our London fete, 2nd & 3rd August - the innocent village fete

Last summer's biggest little fete.

Our fete is having a year off in 2009. We're working on exciting ideas for next year and will keep you posted.

We had a lovely time at our innocent village fete last summer, even though it rained a bit some of the time. Below are just some of the many highlights of the weekend.

Confirmed* acts for Saturday include:
Confirmed* acts for Sunday staring:

*subject to broken down tour buses and moody lead singers.

alfresco dancing		welly wanging
dog agility		morris dancing
duck herding		ferret racing
Along with... watching a live flea circus eating cream teas coconut shy literary tent smoothie bars and sampling come and say hello to innocent area		tasting homemade cakes random scarecrows, village idiots, grumpy farmers hidden bottles with prizes around the park yorkshire tea room a knitting tent pin the tail on the badger OK, so we might not be doing the last one

face painting flea circus sitting on the grass area		funfair rides petting zoo giant kids smoothie
Along with... balloon sculpture little kickers football lessons for kids wellchild tombola, kids games and slides the natural confectionery company kids assault course, ball pit and massage for parents nice green van - organic kids food		ferret racing spin art - an interactive picture making machine tatty bumpkin kids yoga using music, rhymes and storytelling little dish kids cafe puffin chill out tent to relax, read, talk to authors

Poetry boyband Giant Boggle	Scary puppets Giant fridge poetry
National Year of Reading 2008 Amazing puppetry Performance poetry	Storytelling Live theatre
Along with... Lonely Planet travel writers telling tales of faraway lands The Fourth Estate Book Tombola - bring an old book to swap Special author readings throughout the day Members of poetry boy band members Aisle16 will be performing Live comedy The Tree of Every Brilliant Thing - add your luggage tag

And we'll have all the stuff that good fetes are made of including:

A big farmers' market (with stallholders from Borough Market), loads of stuff for the kids to do, licenced real ale, cider and other bars, lots of lovely food, an arts and crafts area, places to picnic, a few smoothies, massages and a shady spot under the trees if it all gets a bit too much.

Boring facts:

When: the fete is open from 11am to 7pm on Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd August.
Where: it's in Regent's Park in London, here's a printable map if you're not that familiar with the area.
Why: because it seemed better than staying at home and watching Columbo.
Any other questions?: Check out our FAQs here.

Doing our bit:

The innocent village fete is a non profit making event that supports Samaritans, Friends of the Earth, Wellchild and our very own innocent foundation.

Special friends of the fete:

Friends of the fete: