After Dark Festival 2025

UEL: After Dark returns Thursday 27 February 2025 5pm - 8pm, with the theme of Fire & Circus. Hosted at our Docklands campus, wellness, culture and connection will be taking centre stage.

Prepare to be captivated by fire displays, dazzling acrobatic performances and hands-on workshops to spark your creativity. Join us at 5.30pm on an illuminated community parade through the campus to SportsDock, which will be transformed for one night only into a Big Top! After Circus Pzazz’s show from 6:15-7pm you can try out your own juggling and monocycle skills at our drop-in workshops. Other mesmerising acts will include:

• Air Giants with Luma
• Worldbeaters Spark!
• Lightfires’ music and fire installations
• The dazzling Show Globes, all four together for the very first time
• Circo Rum Baba’s Light Gliders
• Murmuration Arts’ four Lullaby installations, a perfect performance to captivate younger families

UEL: After Dark is free of charge and open to everyone, with a range of local street food on offer to warm up your winter evening. Visit uel.ac.uk/after-dark-festival to book your place for a chance to come together, try something new and celebrate the energy and diversity of our East London community.