June 2019
Penge Festival Fete
The Penge Festival is celebrating its 47th year. The Festival Fete, taking place on Royston Field , Franklin Road, SE20 @11:00 on June 1st 2019, is the opening event of this year’s three week festival of all things Penge and is proudly sponsored by Property World. The 1903 Penge Air Cadets & local May Queen realms will be leading a Parade around the festival site from 11am to start off the proceedings. At 12pm the Fete will be formally opened…
Find out more »Penge’s Pooches – Fun Dog Show
Penge's Pooches - Fun Dog Show 1.20 pm to 2.20 pm -Fete arena Penge is well known for lots for its love of art, its love of heritage, it love of beer, and its love of food……. ..................…but we have also noticed it’s got a love for pooches - and so, back by popular demand, is the Fetes’ very own Poochy dog show. With six categories to choose from you can enter your favourite four-legged pal in to show off…
Find out more »Service of Thanksgiving – Penge Baptist Church
Service of Thanksgiving - Penge Baptist Church Sunday 2nd June 10.30am. Join members of the Penge Festival Team and the congregation of Penge Baptist Church, 121 Maple Road, Penge, London, SE20 8L, a Service of Thanksgiving on day two of the Penge Festival. The service will be led by Reverend Bervin Hedman. The Penge Baptist community is a mixture of young and old and there is a very strong fellowship. They love to welcome newcomers and have given this year’s…
Find out more »Penge Community Buffet Lunch – Part of the Big Lunch
Penge Community Buffet Lunch- Part of The Big Lunch All are welcome at the Penge Community Buffet Lunch- Part of The Big Lunch 2019. As part of the national event 'The Big Lunch', Penge Festival & the Friends of Penge Green invite you to join us in a Penge Community Buffet Lunch in the park. We want everyone to get involved – it’s about the People of Penge getting together to share food, have fun and get to…
Find out more »Kocoa Brown at the Bridge House
Kocoa Brown at the Bridge House Tavern A beautiful musical evening with Kocoa Brown at the wonderful Bridge House. End the festivals first weekend with a harmonious treat at the Bridge House. Don’t forget to book a table as it gets busy on a sunny Sunday evening Penge Festival programme & raffle ticket will be on sale– all proceeds toward the Festival
Find out more »Teddy Bears Picnic
Teddy Bears Picnic Its Storytime and playtime with their favourite cuddlies for the young children of Penge. This year we are delighted to have Penges’ very own Glenn Lawrence, author of Lauren Koala Bear, organiser of Penge Day & Pengemas, undertaking the reading of this year’s Teddy Bears Picnic children’s stories. Glenn will be reading from Lauren Koala and a number of other children’s books at this years picnic. The children all get to dress up their teddies and bring them…
Find out more »Open Mic at the Bridge House Tavern, Hosted by Glenn Lawrence
Glenn is hosting another of his awesome Open Mic nights at The Bridge House Tavern, but this one is special, as its part of the Penge Festival of events a celebrant for everyone and all things Penge. This free to attend Live Music evening will be packed with local talented artists who will be trying out new songs, or developing their s as an amateur performer. Penge Festival programme & raffle ticket will be on sale– all proceeds toward the…
Find out more »Inventing Remembrance- a talk by Martin Spence
Inventing Remembrance -a talk by Martin Spence Local historian and resident Martin Spence will be talking to us about Penge's War Memorial in his new presentation entitled: Inventing Remembrance: the Origins of the Penge War Memorial. The talk will be held at Melvin Hall, Melvin Road SE20, commencing at 7pm. Martins talks are usually very popular so please arrive early. Cheese & Wine will be served after the talk, kindly sponsored by Penge Forum. This is a free…
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