Sunday 1 December 2019
Sunday 3 November 2019
Feast on our History
There’s plenty to do, see and hear at Feast on Sunday 6 October to celebrate Black History Month. CELEBRATING THE LIFE AND WORKS OF THE LATE ALEXANDER ‘KING’ PAUL! Enjoy the poetry, writings and spoken word of this local inspirational young social activist whose talented young life was cut short due to brain cancer […]
Sunday 6 October 2019
Sunday 1 September 2019
Sunday 4 August 2019
Insider’s Guide to… The Electric Cafe
Feast season is in full swing again. And so our reporter is back on the streets of West Norwood getting the inside track on local traders.Presenting The Electric Cafe, a West Norwood institution with a reputation that punches way beyond the area… This renowned eatery sits modestly in a parade of shops on Norwood Road […]
Sunday 7 July 2019
The Green Stalls at Feast
On Feast Days, look out for the Green Stalls @ Family Hub near the Leisure Centre. You can spot them because they have green canopies! Since April the stalls have been hosting groups that promote ways to live sustainably (which is the real reason they are known as green stalls!). Feast are subsidising the stalls […]
Feast Dog Show sponsored by Norwood Road Vets – Sunday 7 July! #WestNorWoof
We are very pleased to announce that the hugely successful dog show is back! This year it is sponsored by your local vets, Norwood Road Veterinary Practice, and we will have lots of yummy (for dogs) prizes from Buywise, your local pet shop and Red Harbour, a Feast trader! The classes will be judged by […]
Sunday 2 June 2019
Sunday 5 May 2019
New for 2019 – Feast encourages sustainable living
Our major focus this year will be on sustainable living. So we’ve spent the Feast break taking a long hard look at our carbon footprint as a market and consulting with our traders with a view to reducing single use plastics. We now have a cunning plan to reduce, reuse and recycle. Feast traders have […]
Brixton Blog: West Norwood Feast
West Norwood Feast is featured in the Brixton blog, June 2019 Read the full article here: https://brixtonblog.com/2019/06/market-forces-west-norwood-feast/
West Norwood Free Film Festival: April 2019!
West Norwood Free Film Festival 2019 West Norwood Free Film Festival returns to SE27 in April 2019 for its third great year. Following capacity houses at its 2017 and 2018 Festivals, the team are back for two weeks of free movies either side of Easter; 6 – 14 April and then 22 – 27 April. […]
Shop Local this Christmas
Support your high street this Christmas by shopping locally! Browse a selection of our local business on the Shop Local directory.
Christmas Lights market, Sunday 9 December 2018
Competition: Spot the Odd One Out
Spot the Odd One Out competition along the high street! Prizes include; Picturehouse Membership Plus, meals for two at Sweet Carolina and Otter, voucher from Bon Velo and a condiment set from Frangipani cafe.
Insider’s Guide to… Buywise Pet Supplies
For this edition of the Insider’s Guide our FEAST reporter went to the beating heart of Norwood Road to visit long standing West Norwood business – Buywise, the pet supplies shop. Pushing open the door, you are greeted by an Aladdin’s cave of pet wares accompanied by a distinctive waft. A first glance reveals bags […]
Sunday 4 November 2018
November Feast is upon us and this month there’s plenty to do for the culture vultures amongst you!
Sunday 7 October 2018
This Sunday 7 October we will ‘Feast on our History’ by celebrating Black History Month with a progamme of events, including drumming workshops, poetry and history talks. We will be celebrating the harvest as we always do by asking you to bring Foodbank donations and to join in with the St Luke’s and Chatsworth choirs when they sing. There will also be a Dog Show!
Insider’s Guide to… The Fruit & Veg Stall
Featuring the Fruit and Veg stall, which straggles a double pitch on the corner of Chestnut Road and Norwood Road. This familiar site to locals has been part of the fabric of the area since Victorian times. Our FEAST reporter chatted with owners Ross and Tina as they served a steady flow of regulars. Ross […]
Insider’s Guide to… Emmaus Lambeth
Winter rain and cold; but the FEAST team has regrouped to prepare for the year ahead. And so our intrepid reporter is back pounding the streets of West Norwood to meet more local traders. Presenting; Emmaus Lambeth, a homelessness charity with a cluster of shops along Knights Hill selling a variety of second hand goods. […]
Sunday 1 April 2018
It’s no April Fool, Feast is back! This Sunday is ‘Feaster’ Sunday with a whole host of free activities and entertainment to mark the long weekend. Find out what this month has to offer.
The Resident – Feast feature
Feast Christmas Lights, Sun 10 December 4pm-7pm!
Feast and St Luke’s come together once again for the last Feast event of the year! Come to Christmas Lights for an evening of food and festivities from 4pm until 7pm. Food & Drink! Come hungry! There will be delicious hot street food from Feast favourites Lucknow2London selling their British cuisine with an Indian twist, Original Fry Up Material with […]
Festive Feast, Sunday 3 Dec 2017
Feast is nearly over for another year, but as ever, Festive Feast in December is set to be (just maybe) the best of the lot. It’ll be cold and bright and there’s lots to do inside too – just read on! What’s on? You can start the day with a vegan brunch cooked by local chefs Mango […]
Writing Feast, Sunday 5 November 2017
Feast will be getting into the spirit of all things literary and bookish with our first ever Writing Feast, in association with Dulwich Literary Festival and Dulwich Books. We’ll be meeting local authors but also giving YOU a chance to shine with a creative writing workshop and an introduction to local creative writing and poetry […]
Insider’s guide to… The Clockworks
In Nettlefold Place near Cenci Vintage, featured previously in this blog, there is an unassuming door marked number 6 and signed The Clockworks. The converted Victorian industrial building, with on-trend grey paintwork, could be mistaken for the offices of an architect’s practice or media company. Instead, behind the entrance door there lies a nationally unique […]
September Art Feast 2017
Curious SE27 Art Trail
An exciting new project from Feast and Station to Station – showcasing artists in local shops & venues from Knight’s Hill to Tulse Hill More information on the artists and their works can be found at the individual venues All dates 3rd–30th September unless otherwise stated 1 Roseberys Auction House A curated selectionof contemporary art […]
What’s On at August FEAST 2017
Time to get out the knotted hanky and buckets and spades, it’s August, so it must be Holiday Feast! We’ll be getting arty and crafty with holiday themed crafts – mini sandcastle making and salt dough sea creatures to paint at Artisans, whilst over at Family Wellbeing, we’ll be decorating paper swimsuits and shorts on the kids activity […]
Sports Feast on Sunday 2 July 2017
Put your trainers on this Sunday because we have SO MUCH sporting activity planned! Which obviously means you can feast just that little bit extra because you will be working it all off… Sports Day for kids! There literally will be fun and games up at the kids picnic and play area! Egg and spoon […]
Insider’s Guide to… Wear Abouts!
Introducing Wear Abouts, a family business selling children’s fashion and school wear in West Norwood’s high street. The owner Bashir and his son Yusuf warmly greeted our intrepid FEAST reporter and offered a tour of the premises. Towards the back of the shop, you can see an open stockroom with shelves to the ceiling […]
West Norwood and Tulse Hill Food Week, 24th June – 2nd July
West Norwood and Tulse Hill’s third annual Food Week starts next week, from 24th June – 2nd July, celebrating the culture, diversity and creativity in our area. Featuring storytelling, art, live music, family-friendly events and much more. Some of SE27’s favourite local pubs and restaurants will be participating, plus pop-up events in more unusual venues. […]
Dance in the streets, it’s Feast this Sunday!
Celebrate National Volunteer Week! This week is National Volunteer Week and what better way to celebrate it than with Feast! It’s a lot of fun to put this monthly show on the road and we always need help. If you think you could spare a few hours please volunteer yourself, we’d love to meet you. Here’s what’s on! […]
Insider’s Guide to… Hobby’s
It’s Spring and FEAST is back! And so our intrepid reporter set off once more to explore the streets of West Norwood, meeting local traders. Presenting Hobby’s, a family business for model makers and hobbyists since the 1950s. Stray behind Knight’s Hill into the quiet streets of the industrial area to find their large warehouse […]
Sunday 7 May 2017 – Children’s Feast!
We have all the usual stuff happening – you know, great food, great music, great hanging out opportunities, great weather – all that. But as you wander around the one hundred plus stalls, you may notice a preponderance of bears… “If you go down in the hood today (eh hem, Sunday), you’d better go in disguise…” […]
Feast is back! Sunday 2 April!
Spring has sprung and Feast is back! The sap is rising and the sun is out – and there will be 100 multicoloured stalls all over West Norwood this Sunday! We have a cornucopia of upcycled pre loved furniture and retro kitchenalia, cushions and throws, buttons and bows – and food from virtually every cuisine on earth! […]
Volunteer for West Norwood!
