
Harvest Festival 2024
Harvest Time at Brixton Windmill
Sunday 29 September 1pm to 5pm
Our free family festival celebrates the annual wheat harvest and the histories and crafts of milling and artisan bread making with craft workshops, live music, food, Morris dancing, and beer from Brixton Brewery. Workshops for children include baking and traditional corn dolly making. Our shop and cafe will be open together with milling demonstrations inside the windmill.
The day includes:
Learn about wheat!
Learn all about the growing, harvesting, and milling of the wheat, grain and flour that makes your favourite bakes such as cakes, biscuits, breads and more! With information and practical displays throughout the afternoon from expert millers, and growers. You can even have a go at milling yourself with our hand querns! Our millers will also be demonstrating milling inside the windmill – drop in tours will be available during the afternoon.
Shop and cafe
Open throughout the afternoon selling uniquely designed Brixton Windmill products and freshly baked homemade cakes made with our very own flour. We’ll also have Pimms and delicious Italian Mozzarella in Carozza sandwiches on offer!
And lots more:
- Children’s baking workshops – hedgehog buns at 1.30pm and 3pm (max 8 children 7 to 12) £4 per child.
- Live music from Goblin Band, SELFolk and Casino Moon.
- Morris Dancing from Brixton Tatterjacks at 3.30pm
- Children’s arts and crafts
- Nature workshops from Urban Canopy
- Corn dolly making workshops & hop crowns
- Beer from Brixton Brewery
- Bread and pastries from BreadBread
- Cakes from Emily Hunt cakes
- Hot food from En Root and Deuce
- Gift stalls in the main field.