25 APRIL 2026      1PM-6PM      HACKNEY BRIDGE

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CREATIVE & CULTURAL

Draw & Paint with 858 Art Club ✦ Embroidery with Headway London ✦ Lino Print with Manomake ✦ Still Life Art with Soul Play Ground ✦ Design A Park with East London Waterworks Park ✦ Pottery with Cone8 Ceramics and Trace Ceramics ✦ 3D Drawing with KNST ✦ Writing with Pilot Magazine ✦ Knitting 101 & Knit A Quilt with Cross Studio ✦ Upcycling Keychain Making with Mystical ✦ Handmade Badges with A Team Arts Education ✦ Fruit & Veg Origin 101 with Growing Communities ✦ Relax-n-Read with People’s Letter ✦ Art Exhibition By Headway London

GAMES & SOCIAL

Chess with Knight Club Chess ✦ Games with Board In The City ✦ Backgammon with Backgammon & Wax ✦ Pool with Pocket Society ✦ Storytelling for the Soul with What Does Not ✦ Speed Stories Workshop With True Story

WELLNESS & MOVEMENT

Dodgeball Tournament with The Dodge Club ✦ Dance Performance by Adore Dance ✦ Yoga, Pilates, Mobility, Sound, Silent Disco with Social Yoga ✦ Breathwork, Stretch, Mobility, Sound, Tarot Card Readings, and Hammocks with We The Conscious ✦ Jam Skating with Sk8 of Minds ✦ Massages with Abuelita's Wellbeing ✦ Self Defense Empowerment Sessions With The Power Project

DISCOVERY & SHOPPING

Sustainable Hackney ✦ Hackney Fairtrade Group ✦ FISH ✦ You Make It ✦ Only Child Collective ✦ Girls Who Walk London ✦ Give Back Fridays ✦ Royal National Institute for Deaf ✦ The Thrive Well Hub ✦ Project Cheerleader ✦ Thersty World ✦ Outr ✦ Osaremae ✦ Ffolia ✦ Goldie Jewellery ✦ Buff & Bae

PARTNERS

Hosted at Hackney Bridge ✦ Music by Werk Records (curating local East London-Based Djs)

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Find Play In Your Local Community

Welcome to Play Fair, a community festival for East London! 🎉

Our mission is to help people find a sense of belonging in their local community while bringing play back to their day-to-day lives.

Play Fair is a movement to address the challenges of loneliness and isolation that so many of us face in big cities. We want to celebrate what makes our corner of London special and feel like home.

What happened on the day:

  • A ‘Societies’ Style Showcase: 45+ stalls from local legends like Headway East London, Knights Club Chess, and East London Waterworks Park.
  • 45+ Activities: Locals jumped straight into yoga, lino printing, dodgeball, embroidery, breath work, arts & crafts, and more! (All activities were included in the ticket)
  • Local Music: A line-up of East London-based DJs 

Event Details:
Date: Saturday, 25 April • 1pm – 6pm
Location: Hackney Bridge, E15 2SJ
Tickets: £10 Early Bird / £15 Main Sale / Free for children under 13

"The curious and warm energy at Play Fair was incredible. Attendees were genuinely interested in hearing about our workshops and shows, and we made so many new connections. This was the best in-person boost our community could ask for!"

- Emily Luo, Ambassador at True Story London.

"It was wonderful to see everyone unite for a common purpose: play, explore their inner child, and make new friends."

-Sarbjit Natt, A Team Arts Education

"Play Fair was an exciting way to introduce new faces to our mission. The energy was high across the whole day. People joined the table intrigued and left inspired, creatively open and smiling! We already can’t wait to do it all again and be part of Play Fair next year!"

- Julia Piekarczyk, Soul Play Ground