Sheep shearing, vegetable sculptures and, er, a Wall of Death. It's a lineup so eclectic, it can only mean one thing — Lambeth Country Show is back.
The annual two-dayer pitches up in its usual Brockwell Park location on Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 June 2024. As ever, it's free to get in. This one's a rather special Lambeth Country Show — it's the 50th anniversary.
While traditionally, the Lambeth Country Show has taken place in August, these days it's in early June. Tight council budgets mean it's cheaper to share infrastructure with the clutch of music festivals happening at that time.
For those unfamiliar with how it plays out, Lambeth Country Show is basically south London sticking a cornstalk in its mouth, putting on a West Country brogue, and channelling some seriously rural vibes. There is livestock. There are beekeepers. There's sheep shearing. And we hope and pray that the legendary Chucklehead Cider stall will be dishing out its usual potent supply of festival juice. In the region of 120,000 people show up.
But you can't take the south London out of, well, south London — and every Lambeth Country Show is packed with goodies that you won't find at your average pastoral get-together. The line-up for 2024 is yet to be announced, but you can expect the likes of tea dances, flamenco, community choirs, chocolate making, drumming circles, storytelling — plus live music galore. Oh, and the vegetable sculpture contest is out of this world. I mean, come on:
Lambeth Country Show, Brockwell Park, 8-9 June 2024, 1pm-9pm free entry
