Around Ealing Summer 2017 | Page 10

EALING SUMMER The Ealing Summer Festivals are back. Get ready for an explosion of live music, fun fairs, top comedians, community carnivals, and mouth-watering food and drink…and lots of it. Eat, drink, be merry O ur fi rst ‘taste’ of the summer will come with Eat Drink Ealing, following its debut last year. You can then follow-up this fi ne food a couple of weeks later with a tasty drink at the popular Ealing Beer Festival. The newest addition to the festivals, Dates for the diary ■ Eat Drink Ealing 1–2 July ■ Greenford Carnival 8 July ■ Ealing Beer Festival 12–15 July ■ Acton Carnival 15 July ■ Ealing Blues Festival 22–23 July ■ Ealing Comedy Festival 20–21 and 26–28 July 10 ■ Ealing Jazz Festival 29–30 July ■ London Mela 2–3 September around ealing June 2017 Eat Drink Ealing will take over Ealing Common on 1-2 July and transform it into a culinary paradise. This walking banquet of top-of-the-range and hand-selected gourmet traders will show off fresh produce, cocktails and real ale. There will also be live music on a bandstand and other light entertainment, including children’s play areas. The event is run by the established food festival group, Eat Drink. Tickets cost £3. Ealing Beer Festival takes place over four days, from 12-15 July, at Walpole Park in Ealing. Run by CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale), it will feature more than 300 varieties of real ale from all over the country, including a vast and delicious selection from innovative microbreweries as well as top quality wines and spirits. Tickets are £3 to CAMRA members, or £8 for non-members – including a glass to enjoy your drink in; you can get a £3 refund if you return your glass intact when you leave. Find out more at ealingsummerfestivals.com