Brixton Culture Capital 25.06.2026
Brixton Just Bid for Itself — History in the making
This week Brixton did something it has never done before: our community made an offer to buy back its own market. Before Monday’s 5pm deadline, the Buy Back Brixton campaign — led by the Brixton Traders & Community Association together with the Advocacy Academy — submitted a competitive bid for Brixton Village and Market Row.
36,000+ petition signatures and over £550,000 raised on GoFundMe, in under a week. New council leader Martin Abrams pledged to “pull out every sinew”; MP Helen Hayes called it “our love letter to Brixton.”
👉 Sign the petition and back the bid
🎟️ What’s On — The Next 7 Days
🎶 Music & Nightlife
✨ Thu, 25 Jun – Cecil Reuben’s Reggae Thursdays @ Hootananny Brixton
🕒 8:00 PM | A Brixton institution: live roots, rocksteady and lovers’ rock, played properly by people who lived it. Free entry, a full dancefloor and the bar open late.
🎟️ Event info
✨ Thu, 25 Jun – Dancefloor Education @ Bricks
🕒 8:00 PM | Coldharbour Lane’s newest room runs its weekly schooling in club music: selectors digging deep and a proper midweek reset. 🎟️ Event info
✨ Sat, 27 Jun – World Cup Disco: England vs Panama @ Brixton Jamm
🕒 From 5:50 PM | The match lands on the big screen, then the room flips to disco until late. Football and four-to-the-floor under one Brixton roof. 🎟️ Tickets
✨ Sat, 27 Jun – ABBA v Fleetwood Mac Disco Party @brixtonjamm
🕒 10:00 PM–late | Two catalogues, one singalong-heavy club night. Brixton Jamm’s late party puts ABBA’s pop precision against Fleetwood Mac’s soft-rock drama—ideal if your group chat cannot agree on a genre. 🎟️ Event info
🎨 Art & Heritage
✨ Now–Sat, 4 Jul – CASA: Lines of Flight @ Brixton House
🕒 Times vary | Free strands available | Brixton House’s summer season brings Latinx, Caribbean and diasporic art into conversation through exhibitions, residencies and live performance. Its closing chapter, Systems in Question, arrives on 4 July. 🎟️ What’s on
✨ Wed, 24 Jun–Fri, 26 Jun – Black Cultural Archives Reading Room @ Windrush Square
🕒 11:00 AM–5:00 PM | FREE | Windrush Day has just passed; this is the week to spend time with the national home of Black British history. Book the reading room, then make time for the building, bookshop and square. 🎟️ Plan a visit
✨ All Week – Brixton Windmill & Gardens @ Windmill Gardens
🕒 Park access free | Tours bookable | The 1816 windmill is grinding flour again, while the gardens move into full summer. Picnic, volunteer or book a tour before the next run sells out. 🎟️ Tours & events
🧩 Everything Else (community, food, workshops, markets, talks)
✨ Thu, 25 Jun – Brixton Public Meeting: The 1926 General Strike
🕒 7:00 PM | A century after the General Strike, this public meeting revisits solidarity, strikes and who holds power. Timely reading in the week Brixton submitted a bid to buy its own market. 🎟️ Event details
✨ Thu, 25 Jun – Kromanti: Dominoes + Plantain Rum @ Brixton House
🕒 From 6:00 PM | Come for the dominoes, stay for the rum. Brixton House’s Caribbean social runs through summer: slam a bone, pour a measure and build community one game at a time. 🎟️ Event info
✨ Fri, 26 Jun – An Idiot’s Guide to Wine @brixtonjamm
🕒 6:00 PM–10:00 PM | A wine session for people who prefer a straight answer to a lecture. Expect guided tasting, accessible talk and a social early-evening format that leaves the rest of Friday open. 🎟️ Event info
✨ Sat, 27 Jun – The Subtle Body: Movement & Meditation Day Retreat @ Effra Space
🕒 10:30 AM–4:00 PM | By donation (£25–45) | Led by Shraddhamalini and Sanghasiha at Brixton Buddhist Centre, this Kum Nye retreat combines gentle self-massage, simple postures, movement and stillness. All ages and fitness levels are welcome. 🎟️ Book a place
TheBccList Film & Theatre Guide
🍿 Wed–Sun – Toy Story 5 @ Ritzy Woody, Buzz and the gang face their most modern threat yet — a sentient tablet named Lilypad with big ideas about Bonnie’s playtime. Pixar’s fifth outing is Certified Fresh at 94% on Rotten Tomatoes, its best-reviewed in years. A holiday crowd-pleaser for all ages. 🎟️ Book Now
Brixton Discounts
Reader-only deals across Brixton, updated weekly.
This week’s picks:
Impact Brixton → Free £35 coworking day pass for first-time visitors. New BCC readers only, one per person. Use code bcclist.
Nuvola Pizza → 50% off all pizzas on Tuesdays at Market Row.
See every Brixton discount → (set your real URL)
Until next Thursday, 11.11am
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