Kingston Green Fair is one of the longest running and largest of the green fairs and marks the start of the great British festival season, weather permitting! Hundreds of stalls selling a wide range of green, ethnic, hippy and just plain fun stuff from Moon cups (guys – just don’t ask!) and fairy wings to culinary herbs and bric-a-brac. All at such reasonable prices too. Retail therapy that doesn’t require a bank loan, this has to be every girl’s dream. From general bargains galore to items of originality seldom seen outside the festival scene. Why not kit yourself out for Glasto? And what about a glam outfit for Lost Vagueness or maybe the Fairy Ball or perhaps just for a fun summer in the sun.

In true green style, a wide variety of vegan food stalls abounded, much to the disgruntlement of a couple of carnivorous friends who told me that they could have murdered a proper burger. Content in the end though with the tofu burgers that I bought - “see, you can’t even tell the difference” said I. Hmmm, perhaps that was going just a little too far!

Kingston Green is the place to bump into all those mates I haven’t seen for so long. It has become a melting pot of diversity, from the middle aged, middle class “greenies” to the India-bound hippies, all gathered to enjoy this great (and cheap!) day out.

Four music stages rocked until dusk with some great acts from around the globe. It was hard to find time though to relax and enjoy as there really is so much going on. A treat on the world music stage was Pete Ardron’s Orchid Star, a pre-Glastonbury performance from this wonderful and diverse band.
Or perhaps the tranquillity of the healing fields is now called for. A session of Reiki or perhaps a massage, Shiatsu, Swedish, Thai? The choice is yours. Feeling this good whilst listening to some chilled ambient relaxing tunes, guaranteed to make you float back into the sunshine.

What a shame when the sun fell over the horizon and it was time to go home. Broke again but what the hell!

Eli Saikadeli

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