Last year I wrote a post about summer fetes, festivals and bazaars in Kennington, Oval and Vauxhall, which proved quite popular and may help you to plan what you'd like to attend... I always recommend North Lambeth Parish Fete as it's a great opportunity to look around Lambeth Palace. Anyhow, in chronological order, here goes:
Albert Square and St Stephen's Association Summer Fete - Saturday June 5th.
Oops... I missed this one (sorry!!) as it was last week, but hope they had a good time anyway. Also, I sadly seem to have missed a Roots and Shoots June Open Day, last Saturday too. It seems they're not taking part in "Open Garden Squares" this year so I hope they'll do another open day later in the year. Obviously summer arrived, and I failed to notice...
Portugal Day - Sunday June 12th - 11:00 - 18:45
Kennington Park (Yay... It's back. This was lots of fun last year, and open to absolutely everybody for free).
Harleyford Gardens Open Day (part of open Gardens weekend) - Sunday 12th June - 14:00 - 17:00
Entrance from 37 Bonnington Square/Harleyford Road, SW8 1TF
Friends of Vauxhall Park Summer Fair - Sunday June 19th - 14:00 - 17:00
Vauxhall Park
North Lambeth Parish Fete - Saturday June 25th - 14:00 - 17:00
Lambeth Palace Garden (Entry £3.00, concessions £2, families £6)
Kennington Association Table Top Sale - Saturday 2nd July - 10:00 - 13:00
Outside of the Doghouse Pub (This replaces a summer bazaar and should complement the KGS Summer Show)
Kennington Gardens Society Summer Show - Saturday July 2nd - 09:00 - 15:30
Roots & Shoots, Walnut Tree Walk, SE11 (Plant/flower entry fee at £0.50 per entry with cap of £3)
Cleaver Square Fete - Sunday July 10th - 12:30 - 16:00 (approx. times only, taken from last year)
Cleaver Square, SE11
Lambeth Country Show - Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th July - 11:00 - 19:00
Brockwell Park, SE24 0NG
GMFA / Royal Vauxhall Tavern Sports Day (or Gay games) - Usually held on August Bank Holiday, but not yet announced so don't know if it's happening this year. Will amend this if more details emerge.
Zippo's Circus (opens spreadsheet) - Thursday 1st September - Tuesday 6th September 12:00 - 21:00
Kennington Park
Kennington Association Charity Art Auction - Thursday 22nd Sept - 18:30 - 20:30
City & Guilds of London Art School, 124 Kennington Park Road
(Sponsored by Kennington Estate Agents, Winkworth)
You can see from the above that it would be possible to spend your entire summer in and around Kennington / Vauxhall, having a perfectly wonderful time, sipping wine and eating cake.
I'll be at some of these events, but do feel free to email me your best photos from Portugal Day, as I'm not sure I can make it, and the costumes are something to behold!
Please do come along to the Vauxhall Park summer fair on Sunday 19th June as I shall be running the Crazy Golf there - a bold new initiative for 2011.
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ReplyDeleteDid you know about Myatt's Fields Park's Summer fair on 18th June
ReplyDeletehttp://fb.me/100pfY0f1 - Also the Summer Music on the Bandstand Program?
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Kennington Fete - remember last year i complained that it was not at all representative of the local community and was a very white affair, not really any black or other non-white minorities.......
ReplyDeletedo me a favour, pop along to the fete this year, have a look - tell me i was not making that complaint up.
Kennington Fete is not inclusive.
Kennington Fete (as with nearly all events on the list except the North Lambeth parish fete) is free of charge and open to anybody that wishes to attend.
ReplyDeleteIt doesn't seem fair to force people to attend!