Four big concerts will take place in Battersea Park this August Bank Holiday
Classical for the masses
Need something to do this upcoming Bank Holiday weekend? South London's Battersea Park is holding a series of family-friendly concerts, and the full programme has just been announced.
The Battersea Park in Concert series returns this year with four days of performances, from 28th to 31st August.
Weather-permitting, it’s a super-chilled day out that, unlike the average London day festival, welcomes you to bring your own food and drink. Part of the pitch is it’s the ideal spot for a picnic, with music to enjoy in the background.
There will, of course, be food and drinks stalls, should you not want to bring your own picnic kit.
Here are the acts we’re getting on those four days:
- 28th August: Jeremy Loops, with the London African Gospel Choir performing Paul Simon’s Graceland
- 29th August: Pop Symphonic with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra
- 30th August: Movies & Musicals with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, plus The Bluejays
- 31st August: Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Orchestra and The Amy Winehouse Band
Tickets cost £48.38 to £49.45 for adults, depending on the day you pick. Family tickets are available too, for around £120-130. This provides access for two adults and two kids.
If your children are under five, though, they get in for free. You will still have to book them a ticket, though.
Premium Admission tickets cost a chunk more, and offer a seat closer to the action in the venue’s Gold Circle area — an idea if you’re there for the music rather than the summery vibes.
Battersea Park in Concert is basically here to bring us classical, world music and jazz performances at their most approachable and palatable for the general British public. Sure, we’re not getting deep cuts here, but it does sound like a fun family day out.
The shows on the Saturday and Sunday are done and dusted by 9:30pm, or 9pm, giving plenty of scope to still get a relatively early night. It's a 10pm finish on the Friday.
And we don’t half appreciate the looser rules here, compared to other London concert events. Heck, you can even bring glassware in, and your own chairs. But leave the gazebo at home, and any properly sharp knives. Dogs are also not permitted, outside of “registered assistance dogs.”
Battersea Park in Concert takes over what we’re going to call the “bottom left” of Battersea Park, nearby the Albert Gate entrance.
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