Welcome to SouthWestFest

SouthWestFest is a long-established cultural community festival that brings creative, inspiring and fun events and activities to those living and working in south Westminster. With something for all ages, our Festival will take place across south Westminster between the 30th June and 21st July 2023.

This year our festival theme is ‘SouthWestFest at Twenty’. A festival of celebration, reflection and hope: celebrating the 20th year of the Festival; reflecting on how the area has changed in that time and exploring our community’s hopes for the future of the area, with a sustained focus on the environment and wellbeing.

SouthWestFest Opening Weekend - Pimlico Proms and Festival Day will return again this year on Friday 30th June and Saturday 1st July 2023 in St. George’s Square. As the largest events in the local calendar, we can’t wait to have you back!

We’ve been working with local residents and organisations to collect stories, memories and the impact of the Festival over our last 20 years, as well as images, videos and objects! This has been collected and curated into the SouthWestFest at Twenty Exhibition, an exciting event from Thursday 6th - Sunday 9th July at Cave. The exhibition will also have ongoing activities to collect your hopes for the future!

Our Chloe’s Day of Play is back with even more activities on Saturday 15th July - a fantastic day of fun, workshops and activities for children and young people (and parents/ guardians who are big kids!), including: circus skills, planting workshops, craft and sports activities and more!

We’re super excited to announce we’re bringing back our Art Trail with the support of Open Age, after a year break! It’ll feature the work of local artists from around the borough across multiple venues and will run from Friday 14th - Friday 21st July. Get out and about in your own time and follow the map to explore the local creativity.

Do you like walking and discovering more about the local area? We’ve got a series of 8 Walking Tours around the south of the borough exploring local heritage and the local environment tailored specifically for children & families, and adults & older adults.

The fun doesn’t stop there as our three week programme is chock-a-block with great events, workshops, classes and activities taking place every day and produced in partnership with local organisations and venues from across the local area.

If you want to register to take part in our events, workshops and activities, or just want to stay up to date with our most recent news and announcements, then head over to our website www.southwestfest.org.uk and sign up to our newsletter to be the first to hear about all our Festival updates.

The Organisers

We have an amazing and dedicated team, who work all year round to make this fantastic festival possible, this year with fresh team members providing new experience!

Festival Director Dodie Finamore

Festival Producer George Bailey

Festival Chair Catherine Drake Wilkes

Trustees Sara Wheeler MBE (Vice Chair), Patricia Alert (Treasurer), Laura Buttigieg, Sarah Rennix and Aaron Paterson.

Festival President Jane Buttigieg

SouthWestFest

c/o Pimlico Resource Centre

Walston House

Aylesford St

London

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Charity reg. 1124849

Find us on social media:

Facebook: @SouthWestFest

#SouthWestFest2023

Twitter: @SWFest

#SouthWestFestAtTwenty

Instagram: @swfest

You can also sign up to our mailing list via the website: www.southwestfest.org.uk

Information contained in this programme is correct at the date of printing. Some event details may change, and more events will be added online, please check the website for amendments.

Please note there will be official photographers at some of our events and that crowd scenes will be used for future publicity. If you do not wish to be photographed please let our photographer know.