Take a look at our quick reference guide to see what is happening during Estuary 2025 in South Essex! Estuary 2025 - Vessels (21-29 June) The large-scale contemporary arts festival celebrating the stories, places and people of the Thames Estuary. All events are free, some require booking with limited places.
South Essex: Benfleet, Canvey Island, Hadleigh and Southend, Tilbury and Grays, Basildon and Wat Tyler Country Park, Pitsea,
North Kent: Gravesend, Chatham and Rainham and Isle of Sheppey (see North Kent guide here)
Changing Tides Live music events aboard historic sailing barge Raybel in the beautiful setting of Benfleet Yacht Club, 25, 26 & 28 June (free, advance booking required)
Guided mudwalks at Benfleet Creek, Leigh Creek and Two Tree Island (22 & 25 June) Free advance booking required
Submarine Consciousness Exploring ideas of rewilding, cockle habitats and global connections. At Hadleigh Farm Estate. Events schedule
Sunday 22 June
10:30-12:30 Sound walk 'Cockles of My Heart 2' by Breakwater, starting from the Cockle Flag Book tickets (limited capacity)
14:00-16:00 'Dye-ing Hope' workshop by Laura Burns, private room at Hub Cafe building Book tickets (limited capacity)
16:30-17:30 Sound walk 'Cockles of My Heart 2' by Breakwater, starting from the Cockle Flag Book tickets (limited capacity)
Sunday 29 June:
10:30-12:30 Sound walk 'Cockles of My Heart 2' by Breakwater, starting from the Cockle Flag Book tickets (limited capacity)
14:00-16:00 'strange feelings' workshop by Ayesha Keshani, private room at Hub Cafe building Book tickets (limited capacity
16:30-17:30 Sound walk 'Cockles of My Heart 2' by Breakwater, starting from the Cockle Flag Book tickets (limited capacity)
Dreamspace: Pending Approval Workshops welcome a multitude of voices to inspire, shape and inform the final designs for a new space at Hadleigh Estate
The People Will Possess the Wind interactive choral performance as boats sail past. By The Labworth 10am and Southend Pier 12.30pm on 21 June
SALT | 27 & 28 June, 8-9pm | Dance at dusk in a tidal pool, by the Arbonauts, Concord Beach, Canvey (free, advance booking required)
Sleeping with the Dead | Arts programme of remembrance by local artists YoHa, Willow Lane, Canvey 28 & 29 June 2025
The Canvey Island Chimney Disaster The Library of Lost Sounds restages the sound of the chimney stack once accidentally demolished one day early on 17 September 1997, on its original site (now within Canvey Wick nature reserve). 28 & 29 June (free, limited places advance booking required)
Estuary 2025 hub Meet artist-in-residence Selena Chandler whose interactive, tactile craft practice draws inspiration from Essex’s rich cultural heritage and see Threads for Tomorrow installation and film produced as part of the Beach of Dreams festival. nightswick Shopping Centre, Canvey 21-29 June 10am-5pm
A Circular and Never-ending Ritual of Love to the Estuary (including Hope for the Future, Recipes for Action and a Call to the Blood) sound walk beginning at the Estuary 2025 hub at Knightswick and finishing on the seafront
Call Me Back! Touring art installation that super-sizes the iconic phone booth from the 1990s (Thursday 26 & Friday 27 June, by the bandstand on Canvey seafront)
She is a River world premiere live performance with specially devised music, sound and movement by artist Nwando Ebizie 22 June, 7.30-9pm | Tilbury Cruise Terminal | free advance booking required
Call Me Back! | Touring art installation that super-sizes the iconic phone booth from the 1990s. Sunday 22 June Grays High Street Monday 23 & Tuesday 24 June Tilbury Town Station
A Circular and Never-ending Ritual of Love to the Estuary (including Hope for the Future, Recipes for Action and a Call to the Blood) sound walk Tilbury
Forever Connected newly commissioned mural by internationally acclaimed artist Damilola Odusote Fort Road, Tilbury
Estuary 2025 film programme at Wat Tyler Country Park, Basildon
Clubbing & commune-ing in Essex book launch, video installation, talk and nightclub reunion at the pub! 21-29 June. Dan Hancox and Tim Burrows in conversation, 24 June 6.30-9.30pm (free, advance booking required)
Common Grounds Outdoor photography exhibition exploring women’s experiences of landscape and nature | Wat Tyler Country Park, 26-29 June
Call Me Back! Touring art installation that super-sizes the iconic phone booth from the 1990s | Sunday 29 June | Wat Tyler Country Park
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