Urban Elephant

A brand-new three-day festival to celebrate arts, culture, diversity, and talent is coming to Elephant and Castle this July. Visitors will be able to enjoy street theatre, circus, dance, and art with local community art groups also running workshops. 

Starting the Urban EleFest on Friday 29th July, children will be able to take part in art workshops put on by local community groups at Castle Square. If music is more your thing than you will not be disappointed, as guests will also be able to enjoy Latin American music alongside a DJ which will run until the evening. Guests will also be able to enjoy dance programme Serenata Latina. 

There will be a host of activities across different locations in Elephant and Castle on the Saturday and Sunday. Festival goers will be able to enjoy live music and will get to grips with dance with performances from a whole range of different genres including Urban, African, Latino, and tap dancing. 

Saturday 30th July - Elephant Park 
Superarts Academy - Urban Dance: 12.45pm -1.30pm
Kaagô- African Dance: 2.15pm- 3pm
Juma - Comedy acro balance 4:45 pm – 5:30 pm

Saturday 30th July - Sayer Street
Ballet Hooligan 12:15 pm – 1:00 pm Comedy Rola Bola
Superarts 2 :15 pm – 3:00 pm Urban Dance
The Cabaret Cats 3:30 pm – 4:15 pm Tap Dancing Razzamtazz

Saturday 30th July- Walworth Square
Juma 12:00 pm – 12:45 pm Comedy acro balance
The Tom Show 1:30 pm – 2:15 pm Comedy Unicycle
Felicity Footloose 3:15 pm – 4:00 pm Arial Circus

Saturday 30th July - HEJ
Felicity Footloose 12:00 pm – 12:45 pm Arial Circus
Juma 1:30 pm – 2:15 pm Comedy acro balance
The Tom Show 3:15 pm – 4:00 pm Comedy Unicycle

Sunday 31st July Elephant Park
Kaagô- African Dance: 12.45pm-1.45pm
Yuruparí Group Colombia - Latin Dance 2:15 pm – 3:00 pm
The Cabaret Cats - Tap Dancing Razzamtazz 4:45 pm – 5:30 pm

Sunday 31st July - Sayer Street
Felicity Footloose 12:15 pm – 1.30 pm Arial Circus
Kaagô- African Dance: 2.15pm-3pm
The Tom Show 3:30 pm – 4:15 pm Comedy Unicycle

Sunday 31st July - Walworth Square

The Cabaret Cats - Tap Dancing Razzamtazz 12pm – 12.45 pm
Juma 1:30 pm – 2:15 pm Comedy acro balance
Ballet Hooligan 3.15 pm – 4 pm Comedy Rola Bola

Sunday 31st July - HEJ
Mr Bones Puppetry 12:00 pm – 12:45 pm
The Cabaret Cats 1.30 pm – 2:15 pm Tap Dancing Razzamtazz
Juma - Comedy acro balance 3:15 pm – 4:00pm

To see the full schedule, visit Urban Elephant