This exciting festival, taking place this autumn, is a celebration of community and art. With a theme of Unity, we're looking for exciting, captivating and unusual activities and performances to take place across the festival.

The Bandstand is all about giving the people of Newham a platform to perform, and we want to hear from you!

We're looking for local performers, dance groups, drumming ensembles, school & community choirs, karate, Bollywood dancers, musicians, singer songwriters, rappers, comedians and more, to take part.

All events are free for the public to attend. Some may be ticketed to help manage capacity.

When: The festival runs from the second half of September into the middle of October. Exact dates TBC. Please let us know of any availability issues when submitting your application. 

The bulk of the festival will take place over two weekends, with evening activities and performances in the week between them

Where: Most of the festival will take place (under marquees) in the beautiful Plashet Park. We will also be live streaming some of the events and workshops to an online audience.

To apply, please complete this Google form

Deadline for submissions: Monday 16th August 2021, 5pm