Arts & Events Team

Tower Hamlets Council Arts and Events team aims to provide a service that is accessible to all those who live, work or study in Tower Hamlets. We promote the use of arts as a leisure activity, as a source of employment and training, and as a tool for social cohesion and inclusion.

The majority of the Council arts team is based at the Brady Arts Centre. It provides a performance space, specialist arts facilities, rooms for meetings and seminars, houses a number of community projects, runs a wide range of classes and co-ordinates the on-site exhibition space. Also available is the resource bank of equipment for hire to community organisations and voluntary groups.

The remainder of the team is based at the Kobi Nazrul Centre, which is dedicated to Bengali Arts and Culture and, since reopening in 2001, has developed an innovative workshop and performance programme.

Find out more about our work and the services we provide using the menu links on the left; and below are some useful guidance notes and downloads to help plan your own arts & events in the borough. 

The Event Fund

Applications for events taking place up to the end of March 2019 are now closed.

The Event Fund has only 2 more quarterly rounds of funding, for April to June 2019 and July to September 2019 inclusive in its current format and process. 

The first deadline for all events taking place from April-June 2019 (Quarter one) is 12 noon on Thursday 7^thFebruary  2019. The second deadline for grants to support The Great Get Together or Big Lunch is 12 noon on 4^thApril 2019, and the final deadline for all events  from July-September 2019 (Quarter 2) is also 12 noon 4th April 2019.

You can find out more information here.

Please email festivalsandevents@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further information.

Park Hire

Applications to hold events in our parks or open spaces need to be submitted on the correct forms which are available to download below within the deadlines specified. These deadlines vary depending on the type and scale of the event. Please read carefully to ensure you are applying within the timescales to avoid disappointment. Further guidance and an application form can be downloaded below.

Applications for Road Closures

If you need to apply for a Temporary Traffic Order (TTO) to close a road for your event please complete the application form here http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/lgnl/transport_and_streets/roads,_highways_and_pavements/roadworks_and_closures.aspx

Application Forms & Information

Events

Funding

Hire Charges