A free festival will return to Castle Square for a full weekend of entertainment, including circus acts and musicians from all over the world.
Urban Elephant Festival will take over various venues as the biggest event of the year in Elephant and Castle, from September 15 to September 17 – and entry is free.
The theme of the festival this year is World Fusion and the acts will represent the cultural and artistic diversity of the area.
The three-day event will begin at Castle Square, making its way to Elephant Park, Sayer Street, and Walworth Square throughout the weekend.
Entertainment will include circus performers, acrobatics and a range of music performers from all over the world.
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Trance on Fire, a heart-racing performance with balancing ladders, planks and juggling; and Kuba Acro Show, acrobatics, and gravity-defying balancing high in the air.
The array of musicians includes Sultan, a musician specialising in traditional Somali music through playing the Ou, Rhadika performing a classic North Indian Kathak and Xativa, a Swedish-Ecuadorian singer-songwriter fusing traditional melodies with touches of jazz and R&B.
Kicking off the festival at Castle Square on Friday (September 15), festival-goers can look forward to a world of thrilling performances from across the globe as well as an ‘Art in the Park’ workshop as the event shoots into full swing with an opening party from 12 pm onwards.
The full festival is entirely free for guests to enjoy and the timetable is below.
Click here for the full lineup.
Urban Elephant Festival 2023 Timetable
- Friday 15 September 12 pm – 9 pm: Castle Square, 40 Elephant Rd, London SE17 1EU.
- Saturday 16 September 12 pm – 6 pm: Across Elephant and Castle, Full performance timetable here.
- Sunday 17 September 3 pm – 5 pm: Elephant Park Tree House, Elephant Rd, London SE17 1GD.
