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Time Out
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time Out
Cross the Tracks 2025 in Brockwell Park: set times, full lineup, tickets and everything you need to know
After weeks of legal uncertainty, this year's day festivals in Brockwell Park are officially going ahead. Following Wide Awake on Friday (May 23) and Field Day on Saturday (May 24), next up in the south London park is Cross the Tracks. On Sunday (May 25) Cross the Tracks is set to deliver its usual resplendent, groove-tastic display of soul, funk and jazz. This year's lineup is headed up by Londoners Michael Kiwanuka and Ezra Collective. Heading to Cross the Tracks this weekend? Here's your ultimate guide to the 2025 event, from the full set times and remaining ticket availability to the weather forecast. When and where is Cross the Tracks 2025? Cross the Tracks is taking place at south London's Brockwell Park (SE24 9BJ) on Sunday May 25 2025. Timings Doors open at midday, and last entry is 8pm. Music curfew is 10.30pm. What's the full Cross the Tracks 2025 lineup and set times? Here's exactly who's playing at Cross the Tracks 2025 on what stage, and when. Mainline 30pm-1pm – LULU. 30pm-2pm – JGRREY 20pm-3.15pm – Lynda Dawn 45pm-4.45pm – Cymande 15pm-6.15pm – Jordan Rakei 05pm-8.15pm – Ezra Collective 9pm-10.30pm – Michael Kiwanuka Terminal 30pm-1pm – Ellie Harris 30pm-3pm – Thee Sinseers & The Altons 30pm-4.20pm – Skinshape 50pm-5.40pm – Nala Sinephro 10pm-7pm – Bashy 40pm-8.30pm – Baby Rose 9pm-10pm – Free Nationals D-Railed 30pm-1pm – Summer Banton 20pm-1.50pm – Jessy Blakemore 15pm-2.45pm – Nia Smith 10pm-3.40pm – RUBII 05pm-4.45pm – Shaé Universe 10pm-5.50pm – TBP Presents the Soul Cypher with Lizzie Berchie, Ayanna, [KSR] 50pm-6.40pm – The Blues Project: SENSES Block Party 05pm-7.55pm – Bilal 20pm-9pm – Naomi Sharon 30pm-10.30pm – Sinéad Harnett Locomotion 30pm-1pm – Marla Kether 20pm-2pm – Salami Rose Joe Louis 20pm-3.10pm – Fabiana Palladino 40pm-4.30pm – Jaz Karis 5pm-6pm – Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 6pm-8pm – Channel One 8pm-10pm – Gilles Peterson Funk Junction Midday-1pm – Naima Adams (DJ) & Sammseed 1pm-3pm – Alex Rita & Errol 3pm-5pm – Aba Shanti-i 5pm-6pm – Last Nubian feat Achanté The Caboose 05pm-12.40pm – Essence Martins 55pm-1.25pm – Mychelle 45pm-2.20pm – Olympia Vitalis 45pm-3.20pm – daste. 45pm-4.20pm – Allysha Joy 45pm-5.20pm – Moses Yoofee Trio 45pm-6.20pm – Jazzbois 45pm-7.20pm – Dargz 45pm-8.20pm – Tia Gordon 20pm-8.40pm – BexBlu 40pm-9pm – Kaicrewsade 10pm-10pm – Egyptian Lover Heritage Stage 30pm-2pm – Handson Family (DJ set) 2pm-3.15pm – Glade Marie 15pm-4.30pm – The Shejay + Exhibit 69 30pm-6.30pm – Sarah Love b2b Mr Thing 30pm-7pm – Carroll Thompson + Janet Kay live PA 7pm-8pm – IG Culture 8pm-9.30pm – Colin Dale 9pm-10pm – Handson Family (DJ set) Timings are subject to change. How to get to Cross the Tracks festival Festivalgoers are explicitly advised not to drive to the fest, and instead take public transport. The nearest tube is Brixton and the closest train is Herne Hill. Are there any tickets left for Cross the Tracks? Some tickets are still available, with general admission from around £76 and VIP from around £120. You can buy tickets here. What's the weather looking like? While weather over the bank holiday weekend is looking a bit mixed, the good news for Cross the Tracks is that Sunday is looking like the best of the bunch. The Met Office reckons Sunday afternoon onwards will range in temperature from 14C to 19C, with less than a 5 percent chance of rain. It'll be a bit windy. Afterparties The official afterparty is at Bricks in Brixton, with tickets on Resident Advisor on final release for around £14. There is also an unofficial afterparty at Effra Social, which is free entry. The last month or so has seen Brockwell Park's day festivals put in the spotlight, with anti-festival campaigners Protect Brockwell Park on the one side and Lambeth Council and festival promoters Brockwell Live (supported by community group SayYesLambeth) on the other. released a statement saying the events will go ahead.
