Summer festivals

For our local party, summer is a busy time for putting on stalls at the local festivals. Things were a bit easier this year, the tory council has dropped the Croydon Summer Festival at Lloyd Park, and the Addiscombe Festival was cancelled due to heavy rain. The new Croydon Green Fair, organised by the industrious Andrew Dickinson, gives green groups, such as ours, a chance to get our message out there, especially as Croydon Summer Festival is no more.

For the fifth year running we were at the Thornton Heath Festival. This year, we were very close to main stage, which does no favours for my tinnitus!

As usual the Carshalton Environmental Fair was a great success for us. It takes all the activists in Sutton and Croydon Green Party to put this on.

Well done to everyone who has a helped on our stalls this year.

My favourite free festy is the Lambeth Country Show (over 2 days). This years headliner on Sunday was Dennis Bovall and his dub band, featuring amongst others Janet Kay. Have a listen to Silly Games.

Sadly I didn't spot the Lambeth Greens at the show, but I did spot the hilarious Lib Dem stall!!

Good way to raise money

Sun shining on the The Sutton Green Party Cafe/Info Stall at the Carshalton Environmental Fair (27.08.12)

Some of the gang who helped with successful stall at the Carshalton Environmental Fair (27.08.12)

 

The self deprecating Lib Dem 'Throw Things at Nick Clegg' stall at Lambeth Country Show (15.09.12)

The Croydon Green Party stall at the Thornton Heath Festival (16.09.12)

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Pics from Croydon Summer Festival

Pics above were taken at the World Party (Saturday 31st July). The Lightning Seeds put on a really good show to close the day out. Earlier in the day I went to the Conservative Party stall to have a discussion about the proposed cuts to local voluntary sector organisations. However, their stall was bare - they must have packed up fairly early in the afternoon. 'Oh Lucky You'.


Pics above taken from the Mela (Sunday 1st August). Gordon put together a fantastic looking stall which attracted a lot of interest. All in all it was another successful Mela. Tabla player Shabazz Hussain's performance on the The Classical Stage, sponsored by the Asian Resource Centre Croydon (ARCC), was mesmerising . Incidentally, ARCC are one of the voluntary organisations that have had their grant from the council slashed.

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