At The Good Time Guide Stage a huge crowd gathered expectantly for the next act, hoping the grey skies and black clouds stayed away. And a little after 7.30pm Tim Minchin came out and parted the clouds like no other man could (unless he happened to have had bare feet, long hair and a beard) and turned the air blue, while filling the area with some real belly busting laughter!
Take Fat saved the day (or night) by boldly stepping into Tulisa's slot, supporting Olly Murs, on the main stage at GuilFest today. After Tulisa's 'no-show' the brilliant Take That tribute band, Take Fat, easily and impressively filled the slot and entertained the crowd for the second time, after having played earlier in the day.
With the wettest weather recorded in recent years and festivals all over the UK being cancelled, on Friday 13th we held our breath for a similar announcement from the organisers at GuilFest. But it wasn't to be... and this unlucky day proved very lucky for thousands of revellers, who donned sunglasses and rain hats for the unpredictable weather that threatened to put an end to GuilFest 2012.
Global Feast Wed 25th July to Monday 13th August is an exciting new food experience offering a different world cuisine each night of the Olympics, as diners sit round a giant sculptural model of the world that is fifteen metres long, six metres wide and over two metres tall. The model will double as both table and seating that is just a stone's throw from the Olympic Park, at Stratford Town Hall.
New one-man show from Scottish Writer of the Year Alan Bissett gets up close with your least favourite creepy-crawly... Spiders! Not everyone's favourite species - so why, then, has avowed arachnophobe Alan Bissett decided to follow up his 2010 sell-out show The Moira Monologues with a play about six of them?
After a very successful event at Newark Park in June Love Food will be returning to the quirky Tudor hunting lodge for a second Festival on Sunday 14th October 2012 from 11am - 5pm. Set amidst acres of park and woodland this National Trust property offers the perfect venue for an event which celebrates honest, seasonal food, family activities and the great outdoors.
