Winterville

This December a brand new festive destination will grip the city as the town of Winterville descends on London's Victoria Park.

London's new mini-town will host a magical Ice Rink with stunning backdrops amongst one of London's prettiest parks. Winterville brings new night time revelry to London party-goers with the Bump Roller Disco events curated by top club promoters, as well as the beautiful wood and mirror panelled spiegeltent hosting live music, comedy, cabaret and free-Friday club nights presented by the revered Bugged Out!. After solid reviews from The Guardian, The Times and more, Magnificent Bastard Productions will also be bringing the much lauded smash hit Sh*t-Faced Shakespeare to the Spiegal Tent.

A plethora of activities are available for the whole family including a pop up twist on the classic Robin Hood Pantomime set to enchant and amuse, horse drawn carriages to take in the delights of Victoria Park's lake and pagoda, plus top-notch arts and craft workshops across the whole month. For the Kid's Quarter, popular traveling arts circus House Of Fairy Tales established by artists Deborah Curtis and Gavin Turk, as well as a carefully curated bespoke kid's areas with immersive activities, arts and crafts and a reimagined Santa's Grotto. Those looking for more of an adrenaline rush can jump the town's many fairground rides or watch gravity defying feats in the original Wall Of Death where thrills, spills and the smell of petrol combine as vintage motorcycles perform daring stunts.

Every Sunday the vintage speigeltent features a LGTB takeover with Summer Rites present the Fairy Grotto. Featuring the very best of London's alternative nightlife and cabaret scene the month-long takeover includes The Gay Bingo Christmas Show, a festive edition of Jonny Woo, John Sizzle and Ma Butcher's cult bingo series, Horse Meat Disco delivering a hedonistic collection of italo disco, house, punk, funk and more with Bears On Ice, the legendary Sink The Pink go festive with their Christmas Extravaganza, and finally the all male Supreme Fabulettes Christmas Show with Tranny Shack DJs.

To round off the all-encompassing Winterville experience, a world food street market, bespoke bars featuring hot cocktails and delicious drinks, craft beer and Winterville's very own pub with craft beers will ensure that food and drink lovers are spoilt for choice seven days a week.

Appearing at Winterville this year will be Dalston pizza heroes Voodoo Ray's, mac & cheese courtesy of Anna Mae's, vegetarian and healthy options from Mei Mei's Street Cart, Dorshi dumplings and a host of other top street food eateries. Those who'd prefer to take their food home with them can take advantage of Winterville's Produce market offering easy access on and off site, a chance to buy from local farmers with quality staples and artisan delights including fresh fruit and veg, cheese, charcuterie, chocolates and lots more without the dreaded supermarket queues.

See winterville.co.uk for more information