Vauxhall Art Car Boot Fair

This year, the Vauxhall Art Car Boot Fair will be celebrating their tenth anniversary on Sunday 9^th June at Brick Lane Yard Car Park between 12 noon and 6pm, with an entry cost of only £5.  This extravagant, eye popping event is a million miles away from any other kind of ‘car boot’ with a heap of work from renowned artists alongside fresh new talents, all selling their works at bargain prices from the boots of their cars.  In the past, lucky punters have picked up work from the likes of Gavin Turk, Sir Peter Blake and Emin International.  With over 70 pitches and prices ranging from £10-£1000 there is truly something for everybody.

But make sure you get there bright and early – some folk will even be camping the night before to get their hands on the best buys they can find.  And if the artwork doesn't catch your attention, there are plenty of fun activities to get involved with, such as a good old-fashioned game of pass the parcel, for example, when five parcels will be unwrapped layer by layer as the music stops until that lucky last person captures their own exclusive piece of art – and it could be you!  Alternatively there is a 70’s disco tent where you dance around a pile of covered up handbags until the music stops and you dive in and grab one to keep.  I have my eye on the Jimmy Choo: please be mine.  What’s even nicer is that profit from the money we visitors spend on entertainment will go to the ‘Just for Kids’ charity; so spending on having a good time has the added bonus of fulfilling a good deed for the day. 

When you’re all danced out you can grab yourself a drink or two and enjoy the entertainment, munching on your choice from a wide range of specialty food.  It’s going to be a great day for people of all ages and definitely one I’ll be dragging myself out of bed for.