Bermondsey Carnival Bicycle Parade 2019 in The Blue

The Bermondsey Carnival Parade is back! The Bermondsey Carnival is a popular annual event in Southwark Park but it has not included a street parade for a number of years now. We have been tasked by local residents to restart the parade. The parade is a creative and fun way to visually demonstrate the connections between local residents, the Blue Market and the main site of the Carnival in Southwark Park. The theme of bicycles and beautification was chosen by residents and will help raise awareness of the local environmental issues.

As part of a full day of activities around Bermondsey, we will run workshops in the Bermondsey Uprising pop-up shop in the Blue Market Place from 10am.

Date and location

Saturday 6 July | 10am-4pm | The Blue Market, Bermondsey SE16 3UQ

Schedule

From 10am

Gather at the Blue Market Place with your bike and get ready for the parade

Make your own costumes and decorations in our free Bike Beautification workshop. A team of artist will be ready to help families make paper flowers and dress up their bike and themselves with handmade flowers and garland representing the upcoming 100th anniversary of Ada Salter’s Bermondsey Beautification campaign.

From 11am

Free live entertainments and activities or all the family with our parade performers – unicycling, balloon modelling and roaming magic from 11am

12noon

Bermondsey Bicycle Parade sets off from Blue Market Place towards Southwark Park Carnival. Join in on your bike or on foot!

1pm-4pm

Fun continues at the Blue Market with a Music Gala by Unity Music Arts Trust