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Picture the scene: copious beer-filled steins, hundreds of fireworks being set off, a Spice Girls tribute Band. Bacon. In your back garden, that’s a bad idea. At Alexandra Palace on November 6, it’s a bloody good one. This is Ally Pally’s idea of a fireworks festival in 2021, the likes of which London has never before seen.
Bringing together London’s biggest firework and light display, the largest bier festival in Britain, ice-skating and an actual fairground for those with younger families, this looks like an all-round terrific time. To those of you thinking ‘the beer sounds great but what is going to satiate my drunken hunger?’ look no further than strEATlife food festival, providing pop-up street eats and drink stalls all day, from fried chicken, to bacon butties, to hot chocolate - they’ve got many of the tastiest bases covered.
Flash forward. You’ve embarrassed yourself on the ice rink, eaten and drank to your heart‘s content, a bit too enthusiastically sang along with the Spice Girls tribute act (called Wannabe, obviously) and you’re thinking, ‘I reckon U could stay here a bit longer’, enter award-winning DJ Trevor Nelson. You’re not going anywhere at that point. Trevor has you now.
A large bonfire and exhilarating fire show round up the rest of the night’s festivities. If you’re not sold at this point, I don’t know what to tell you. I’ll certainly be there, belting out Spice Up Your Life in my finest lederhosen.
Ally Pally’s Fireworks Festival is on November 6th. Book tickets here.
If you can’t wait until Nov 6 for a Bierfest have a look at the best Oktoberfest events