Open Houses and Studios 2011 This summer more than sixty artists from Sydenham, Forest Hill and further afield will showcase their work during the last two weekends of the festival. We aim to bring the visual arts to your doorstep with exhibitions in cafes, pubs, restaurants and shops. Go to the Visual Arts Trail website

by renowned international artists Randolph Matthews Randolph’s musical journey has taken him around the world, writing and performing with musicians from varied cultures and musical styles. These experiences have led him to create his own dynamic style: Vocalpercussion.Date: Sunday 17th July
Start time: 2.30-4pm, 8-15 years; 4-5.30pm, 15+
Venue: Tudor Livesey Hall – Perry Hill, Perry Vale SE6 4HD (next to Bell Green gasworks)
Tickets: FREE EVENT (30 places per workshop)
Website: www.randolphmatthews.co.uk
Categories: WORKSHOP

presented by GewGaw Children’s Theatre.If you turn right, walk up to the top of the hill and then stop… look straight ahead… just behind the trees… can you see it? That strange looking house. Do you know who lives there…? Spend an evening in the company of Cedric Hatworthy Esq, late of this parish. But don’t touch his things, that’s what started all the trouble.Sunday 17th July – 3pm
Venue: The Hob Upstairs – 7 Devonshire Rd, Forest Hill SE23 3HE
Tickets: £5 (£4 concessions) Children £3
Sponsor: Teach Sport & Sarm Studios
Categories: THEATRE, CHILDREN, FAMILY

World Music Artist Randolph Matthews presents Vocaliberation, an uplifting, fun and musically excellent exploration of vocal expression.
Randolph’s strength lies not only in his powerful and silky voice, but in his mastery of fusing the styles of the globe and his ancestral roots of Africa and the Caribbean.Date: Sunday 17th July
Start time: 6.30pm
Finish time: 8pm
Venue: Tudor Livesey Hall – Perry Hill, Perry Vale SE6 4HD (next to Bell Green gasworks)
Tickets: £4 (£3 concessions) £1 children
Website: www.randolphmatthews.co.uk
Categories: MUSIC

MARY MARY QUITE CONTRARY Irish comic Mary Bourke presents her caustic, contrarian’s guide to life in the 21st century. Jokes, jokes, jokes, jokes and lots more jokes seriously there’s a lot of jokes. PAUL F TAYLOR – THE PAULY SHOW‘Paul F Taylor is one of the most exciting acts on the circuit. A whirlwind of energy, he applies impeccable attention to detail to his beautifully crafted one liners.Date: Sunday 17th July
Start time: 7.30pm
Venue: The Hob Upstairs – 7 Devonshire Rd, Forest Hill SE23 3HE
Tickets: £8 (£5 concessions)
Booking: The Hob – 020 8855 0496 or via their website
Website: www.edcomedy.com
Categories: SPOKEN WORD, COMEDY

These festival favourites are back again this year with La Dolce Vita – a night of Neapolitan and popular Italian songs with a wonderful dinner at The Dolphin to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy.

Date: Sunday 17th July
Start time: 7.30pm
Venue: The Dolphin – 121 Sydenham Road, Sydenham SE26 5NB
Tickets: £6 all tickets
Website: www.alexandracarter.com
Categories: MUSIC
Dining: to book a meal please phone 020 8778 8101