Saturday afternoon · Hyde Park · friends only

Some songs sound better outside.

Songs on the Grass

A private Hyde Park afternoon

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Where: By the Hyde Park Bandstand, just off Serpentine Road
When: 26 September 2026 · 3:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Who: Around 25 invited friends

A broad tree-lined path crossing the grass in Hyde Park

Sunlight falling across ferns beneath a green tree canopy

Why this exists

It started with a guitar, a few people asking when they'd hear Elliot Reed play again, and a perfectly good excuse to spend an afternoon in the park.

Josh McCarthy is getting a small group together in Hyde Park. Drinks, snacks and picnic things are being sorted. Elliot Reed is bringing an acoustic guitar.

No tickets. No stage. No reason to make it more complicated than that.

The planArrive when you can, settle in, stay for a song or stay until dusk.

The moodLow-key, unhurried and deliberately smaller than a proper event.

Four friends talking together on the grass beside the Serpentine — previous evidence

Four friends sharing drinks in the late-afternoon sun

very elaborate excuse
to sit outside

A loose plan, in pictures

Blankets down.
Phones mostly away.

These are temporary photographs, not the guest list. The real evidence can replace them after the afternoon.

working shot list · grass stains / paper cups / late light / the walk home

Friends sharing drinks and conversation on a picnic blanket — somewhere after the second drink

A picnic basket, blanket, fruit and drinks in warm evening light — the usual setup

Friends sitting together on the grass at golden hour — grass > group chat

Friends talking on the grass with the London skyline behind them — good weather not guaranteed

Four friends chatting beside the water in late-afternoon light

A sunlit landscape of trees, water and open grass

good weather
isn't technically included

The guitar

not a concert / definitely not a tour page

Elliot Reed

There isn't a stage and there isn't much of a setlist. Elliot Reed will bring the guitar, we'll find a patch of grass, and the afternoon can take care of the rest.

amplification: none
strings: six, probably
encores: socially inevitable

A guitarist playing while friends gather closely around

A large circle of friends listening to an acoustic guitar in Hyde Park — one more song

When

Saturday, 26 September 2026

Come by from 3:15 PM

Music / gathering from 3:30 PM

We'll probably wrap around 8 PM

Where

Hyde Park, London

By the Hyde Park Bandstand, just off Serpentine Road

We'll be somewhere nearby pretending we've chosen the perfect patch.

Already sorted

Drinks
soft drinks
snacks
fruit
picnic blankets

Bring

Something warm for later
anything particular you want to drink
yourself

Weather

We're keeping an eye on the weather. If London does what London does, we'll update this page before everyone heads out.

not to scale
but close enough

A quiet woodland path lit by late-afternoon sun

Friends only / one name is plenty

Save yourself a patch of grass.

No account. No email address. Just one name and one answer.