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A new stage for Crystal Palace Bowl
Funded on Spacehive 17 March 2021
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A new stage for Crystal Palace Bowl
#BackTheBowl and help renew the iconic stage at the Crystal Palace Bowl, to create a new community focussed space in the park and enable live music and performance to return.
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The legendary Crystal Palace Bowl in South London has hosted the likes of Pink Floyd and Bob Marley, while in 2021 the venue celebrates its 60th birthday. However, the striking open-air concert stage that sits on the site has been dormant for more than a decade and sadly fallen into a state of disrepair over recent years. Having recently registered the stage as an Asset of Community Value, we’re now determined to reboot the 'Rusty Laptop’- as its affectionately known by locals. With your support, our first step would be to resurface the large stage floor area with a durable new timber decking and undertake essential maintenance works in the back-of-house structure. This would allow the venue to form a striking backdrop to live music, dance and drama and make the space safe for the community to explore and enjoy as we work to define its future. So please pledge to #BackTheBowl and help us fund a new stage and a new start, for the Rusty Laptop in Crystal Palace Park!
What we'll deliver:
- - Remove the current stage flooring, which is deteriorated and unsafe.
- - Renew the 375 square metre stage area with a new, durable and long lasting Ekki timber flooring.
- - Maintenance of the essential back-of-house services and facilities.
Why it's a great idea:
Our project will bring back to life an iconic yet unused space in the historic Crystal Palace Park, making sure that the surrounding communities can once again celebrate and enjoy a landmark on their doorsteps that’s unlike any other in London. Over the past two years we've seen huge support for the campaign to revive this beloved landmark and received strong engagement via public consultation, for ways in which the venue could provide improved facilities and a focal point for local residents and park users.
Steps to get it done:
- Feb - May 2021 - Campaign launch and fundraising
- May - June 2021 - Detailed design and specification finalised
- Summer 2021 - Current stage cleared, new surface installed and maintenance works completed
- September 2021 - Open House London and community events
The Concert Bowl itself is a striking, sculptural piece of public architecture; designed by Ian Ritchie Architects and nominated for the prestigious RIBA Stirling Prize. The new stage surface will consist of 375 square metres of Ekki timber: a long-lasting and low maintenance marine hardwood, from FSC certified sustainable sources - as used on the community-led and award winning Hastings Pier restoration project. This highly durable surface, with a lifespan in excess of 25 years, will make the stage safe and usable for many years to come.
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How will the money be spent?Total £53,553
Costs Breakdown
This shows how money raised for the project will be spent. These costs have been confirmed by the project's Delivery Manager and verified.
52%
New stage surface material
£28,000
43%
Installation and contracting
£23,000
Overfunding
This project is enabled for overfunding. If the project hits its funding goal before the end of the campaign period, any extra funds raised will be spent (in order of priority) on:
- - Guided tours, exhibition and community activities.
- - Developing plan to improve disability access to the stage.
Total £53,553
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History of the Trust
The Crystal Palace Park Trust formed in 2016 as a group of local people who are passionate about regenerating the park for the benefit of everyone.
We want to secure a sustainable future for the park and deliver improvements that benefit the whole community.
We are working with Bromley Council to shape plans for the park and to become established as custodians with responsibility for managing the park.
Events
As part of the transition towards becoming custodians of the park, we are aiming to work in partnership so that in 2021 we may be able to promote a number of events in the park, providing funding for the Trust to do its work to improve the park, including resources for maintenance, management and upgrading of park facilities.
We are committed to ensuring any money the Trust raises through events in the park stays in the park, improving Crystal Palace Park for everyone who uses it.
Who we are
At the moment the Crystal Place Park Trust is run entirely by volunteers, we have ten local trustees and several specialist advisors. All members were recruited through a competitive process with a focus on setting up a board with all the skills required support the park into the future. For more detail about the trustees please click here.
Crystal Palace Bowl
Established in 1961, Crystal Palace Bowl is an iconic yet dormant South London venue within Crystal Palace Park. An outdoor amphitheatre with nearly 60 years of live music heritage and a legacy as a performance space stretching back more than a century. It has a unique sculptural permanent stage designed in 1997 by Ian Ritchie Architects, which won numerous awards and was nominated for the prestigious RIBA Stirling Prize.
From prog to punk, rock to reggae and pop to the Proms, the Bowl has played host to some of the most eclectic acts in British festival history, most famously at the ‘Garden Party’ and GLC events that ran throughout the 1970’s and early 80’s. Pink Floyd, Bob Marley, Elton John, Lou Reed and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra have all performed memorable shows at the Palace.
In the past decade however, the Bowl has mostly been inactive and sadly fallen into a state of disrepair. In early 2021 the management of the venue transferred from Bromley Council to the Crystal Palace Park Trust, who are now developing ambitous plans for it's future use.
Project Delivery Manager: Crystal Palace Park Trust The Project Delivery Manager takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.