Friends of Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens Dog Show
Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens St George’s Festival 2019
Saturday and Sunday 20th and 21st April 2019
The London Tournament returns to the historic Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens.
More knights, more entertainment, more carnage!
Join us for the greatest show on earth.
Another two day event this year and a late finish on Saturday night. The medieval full contact fighters will return for the London Tournament, bringing carnage back to Steel Henge to crown a new champion. For those of you who don’t know, that means men in armour clubbing each other with axes. There will be Morris dancers, Punch & Judy, an ale and mead tent, falconry, archery for all the family and a hog roast, traditional crafts and an evening performance of Shakespeare with a fire performance of the Story of St George and the Dragon.
Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens St George’s Festival 2018
Saturday and Sunday 21st and 22nd April
The London Tournament returns to the historic Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens.
More knights, more entertainment, more carnage!
Join us for the greatest show on earth.
Tea Cup Football Sunday 24th September
It is back again. Get your name on the cup and team photo in the Tea House Theatre if you are victorious. Goals for Glory are the reigning champions. The best teams always show!
If you would like to register in advance please email info@vauxhalltrust.org with your team name. Otherwise be at the cage for 1pm on Sunday 24th Septemberand we will get the game on.
As always the Tea Cup is in memory of Maureen Johnston
Tea Cup Football – Sunday 18th June 1pm
Come and have a go if you think you’re hard enough! The best players always show.
The Cage has been refurbished by Adidas and so we thought we had better have a tournament.
As always the Tea Cup is in memory of Maureen Johnston.
To enter a team: please email info@vauxhalltrust.org with your contact details, team name, and the ages of the players. Or just turn up on the day.
We’re always looking for local sports clubs and business to support us. This is an incredible, growing, community event that involves everyone. So come down to Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens and join in!
What a Weekend
Thank you so much to everyone involved and to everyone who came. We are exhausted. Best of luck to the Battle of the Nations UK team who will be fighting at the World Championships in Barcelona this weekend.
Please enjoy some photos from the carnage in Steel Henge at the 2017 London Tournament.
The Crowds gathered:
Full Contact Medieval Combat – The London Tournament
After two days of brutal competition It came down to Barney and Dan. The same finalists as 2016. Would Dan prevail once more or would Barney turn the tables on him. It was a close, hard contest and both men fought bravely and strong.
Dan “The Lion” Winter retains the title of London Champion. You can see how much it means to both men.
We can’t wait for next year. Will it be three in a row for “The Lion”?
Best of British in Barcelona!
St George’s 22nd and 23rd April 2017
Scroll down to find out all about what we have planned for this year:
Nearest Station Vauxhall Click here for a google map.
We have so much going on this year at the St George’s Festival on Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens. 
Vauxhall Trust and the Friends of Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens invite you to this lovely part of London for the Third annual London Tournament of Full Contact Medieval Combat. Competitors come to London as the last stop before the World Championships, which this year are being held in Barcelona a week after St George’s.
We have representatives from a number of countries where St George is celebrated. We have traditional dancing, wrestling, food and wine from Georgia, in association with the British Georgian Society. Hand made cork products from Portugal and a mystery entertainment from Bulgaria.
Everyone’s favourite Punch and Judy show will be back on the Gardens with Mr Punch delighting the crowds with his antics in this traditional artform that originated in Italy and came to London in the 1600s. Ha Ha hopscotch will be running races and traditional games for the kids and are always a lot of fun.
Vauxhall City Farm will be bringing out some animals for you to look at and pet. We have ducks and chicks and rabbits and donkeys. You can feel like a real medieval knight on horseback with a pony ride between 2 and 3 o’clock both days. Here is their website
Medieval Folk band Princes in the Tower will be our wandering minstrels for the weekend. They also have a couple of stage shows which are always full of energy and fun.
In their own words: We’re here to make you happy, we’re here to make you jive, we’re here to make you party like it’s 1555
Princes in the Tower comprises Michael Tyack on Cittern, lute and vocals; William Summers on Crumhorns, Rauschpfeife and flute; and Antony Elvin on percussion and vocals.
This ‘Tudor power trio’ regularly brings a rowdy peak to many a London bash, festival and historical event. visit their website
You will have to get here early on Saturday to catch our fantastic Morris dancers, Greensleeves Morris Men. They are going on an epic St George’s weekend tour that takes them all over London and the South East, they stop at Vauxhall at one o’clock on Saturday, not to be missed!
The local police and fire brigade are coming to visit too. Yes that is right we have a Fire Engine coming (we are very excited about this).
Rumour has it they are itching to find out which is the best service in a tug of war competition which will also include the medieval knights, any dads who think they might have a shot and armies of children.
Our Medieval village will have lots of traders in hand made traditional medieval goods. The perfect souvenir of your day with us in Vauxhall. They will tell you all about medieval life and how their beautiful items are crafted. You might even get to see some handiwork,from a traditional craftsman too.
We also have some wonderful birds of prey on show. These delightful and beautiful creatures can be seen up close. We also enjoy fantastic local support from the community of Vauxhall with the local community centres having stands telling you all about what they do.
The Friends of the Pleasure Gardens are fully involved and will be organising a Dog Show on Sunday at 2pm, so bring along your best friend and take part in this fun, family competition.
For the first time we will be open into the evening of Saturday. We have a packed show planned with performances of Shakespeare, celebrating his birthday, some torchlit (k)night fighting. Live music from Princes in the Tower and the magnificent Fireflow performing a Fiery tale of St George and the Dragon. The Ale tent will be open so sit back with a drink and enjoy the show.
St George’s 2017
We are back! St George’s 2017 is coming to the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens on 22nd and 23rd April.
Yes, a two day event with a late finish on the Saturday night. The medieval full contact fighters will return for the third London Tournament, bringing carnage back to Steel Henge to crown a new champion. For those of you who don’t know, that means men in armour clubbing each other with axes. There will be Morris dancers, Punch & Judy, an ale and mead tent, falconry, archery for all the family and a hog roast, traditional crafts and an evening performance of Shakespeare and a fire performance of the story of St George and the Dragon.
This is the fifth year of the St George’s festival on the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens. We have grown to take up two days, so that more traders, crafts people, performers and fighters can be involved. Come and join us, buy a wooden sword and relive a bygone era of chivalry. Here’s a video of last time:
Please watch this site. We will keep it updated from now on. If you’d like to be involved, drop us a comment.
