The Alternative Village Fete - Home Live Art (UK)
1pm - 7.15pm
The traditional village green is reimagined for the modern age; the world of Morris Dancing, cake stalls and vegetable competitions with an eccentric urban twist. Featuring Barby Asante, Bob & Roberta Smith, The Bollywood Brass Band, The Fete Encounter, Friends of the Earth, I Knit London, Rediscovered Urban Rituals, Shane Waltener, Vauxhall City Farm, Wild Hunt Bedlam Morris, The Society of Wonders plus food & produce stalls and much, much more....
Attractions include:
- Barby Asante's Bloomin Barby Stall, with gardening tips and vegetable sculpting.
- Shane Waltener's Icing workshop producing beautifully decorated iced panels: http://www.shanewaltener.com/
- Bob & Roberta Smith's ‘The Climate Needs You' stall, where you can write a letter to your local MP asking them what they are doing for the environment, supported by Friends of the Earth.
- The Fete Encounter collective contributes: Ethical Bear Baiting, traditional Country dancing; The Shrug Ladies strawberries & cream cart; Bash the Rat and tombola with The He SAID Talent Agency:
http://www.thefeteencounter.co.uk/ - The Society Of Wonders with their interpretation of fete and fairground games including: Hook The Duck, Mundane Tarot and a competitive Stare Out with Margaret from the WI:
http://www.thesocietyofwonders.co.uk/ - Rediscovered Urban Rituals: A rough music street band add a contemporary twist to traditional folk music.
- The Bollywood Brass Band, play Bollywood dance favourites: http://www.bollywoodbrassband.co.uk/
- I Knit London convenes an urban knitting circle and attempts to cover a giant sheep with knitted panels, made by the audience: http://www.iknitlondon.com/
- Vauxhall City Farm set up an animal petting area, complete with rabbits, ducks, chickens, ferrets and guinea pigs: http://www.vauxhallcityfarm.info/
- Wild Hunt Bedlam Morris delight with the darker side of Morris Dancing traditions: http://www.wildhunt.org.uk/
- The Disabled Avant-Garde delight with their arts and crafts made at art therapy sessions:
www.the-disabled-avant-garde.com - Pudding Mill River will introduce their new range of sloe gin, elderflower champagne and conserves created from wild fruit harvested around the Olympic site.
Stalls include:
- Marnie Searchwell cakes and preserves: http://www.marniesearchwell.co.uk/
- Farmaround organic box scheme: http://www.farmaround.co.uk/
- Crumbs & Doillies cup cakes: http://www.crumbsanddoilies.co.uk/
- Food Lovers Delight; popcorn & candyfloss: http://www.foodloversdelight.co.uk/
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The Alternative Village Fete - Home Live Art (UK) finished on: 5 July 2008
