Join us at Pepys Community Hub as we celebrate 60 years of the Pepys Estate.
Anniversary Celebration: Saturday 18th of July, 14:00 - 18:00
Opening on the 18th of July 2026 with a special event, and running until the 18th of November 2026, as a participatory exhibition including photography, artwork, music and many more contributions from current and former residents. Pepys Community Hub asks what it means to document and remember this place today. Reflecting on the past, present and future, we will examine the changes, struggles, achievements and transformations that have defined the area and its people.
Event Programme
2:00 PM: Opening speeches & ribbon cutting
2:30 PM: Exhibition tour: Featuring works from current and former residents. Photography, painting, film, sound recording and installation.
3:30 PM: Outdoor area: From 3:30 in dry weather only (Subject to weather conditions).
Sonke Prigge live music and Chris Holly live painting.
A live performance from local artist/musician CURFEW together with renown painter CHRIS HOLLEY who will create a large-scale painting based on the music CURFEW will play.
Food will be served whilst the performance commences.
4:00 PM: Hot food & refreshments by local chefs specialising in Caribbean and Zanzibar cuisine
5:00 PM: A live performance by "ReMiSo": An international post-rock collaboration formed from musical endeavours in activist movements. "ReMiSo" are a London / Hong Kong / Brussels collaboration whose 2nd album is set for release in late 2026 / early 2027.
A live Drum performance.
5:45 PM: Closing remarks by Centre Manager Ken Thomas
6:00 PM: Event closes
Opened in 1966, the Pepys Estate is one of the largest housing estates in the UK, built on the site of a former naval victualling yard. Architect Edward (Ted) Hollamby well known in the 20th century. The estate takes its name from the diarist Samuel Pepys, whose work and diaries memorialised the 17th century. An era of dramatic change, the site itself functioning as the seedbed of Britain’s colonial empire, endeavour and trade.
Today, we ask what it would mean to write a diary now - and expand our view beyond the lens of a few, to the many lives that have passed through the area, current and former residents and those affected further afield by the ideas propagated at this site. To mark the occasion, we will explore the story of the Pepys Estate through the perspectives of those who have lived, worked and been shaped by it. The good, the bad and the ugly.
