Fun in the sun at Penarth Lawn Tennis Club's food festival

Sold out weeks in advance the event has been a success every year in its short existence, however what helped this year’s festival was the glorious weather!

Fun in the sun with Dylan and Charlie, 5, and Ella, 8 (Image: Newsquest)

Couldn’t get to the Penarth Lawn Tennis Club music and street food festival? Watch our walk-through in the video below

Friends and families got out the shades, the hats and the sun tan lotion as they set out their picnic rugs and fold-up chairs on the club’s lawns and listened to fantastic live music played on the veranda of the tennis club clubhouse.

This was the fifth event, having started in 2017, with 2020 and 2021 cancelled due to Covid.

The girls loving the sun: Serena, Eva, Erin, Olivia and Edie (Image: Newsquest)

Family fun with little Idris, 3, and Ada, 5 (Image: Newsquest)

For 2023, there was food stalls and bars set up, including tacos, Indian street food, pizza, and dirty burgers, but probably the most important stall of the event was the Pimms stall as sun lovers queued up to get fresh jugs of the famous summer tipple – all in aid of raising funds for Motor Neurones Disease.

Noreen and Clare with an essential jug of Pimms! (Image: Newsquest)

Girls on tour: Chanel, Jess, Kirsten, Becka, and Georgia (Image: Newsquest)

While there, we spoke to Ms Jan Jones who has a pretty vital connection to the festival – it was her husband Peter who began the festival in 2017.

Sadly Mr Jones is no longer with us, but Mrs Jones was there enjoying watching the people of Penarth revel in the laidback fun.

“It's fantastic” said Mrs Jones. “Peter started it and the guys here pulled out all the stops to keep it going. All the volunteers are fantastic and it’s great to see the event carried on so successfully in Peter’s name.”

Fantastic scenes at the Penarth Lawn Tennis Club (Image: Newsquest)

Family fun at the festival (Image: Newsquest)

There was a huge shoutout to all the volunteers who helped make the event happen – too many to name – however here’s a few major players who helped make the music and street food festival happen.

Jan Jones and club coach Rob Cunningham (Image: Newsquest)

The Pickford family of Pickford restaurant at seafront - having a great time! (Image: Newsquest)

The essential Pimms tent with volunteers, lola, Jan J, Jan C, Jane, Bethan, Jackie, Mandy and Shirley (Image: Newsquest)

Some of the volunteers that made Penarth Lawn Tennis Club music and street food festival such a success

Chairman of the club Martin Radford; chief organiser Allan Cozen; head of bars Ben Coates; club coach and volunteer organiser Rob Cunningham; band organisers Paul Edwards and Alun Morgan; Gav Seymour on facilities, PR by Nick Skinner; and Rob Mahoney at the gate.