Brixton Windmill

Make a festive wreath using natural materials. Suitable for everyone 14+ 12.30pm and 2pm £15 per person BOOK HERE The workshops take place during our Winter Fair and Santa's Grotto event with choirs, crafts for children, food, mulled wine etc.

Saturday 8 November, 7pm Tickets £10 / under 16s free (on the door) St John's Church, Goose Green SE22 9ET Join Lambeth Wind Orchestra for our Autumn Concert - Carnival! Our programme includes music from Sparke, Bernstein and Hisaishi. Tickets are available on the door for £10 (under 16s are free). www.lambethwindorchestra.org.uk

Join us for a free family Halloween event in Windmill Gardens: Lantern carving workshop – make a traditional pumpkin lantern. Please note children must be aged at least 7 and must be accompanied by an adult. £3 per pumpkin. Spooky stories for children (5s to 11s) inside the windmill 1.30pm and 2.45pm. This is drop in with a sign up sheet here on the day. Halloween arts & crafts. Drop in activity inside Brixton Windmill Centre. Our shop and cafe will be open too. www.brixtonwindmill.org

The Elves and the Shoemaker - Festive theatre for all Friday 12 December, 6pm Tickets £16 Adults / £12 Children & Concessions / Free for babes in arms BOOK HERE Following recent popular outdoor theatre shows in Windmill Gardens, Dot Collective and Open Bar Theatre combine forces and are back with a festive show inside Brixton Windmill Centre (no need to worry about winter weather!) Written in 1806 by the Brother’s Grimm the tale was originally the first and longest story in a series of three fairy tales entitled The Elves. It follows a failing shoemaker at Christmas time, who one morning awakes to discover a perfect pair of shoes, already made, sitting at his work table. Each morning the same mysterious occurrence takes place, helping him make his fortune. A story of hard work rewarded, the perfect treat for a frosty evening. Come one, come all, adults grab a glass of wine and a mince pie, bring the family and join us to witness the magic of the Elves, sing along and pull a cracker or two – you might even get a festive card or a chance to hold a puppet! Suitable for all everyone 4+ | dementia friendly | accessible sensory theatre Running time: 50 mins Please note we have limited space for buggies & pushchairs – you may need to leave outside. Your ticket purchase will support both Friends of Windmill Gardens and Dot Collective (a Dementia charity).

Windmill Wellbeing Day Celebrate the United Nation’s International Day of Older Persons Tuesday 30 September, 10am to 3.30pm Brixton Windmill Centre, SW2 5DA www.brixtonwindmill.org Free day of activities for local residents aged 60+ Join our community club team for a free day of drop in activities at Brixton Windmill Centre supported by Age Friendly Lambeth. It’s a chance to meet your neighbours, try a new activity and join us for a healthy lunch. Everyone aged 60+ is welcome along – stay for the full day or drop in for a specific activity! Contact our community club facilitator for any queries about the day or phone on 07899 610552 Programme 10am to 10.30am Refreshments and welcome 10.30am to 11.15am Chair Exercise Taster Session 11.15am to 11.45am Refreshments 11.45am to 1pm Craft and Sewing Workshop 1pm to 1.45pm Free healthy lunch 1.45pm to 2.30pm Tango taster session 2.30pm Gardening for wellbeing tour 3.30pm End of Day

Celebrate the wheat harvest at Brixton Windmill! Free family friendly event with live music, food, baking and craft workshops and milling demonstrations. Brixton Tatterjacks (Morris Dancers) will be celebrating with us at 3.30pm. www.brixtonwindmill.org

Art in the Park, Sunday 10 August, 1pm to 5pm Windmill Gardens, SW2 5DA Free art and craft workshops for children, adults and families in Windmill Gardens Park. This year's workshops include jewellery weaving, T-shirt painting and paper marbling. Brixton Windmill is also open for guided tours and our cafe and shop will be open too. All workshops are drop in - no need to book. https://www.brixtonwindmill.org/events/art-in-the-park/

Saturday 31 May, 11am and 2pm Suitable for everyone aged 4 to 94! BOOK HERE Following last summer’s production of Dream Sequence, The Dot Collective return this summer with their brand new production Catch of the Day. We’re going to the seaside! A place where community unites the locals and those down for a jolly day in the sun. One local, a fisherman, has some fresh lobsters to sell, little does he know that these are not any lobsters, these are Lobster Quadrille Lobsters, who are ready to dance back to the sea. Inspired by Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and performed by professional aerial actors (Glastonbury/The Royal Opera House) it’s a story of wonder and nonsense laced with lethal wit, of games, riddles and conundrums, of questions with no right answers, but above all of magic and adventure in which you could be the highest bidder on the lobsters! Stay and Play! – there will be an opportunity post show for the audience to have a go sitting and swinging on the aerial silks. Recommended age 4+ Fully accessible theatre Dementia friendly theatre Please note well behaved dogs are welcome but they must be kept on a lead at all times. The show will go on whatever the weather (unless thunder/lightening anticipated). Find out more about The Dot Collective’s production and their work here.

Free family friendly event celebrating May Day traditions and customs in Windmill Gardens, SW2 5DA. Monday 5 May, 1pm to 5pm Live music, planting and craft workshops, kids races, Morris dancing, maypole dancing, hot food and beer from Brixton Brewery. www.brixtonwindmill.org

Sunday 13 April, 1pm to 5pm Join us in Windmill Gardens for treasure hunts with chocolate eggs and drop in Easter craft activities in Brixton Windmill Centre. It's also a windmill Open Day with bookable and drop in guided tours of the windmill. Our shop and cafe will be open too. www.brixtonwindmill.org

Brixton Windmill Open Weekend 29 and 30 March, 1pm to 5pm Pop along to Brixton Windmill on Saturday 29 and Sunday 30th March for our first Open Weekend of 2025. Bookable full guided tours and drop in short tours will be running on both afternoons plus you can visit our shop and cafe. www.brixtonwindmill.org

Sunday 2 March, noon to 3pm Is your New Year’s resolution to get more involved with your local community? Have you been to one of our events and wondered what volunteering with us might be like? Or perhaps you have a passion for local history and bringing stories to life? We’re hosting a Volunteering Open Day on Sunday 2 March. Sign up for a free ticket via eventbrite here: Pop in anytime between 12noon and 3pm to say hello to our team, find out more about the roles we have on offer and hear about plans for this year. There will also be some mini tours of the mill plus hot drinks and baked treats made with our flour. We are currently looking for more tour guides, millers, gardeners and cafe helpers. We welcome young people and can help with volunteering programmes such as the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme.

Sunday 23 February, 10.30am to 4.30pm A unique full day experience making flour and bread with our Brixton Windmill millers and Harvey from Toad Bakery in Camberwell. You’ll not find another day like this in London! Make your own traditional stone ground flour in London’s last working mill and use it to make your own loaf of sourdough bread. The day is a small group experience day so there's lots of time to ask questions and get to know the group. Lunch is included in the day. Book via https://www.brixtonwindmill.org/events/milling-and-baking-day-at-brixton-windmill/