Five men wearing shorts, climbing on top of a wooden frame. Behind them the sky is pink and blue

Greenwich and Docklands International Festival is back

The globally renowned Greenwich and Docklands International Festival (GDIF) returns this week, kicking off with Above and Beyond, which will see eight parkour performers scaling landmark buildings in Woolwich. Funded by the council as part of our Royal Greenwich Festivals programme, GDIF brings a host of free events to the borough until 6 September.

Above and Beyond, presented by Cie Lézards Bleus & Citizens of the World Choir 
Friday 22 August, 6:45pm, Beresford Square, Woolwich, SE18 6AR

Greenwich Fair 
Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 August, 1pm to 7pm, Greenwich Park, SE10 8XJ

Turning Worlds 
Saturday 30 and Sunday 31 August, from 12 noon, Greenwich Peninsula

Go Grandad, Go! 
Thursday 4 September, 1:30pm and 3:30pm, General Gordon Square, Woolwich, SE18 6FH

Fragments Of Us, presented By Talawa, Fubunation and Sonia Hughes 
Thursday 4 September, 4pm and 6:30pm, General Gordon Square, Woolwich, SE18 6FH

The Weight of Water, presented By Panama Pictures 
Friday 5 and Saturday 6 September, 2:30pm and 6:30pm, Birchmere Lake, Epstein Road, Thamesmead, SE28 8DQ

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