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- Lovebox dominates music this weekend with its three day bender in Victoria Park. Get the lowdown and info on all the after-parties over at Spoonfed.
- Pray for fine weather to shine on Lambeth Country Show, Brockwell Park.
- Shoreditch Festival gets free and fun down by Regent's Canal on Saturday and Sunday.
- The very least you can do at Knit Nation is learn to knit. There'll be all sorts of classes (including Sock Survival), a marketplace, talks and crafty activities plus a tea salon and a charity bingo party. Register online and get your needles to Imperial College London’s South Kensington Campus.
- The first Bloomsbury Art Fair is in Mecklenburgh Square all weekend. Day view tickets £5, late view tickets £10.
- Last chance to experience the Punchdrunk Arcola collaboration The Uncommercial Traveller at 13 Pearson St, E2 8JD between 1-7.30pm, Saturday and Sunday. Tickets £6.
- North Islington unlocks its arty venues for Islington Exhibits. There's a whole day of stuff going on at the Old Fire Station, Holloway on Saturday but exhibitions, installations, walks, talks and workshops happen all weekend.
Friday:
- There are a few ground tickets left for London Cup International Hockey Tournament tonight in Chiswick. Tickets are £10. See Belgium play Korea at 17.45 and England v New Zealand at 8pm.
- Are you going to the Fall of Rome Imperial Ball III?
Saturday:
- The Big Day Out at Pleasance Theatre, Islington N7 has loads of free events, shows, music and workshops - including John Hegley, school rock bands, gardening and instrument making - as well as a market and the Big Day Out barbeque. From midday.
- Join the Saturday Social at the Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington Gardens and get extra value out of your admission fee: see the Summer Exhibition, have lunch, enjoy klezmer music, workshops, talks, screenings and a late opening till 10pm.
- The London Surf Festival takes place at Westminster Boating Base, Grosvenor Road SW1V 3JY. It's a celebration of beach culture, an excuse to shift some merchandise but there will be brave souls paddling out onto the Thames - good luck with that.
- There's a Vintage Kilo Sale at the Rag Factory E1 from 11am. Entry is a quid, then it's £15 a kilo of stuff.
- If you can't get into Lovebox, play Croquet on Vicky Park and keep your ears pinned back.
- There's free entertainment outside the National Theatre as Watch This Space continues its al fresco programme with acrobatics, street performers and more.
- There's a day of contemporary Arab culture at Rich Mix as part of the Mayor's Shubbak festival. The 12 hour event is called Land in Focus and presents a whole lot of film screenings plus music and more. From midday, free before 7pm, £5 after.
Sunday:
- Check out the hearse of the year show, vintage limos, stonemasonry, behind the scenes at the crematorium and Victoriana at Lambeth Cemetery Open Day, Blackshaw Rd, Tooting SW17 0BY between 10.30am-4pm, free.
- The annual Italian Procession of Our Lady of Mount Carmel circles the pretty Roman Catholic church in Clerkenwell from 3.30pm but Italian food and drink stalls will be open from 10am.
- The Arnold Circus Swap and Share picnic in E2 sounds ace - the bandstand music is curated by Rough Trade and End of the Road Festival, there'll be ping pong, swing dance, paper hats, stories, cakes, free bicycle check and repair, balloons and lots of locals. Between midday and 7pm.
- Balham Food Festival continues with Balham's Big Roast and a speciality food market on Hildreth Street.
- Play free games with Sandpit in the new bit of the National Maritime Museum, 12.30 and 5pm.
- Watch opera Rigoletto in Walpole Park for Ealing Summer Festival. From 6.30pm, tickets from £10.
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- Lit and spoken word from the Book Grocer
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- Shows and exhibitions opening and closing in Arts Ahead
- Things to do in London on the Cheap
- What's on at Museums and Galleries
- Where to find the zingiest cabaret
- What's funny in stand up and sketch comedy
- New music gigs in Music Choice
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