Feast is volunteer powered and it wouldn’t happen without you! Volunteer for Feast Feast has lots of friendly lovely people who volunteer on Feast days and behind the scenes – but we always ALWAYS could do with more of you! We need: hub leaders (who help run the different market spaces) entertainment coordinators to help with Wingit, […]
#WiNGiT: new for 2017!
West Norwood’s Got Talent! We are proud to announce WiNGiT, our open mic performance space for young people at Feast. When? At each Feast (first Sunday of the month) from 1pm-3pm Where? By the DJs at the leisure centre at Feast’s Family Wellbeing hub Who? The open mic is open to anyone under 20 who has […]
Feast Christmas Lights, Sat 10 December, 4-8pm!
Feast & St Luke’s church come together each year to bring a volunteer powered community Christmas fair to West Norwood! Come to St Luke’s this Saturday at 4pm and watch all the lights being turned on. The church facade and grounds will be illuminated, there will be choirs singing, plus hot food & mulled wine to keep you all toasty. […]
West Norwood Foto – the winning photographs!
Our thanks to all contributors Thank you to everyone who sent in entries to West Norwood Foto. One hundred and thirty eight photographs were submitted. And some more have just arrived! Our judges viewed the online gallery to make their decisions based on relationship to theme and composition. Age wasn’t taken into account and some […]
Insider’s Guide to… Mosaic Workshop
Turning into Chestnut Road, just past the fruit and veg stall, our Intrepid FEAST reporter found Harry Day Mews. This handsome former furniture warehouse built in 1922 is now flats. Once you’ve buzzed the intercom, metal gates glide open and the Mosaic Workshop, London’s only specialist mosaic shop, is across the courtyard. If making […]
Christmas Feast, Sunday 4 December!
It’s the most wonderful time of the year… …and Feast is certainly spreading the Feastive Christmas love far and wide this Sunday. As it’s the last Feast until April 2017, we have made it a MASSIVE one. We normally have five hubs, but this month we have seven! And a free film at the end of it […]
Insider’s Guide to… Floral Hall
Presenting Floral Hall, a longstanding West Norwood business with deep roots in the community. Entering the shop you are greeted by a central explosion of colour and a subtle fragrance of flowers; along the edges are displays of seeds, bulbs, chocolates, candles and vases. And there’s more… for tucked around the corner on Lansdowne Hill, Floral […]
Arty Feast this Sunday 6 November!
This Sunday 6 November, it’s hands on art time at Feast! We’re going all creative and it’s your chance to get your hands mucky, gluey, covered in charcoal or tied up in wool… All about Feast this Sunday you will hear the clickity click of knitting needles. Why? Because we are ‘knitting West Norwood together’ with a […]
Knitting West Norwood together!
Can you knit? Would you like to teach someone to knit – or learn how? Come to our ‘hands on art’ themed November Feast on Sunday 6 November and help us knit a quilt to raise money for a local organisation South London Refugee Association ; a wonderful charity working on the front line with refugees in our neighbourhood. We need squares […]
West Norwood Revealed…
Have a look here to see what has already been entered! FEAST is calling for your defining images of West Norwood; photos that capture the character of our area. We are busy creating an online gallery where we will exhibit all entries. Everyone gets the chance to shine. It’s about taking part and sharing pictures […]
Sunday 2 October is Harvest Feast!
Lovely autumn is suddenly upon us – season of mists and mellow fruitfulness – and we at Feast will be making the most of it (especially the fruit). We will be squashing and bobbing apples and pears, swapping plants and seeds and giving what we can to the Foodbank, for that is what one does […]
Santa’s Grotto @westnorwoodfeast.com Community Hub this Feast!
Community Shop welcomes you and your family to their winter’s grotto to meet Santa Claus, decorate edible baubles and warm up with a mug of homemade soup. There is a mince pie making workshop at midday which has limited space available. Please contact pa************@***********************************co.uk to book a place. All activities and refreshments are free of charge. Santa […]
History Feast this Sunday 4 September!
