What’s On This Weekend: Pride in London Parade 2017, Westminster Abbey Summer Fete & Art Car Boot Sale Vauxhall

Pride in London Parade 2017

This year, the London Pride parade will take place this coming Saturday starting at 1pm. The 1.5-mile route will begin on Regent Street, travelling through Piccadilly towards Trafalgar Square and ending in Whitehall by 4.30pm. Set to be the biggest parade so far, there will be more than 300 different groups marching with more floats being used than ever before. The atmosphere will be great and is welcome to all who would like to watch. To add to the fun, there will be shows, stalls and food and drink sellers along the route, so it will be a great day out. Daniel Cobb are proud to support London Pride and the end of the parade is not far from our Westminster office. Drop in and say hello to our team if you’re interested in looking at properties to rent or properties to buy in the area.

Westminster Abbey Summer Fete

Westminster Abbey will once again be hosting their traditional summer fete in Dean’s Yard this Saturday. This event is free and everyone is welcome to join in with the fun. There will be plenty of stalls there to entertain the whole family such as a bird’s of prey display, children’s games, arts and crafts, an inflatable slide, teas and cakes, BBQ food, a Pimms and beer tent and an ice cream van. For anyone who is feeling lucky, there will also be some fabulous raffle prizes to be won on the day as well as a prize tombola. The Hounslow Youth Concert Band will be performing on the day and no fete would be complete without a group of Morris Men. There will be a welcome by the Dean of Westminster at 11.30am and there will also be an Evensong at 5.00pm for anyone who would like to join.

Taha: Part of Shubback Festival in Lambeth

Brought to life by Amir Nizar Zuabi’s celebrated theatre company ShiberHur, Taha is a dramatic and epic account of Taha Muhammad Ali’s life as a Palestinian poet. When he is forced to leave his home in Galilee along with his family in 1948 due to the realities of war, he immerses himself in literature and turns it into a passion. Growing up in a world without stability, poetry becomes his comfort. This play is part of the festival Shubbak: A Window on Contemporary Arab Culture which takes place in various locations across London in the first two weeks of July. Only a very short bus ride from our Kennington office, drop if you’re keen to find out more about properties to rent or properties to buy in the area!

Art Car Boot Sale in Vauxhall

The Art Car Boot Sale was created in 2004 as a retaliation against the increasing commersialisation of the art market place and was designed to be a place where like-minded artists could go to have have fun displaying their work and barter directly with their audiences. This year the Art Car Boot Sale has moved to the former workshop of the London Fire Brigade, which is also home to Vintage Vauxhall which takes place every month. There will be lots of serious art bargains on offer, plenty of originals and lots of fun to be had at this event as the art-world come together and let their hair down. If you’re keen to get your hands on some amazing one of a kind art at great places, then this will be well worth a visit this Sunday.

Dreamers Awake at White Cube in Bermondsey

White Cube Gallery are presenting a new group show called Dreamers Awake which explores the continuous influence of Surrealism through the work of over fifty female artists. This exhibition will be shaped by many forms including sculpture, painting, collage, photography and drawings starting from the 1930’s and the right up to the present day. There will be artwork on display from various well-known Surrealist figures such as Eileen Agar, Tracy Emin and Tomoko Kashiki as well as younger, more contemporary artists. Only a short journey from our London Bridge office, if you’re interested in looking at properties to rent or properties to buy in the area, drop in and say hello to our team.

Double Double Act at Unicorn Theatre in London Bridge

Coming to the Unicorn Theatre this weekend is Double Double Act, a production created by Made In China. This play that is performed by a mixture of 8 year olds and adults explores questions about how adults and children sometimes overlap each other. What is adulthood really all about? And what sort of things do we both find funny? There are two double acts; the adults against the kids who compete with each other to try and take control of the stage. They joke around, use role reversal and test each other to the limit. This funny, light-hearted, slapstick humour is clever and a surprising performance that allows the audience to see the world through each other’s eyes. It’s a great show to take the whole family to and there’s also plenty of green slime!

If you’re interested in finding out more about future events in Westminster, London, Kennington and the surrounding areas, feel free to drop by any of our offices – we’ll be glad to provide you with a list. We can arrange viewings of properties for sale and properties for rent within walking distance of some of these popular venues.

Photo Credit: Naeim A