Abingdon Food Festival

First Abingdon Food Festival
The first Abingdon Food and Drink Festival was organised by the Rotary Club of Abingdon Vesper and showcased local producers and vendors on what was a lovely June 1st.
First Abingdon Food Festival
The Miele Experience centre offered their grounds, and their kitchens, and top local chefs put on demonstrations to help raise money for charity.
First Abingdon Food Festival
Outside there were 37 stalls. Pictured above is The Wandering Kitchen, a pop-up mobile restaurant that is to be found in Abingdon every Wednesday evening at Rosie’s Tea Room in West St Helen Street.
First Abingdon Food Festival
People relaxed with their food and a drink on the green in the sun.
First Abingdon Food Festival
One of the main beneficiaries of the event will be the Seasaw Charity ( Their A board is visible on this picture). They provide support to children and young people who have lost a parent.
First Abingdon Food Festival
Kingfisher School were also fund raising with craft tents and Kingo the School Mascot. Kingfisher School supports children with severe special educational needs and disabilities.

Entry for the Zest June 1st theme on the City Daily Photo.

May 2014 – Local Excellence Market

The Local Excellence Market, organised by Choose Abingdon, was in town today.
Local Excellence Market
The Mayor of Abingdon-on-Thames, Angela Lawrence, and Councillor Hermann Matheson, were selling wrist bands for next Saturday’s Music in the Park where Angela will be singing the lead in Rule Britannia.
Local Excellence Market
Yvonne, a chocolate artist from Chocolate Tree, was getting people to create their own chocolate decorations.
Local Excellence Market
Q Gardens, up on Milton Hill, are the largest fruit farm in Oxfordshire, and they also grow a lot of veg. They had a fine display of seasonal asparagus.
Local Excellence Market
Designs in Glass helped restore some of the heraldic panels during the refurbishment of Abingdon County Hall. On display they had ornaments, and some of their modern window designs.
Local Excellence Market
More local excellence will be featured next time there is a Local Excellence Market.

Abingdon Russian Fat Cat Exhibition attracts National and International Media Interest

Artweeks in Abingdon
For the next week there is an exhibition in The Barn at Stonehill House (OX14 4AA) called From Icons to I-Cats, showing contemporary Russian Icons alongside masterpieces of Russian Art with the cat, Zarathustra, added in various poses.
Artweeks in Abingdon
This exhibition has attracted a lot of interest from the media with features in:
BBC – Entertainment
The Independent
Huffington Post

Images of I-cats are available from: http://fatcatart.gallery.

Jenny’s last offering to the ‘lovely people of Abingdon’

Abingdon Traditional Morris Dancer Gives up Beer
Jenny is leaving the area and has done a wonderful job in running the Folk at the Unicorn concerts for the last two and a half years. Jenny’s last offering to the ‘lovely people of Abingdon’ was the young duo of Greg Russell and Ciaran Algar, winners of the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards: Horizon Award.

Mike, who does the lights, will be taking over as he thinks the concerts have been so good and wants to see them carrying on.