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Buy local crafts, hear local music – in West Ealing Sat Nov 3

On Sat Nov 3, there’s live music at the West Ealing craft market – 12 gazebos worth of local specialness. You can’t get it, or the music, anywhere else.

The market is outside Blockbusters, next to the Uxbridge Road, on the south side (western end) of West Ealing Broadway.

The line-up:

12-1pm: Oddfellas – local chaps who banjo, fiddle, guitar and generally bring music of these isles to life – right in our own backyard.

1-2pm: The Mobile Clones who say ‘We are a five piece band from Hanwell and surrounding areas.The band do a mixture of original and cover tunes with a whole range of different genres.The cover songs consist of many styles ranging from the blues to funk and pop songs to punk. The band members consist of a jazz saxophonist who’s gigged with some of the greats and a drummer, Tim Walmsley who used to play with the well known signed band ‘The barely works’ who split in the early 90’s.(Info here). http://www.thereelbook.com/groups/barelyworks.aspx . Also songwriter Ian Clavey who’s written many popular songs (Check him out on YouTube) and Rose Eyre/vocals who was in the successful 80’s band ‘The kick partners’


2-3pm: I Love Thunder who say ‘I Love Thunder are delighted to be playing at the West Ealing Craft Market. We are an 8 piece rock band with musical tastes as varied as our ages, which range from 16 to 66! Our set will include classics such as Johnny B Goode and Mustang Sally as well as some mellower numbers, so come ready to shop n’ rock!

We are a part of Ealing Mencap and also members of the Dissimilis Organisation. You find out more at www.facebook.com/ILoveThunder.theband.

 

 

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Your guide to food for free at Pitshanger Park Sunday 17th June 2.00pm

Why not party the morning away at Pitshanger Party in the Park then spend the afternoon foraging for food with Ealing Transition Community Garden…

Wild Garlic Mustard, mild Linden leaves, wild spinaches and elderflowers await you by the side of the Brent in Pitshanger Park. Ealing is overflowing with free, healthy, delicious food. It’s wild and free, not in the sense of Woodstock but rather of glittering salads full of exciting new flavours. Local transition town supporter and expert forager Sam Sender will lead a wild food walk in Pitshanger Park on Sunday 17th at 2pm. Meet at the tennis courts, and bring baskets and bags.

Cost: Free

Check out their blog at http://ealingtransitioncommunitygarden.wordpress.com/, and refer to the Upcoming Events tab for dig day dates.

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West Ealing Jubilee Craft market – musicians and performers wanted

The next West Ealing Craft Market is in St James Avenue on Saturday 2nd June – the Jubilee weekend. With a bit of luck it may even be sunny!  It would be good fun to have some live music and other street performers involved to make a bit of a special occasion.  If you’re interested in volunteering to play or perform between 11am and 3pm do please email us at westealingneighbours@gmail.com .  At the very least I’m sure we can supply you with something to eat and drink.

As we get the market established we’re keen to make music and street performance a regular feature of the market so even if you can’t make it in June do still please email us.

 

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Bake & Cake and Roosters Piri Piri come to West Ealing

Walking along the Uxbridge Road this morning I spotted two new shops about to open.  Bake & Cake near Cudi and Roosters Piri Piri opposite Blockbuster. I’m not sure when they’ll open so if anyone gets the opportunity to have a closer look then let me know.

It’s nice to actually see a ‘healthy’ chicken place open amongst all the fried in West Ealing!

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It may have rained but craft market stallholders’ spirits were high!

Music in May – Steven Boyle playing under shelter!

Our second craft market last Saturday was a bit damp with the rain but the general feeling from stallholders was that more people were buying this time. It will take time for people to know the market is there in St James Ave on the first Saturday of the month but there feels to be a gathering momentum and a lot of good will. We had some music and that went down well. I think we need to investigate whether we can get some modest amplification for future music.  We’ll see if we can get more musicians for our next market on 2nd June which is Diamond Jubilee holiday weekend.

You can see photos of the May market on WEN’s website

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West Ealing craft market on Saturday and free music on Friday and Saturday lunchtimes

Craft Market on Saturday with free music from 12.45

Saturday (5th May) is the next monthly craft market in West Ealing. The market will be in St James Ave from 10am – 3pm and will have a range of stalls from cosmetics, candles and jewellery to wood turning, toys and leather goods. This time we also have some music at lunchtime with Greenford musician Steven Boyle playing his own songs and some favourites from down the years from 12.45-1.45 and WEN committee member Gill Adams playing folk with some friends from 2-3pm. As before, St James Church will have a stall offering free teas and coffees.  Do please come along and support us and enjoy some free music.

Our website has the full list of stalls – www.westealingneighbours.org.uk

 

OPEN Ealing free music at lunchtime this Friday 12.30-1.30pm

Friday 4th May sees OPEN Ealing’s next regular First Friday music event venture in to the world of Broadway musicals. May’s  free concert at lunchtime from 12.30-1.30  will see OPEN host 3rd year music students from the University of West London playing excerpts from their forthcoming production of Kander and Ebb’s Flora the Red Menace.  Best known for writing the hugely successful musical Cabaret, Flora the Red Menace was the songwriting team of John Kander and Fred Ebb’s first Broadway musical.

There will also be an exhibition of artwork from local art group 4020 on display.

Details at www.openealing.com.  OPEN Ealing is at 113 Uxbridge Rd W5, opposite the fire station.