Discover heritage-inspired events
& activities across Royal Greenwich
Our 2023 events calendar at Charlton House & Gardens is available now!
Friday Concerts at Charlton House
Every Friday at 1pm, Trinity Laban alumni, Stephen Maw, presents a free classical concert featuring extraordinary local musicians. Check here regularly for programme updates!
Friday Concerts: Bragi Quartet
Trombone quartet features a premiere of an original work by trombonist/composer Benjamin Newman.
Date: 9 June, 2023
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Friday Concerts: Bukolika Piano Trio
Intensely expressive, this Polish trio has played at Wigmore Hall and St-Martin-in-the-Fields… and now Charlton House & Gardens!
Date: 16 June, 2023
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Friday Concerts: Whitman Ensemble
Acclaimed young ensemble brings British chamber music: Frank Bridge’s Phantasy Piano Quartet and Ralph Vaughan Williams’s Piano Quintet.
Date: 23 June, 2023
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Ottoman Journeys
Discover modern Royal Greenwich's connections to the Ottoman Empire through our new exhibition, workshops, and kids' activities. In collaboration with the University of Greenwich and community organisation Peace of Cake.
Ottoman Journeys: Life and Afterlife in Greenwich
Explore the connections between the Ottoman Empire and our borough today in this new exhibition inspired by a gravestone recently discovered in our museum collections.
Date: 15 May, 2023
Time: Opens at 9.30
Ottoman Henna Workshop with Maryam Shaleemi
Learn how Turkish henna is mixed and used, and make your own designs. You’ll even leave with a beautiful henna temporary tattoo!
Date: 21 June, 2023
Time: 18.00 - 20.00
Ottoman Ceramics Workshop with Fiona Veacock
Explore the traditional Ottoman colour palette, patterns, techniques, and art on clay with local potter Fiona Veacock.
Date: 6 July, 2023
Time: 18.00 - 20.00
Markets in the House & Gardens
Local producers, creatives, and artists bring their work to the centre of Charlton Village. Our Sunday Producers' Market in partnership with CC Events UK is on the third Sunday of each month.
Sunday Producers’ Market
Come to Charlton House’s back lawn for a producers’ market every third Sunday of the month.
Date: 18 June, 2023
Time: 10.00 - 15.00
Sunday Producers’ Market
Come to Charlton House’s back lawn for a producers’ market every third Sunday of the month.
Date: 16 July, 2023
Time: 10.00 - 15.00
Sunday Producers’ Market
Come to Charlton House’s back lawn for a producers’ market every third Sunday of the month.
Date: 20 August, 2023
Time: 10.00 - 15.00
Fun with the family
Explore your local heritage and enjoy the best of Charlton with crafts, activities, and treats for kids and the whole family.
Holiday Explorers: Tiles through Time with the Ottomans
Find fun patterns in real Ottoman tilework, then do it yourself on your very own clay tile to take home.
Date: 26 July, 2023
Time: 10.00, 11.30, and 13.00
Holiday Explorers: Sweet as Marzipan with the Ottomans
Discover the way Ottomans turned almonds into flowers and fruit, and then make some to take home.
Date: 2 August, 2023
Time: 10.00, 11.30, and 13.00
More events in the House & Gardens
Our friends and event partners bring their best expertise and biggest fun from across the U.K. to our Charlton grounds.
MURDER! at Charlton House
Everything may not be as it seems at Lord and Lady Mulberry’s summer ball…
Date: 17 June, 2023
Time: 19.00
Shakespeare in the Squares: Twelfth Night
Experience one of Shakespeare’s most loved and most modern romantic comedies in our gardens.
Date: 29 June, 2023
Time: 19.00
MURDER! at Charlton House
Everything may not be as it seems at Lord and Lady Mulberry’s summer ball…
Date: 26 August, 2023
Time: 19.00
