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....
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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
May 1, 2021
Into The Light
Responding to 'Respair', artists at Morley College have made work that reflects personal and wider cultural responses to the past year.
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
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 20, 20205 min read
The story of Waterloo #9: Eurostar, Waterloo International and Holiday in a Box
by Oliver Ramsay Gray of Holiday in a Box On 14 November 1994, the first scheduled Eurostar train pulled out of Waterloo International...
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 15, 20202 min read
On the way to the 21st June: Make Music Day
#MakeMusicDayUK At a time when the near future is increasingly unpredictable, you can be certain of one thing. Make Music Day will happen...
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 4, 20201 min read
Celebrating the winning entries: Join us for the launch! (and meet the publishers)
For the third time running, Waterloo Festival, in collaboration with Bridge House Publishing, organised a writing competition over the...
Waterloo Festival Team
May 31, 20202 min read
On this day... (31st May): London History Day (with Historic England)
Historic England, the public body which helps people care for, enjoy and celebrate England’s spectacular historic environment, is today...
Waterloo Festival Team
May 29, 20204 min read
Waterloo at home #3: Shakers, Fig Leaves and Pineapple Weed - cocktail recipes!
Over the course of a series of features and blogposts, Flux Soup are presenting Waterloo at Home; a sensory journey through a Waterloo...
Waterloo Festival Team
May 28, 20208 min read
Waterloo at home #2: Flux Soup ‘Fanatical Botanicals’
Over the course of a series of features and blogposts, Flux Soup are presenting Waterloo at Home; a sensory journey through a Waterloo...
Waterloo Festival Team
May 28, 20201 min read
Art4Minds x Antiuniversity: Radical Wellbeing - A Conversation
“It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.” - Jiddu Krishnamurti Online event: Thursday, 11th June...
Waterloo Festival Team
May 27, 20201 min read
News on Foodbanks/Look Ahead: a collection point near you
On Wednesdays 2-5pm, St John's Waterloo (SE1 8TY) will be open for drop-off only of non-perishable food for Waterloo Foodbank and...
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 26, 20203 min read
Lockdown Art #3: Lily Bakratsa
With Coin Street Community Builders' Over 50s Art Group, we were planning a very ambitious art-installation in the Churchyard of St...
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 16, 20201 min read
Citizen-DJ!
The Library of Congress is currently inviting people to test their new exciting website, particularly aimed at audio lovers! This...
Waterloo Festival Team
May 14, 20201 min read
Concert roulette: listen/watch a concert now!
Lost to what you should listen next? Or in the mood to watch a concert? We want to share with you our latest internet discovery: Concert...
Waterloo Festival Team
May 9, 20201 min read
Virtual escape rooms!
Today we want to share with you this fantastic article, published recently by Nicolas Rivero for Quartz earlier this month. It will lead...
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, 20201 min read
Waterloo at home #1: What is your Waterloo? (call out)
Over the course of a series of features and blogposts, Flux Soup are presenting Waterloo at Home; a sensory journey through a Waterloo...
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 28, 20201 min read
Learn to Code!
We understand it's difficult to get anything done under the current circumstances but we thought it might be fun to share some resources...
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