The Independent
23-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Oscar winner Mark Rylance joins fight to stop music festivals turning London park into ‘prison camp'
Oscar winner Mark Rylance has claimed a London park has been turned into a 'prison camp' by music festivals as he joins the fight to ban the events from being held there. Local campaigners are arguing that a festival season called Brockwell Live – which includes Cross the Tracks, a jazz, funk and soul event, and Mighty Hoopla, an LGBTQ+-friendly pop weekend – is causing long-term damage to nature in Brockwell Park in south London. In an escalating row, they have now launched legal action against Lambeth Council over its decision to allow the 125-acre park, located in Herne Hill, to be used for the festivals without planning permission. Now Academy award-winning actor – and local resident – Sir Mark Rylance has waded into the row, demanding the council reconsider its backing of the events as he condemned the destruction wreaked by the walls built for the festivals. The Wolf Hall star said: 'Brockwell Park is a place for people and nature. It is essential to many people's mental health, to our joy, our healing grief. It was a gift to the local community and is held in trust for us by Lambeth. 'The imposition of high steel walls for Brockwell Live every summer destroys the park for weeks and harms the grass, trees and plant life for months — if not forever. It turns it into a prison camp. 'I fully support this campaign to legally challenge our Lambeth governors and make a new arrangement for our park. Enough is enough. Stop the walls.' Campaigners described the park as a 'site of importance for nature conservation' and said that 'we are caught in a cycle of fencing for events and re-fencing to repair the inevitable damage', with trees damaged, wildlife disturbed and soil compacted. In an open letter, spearheaded by Protect Brockwell Park, the coalition warned that the park is being 'damaged beyond repair' by 'unsustainable' large-scale music festivals like Brockwell Live, which draws more than 285,000 attendees across nine days, and requires at least 37 days during spring and summer to set-up and take-down. Bridgerton star Adjoa Andoh posted a photograph on Instagram showing the previously grassy park turned to mud with litter strewn everywhere following a festival, as she confirmed her backing for the campaign to 'preserve our park for everyone'. She said: 'This public park was created for the free enjoyment of all Lambeth residents. I know we're a poor borough, but shame on Lambeth Council for not protecting it better! Our wildlife, our ancient trees have been decimated, our residents without a free green space.' The park, featuring Grade II-listed Brockwell Hall, is made up of 50.8 hectares of green space and hosts a lido, walled garden and a clock tower. It was bought by Lambeth Council in 1986. Protect Brockwell Park announced that they initiated judicial review proceedings in the High Court against Lambeth Council earlier this month. They said: 'On 9 April, Lambeth Council received our pre-action letter challenging its decision to grant a certificate of lawful development. This certificate would permit commercial events to take place in Brockwell Park without planning permission.' Lambeth Council charges Brockwell Live owner Superstruct to use the park but confirmed it does not profit from the events, while it said it invests £500,000 a year in maintaining the park. A spokesperson said: 'Events in Brockwell Park run for a short period before summer and generate significant cultural opportunities and entertainment for younger people across the borough. Events also support businesses in the area, the majority of which are small businesses who experience increases in footfall during the events programme. This boosts our local economy and provides jobs and income for residents.' They continued: 'The area of the park used for events has been independently assessed as being of low ecological sensitivity grassland, and there is no ecological damage caused as a result. Income from events is helping us put money into diversity projects in other areas of the park, with at least £20,000 invested in this way last year.' They added that they engage with local people living in the area about events held in the park. They said that Brockwell Live helps ensure the free annual Lambeth Country Show can continue due to savings of £700,000 as well as leading to £150,000 in investment in the park and community projects. They continued: 'We appreciate there can be impacts on people in the surrounding neighbourhood, alongside organisers we are working hard to minimise disruption, having a 24-hour help line and staff in the streets throughout the course of events. We have also moved the date of events in Brockwell Park to earlier in the year, so the entire park is available throughout the school summer holidays.' They added: 'We are committed to addressing all potential issues promptly and effectively, while ensuring Lambeth's residents continue to have access to a diverse and meaningful range of events.'
