EALING SUMMER
Ready for
summer?
International artists and local performers; carnival atmospheres and comedy
heroes; tasty food and rare brews: The Ealing Summer Festivals are back.
T
he festivities will run
throughout July. It all begins
with Greenford Carnival.
Next, you can dabble in
explorations of the palate with west
London’s new gastronomic delight: Eat
Drink Ealing. Acton Carnival follows
hot on its heels with its famous parade;
and you can also tickle your tastebuds
at the CAMRA beer festival. Then, of
course, you can have a good old laugh at
the ever-popular Ealing Comedy Festival.
The summer will be played out to the
sound of music as the Blues and Jazz
festivals take over Walpole Park again.
Councillor Bassam Mahfouz,
Ealing Council’s cabinet member for
transport, environment and leisure,
said: “Food and drink; music and
laughter; carnivals and parades: The
Ealing Summer Festivals has it all and
it is always fantastic to see it back.
The new Eat Drink festival on Ealing
Common will extend what is already
10
around ealing
Summer 2016
a packed programme of events and,
although the London Mela is having
a year off, there is plenty of top
entertainers to get excited about and
fun activities to enjoy this summer.”
EAT DRINK EALING
The newest addition to the festivals,
Eat Drink Ealing will see Ealing
Common become home to an
assortment of top-of-the-range and
hand-selected gourmet traders.
Having extensively covered all the
cultural bases, with music and arts,
it seemed high time to tap into the
culinary side of things.
The festival is run by the established
Eat Drink group, which has held
food festivals elsewhere and built up
relationships with some of London’s,
and the south east’s, finest traders
in fresh produce, gourmet delights,
cocktails and real ale.
Not only will Eat Drink Ealing satisfy
hungry bellies but it will also bring live
music, children’s play areas and spaces
to simply relax, too.
Taking place on 2-3 July with tickets
priced at £3, visitors can feast on an
assortment of foods, without having to
break the bank. Couple this with live
entertainment at the festival’s main
bandstand, and relaxing rest areas to
ride out that sleeping beauty-esque food
lethargy, Eat Drink could become a food
festival to rival any dining experience.