Soho Has The Best Village Fete Anywhere - And It Returns In July

Will Noble

Soho Has The Best Village Fete Anywhere - And It Returns In July

The police take on the fire brigade in a tug of war every year. Image: Peter Clarke

Sorry, but London just does things better. World class theatre? Check. Best restaurants anywhere? Yup. Quaint village fetes? Er actually, yes.

The Soho Village Fete — which is on Sunday 19 July 2026 — has been going for half a century now. Organised by the Soho Society, it's the kind of do you'd expect to find going on in the vicar's back garden (in fact, this takes place in the grounds of St Anne's Church, so not far off).