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The Blue Market Family Saturdays

Seasonal programme of free family activities

The Blue Market has recently had an amazing new makeover and the during the Christmas season we invite you to come down the Blue, see what’s on offer in the shops and visit the market where we will be hosting series of engaging festive events every Saturday.

The focus is keeping the kids happy with a variety of interactive themed workshops including Magic, Mask and Christmas Decoration Making, Poems, Art, Circus Skills, Juggling to name but a few. There will be different themes each Saturday to ensure everyone has a great time.

There are also lots of stalls selling a diverse range of products such as fruit and veg, fish, vintage fashion, gift ideas, crafts, jewellery and a range of Latino traders with the best cuisine and crafts from Central and South America.


The Blue Market Family Saturdays Programme Nov/Dec 2021

Market Place SE16 3UQ

All Activities Are Free

Saturday 27th November / 12 – 4pm / Songs, Poems & Art with Frog Morris

Have a fab time with crazy animal rhymes and mask making workshops.

Saturday 4th December / 12 – 5.30pm / Step Into Christmas – Winter Fair

To welcome in the festive season, we have an extra special bumper event.

Come along and get involved in a full package of fun actives, featuring:

Live Music – DJ – Irish Dancing – Balloon Modelling – Stilt Walking – Street Juggling – Circus Skills Workshop – Hula-Hooping – Xmas Decorations Workshop – Roaming Magic – Christmas Wreath Making and a Fantastic Fire Juggling Show. 

Saturday 11th December / 12 – 4pm / Circus Skills Workshop with Stiklings

Have a go at balancing, juggling and acrobatic training for all abilities with the help of Stiklings Circus.

Saturday 18th December / 12 – 4pm / Christmas Crafts Workshop with Jo McCormick

Make this Christmas one to remember by creating your own decorations at our Christmas art and crafts workshop.


A visit to Market Place is also the perfect excuse to take a ‘selfie’ under the new Clock Tower inspired by the famous Peek Freans Biscuit Factory and enjoy hanging out for a while in heart of Bermondsey, just a stones throw from Spa Terminus and our local craft breweries on the final leg of the beer mile.

How to get to Market Place SE16?

Market Place, London SE16 3UQ (off Southwark Park Road)

  • Buses: 1, 381, P12
  • Underground: Bermondsey
  • Train: South Bermondsey
  • Overground: Canada Water

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