2026 COLOURSCAPE MUSIC FESTIVAL
on Clapham Common

Sept 12th to 20th - EUROPE'S MOST UNUSUAL ARTS FESTIVAL.

Eye Music Trust presents its flagship Colourscape Festival on Clapham Common in our 70 chamber "Festival Two" Colourscape.

Colourscape opens at 11am on weekends, and concerts take place from 11.30 to 3.30pm.
OUR TICKET BOOKING SITE WILL OPEN IN AUGUST

FESTIVAL DIARY:
Saturday September 12th: 11.30 to 3.30pm
We present our Opening event with unusual instruments and computers. Musicians performing include Hans-Karsten Raecke performing on instruments made from rubber, giant string/wind/plucking instruments etc and Festival Director, Lawrence Casserley transforming his sounds on computer.

Sunday Sept 13th: 11.30 to 3.30pm
Rothko Collective are a London-based new music collective. They will curate their Colourscape Day with music for flute, clarinet, violin and cello, featuring a range of graphic scores and a new adaptation of Mathis Saunier Lava Cycle (with public participation on smartphones!)

Monday 14th to Thursday 17th September
NO PUBLIC OPENINGS DUE TO SCHOOL WORKSHOP BOOKINGS.

Friday 18th September
Colourscape open to the public lunchtime 12 to 1pm only - reduced price entrance

Saturday Sept 19th: 11.30 to 3.30pm
Womens String Ensemble Hannah Marshall(cello); Sylvia Hallett (amplified cycle wheel, lyre and other strings); Stevie Wishart (Hurdy-Gurdy); Bettina Schroeder (electric ukelele) perform throughout the afternoon in various ensembles

Sunday Sept 20th: 11.30 to 3.30pm
To close the 2026 festival we present our Rawsthorn, Eye Music commission: New Symmetry. Choreographer Eileih Muir and composer Stephanie Singer bring a new live collaboration to Colourscape, weaving together movement, live music and sensory performance within the structure’s maze of colour, pathways and immersive spaces. Part promenade experience, part immersive performance, the work invites audiences into a shifting journey through colour, sound and play, where dance, voice and music unfold all around them

TIMES: 11 to 4pm weekends Sept 12/13th and 19/20th; AND 12 to 1pm Friday 18th Sept for Colourscape without music at a reduced admission charge.
LOCATION: The festival site is on Clapham Common near the Windmill pub SW4 9DE. Nearest access on to the common: Windmill Rd and Rookery Rd.
ADMISSION: Adults: £15; Children £7.50; Family £40. Reduced prices Friday lunchtime.
TICKETS PRE-BOOKING RECOMMENDED - ON-LINE BOOKING for our Colourscape Music Festival will be available in August.
COLOURSCAPE IS FULLY WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE
Eye Music Trust gratefully acknowledges support from the Arts Council of England.