West Norwood Feast returns Sunday 2 June 10am-4pm!
We are so excited to welcome everyone back for 2024. After having to cancel April’s Feast due to high winds, come join us at your favourite local market on Sunday. Our volunteers have been working hard over the last few months to secure Feast for the community. Show your support by joining us across two expanded Hubs.
Over 70 wonderful traders will be offering mouth-watering street food and cakes, fresh produce, handmade gifts, arts and crafts and vintage clothes and curiosities. Find out more about what you can expect below.
There will also be FREE live music outside St Luke’s Church and at Village Green, near the leisure centre. Bring your kids up to Village Green for FREE children’s craft activities 11am-3pm.
Two expanded hubs
Join us at St Luke’s Church & Gardens for the Food Fair (hot food and drinks) and Fresh n Green (fresh produce) in the car park area.
Artisans’ Market (local designers and makers) is moving from Chatsworth Way to join Village Green on Devane Way (near the Leisure Centre) where you can also find sustainable goods, retro and beauty products.
VILLAGE GREEN
Join us at our expanded Village Green site starting at Devane Way, opposite West Norwood Station, and continuing up to West Norwood Leisure Centre. We’ll have live music from 12noon and kids’ craft activities to keep the little ones busy from 11am to 3pm.
We’re excited to welcome our favourite local Artisans, and their huge range of handmade and unique items:
- The Beats & Grind coffee van will be back with their locally roasted artisan coffee and beats!
- Free Arts & Crafts for children with Movers & Makers and live music throughout the day.
- Clare’s Collection – vintage finds including large letterpress collection raising funds for Refugee Community Kitchen, Refugee Women’s Centre and Project Play.
- Lara Oztekin will be selling her botanical and houseplant themed art prints, greeting cards, notebooks and tea towels.
- Craft Bear Studio will be back selling their cute crocheted items including bubble teas and panda headbands.
- Quirky, fun, resin jewellery and accessories by Heather Filby
FOOD FAIR and FRESH N GREEN (St Luke’s Church & Gardens)
Food Fair in St Luke’s garden has a great choice of tasty street food from around the world, with 20 different stalls to choose from. Not to mention a huge choice of sweet treats to tempt you.
All the usual Food Fair traders will be there for you to find your favourites or try something new!
- We have Sweet Carolina Bar serving a selection of beers from Brixton brewery, wine, G&T with a twist (with Brixton Gin), Margarita and limoncello Spritz! For those of you who prefer to go alcohol free, there will be iced tea and a range of soft drinks. Come thirsty, we’ll have you covered!
- DIPSTICKS LDN will be serving big, fresh, melty, homemade mozzarella sticks, with delicious dips.
- Mandala Dumplings – yummy dumplings – 3 varieties, pork and leek, beef and vegan.
- Aqua Na Bocca – chirros and savouries.
Make sure you visit Fresh n Green in their new location in the car park by St Luke’s Church for a range of fresh produce.
- Big News – Wendy from Fruition Preserves is celebrating 10 years at Feast and she will be marking it with marmalade and almond cake, plus her range of delicious, natural fruit compotes, ketchups, granola, international award winning marmalades and seasonal fruit preserves!
- You’ll find a wide range of fresh deli products at Fish Tale including olives, artichokes, sun-dried tomatoes, fish cakes, and home-made harissa paste.
- Love mushrooms? Adi from Urban Mushrooms has fresh, locally-grown gourmet mushrooms, mushroom tinctures, jerky, risottos, mushroom growing kits and foraging vouchers.
Feast treasure trail – win a prize! AGAIN!
To help you get used to our new look locations, you can take part in a Feast treasure trail. Pick up an entry form from one of our volunteers at Food Fair and visit the new-look Feast sites. One lucky participant will win a special prize, provided by our generous traders.
FREE ENTERTAINMENT
We have two live music spots this month! We have some wonderful singer-songwriters plus a live band joining us at Village Green, near the leisure centre, from 11.30. And outside St Luke’s Church you can hear a range of local musicians.
Village Green musicians from 11.30:
- 11:30: Tim Wright. singer, songwriter playing a mix of folk to psychadelic
- 12:30: Uffingtons playing 60’s pop gems
- 13:30: Dan Maitland. with acoustic songs
- 14:30: Chris Mae. own songs and other classics
St Luke’s Church steps from 12.00, 4 live acts:
- 1200: Jeannette Murphy
- 1300: Howard Lane
- 14.00 Ericka Janes
- 15.00 Deserted
Other West Norwood Events on Feast Day
Thrift Market at Portico, indoor – 10am-4pm, Free entry!
West Norwood Repair Cafe – Our next event is on the same day as Feast, June 2nd from 1-3:30pm. Come and see us up at West Norwood Fire Station and bring along your electrical items, bikes, clothes and many more things and our repairers will see if they can fix them, and even teach you some skills at the same time.
West Norwood PictureHouse – Special for Feast Days; tickets are reduced by half price from 4pm onwards. Adults £8.20. Children £6.20 – Sunday Big Special Guffalo Day celebating 25 years of Gruffalo!
UPCOMING: FEAST LIVE MUSIC FUNDRAISER!
Friday 14th June at the Great North Wood pub upstairs from 8pm.
Playing will be 2 regular Feast favourite bands: The Thurlestoners & The 49ers. Just turn up and support Feast with suggested donations of £10+