Times
22-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Times
Oscar winner's fight over festivals that turn park into ‘prison camp'
A row has broken out between local campaigners and a Labour council over the use of a park for music festivals. Brockwell Park in Lambeth, south London, plays host to a festival season called Brockwell Live, including regular spectaculars such as the jazz event Cross the Tracks and the LGBTQ-friendly two-day event Mighty Hoopla. Local campaigners have argued that the festivals cause long-term damage to the 125-acre park and its wildlife and have started a legal challenge to Lambeth council's decision to permit the festivals without planning permission. Sir Mark Rylance, the Academy award-winning actor, who lives nearby, has called on the council to rethink its support of the festivals. 'Brockwell Park is a place for people and nature. It is essential to many people's mental health, to our joy, our healing grief,' he said. 'It was a gift to the local community and is held in trust for us by Lambeth. The imposition of high steel walls for Brockwell Live every summer destroys the park for weeks and harms the grass, trees and plant life for months — if not for ever. It turns it into a prison camp. 'I fully support this campaign to legally challenge our Lambeth governors and make a new arrangement for our park. Enough is enough. Stop the walls.' Campaigners said that large swathes of the park were fenced off for weeks during the best of the spring and summer to make way for events and that the park — which is designated as a 'site of importance for nature conservation' — was being 'irreversibly harmed' by the effect of almost 300,000 attendees over sixteen days and the heavy goods vehicles involved in erecting the site. After the festivals last year the grass turned into a muddy mess that took months to recover. A council report said that work on ground reinstallment was not completed until Novermber. The group Protect Brockwell Park has initiated judicial review proceedings in the High Court to challenge Lambeth council's decision to allow Brockwell Live's commercial events to proceed under 'permitted development' rules. The council charges the festival owner, Superstruct, itself owned by the private equity company KKR, for use of the park, but the council is not allowed to make a profit on the deal and only cover its costs because of the park being granted to it in trust. Superstruct made a profit of £36.6 million in the past year for which financial records are available. The park, which is located in Herne Hill, was originally part of the Brockwell Hall estate, centred around a grand mansion built in 1811 for John Blades, a wealthy glass merchant and magistrate. After passing through various private owners, the estate was purchased by London county council in 1891, ending up under the control of Lambeth council in 1986. Rylance is only the latest celebrity to weigh in on the park's future. Adjoa Andoh, the Bridgerton star, said earlier this year in an Instagram post that 'our wildlife [and] ancient trees have been decimated, our residents without a free green space'. 'Shame on Lambeth council for not protecting it better,' she added. Lambeth said it invested £500,000 a year in maintaining the park. In a statement, it said: 'Events run for a short period before summer and generate significant cultural opportunities and entertainment for younger people across the borough. Events also support businesses in the area, boosting our local economy and providing jobs and income for residents. The council claimed that an independent assessment of the festival site indicated that there was 'no ecological damage caused'. 'However, income from events is helping us put money into diversity projects in other areas of the park, with at least £20,000 invested in this way last year,' it added. The council said that while it does not make a profit from the arrangement, the programme of events helped to fund the free Lambeth Country Show festival, saving it £700,000 in operational costs last year, and secure more than £150,000 of investment in the park and community projects. 'We are committed to addressing all potential issues promptly and effectively, whilst ensuring Lambeth's residents continue to have access to a diverse and meaningful range of events,' it added.
