Estuary Festival comes to Castle Point
The Estuary Festival is a celebration of arts and culture around the Thames Estuary; the theme for 2025 is 'Vessels' and begins on Saturday 21 June.
Below is a list of events taking place in Castle Point. All events are free, however some require advance booking.
Download the local guide to the festival for Castle Point – Castle Point Guide
Events
Submarine Consciousness Exploring ideas of rewilding, cockle habitats and global connections. At Hadleigh Farm Estate.
Sunday 22 June
- 10:30-12:30 Sound walk 'Cockles of My Heart 2' by Breakwater, starting from the Cockle Flag Book tickets (limited capacity)
- 14:00-16:00 'Dye-ing Hope' workshop by Laura Burns, private room at Hub Cafe building Book tickets (limited capacity)
- 16:30-17:30 Sound walk 'Cockles of My Heart 2' by Breakwater, starting from the Cockle Flag Book tickets (limited capacity)
Sunday 29 June:
- 10:30-12:30 Sound walk 'Cockles of My Heart 2' by Breakwater, starting from the Cockle Flag Book tickets (limited capacity)
- 14:00-16:00 'strange feelings' workshop by Ayesha Keshani, private room at Hub Cafe building Book tickets (limited capacity
- 16:30-17:30 Sound walk 'Cockles of My Heart 2' by Breakwater, starting from the Cockle Flag Book tickets (limited capacity)
Dreamspace: Pending Approval Workshops welcome a multitude of voices to inspire, shape and inform the final designs for a new space at Hadleigh Estate
Changing Tides Live music events aboard historic sailing barge Raybel at Benfleet Yacht Club (free, advance booking required)
Guided mudwalks at Benfleet Creek, Leigh Creek and Two Tree Island (22 & 25 June) (free, advance booking required)
SALT | 27 & 28 June, 8-9pm | Dance at dusk in a tidal pool, by the Arbonauts, Concord Beach, Canvey (free, advance booking required)
Sleeping with the Dead | Arts programme of remembrance by local artists YoHa, Willow Lane, Canvey 28 & 29 June 2025
The Canvey Island Chimney Disaster The Library of Lost Sounds restages the sound of the chimney stack once accidentally demolished one day early on 17 September 1997, on its original site (now within Canvey Wick nature reserve). 28 & 29 June (free, limited places advance booking required)
Estuary 2025 hub Meet artist-in-residence Selena Chandler whose interactive, tactile craft practice draws inspiration from Essex’s rich cultural heritage and see Threads for Tomorrow installation and film produced as part of the Beach of Dreams festival. Knightswick Shopping Centre, Canvey 21-29 June 10am-5pm
A Circular and Never-ending Ritual of Love to the Estuary (including Hope for the Future, Recipes for Action and a Call to the Blood) sound walk beginning at the Estuary 2025 hub at Knightswick and finishing on the seafront
Call Me Back! Touring art installation that super-sizes the iconic phone booth from the 1990s (Thursday 26 & Friday 27 June, by the bandstand on Canvey seafront)
See the full programme which extends across South Essex and North Kent.