Get ready to join the festivities on Sunday 7 July
The Festival is a great day out and a chance to celebrate our diverse local community through music, performance, culture, food and fun.
Our themes for 2024 are Community and Sustainability – so let’s make this the greenest and most community-focused festival ever!
It’s your festival, so get involved!
Help us make 2024 the greenest and most community-focused festival ever! Volunteers are the heart of the Festival – without your love, time and commitment, it just wouldn’t happen!
We’re looking for enthusiastic volunteers to help with:
Planning and management
Serving as stewards to support people and keep them safe
Getting involved in our environment and sustainability drive
Selling raffle tickets and fundraising
Setting thing up and clearing away afterwards
And a million other things, too!
All volunteers are fully supported and get:
Access to the volunteer chill out zone, with free sodas and snacks
Lunch vouchers
A commemorative t-shirt
A Lewisham Local card
Invitation to our celebration event
Chance to be part of the team making it all happen
Calling all performers
Our family-friendly programme is a showcase of local talent with something for everyone – a mix of exciting, up and coming new acts, along with some good old favourites.
With two arenas – the Main Stage, for all audiences, and the Woodland Stage, for the younger crowd – there’s plenty of opportunity to showcase your talent.
Both stages represent our diverse community so we actively encourage applications from female, disabled, LGBTQ+ and global majority artists. We actively welcome applications from local youth performers and groups who can offer dance, spoken word, circus skills and other amazing talents.
Slots are limited, so apply soon for a chance to be involved.
Sponsorship and stalls
We support local organisations and businesses, so take part and promote your brand, while showing your commitment to the community.
All festival income supports improvements to Blythe Hill Fields. This year we’re focused on building a new older kids’ trim trail and a creating a community wildlife garden.
Demand is high, so we will be giving priority to businesses that can enhance our themes of Community and Sustainability in some way. That might mean engaging with the community with some kind of activity, increasing the sustainability of your stall or finding a way to support biodiversity in Blythe Hill Fields.
Traders and community groups
Sponsor the Festival or donate a raffle prize.
BHF Festival Group
A WhatsApp group for everyone involved in planning and managing the Festival.
Join using the link: BHF Festival Group