West Norwood has history, find out at Feast! This Sunday 4 September we are celebrating our neighbourhood’s rich history – whilst eating well and enjoying ourselves at Feast, obviously… All our usual traders will be there – and remember, at the leisure centre’s Family Wellbeing hub, all food traders have a dish that is £5 […]
Insider’s Guide to… Maddison’s
If you are a dedicated bargain hunter with a passion for second hand goods, then Maddison’s is a treat. The forecourt is a jumble of furniture. Inside, the shop is crammed with bookcases, chest of drawers, desks. The odd chair dangles from the ceiling. All of this is interspersed with bric a brac. It’s the […]
Insider’s Guide to… Studio Trap
Presenting… Studio Trap, West Norwood’s very own tattoo parlour, just off Norwood Road on Chatsworth Way. The shop frontage is eye-catching with a tall billboard of Marilyn Monroe, tattooed. If your idea of a tattoo parlour is a seedy, dark room, think again. Owner Donnie has worked hard to create a bright, inviting space, including […]
Holiday Feast, Sunday 7 August!
Holiday! Celebrate! “If we took a holiday Took some time to celebrate Just one day out of life It would be, it would be so nice…” – Madonna It’s August Feast this Sunday, the weather looks cheerful (isn’t it always?) and we’ve got a whole day of entertaining ourselves together. Here’s what’s happening, people. Feast […]
Insider’s Guide to… Goodways Electronics
Presenting… Goodways Electronics; a humble gem of a workshop hidden away in Dalton Street. Here a whole range of repairs are undertaken by owner John. Our intrepid FEAST reporter squeezed into the space in front of a counter dominated by flat screen TV’s. Through the gap framed by this line of TVs, you can glimpse […]
Insider’s Guide to… Cenci
Cenci is tucked away in Nettleford Place, the street behind the post office. Appearances can be deceptive; there’s an unassuming warehouse facade, but ring the bell and you are buzzed into a vintage treasure trove. Bags, shoes, jumpers, hats are stacked up high on shelves above bulging clothing rails. The business originated in Florence, Italy […]
Feast Community Hub pop up Sunday 3 July!
The Community Shop behind the recycling centre on Vale Street is hosting a pop up event with Feast, the Library of Things, Bzz Garage & Open Orchard! The folk from the Community Shop will be using their surplus food to create burgers and hot dogs to which you can add your own toppings – all for just […]
Flower Feast Sunday 3 July!
If you’re going to West Norwood Feast… …be sure to wear a flower in your hair… This Sunday it’s a flower filled Feast and we require general skipping and the wearing of flowers (in hair, on shirts, skirts and shorts). New Feast Community Hub! There’s a whole new Feast thing to do (if you live […]
West Norwood Big Sing with 7 choirs @westnorwoodfeast.com Portico this Feast!
We have seven choirs singing for you at Feast this Sunday, raising money for St Christopher’s Hospice Come to the Portico Gallery, listen and join in! 2.15 – West Norwood Community Choir 2.30 – Portico Singers 2.45 – Going for a Song 3.00- London Chinese Philharmonic Choir 3.15 – Crystal Palace Community Choir 3.30 – Nunhead […]
Performing Arts Feast, Sunday 5 June!
There’ll be dancing, dancing in the streets this Sunday… …and at St Luke’s and in the Portico Gallery and at the leisure centre for a Feast of the Performing Arts! The exceptional Grounded Movement dancers who have been turning up guerrilla styley to Feast this year will be kicking it all off with their own […]
Next Feast, Sunday 5 June, 10am-4pm
PoetrySlabs @westnorwoodfeast.com May Feast
Poetry Slabbing, Reading and Telling – all over May’s Feast!
Performance + Arrowe Hill live! Sat 30 April
Enjoy an evening of English psychedelia with ‘Hauntological R&B/Acid Expressionism/Psych-Volk’ outfit of Arrowe Hill (who have just finshed laying down tracks for their eighth album) and a big screen showing of Nic Roeg’s 1970 subversive classic film PERFORMANCE – plus short films and sounds. Saturday 30th April 2016 Doors open 8pm Tickets £5 (cert 15) Buy […]
Next Feast – Sunday 1 May!
Scientific Feasting That’s what we got for you this Sunday, people of West Norwood. There will be science experiments galore for everyone to do and a whole host of entertainments for you all – for freeeeeeeee!! At Artisans there will be potato stabbing (we kid you not), straw bending (with YOUR EYES), tasting without smell […]
Insider’s Guide to… Baron Deli
Introducing Artur and Neade, owners of Baron Polish and Brazilian Deli, a husband and wife team from Poland and Brazil. Baron is an established West Norwood shop, which for 3 years was near Floral Hall. They moved to their current larger premises 8 months ago. Baron sell mainly Polish and Brazilian foods and have a […]
Poetry Feast, Sunday 3 April!
