Exhibition: Our Hospital – Exploring the Heritage of St George’s - Organised by Art at St George’s, St George’s Hospital Charity
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