Podcast: Singing Saved My Life
'Singing Saved My Life' is a series of uplifting five-minute podcasts for the Waterloo Festival. These real-life stories recorded...
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This is the archived website of the Waterloo Festival 2021 with additional material from Waterloo Festival 2020. We hope you will enjoy exploring this cornucopia of arts, heritage and community creativity. For the current website, visit here.
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from 2021
Waterloo Festival Team
Jun 7, 2021
Hart Club and 'Respair'
Hart Club designed the ‘Respair’ logo for the Waterloo Festival site. This word, ‘respair’, seems very appropriate for our current moment...
Waterloo Festival Team
May 28, 2021
#Festivalcast: Meet Abs Tripp
In this episode Artistic Director of the Waterloo Festival, Euchar Gravina speaks to artist Abs Tripp about her involvement in the...
Waterloo Festival Team
May 6, 2021
Churchyard is still buzzing
Luckily for us, plants keep growing. Whilst the garden team has been on and off furlough, the churchyard survives to bloom another day....
Waterloo Festival Team
Mar 26, 2021
Send Us a Postcard!
An installation project organised by local artists and St John's Waterloo needs your contribution! St John’s Waterloo has been a London...
from 2020
Waterloo Festival Team
Jul 14, 20207 min read
Artists in Waterloo #10: Colette Kelly
Throughout Waterloo Festival 2020, we platformed artists who either live in or are connected to Waterloo. And we are continuing this...
Waterloo Festival Team
Jun 28, 20201 min read
Time Capsule #WF2020 (Art4Minds)
On the last day of the online edition of Waterloo Festival 2020, here's a proposition from our creative partners, Art4Minds.
Waterloo Festival Team
Jun 28, 20201 min read
Waterloo Lives
from The Museum of Things That Dont's Stand Still To finish off Waterloo Festival 2020, we're exhibiting a project by postgraduate...
Waterloo Festival Team
Jun 27, 20204 min read
Artists in Waterloo #9: Rachel Wegh
Throughout Waterloo Festival 2020, we've been platforming artists who either live in or are connected to Waterloo. To finish off this...
Waterloo Festival Team
Jun 26, 20202 min read
Our creative partners #9: Nonclassical
Waterloo Festival thrives on creative partnerships, on bringing professionals from the world of arts and music to collaborate with and...
Waterloo Festival Team
Jun 26, 20201 min read
Artists in Waterloo #8: Paul Steptoe Riley
Throughout Waterloo Festival 2020, we've been platforming artists who either live in or are connected to Waterloo. The penultimate...
Waterloo Festival Team
Jun 24, 20207 min read
Okusinza mu Luganda #11: Lessons on faith, fellowship and inclusion
by Shanon Shah As a gay man from Malaysia, I often feel conflicted when Malaysia makes the headlines, especially on gender or sexuality....
Waterloo Festival Team
Jun 22, 20208 min read
Okusinza mu Luganda #10: “We are all disciples”
by Shanon Shah In this third and final part of our interview with Stephen Kafeero, he and Shanon Shah explore the challenges in balancing...
Waterloo Festival Team
Jun 19, 20204 min read
Coin Street's Young Leaders at Waterloo Festival
Coin Street Young Leaders meet weekly to discuss issues relevant to young people, plan events and activities and get to know each other....
Waterloo Festival Team
Jun 19, 20206 min read
Okusinza mu Luganda #9: “It’s about being part of people’s lives”
by Shanon Shah In the second part of this interview, Stephen Kafeero explains how his spiritual conversion led him from his childhood...
Waterloo Festival Team
Jun 17, 20205 min read
Okusinza mu Luganda #8: Childhood village escapades and career transitions
by Shanon Shah Stephen Kafeero (courtesy of Stephen Kafeero) Our three-part interview with Stephen Kafeero closes our special series to...
Waterloo Festival Team
Jun 17, 20203 min read
Southbank Centre: Art by Post
We hear from one of our creative neighbours, the Southbank Centre. At the Southbank Centre, we believe that arts and creativity have a...
Waterloo Festival Team
Jun 17, 20205 min read
Artists in Waterloo #6: Sarah Gray
Throughout Waterloo Festival 2020, we've been platforming artists who either live in or are connected to Waterloo. Sarah Gray is known...
Waterloo Festival Team
Jun 16, 20204 min read
The churchyard in Waterloo #3: Remembering the volunteers at Putting Down Roots
We're now exploring the Churchyard at St John's Waterloo, its history, its plants and its kind carers. Jonathan Trustram from the...
Waterloo Festival Team
Jun 15, 20206 min read
Okusinza mu Luganda #7: “The only church I know here”
by Shanon Shah The second and final part of our interview with Sara Kwagala delves into her experiences as youth leader of Okusinza mu...
Waterloo Festival Team
Jun 13, 20202 min read
Our creative partners #8: Morley College London
Waterloo Festival thrives on creative partnerships, on bringing professionals from the world of arts and music to collaborate with and...
Waterloo Festival Team
Jun 12, 20204 min read
Okusinza mu Luganda #6: migration, fashion and nursing
by Shanon Shah We continue our curtain-raiser for the commemorations of the 30th anniversary of Okusinza mu Luganda (Worship in Luganda)...
Waterloo Festival Team
Jun 10, 20203 min read
Okusinza mu Luganda #5: music to move the soul
by Shanon Shah Michaiah Mukiibi at St John's Waterloo (courtesy of Michaiah Mukiibi) The nationwide lockdown that started at the end of...
