Bandstand concerts

We are so pleased to announce that, thanks to September being available for us to use the Hyde Park bandstand, we are funding two concerts in August and two in September, so do make a note in your diaries as we need all the support we can get.

Sunday Aug 7th South London Jazz Orchestra
Sunday Aug 21st The Melodians (Steel band)
Saturday Sep 10th Orquesto Mambarito (South American Salsa band)
Sunday Sep 18th Snowdown Colliery Welfare Band (traditional brass band)

The Friends are kept up to date with events connected with, or taking place in Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens. Some events are organised exclusively for the Friends, while others are open to the general public. For Hyde Park Events: Click Here

Looking back over the last couple of years, members enjoyed special visits to Winter Wonderland, the Old Police House stables, Kensington Palace, Albert Memorial Undercroft, as well as a perfumed reverie in the Hyde Park Nurseries. The annual summer party in Hyde Park was a great success in Hyde Park, always accompanied with wine and nibbles. We were looked after on all these occasions by expert and very hospitable hosts.

The name “Rotten Row” is actually a corruption of the French “Route de Roi” or King’s Road. King William III installed 300 oil lamps along it at the end of the 17th century, making it the first artificially lit highway in
the country.