Arts & Culture Performance
A vibrant celebration of the borough’s creative spirit, showcasing a diverse array of local talent and community-driven performances. This stage offers an eclectic mix of dance, theatre, music, and martial arts, reflecting the rich cultural tapestry of Lambeth.
Full line-up announced soon.
The Norwood School Steel Pans Group
South London Choir
Established in 2006, the South London Choir is a non-auditioning community choir with over 130 members, led by the multi-talented singer/songwriter and musical director, MJ Paranzino. Over the years, members have organised a programme of community outreach concerts, at one point raising over £7,500 for various charities, in the belief that singing is a joyous and mutually uplifting experience.
Segatastic Mauritian Dancers
Segatastic Dancers are a professional UK dance troupe – specialising in Sega, the official National Dance of Mauritius. Performing in bright and beautiful national costumes, to the beat of the spirit of Africa, resonating through the musical instruments while the songs, sung in Creole, depict Musical Expression of the Mauritian Way of Life: Joy and Liveliness!
Mr. Wonderful presents The Lambeth Tea Dance
Mr Wonderful (aka Malcolm Fernandes) has been keeping London fit, healthy and dancing for over 30 Years by organising, promoting and presenting afternoon Tea Dances, hosting Evening Social dances and Special Events. He first started hosting Social Ballroom & Latin dances at the then Mecca run Cafe de Paris in London’s Leicester Square. He has gone on to host dances in all the major Dance Halls in London, Bournemouth, Blackpool, Margate, Folkestone, Harrogate, Coventry and Manchester.
Arts & Culture Workshops
The Arts & Culture Workshops venue at the Lambeth Country Show offers a dynamic, hands-on experience that invites visitors of all ages to engage with the creative heartbeat of the community. This interactive space features a diverse lineup of workshops that celebrate music, movement, and artistic expression. With activities ranging from mass waggle dances to musical jams by Joy of Sound, the venue fosters creativity, cultural exchange, and community connection, embodying the inclusive spirit of the Lambeth Country Show.
Full line-up announced soon.
Shamha Drumming For Wellbeing (Drumming Workshop – all ages)
Shamha Vibration is a Community Interest Company based in Brixton, South London. They use funding from organisations including The National Lottery Community Fund and The London Community Foundation along with profits from our commercial activities to provide free African drumming workshops and free Moroccan food workshops in Communities throughout London, particularly the South East.
Waggle Dance Workshop (all ages)
Take part in a mass waggle dance! Everyone has to learn a short routine to the waggle dance original track and like a flashmob we can bring the whole festival together in group movement. it will only take 10 minutes to learn choreography and then play the track twice through. Fun and joyful for absolutely everybody. Get involved with all the family.
Joy of Sound (Accessible music workshop – all ages)
Joy of Sound promote and advocate for social equity and inclusion through music and combined art activities, public events and research in established and new community settings across Greater London, UK wide and internationally. Come and join in on their annual Country Show musical jam.
Discovery
★ Immersive Experiences
Activities throughout the day
Immersive Experiences® are the multi-award winning experiences company, bringing stunning experiences to this year’s country show for another year!
Come down and enjoy a full weekend of science, history, music, gaming and more
- Planetarium and 360° Immersive Theatre Cinema with shows all day including Space, Dinosaurs and Music
- Historical Zone, including Archery, Sword School and Barbaric Battles
- Oculus Quest VR Zone
- Immersive Gaming Zone including Simulator, Consoles and Guitar Hero
- Hands on Science
Make Slime | Make a Sundial | Make a Lava Lamp | Make a Rocket | Build a Solar Oven | Make a star Projector
- Cosmic Shop, buy real space food ice cream, meteorites and goodies
- Competition: Complete an entry form, to be entered into a prize draw to win a free visit from our company
- STEM Board Games
- Kids zone and soft play area
- Dino Dig
- Story corner
★ Science Big Top
Plus many more organisations to be announced.
★ Serco Environmental Services
Serco provide a diverse range of sustainable waste management services to residents in Lambeth. Staff will be on hand to answer any questions you have. They will also be showcasing their fully upcycled and 100% electric waste disposal truck, which is one of the many actions being taken to reduce their and Lambeth’s carbon footprint.
Eco Village
Featuring organisations and activities based around the environment and sustainability, this is the place to sign up to new initiatives and learn about how you can care more for our environment and be more sustainable in life.
