Battersea Power Station’s Circus West Village will be hosting a bumper filled bank holiday weekend.
Bank Holiday weekend activities range from a gin pop up, historical walks to floral face painting at Circus West Village:• Dodd’s Gin x Ben’s Canteen pop-up - (Saturday 27th May, 6PM-7PM & Sunday 28th May, 5PM-6PM) FREE
Be one of the first to get a taste of a new selection of bespoke gin created by Dodds Gin. The tasting will be accompanied by a talk on botanics and will take place in the newly opened Village Hall. Spaces are limited and allocated on a first come first serve basis for this tasting. Please email [email protected] with your preferred date to confirm your place.
• Sweet & Savoury Food Trucks (Saturday 27th - Monday 29th May, 12PM-4PM)
Start your weekend with a bap! On Saturday Barnyard Birds will be serving their locally sourced buttermilk fried free-range chicken and delicious duck confit between butter toasted brioche buns. Local favourite The Butcher & Grill will be rolling up on the Sunday and Monday and serving handmade gourmet burgers, sausages and steak sandwiches. If you have a sweet tooth, treat yourself to some dessert served from a lovingly restored vintage ice cream van.
• Botanic Garden in a Teacup (Saturday 27th May, 3PM-6PM) FREE
Create your own mini botanical garden in this drop-in workshop.
Get your hands dirty and take home your very own teacup
Garden at the end.
• Floral Face-painting (Sunday 28th and Monday 29th May, 11AM-3PM) FREE
Open to little ones and the young at heart, a face painter will be creating floral themed works of art all weekend.
Artist Luke Walker will be hosting a series of historical walks as part of Chelsea Fringe. Walker’s art derives from exploring different environments and gathering specific data such as pace, steps and altitude and translating it into a painting. The walks will be Battersea specific and will run on two weekends.
• Artist Walks - Glimpses of Battersea (Sunday 21st and Sunday 28th May, 2-3.30PM) FREE
Join artist Luke Walker for a tour of the area around Battersea Power Station and the best views of the building and its new public realm. The tours will run from 2-3.30PM. Email [email protected] to register for your place and state your preferred time slot in the subject line.
• Artist Walks – Walking in Whistler’s Footsteps (Saturday 20th and Saturday 27th May, 11AM-12.30PM) FREE
Join artist Luke Walker as he traces the history of the artist James Whistler in the context of Battersea’s landscapes, green spaces and the Thames. The tours will run from 11AM-12.30PM. Email [email protected] to register for your place and state your preferred time slot in the subject line.
Folk Dance Remixed will also be at Circus West Village throughout the weekend running a series of free workshops and performances. This performance company brings a fresh, quirky, colourful and magical collision of traditional and Hip Hop dance and music to a live soundtrack of fiddle and beat boxing - this is folk and street dance like you’ve never seen it before!
• Street Dance the Maypole - workshops:
Take part in creating wraps ‘n ripples mixed with waves ‘n breaks around a contemporary designed, bespoke ribboned, 12-foot freestanding maypole. A chance for the whole family to learn a funky routine to live music, mixing it with classic maypole moves, such as the Chrysanthemum Wrap and the Twister.
• Ceilidh Jam – performance:
Getting the crowd up and DANCING! Musicians will from Ceilidh Jam show band will be creating a foot stomping, beat boxing big sound to get everyone on their feet for a funked up, unique, folky, social dance - a fabulous chance for all to dance! With vibrant hosts and traditional style calling, the band remixes folk formations using Street Dance, legendary moves and freestyle grooves - from the Soul Train Line to Lucky 7; Strip the Willow to the Electric Slide.
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