Poetry hits the streets of West Norwood It’s all about getting the collective muse on this year, WeNo-ers. We’re kicking off our season of Feasts this Sunday 3 April with a poetically themed one. This is what is happening (get out your quills). PoetrySlabs, a local initiative, want to know if you have a poem […]
The Emergency Poet coming to April Feast!
The world’s first and only mobile poetic first aid service A mix of the serious, the therapeutic and the theatrical, the Emergency Poet offers consultations inside her ambulance and prescribes poems as cures. In the waiting room under an attached awning Nurse Verse dispenses poemcetamols and other poetic pills and treatments from the Cold Comfort Pharmacy. There are skulls, […]
PoetrySlabs at Feast
The first Feast of the year is poetry themed! Coming soon (on April 3rd, in fact) to a neighbourhood exceptionally close to you – West Norwood’s very first poetry-themed FEAST. This special day of occasional versification will be anchored by the instinctively lyrical Deborah Alma, the one-and-only EMERGENCY POET, who will be parking her Larkinesque […]
Feast is back on Sunday 3 April
Feast needs you! Recruitment day Sat 5 March.
Feast only works because of people like YOU – residents and Feast goers who love West Norwood. This Saturday afternoon in Knowles (new pub on Norwood Road, you can’t miss it, it’s the only new pub on Norwood Road) some of our volunteers will be there waiting to talk to YOU about how you can […]
Super Surplus Supper! Monday 1 February
Come dine with the West Norwood Community Shop! Spaces are limited so please book here through Grub Club to reserve your place at this unique table… This is the first dining event of nine for West Norwood Feast’s Food Week, which starts on Monday 1 February and culminates in a Caribbean Feast on Sunday 7 February. […]
It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas….
Feast & St Luke’s church come together annually to bring a volunteer powered community Christmas fair to West Norwood. There’s a Christmas gift market inside the church with a wonderful selection of local makers and artisans selling original artworks, unique homeware items, handmade jewellery and Christmas decorations. We even have free craft activities for children, including […]
Feast Christmas Lights, St Luke’s Church, Sat 12th Dec, 4pm-8pm
Feast & St Luke’s church come together annually to bring a community Christmas fair to West Norwood. We are delighted to announce Christmas Lights, a festive night market on Saturday 12th December, 4pm-8pm. There will be a Christmas gift market inside the church with a wonderful selection of local makers and artisans selling original artworks, unique […]
Feast is entirely run by volunteers
FEAST is a people-powered market that takes place the first Sunday of every month from April to December. At each FEAST you can explore the five hubs – Food, Artisans, Fresh’n’Green, Family and Retro – all brimming with fantastic stalls and friendly sellers, meet new people (some of them might even be your neighbours!), enjoy free entertainment from […]
Market Trader News article
Nice little write up on Feast from our friends at ilovemarkets.com https://markettradenews.com/oops-did-i-say-the-c-word/
Fashionistas & Fireworks @westnorwoodfeast.com Feast Sunday 1 November!
Kick up those heels at Fashion Feast! It’s all about fabulous frocks and fireworks this Feast. Our volunteers have pulled together the finest outfits in West Norwood, put them on well rehearsed models and are ready to give you not one, but TWO fashion shows in the Old Library on Knights Hill! The sporting of dark […]
Fashion Feast, Sunday 1 November!
Feast has its own fashion show in the Old Library featuring curated collections from local boutique Fashion Clicks, preloved styling from Emmaus and bespoke pieces made by the talent craft group The Stitch. There will be two shows, one at 1pm and the second at 2pm. All modelled by local people. Be sure not to […]
Don’t miss the last Feast of 2015 on Sunday, 6 December 10am – 4pm
It’s the very last Feast of the year… …so make the most of it this Sunday, good people of WeNo. As usual there’s lots to do and see and hear and buy and EAT. Eating is especially high on the list, as it will be cold and you’ll need your strengths keeping up. Most of […]
Harvest Feast-ival… Sunday 4 October
…hits the streets of West Norwood this Sunday 4th October! What with it being autumn and all of us getting the harvest in, we are asking that you Feast punters turn out your cupboards and bring what you can to Feast. The Norwood FoodBank will have its very own stall at the Food Fair and […]