As part of the Royal Docks Originals 2025 festival, You Press presents an uplifting day of live music and spoken word on Saturday, 27th September. The event will feature emerging artists and community storytellers.
Through powerful poetry, soulful music, and compelling personal stories, performers will explore themes of migration, regeneration, resilience, and cultural heritage, celebrating the area’s rich past while imagining its future. Building on the success of previous Royal Docks performances, this year’s event will debut original works inspired by local voices and stories.
With its warm, inclusive atmosphere, the event promises to be both a celebration and a moment of shared reflection, transforming public spaces into stages for connection, creativity, and belonging, and amplifying the voices of underrepresented communities in Newham.
Part of the Docks Open Art Series curated by Hive Curates
Royal Docks Originals
This autumn experience Royal Docks Originals, a free arts festival created by artists, creatives, and communities from across the Royal Docks.
Expect show-stopping art, dazzling installations and world-premieres all made and happening in the Royal Docks. Inspired by the theme of Metamorphosis: a celebration of transformation and journeys, we have some truly spectacular experiences to share with you.
