Live music & performance on the riverside stage

🎸To kick us off we will be welcoming @paullynchmusic to the stage playing his own original material, mixed with scottish folk songs and maybe some surprise pop covers n there too…

🎶The Stamford Hillbillies will be joining us for two special sets at 1pm & 3pm! Ska and Reggae to get you moving blended with Calypso and Caribbean rhythms

🗣️The all star singing and dancing Star Lane Choir return to Cody Dock to perform big pop numbers. Expect to have your hands in the air, dancing along!

🎵To see us out for the day, one of our very own DJ’s will be ensuring you remain up and dancing for the last hour! Expect a mix of genres with some funky focuses!

Talks in the Barn

In our new venue, we have programmed some free talks from 12-5pm for you to drop in, learn more about Cody Dock and the people that make us who we are🫂

There are lots of people who are a large part of this wonderful place, many of whom work here every day doing amazing things!

Did you know we have creative studios on site? Two of our residents Nicolas (Office for Crafted Architecture) & John (Adventure Playground Engineers) will be talking about the amazing work they do in their own fields and their own connections to Cody Dock. As central members of our community, we are excited to give them a platform for them to share what they do & how they do it🙌 Catch Nicolas at 2pm and John at 4pm.

Our Ecology and Biodiversity team will be kicking us off with a discussion on the importance of having a voice in your local environment and concluding our day by reading the rights of the River as collected from their workshop. 12pm & 5pm🍃

At 1pm, Tim, the leader of our Therapeutic Gardening project, will be sharing some case studio about participants in the project.

And our founder Simon will be speaking about a brief history of Cody Dock at 3pm🤲

Workshops & Activities

🥦At 12pm – Also as a part of @growurbanfestival.london, Basia, our Community Participation Coordinator, will be leading a walk and talk through Cody Dock & our Food Growing Project. We will explore how cultivating food allows us to sync with the natural rhythms of our environment, particularly in the unique setting of Cody Dock – a meeting of natural and urban environments.

🧱Wolfgang, the lead on our Heritage Brickwork restoration project, will be leading Dock Tours, speaking about all things brickwork and the amazing project!

Both Basia & Wolfgang will be found at the entrance to Cody Dock – come find them for more chats & to contribute a brick to a brick planter that we will be building on the day!

🌆Kai will be running a ‘card communities’ workshop encouraging conversation through craft & map building.

🏗️Join Lucie for a drop-in workshop that embraces the cranes that build our spaces, prioritising younger voices for an interactive piece.

🦆Our Education team will be creating a collaborative art piece with visitors, exploring the automatic emotions natural sounds can make us feel and how we can identify what they are

Stalls & More

🧶Jessica, who joined us as a part of our youth project, will be selling her wares, handmade natural dye & crochet items! We supported Jessica to facilitate workshops with us for our Cody Wild Education programme, so it is a pleasure to have her down for our open day!

⛵️Come down to the end of the dock to catch up on our boat restoration project in its final throes! Tom, our boat restoration lead will be on hand for any questions and all the boat building facts you need.