What are we doing to reduce our impact on the environment?
★ Darren Cullen aka Spelling Mistakes Cost Lives
Darren is a satirical artist originally from Leeds, now based in south east London where he runs the Museum of Neoliberalism. Cullen is best known for his Mini Daily Mail, Action Man: Battlefield Casualties toys and Pocket Money Loans payday loan shop for kids, which featured at Banksy’s Dismaland.
His latest project is the Hell Bus, a pre-apocalyptic marketing suite about oil company greenwashing, satirising the absurd spectacle of oil and gas corporations attempting to convince the public that they’re going to help save the world from oil and gas corporations.
★ Greenpeace UK
Greenpeace is a movement of people who are passionate about defending the natural world from destruction. Their vision is a greener, healthier and more peaceful planet, one that can sustain life for generations to come.
★ RSPB
RSPB carry out conservation on a large scale, protect and restore habitats, and save species from extinction. We’re living in a nature and climate emergency, and they won’t stop whilst the threats persist. Their work is driven by science and evidence. It’s rooted in five areas: species, science, place, policy and people.
★ London Beekeepers’ Association
The London Beekeepers’ Association (LBKA) is a volunteer-run members’ organisation and Registered Charity that represents the interests of beekeepers and urban beekeeping in the central London area. They provide education and advice, promoting responsible bee keeping and raising awareness of the issues affecting bees.
★ London Wildlife Trust
London Wildlife Trust is the leading voice for wildlife conservation in the capital. Several of their nature reserves, including Camley Street Natural Park, Gunnersbury Triangle, and Sydenham Hill Wood have been saved from development thanks to volunteers and supporters.
Alongside their volunteers, they manage 37 nature reserves across the capital including habitats such as woodland, grassland and wetland. They take practical action every day to help wildlife flourish. and we support national campaigns led by The Wildlife Trusts.
★ Repowering London
At Repowering London, they are Creating Local Energy and putting people at the heart of the energy system. They provide much more than low-carbon energy to the communities they work with. They deliver a unique programme that includes social, financial and educational opportunities.
The Farm
★ The Sheep Show
2:30pm, 5pm and 7:30pm
This fun-filled presentation introduces onlookers to 9 differnet breeds. Each has a story to tell with interesting facts and figures relating to their variety. If you’ve never seen sheep dancing before, you’ll fall about laughing! We like a bit of audience participation too, so you’ll have a great time!
★ Vauxhall City Farm
All day activities
Our good friends at Vauxhall City Farm have been attending the show for many years and they will bringing everything except the kitchen sink with them. Their whole family of sheep, donkeys, alpacas, rabbits and more will be in attendence for their annual weekend trip, as well as various arts & craft workshops and the infamous ‘cuddle corner’.
★ Brymills Livestock – Sheep Shearing Displays
Best in Show Arena: 2pm, 3pm, 4:30pm and 5:30pm
★ Brymills Livestock – Lambeth Best in Show 2025
Displays and presentations throughout the day.
It just wouldn’t be a Country Show without a Best in Show. Farmers from all around the UK will be entering their best breeds of sheep to Lambeth. With 35 classes to enter livestock in to, you can expect to see over 100 sheep across 25 different breeds on display… all competing for Lambeth Best in Show 2025.
★ CJ’s Birds of Prey
Static Display – Both days: All Day
Best in Show Arena – Both days: 3:30pm and 6:30pm
CJ’s pride themselves on always giving informative and educational commentaries from their vast experience, yet manage to retain a light hearted and often humorous approach to the antics of their birds, who may not always work to their scripts.
★ Diggerland
Both days: All day
More to be announced soon.
Flower Show
…in partnership with the Lambeth Horticultural Society.
There are 83 different classes to see, including the coveted Vegetable Sculpture Competition.
LCS 2025 FLOWER SHOW SCHEDULE (.pdf)
Flower and pot plant exhibits – Cacti and succulents exhibits – Bonsai exhibits – Fruit and vegetables exhibits – Floral art exhibits – Children’s exhibits – Domestic exhibits – Handicraft exhibits.
Family competitions, such as the Scarecrow and Recycled Garden, will also be making a return and you can vote for your favourite on the day.
Visit our ‘Get Involved‘ page for details on how to enter.
★ Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses
Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses (BPCG) is a community garden in the centre of Lambeth’s Brockwell Park. Their beautiful, large site includes an orchard, a series of demonstration gardens, a walled herb garden and two large greenhouses. They are open to the public and for garden volunteering four days a week, Thursday to Sunday, 10am to 4pm (GMT) and to 5pm (BST).
More to be announced soon.
Grooveschool Stage
Grooveschool (CIO) offer a range of music workshops that allow access to the basics of music production and DJ skills – regardless of age, ability or background. Students gain skills and confidence in handling the building blocks of modern music technology. The Grooveschool charity has been running free of cost workshops week in, week out for local young people since 2011.
Current programmes include: Amplify Young Styles, in which local DJs and producers are given training and opportunities to enhance their artists profiles; Deaf Rave DJ workshops, which are the UKs first DJ workshops for Deaf people; Connexion events with South London Cares, which enable the older generation to meet over conversations about music and playing records.
From their base in Brixton they host the Steele Got It podcast, which engages on issues for the local community and also work with Juvenis, giving local young people valued alternative paths to re-engage with learning.
Grooveschool will be hosting a stage showcasing the talents of their students, local DJs and producers.
LatinoLife's Salsa Splash
Full line-up announced very soon.
Expect an unparalleled showcase of raw musical talent as top artists bring the fierce spirit of Latin street parties to Brockwell Park.
Main Arena
Les Amis d’Onno Equine
Jousting Show: 3pm & 8pm
Highwaymen Show: 5:15pm
The UK’s premier equestrian stunt team performing all over the UK and Ireland with their Friesian, Andalucian and Fjord horses. 12 performers and 8 horses will performing a ‘Knights of the North Stunt Jousting Show’ and a brand new ‘Highwaymen Show’ on both days.
Set in the Main Arena, this dynamic performance immerses audiences in the dramatic world of 18th-century highway robbers, featuring daring horseback stunts, choreographed sword fights, and theatrical storytelling.
1:30pm and 4:15pm – CJ’s Birds of Prey
CJ’s pride themselves on always giving informative and educational commentaries from their vast experience, yet manage to retain a light hearted and often humorous approach to the antics of their birds, who may not always work to their scripts.
Main Stage - Roots Day
Full line-up announced soon.
Village Green
Full line-up announced soon.
Ceilidh Tree
The perfect way to finish the weekend off is with Ceilidh Tree who will be leading you through a mass participatory ceilidh at the Village Green stage. Ceilidh Tree’s ace fiddles and amazing caller are guaranteed to get you dancing, whether you are ceilidh virgins or veterans.
Brasstermind
Brasstermind are a 10 piece brass band from Brixton playing New Orleans / soul / funk / afrobeat / grunge brass sounds.
JOM “Junior Open Mic” Mini Concert
JOM is a community group of parents that organise free open mics for young people aged between 4 and 18. Their mission is to ensure young performers feel as special as possible before, during and after their performance.
3:45pm – Lambeth Wind Orchestra
Lambeth Wind Orchestra is a community concert band based in Herne Hill. The orchestra was founded in 2008 and has around 40 members who come from across London and beyond, though they are always keen to hear from people who would like to join.
Raw Material presents Raw Vibrations
The Raw Material House Band comprises a collective of musicians from the South London community who all participate in a weekly session of instrumentation and songwriting in Raw Material’s own rehearsing space. The sessions are aimed at creating original music and showcasing the unique role that each member can play in the band, regardless of musical experience, background or skill level. This year at the Lambeth Country show, they bring a selection of new material, written and developed collaboratively over the course of the programme.
The Norwood School Sixth Form Band
Sixth form music students at The Norwood School study RSL Subsidiary Diploma in Music. The students spend their time mastering their instruments and learning and rehearsing a wide variety of music and take part in numerous performances throughout the year, including gigs at well known local music venue The Railway Tavern in Tulse Hill… and now the Lambeth Country Show!
The Original Wall of Death
The Wall of Death has been synonymous with speed and danger since it’s conception back in the early part of the 20th century. The Original Wall of Death harks back to those early days, with the wall being constructed in 1928, and the bikes, Indian Scouts, made in 1921.
All those who see the show will remember it for the rest of their life. The noise, the speed, the smell, the proximity of the bikes ridden to the top of the wall, barely 6 inches from the audience – an experience never to be forgotten!