Waterloo Festival Team
Jun 9, 20202 min read
Our creative partners #7: Nonesuch Orchestra
Waterloo Festival thrives on creative partnerships, on bringing professionals from the world of arts and music to collaborate with and...
Waterloo Festival Team
Jun 8, 202012 min read
Meet our community #3: LERA and how the Roupells transformed Waterloo
Waterloo was the last part of central London to build a community. Centuries after Westminster became the seat of government, Lambeth had...
Waterloo Festival Team
Jun 8, 20205 min read
Okusinza mu Luganda #4: from tiny plant to leafy bush
by Shanon Shah The Waterloo Festival’s support for Okusinza mu Luganda’s 30th anniversary celebrations spanning 2020 and 2021 continues...
Waterloo Festival Team
Jun 5, 20205 min read
Okusinza mu Laganda #3: “This is Luganda, not Yoruba”
by Shanon Shah Continuing the Waterloo Festival’s special series to commemorate the upcoming 30th anniversary celebrations of Okusinza mu...
Waterloo Festival Team
Jun 4, 20202 min read
Our creative partners #6: Orchestra for the Earth
Waterloo Festival thrives on creative partnerships, on bringing artists and musicians to collaborate with and showcase their wonderful...
Waterloo Festival Team
Jun 3, 20201 min read
Meet the winners of our writing competition #7
For the third time running, Waterloo Festival, in collaboration with Bridge House Publishing, organised a writing competition over the...
Waterloo Festival Team
Jun 3, 20209 min read
Okusinza mu Luganda #2: Language, prayer and community
by Shanon Shah Monument of Uganda Martyrs and their oppressors, walking towards Namugongo, erected in Munyonyo on the spot from were the...
Waterloo Festival Team
Jun 2, 20203 min read
Submit To Love Studios: Collaboration is Key
Waterloo Festival thrives on creative partnerships, on bringing professionals from the world of arts and music to collaborate with and...
Waterloo Festival Team
Jun 2, 20202 min read
Meet the winners of our writing competition #6
For the third time running, Waterloo Festival, in collaboration with Bridge House Publishing, organised a writing competition over the...
Waterloo Festival Team
Jun 1, 20202 min read
Meet the winners of our writing competition #5
For the third time running, Waterloo Festival, in collaboration with Bridge House Publishing, organised a writing competition over the...
Waterloo Festival Team
Jun 1, 20205 min read
Okusinza mu Luganda #1: A unifying and inclusive Ugandan congregation
by Shanon Shah Interior of St John's Waterloo (Drawing: David Bassadone) The Waterloo Festival is honoured this year to feature the...
Waterloo Festival Team
May 31, 20202 min read
Meet the winners of our writing competition #4
For the third time running, Waterloo Festival, in collaboration with Bridge House Publishing, organised a writing competition over the...
Waterloo Festival Team
May 30, 20202 min read
Meet the winners of our writing competition #3
For the third time running, Waterloo Festival, in collaboration with Bridge House Publishing, organised a writing competition over the...
Waterloo Festival Team
May 29, 20202 min read
Meet the winners of our writing competition #2
For the third time running, Waterloo Festival, in collaboration with Bridge House Publishing, organised a writing competition over the...
Waterloo Festival Team
May 28, 20202 min read
Meet the winners of our writing competition #1
For the third time running, Waterloo Festival, in collaboration with Bridge House Publishing, organised a writing competition over the...
Waterloo Festival Team
May 27, 20203 min read
Our creative partners #5: Bridge House Publishing
Waterloo Festival thrives on creative partnerships, on bringing artists and musicians to collaborate with and showcase their wonderful...
Waterloo Festival Team
May 26, 20202 min read
Community Audit - St John's needs your help!
St John’s Waterloo is planning a major redevelopment project called ReIgnite - you may have heard or seen the banners outside the church....
Waterloo Festival Team
May 23, 20201 min read
Mental Health Awareness #3: random acts of kindness
We want to bring to you an article from the Mental Health Foundation. Following the podcast from The Breathe Key on kindness, here's a...
Waterloo Festival Team
May 20, 20202 min read
The Colombo Centre Needs Your Help!
The Colombo Centre provides opportunities to stay active and reduce isolation combining friendship, fitness and fun. Our partners at Coin...
Waterloo Festival Team
May 18, 20202 min read
Our creative partners #3: Art4Minds
Waterloo Festival thrives on creative partnerships and bringing professionals from the world of art and music together, showcasing their...
Waterloo Festival Team
May 11, 20202 min read
Meet our community #2 - SOWN
Giles Goddard, Honorary Treasurer of the South Bank and Waterloo Neighbours (SOWN) and vicar at St John's Waterloo, tells us more about...
Waterloo Festival Team
May 7, 20201 min read
Baluji at Home!
Before the current public health crisis struck, the Inner Vision Orchestra, the UK's professional orchestra of blind musicians, were...
Waterloo Festival Team
May 6, 20203 min read
Our creative partners #1: Flux Soup
Waterloo Festival thrives on creative partnerships, on bringing artists and musicians to collaborate with and showcase their wonderful...
Waterloo Festival Team
Apr 28, 20202 min read
Call: sing and send us your voice!
For Waterloo Festival 2020, Rita Says and The Jerico Orchestra were planning a wonderful rendition of La Monte Young's Composition 1960...
Waterloo Festival Team
Apr 27, 20203 min read
Meet our Community #1 - Our Daily Online Pub and Coffee Morning
Since the lockdown began in mid-March, the community in and around St John's Waterloo has made a point of staying in touch digitally....
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