The eighth annual Kennington Village Fete is this Saturday in Cleaver Square

As you can see from all the elements on the flier below, it’s really more than a fete – it’s a hyper-fete.

Although the alarmingly popular Bat the Rat stall has sadly departed for pastures new, the Amazing Human Fruit Machine still remains – and it really is amazing, or at least highly amusing the first time you see it.

Several Kennington restaurants will be serving food including The Lobster Pot which is one of London’s finest seafood restaurants, and definitely the most fun.

There will be live music, and who will the surprise special guests be? Morrissey? Florence? The Machine? Dot Allison? Giles Fraser performing A Change Is Gonna Come?

Finally, be sure to buy some Walworth Honey as harvested in East Kennington – previous years’ batches have been deliciously lemon-y like nothing you can buy in the shops, and eating local honey is supposed to be good for hay fever.

See you there.

Kennington Village Fete - kenningtonrunoff.com

food festival on a boat in West Kennington

Tamesis Dock, formerly known as The English Maid, is one of the best bars on the Thames. It’s a converted 1930s Dutch barge permanently docked off Albert Embankment in West Kennington. They sometimes play host to cool gigs, sometimes private parties, and the atmosphere is always good. This Thursday, Friday and Saturday night it hosts a dinner where fifteen different street food vendors all prepare a course (five each night). We recommend going along on Friday when London’s premier waffle makers Waffle On will be preparing one of the courses. Time Out has more info.

Doost – a Persian Grill & Vodka Bar

Doost is a Persian Grill & Vodka Bar that opened in the site Amici outgrew on Kennington Road. A Persian Grill & Vodka Bar might seem like a strange combination, but apparently vodka bars were widespread in Iran before the Islamic Revolution, and the food is really nice if not cheap. Their website appears to have been inspired by Hooters but despite that, it’s neither tacky nor unrefined.

Doost Persian Grill & Vodka Bar - Kenningtonrunoff.com