Key information
Date: Saturday 07 September 2024
Time: 12:00pm to 6:00pm
Venue: Trafalgar Square, Westminster, London, WC2N 5DN, GB
Cost: Free
Event summary
Following the success of Black On The Square 2023, we are looking forward to celebrating Black culture and creativity again in 2024, brought to you by the Mayor of London.
This flagship event will continue to highlight high quality Black culture and creativity, being a celebration for the whole city, and for the people and communities who contribute to the capital’s creativity. It will reflect London’s values whilst remaining accessible to all.
Further details about the event will be shared closer to the time.
Exciting stall opportunities
This event showcases stalls ranging from black-owned small businesses, and we are looking for applications from a diverse range of catering units, influenced from the Caribbean, Africa, South America, to name a few. We are also looking for a plethora of trader suppliers, to provide artisan goods, ranging from customised accessories to handmade homeware and gifts.
If you are interested in providing a caterer, trader or bar stall at the event, please contact us at; [email protected] and put in the subject line: Cater stall request or Trader stall request or Bar stall request.
Deadline for final applications is Wednesday 31 July 2024
(or sooner if dependent on the number of applications received).
Indicative costs;
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Caterer stall costs between £986 - £1238 approximately (excluding VAT)*
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Trader stall costs between £775 - £900 approximately (excluding VAT)*
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Bar stall costs between £1,300 - £1,600 approximately (excluding VAT)* - you can apply for 1 x bar pitch. Please note:- no spirits are allowed, only beers, wines and soft drinks.
*£200 sustainability policy fee refunded post-event (upon satisfaction)
Please get in touch at; [email protected]
Apply to produce this event - applications received
The deadline (Friday 16 February 2024) has now passed. The selection process is now underway to deliver this important landmark event.
Last year's highlights
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Programme development
Creative Programmer
Creative Programmer Kobi Prempeh, will be shaping the programme and content for the main stage, screen and other performance and cultural content across the event site, with the support of the Community Advisory Group.
The programme is set to be bold, ambitious, inclusive and exciting!
fynn studio is a London based arts curation and creative direction collective that specialises in producing creative projects focused on celebrating and recognising community. Known for curating a series of rave culture exhibitions fynn studio’s founder, Kobi Prempeh, became the first black curator at Saatchi Gallery in 2019 and has worked with a host of DJs that includes SHERELLE, Fabio And Grooverider, Carl Cox, Pawsa and Seth Troxler.
Community Advisory Group
The GLA Events, Communities & Social Policy and Culture & Creative Industries teams invite a small cohort of advisors to work with them, to help shape and develop this flagship event. The aim of the community advisory group is to contribute knowledge, experience, and support the development of the vision for, and practical delivery of Black On The Square, supporting Black creativity in London.
Josette is the Principal and CEO of The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
Josette was also the Founder and Director of PUSH, a Black-led Theatre festival with the Young Vic Theatre and served on the board of the Swedish Film Institute, the University of London and Hackney Empire.
Kojo is the founder of My Runway Group, a Community Empowerment Organisation that provides career guidance and creative opportunities for emerging creatives.
Kojo has working with the British Council, British Film Institute and the English National Opera.
Adrian is a Producer for the Lyric Theatre Hammersmith and is responsible for producing the ‘For the Culture: Celebrations of Blackness Festival’.
Adrian was also the former Director of the Young Producers Programme at theatre Peckham giving young Black people, aged 17-25 the skills to produce a multidisciplinary event.
Amani is an award-winning filmmaker, entrepreneur and youth coach, who runs the social enterprise ‘AVIARD Inspires’.
Ayan is the Founder and Managing Director of Kayd Somali Arts and Culture, and co-founder of the Hargeisa International Book Festival.
Kayd also hosts the 10-day Somali Week Festival which is the largest Somali-centred festival outside the Horn of Africa.
Hannah is the Artistic Director and CEO of the Bernie Grant Arts Centre.
Hannah also founded the Windrush Festival and the Tottenham Literature Festival in addition to being a journalist for the Guardian.
Kemi was the Culture editor of gal-dem magazine.
Kemi has curated events for the V&A, Manchester International Festival and has written for Vogue, The Guardian and Time Magazine.
Sasha is the Head of Strategy and Operations for the Public Policy Team at Meta, and has over 10 years of policy work centred around Black Justice and Joy.
Sasha oversaw the delivery of community events and programming as a Senior Adviser in the Mayor’s Office and particularly advocated for social policy for Black Londoners.