Continuing what is turning out to be a bit of a busy weekend, Madame Arcati, Al and I ventured out into the fabulousness that is the Harringay Green Lanes Food Festival (only the second such event to be held). I went to the first one back in 2009, and that reportedly had 10,000 visitors. Today's was if anything, even bigger!
The whole half-mile from the railway bridge at the foot of Finsbury Park all the way to the famed Salisbury Hotel was lined with hundreds of stalls (mainly food outlets, as befitting the festival's name) - Cypriot, Turkish, Greek, Kurdish, Bulgarian, Thai, Jamaican, Eritrean, Korean, Italian, Spanish, Trinidadian, French, Lebanese, Brazilian and British - all cuisines were represented.
The music (on two stages) was equally eclectic, and quite a lot of it was fab!
Here are a few of the acts we saw live...
The Jeanie Barton Band (who, as opening act on the Salisbury stage, was rather wasted - she should have been on later):
Turkish folk star Nusret Gumusboga:
Local Greek/Turkish/"Mediterranean" band Delicatessen:
The magnificent Kings Cross Hot Club (who are one of the acts associated with a regular swing-themed night held at the Salisbury, Mouthful O' Jam):
The fabulous Sister Mary & The Choir Boys - this girl has one helluva voice!:
And finally, our headline act The Popes (a band that was founded out of the ashes of The Pogues):
This was a brilliant day! It is a shame it coincided with several other things we may have been keen to see (such as Soho Pink Sunday and its "Drag Race", and London Open House Weekend), but I wouldn't have missed it for the world. Support your local community, and all that...
Harringay Green Lanes Food Festival
Harringay Online - festival page
sounds fab - think that bloke isn;t the best advert for his own sausages though … x
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