Early Years

Explore activites and opportunities for families, early years settings, educators and practitioners working with young children.

Events

Blackheath Christmas Fair Front

Markets Christmas

Blackheath Christmas Fair

Sun 15 Nov 2026 10:30 — Sun 15 Nov 2026 16:45

a group of people in colourful outfits gather to sing outside a church in twinkling lights

Free events Creative businesses Cultural events Family friendly Festivals Live Music Markets Music Support for creatives Theatre / Performance Working with schools Christmas

Christmas Tree Festival

Mon 23 Nov 2026 12:00 — Sun 29 Nov 2026 13:00

The Mansion Market: Made For Christmas

Free events Creative businesses Family friendly Markets Parks / Playground Support for creatives Christmas

The Mansion Market: Made For Christmas

Sat 05 Dec 2026 10:30 — Sat 05 Dec 2026 16:00

Kinship Values Christmas party

Classes / Workshops Family friendly Working with schools Christmas Half Term

Kinship Values Christmas Party

Sat 05 Dec 2026 14:00 — Sat 05 Dec 2026 18:30

Snow White teaser image

Comedy Dance Family friendly Music Theatre / Performance Christmas

SNOW WHITE - a musical theatre show for all ages

Sat 12 Dec 2026 14:00 — Sun 20 Dec 2026 18:15

concert

Cultural events Family friendly Theatre / Performance

Family Concert - A Christmas Carol: Scrooge's Journey

Sun 13 Dec 2026 14:00 — Sun 13 Dec 2026 15:00

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Classes / Workshops Christmas

Christmas Holiday Class - Block Printing Elf Style - Family Class (3+)

Mon 14 Dec 2026 09:30 — Mon 14 Dec 2026 12:30

puppet

Classes / Workshops Christmas

Christmas Holiday Class - Make a Christmas Finger Puppet Ornament (3-4 yrs)

Mon 14 Dec 2026 13:30 — Mon 14 Dec 2026 15:30

tree

Classes / Workshops Christmas

Christmas Holiday Class - The Tree that Stayed in the Forest (6 months+)

Wed 16 Dec 2026 10:00 — Wed 16 Dec 2026 11:00

Poster of Community Fun Day

Free events Family friendly Festivals Markets Christmas

Christmas Fair

Sat 19 Dec 2026 11:00 — Sat 19 Dec 2026 16:00

Organisations

Age Exchange Café Building

Choirs Dance Libraries Support for creatives Visual Arts

Age Exchange

APT Studios Building

Museums / Galleries Visual Arts

A.P.T Studios & Gallery

Community day activity

Support for creatives Working with schools Community arts

Barawak

Creative health Working with schools Community arts

Best Start Family Hubs Lewisham

Visual Arts Working with schools Community arts

Collaborative Arts CIC

photo of Corbett Community Library, a Victorian redbrick and sandstone Carnegie building, in the sun with bunting stretched across the path

Corbett Community Library

Low Tide Walk

Multi-arts centre Parks / Playgrounds Working with schools Community arts

Creekside Discovery Centre

Deptford Flower Market

Creative businesses Support for creatives Community arts

Deptford Flower Market

Fun Palaces

Goldsmiths CCA. Image courtesy of Assemble.

Cultural organisations Museums / Galleries Visual Arts Working with schools Community arts

Goldsmiths CCA

Adult learning Creative health Multi-arts centre Music Parks / Playgrounds Working with schools Community arts

Grove Park Community Group

Horniman Museum and Gardens exterior view, credit Andrew Lee

Multi-arts centre Museums / Galleries Parks / Playgrounds

Horniman Museum and Gardens

Adult learning Choirs Creative health Cultural organisations Dance Festivals Multi-arts centre Support for creatives Working with schools Community arts

Lewisham Irish Community Centre

Market family-friendly event

Working with schools Community arts

Lewisham Markets Service

Lochaber hall

Cultural organisations Dance Theatre / Performance

Lochaber Hall

Two young women smile to camera carrying beige tote bags with the words London Writers Centre engraved on them.

Adult learning Festivals Libraries Support for creatives Working with schools Community arts

London Writers Centre

Two students dancing in a show.

Dance Music Theatre / Performance Working with schools Community arts

Montage Theatre Arts

Summer vibes in the Mother House garden

Support for creatives Visual Arts Community arts

Mother House Lewisham

Selection of LCC performances and workshops

Choirs Creative health Dance Music Theatre / Performance Visual Arts Working with schools Community arts

Music and Theatre for All

Big top arena

Festivals Music

Neighbourhood On Blackheath

New Cross & Deptford Free Film Festival

Music

Singalong Sally

Sydenham Artists Trail promotional post.

Support for creatives Visual Arts Community arts

Sydenham Artists Trail

Santa at tree lighting ceremony

Sydenham Community Project CIC

Visual Arts Working with schools Community arts

Talk About Art

The Bear Church

Adult learning Festivals Gigs Community arts

The Bear

Documentation of Wormhole Of Our Formation by Catherine Hoffmann at VSSL Studio as part of Deptford X. Photographed by Eda Sancakdar.

Cultural organisations Visual Arts

VSSL Studio