Spring/Summer 2026
Health and Wellbeing Sundays (from May – weather pending)
For the past 3 years Sundays have evolved into a day of health and wellbeing. You can join in our exercise classes in the morning, grab lunch, then come back to take part in an arts and crafts session run by a practicing artist. It could be anything from T-shirt printing, to handbuilding with clay, origami, building bird boxes, painting and much more. These arts and crafts sessions are suitable for all ages, young and old and lots of fun.
Hoxton Community Garden Plant Sale, Brass Band and Activities. Saturday June 6th, 2026
The garden and our Yard always look stunning at the beginning of June and this year for one day only we will be open for people across London to come and visit us as part of the London Open Gardens.
“London Open Gardens 2026, gives exclusive access to more than a hundred of the capital’s parks, gardens and squares, most of which are not normally open to the public.
In addition to the main programme, Behind-the-Scenes tours, guided walks and cycle tours are curated specifically for this weekend and will be announced in the coming weeks”
This year we will have the London Metropolitan band playing at lunchtime,arts and crafts activities in the afternoon for anyone wishing to participate and several guided tours throughout the day with our lead gardener Stephen Mason. There will also be a variety of plants on sale from the Yard and refreshments will be available.
ELSF perform Will Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Nights Dream’ – Thursday 11th and Friday 12th June
They’re back with the one we’ve all been waiting for. It’s going to be fantastic. More information and tickets to follow.
“The course of true love never did run smooth”
East London Shakespeare Festival presents…
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
Bursting with mischief, chaos, romance and magic, this joyful, family-friendly outdoor production reimagines Shakespeare’s hilarious comedy with a bold splash of contemporary flair. Escape into the enchanted forest alongside Hermia, Lysander, Helena and Demetrius as they get more than they bargained for, when a vibrant cast of magical woodland fairies take matters into their own hands.
With ELSF’s signature high-energy numbers, slapstick comedy, and audience participation, this is Shakespeare for everyone! Alongside a community engagement programme with lots of opportunities to get involved.
Romance, magic, feral foraging fairies – what more could you want to bring your summer to life?!
“You have but slumber’d here, while these visions did appear”
“The East London Shakespeare Festival was founded by Ursula Early and Rosie Ward
They met while doing outdoor Shakespeare and now ‘the wheel is come full circle’ … it is their shared enthusiasm for creating fun, accesible events in beautiful local spaces, which sparked the idea behind the birth of the East London Shakespeare Festival.”