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It's a lovely long one this week. Enjoy!
All weekend
- Get waterside for the Canalway Cavalcade festival at Little Venice and on the Paddington Towpath from Saturday through to Monday, full programme here (free).
- It's the Camden Crawl music festival with its comedy and spoken word sibling and the free Crawlternative Media Expo on Friday and Saturday.
- The Crouch End Festival begins on Friday and stays creative right through to 13 May with exhibitions, a craft trail, music, dance, comedy, stories, poets and more, all over N8.
- Dalston's Land of Kings music and art fest fills all the area's trendy nooks and crannies this Friday and Saturday night.
- The London Archive Film Festival is at London Transport Museum showing international archive-based documentary and short film, with lots of Q&A sessions from 3-5 May (tickets £10).
- Hip hop dance takes over Sadler's Wells for the huge Breakin' Convention weekend, Thursday - Monday.
- Watch the annual International Horseball Cup at Lee Valley Riding Centre on Sunday and Monday (free0.
- Drinkers note there's the 'Smack the Oyster' Real Ale Festival at the Alma, Newington Green Road, N1 right through to Bank Holiday Monday closing time.
- The New Cross and Deptford Free Film Festivals are screening Coming to America on Friday and Attack the Block on Saturday and more before it closes on Sunday night (free).
- The London International Ska Festival runs Thursday to Sunday in Islington (tickets from £10, 4 day pass £122).
- The Foodies Festival sets up outside Hampton Court Palace with demonstrations, tasting sessions, masterclasses and scran shopping from from 10am-7pm Sat & Sun, and till 6pm on Monday (tickets £15/u16s free).
- Craft Jam offers two days of making and doing things in Kingly Court, off Carnaby Street on Friday and Saturday between 11am-7pm, courtesy of Things British.
- Home improvers will flock to ExCel from Saturday for Grand Designs Live (tickets from £12).
- Geek out at the Apollo Piccadilly with the last weekend of the Sci-Fi Film Festival.
- Make do, mend, swap and soup-up your clothes at the M&S Fashion Lab at the Old Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, in partnership with Oxfam and London College of Fashion until 9 May (free).
- The Chorus Festival at the Southbank Centre offers free singing events across the entire weekend.
- See where football matches are taking place in London this weekend, thanks to the London Football Guide.
- Take top tips on quality Bank holiday weekend clubbing.
Friday:
- The Other Cinema present La Haine at the Troxy, Limehouse featuring a live score from Asian Dub foundation + other special guests from 7pm (tickets from £18.90).
- Book a table for the special Gin & Tonic night at the London Gin Club at The Star at Night in Soho.
Saturday:
- It's Free Comic Book Day across the world with Forbidden Planet on Shaftesbury Avenue and Gosh! Comics Soho taking part locally.
- Shoreditch Streetfest live art street festival takes over the Hearn Street car park from 1pm till late (tickets £15).
- Singalonga Oliver! at the Royal Festival Hall on the Southbank from 7pm (tickets £15).
- Run Riot suggests you play the Apocalypse Game Show from 8pm at a hush hush location (£5).
- Celebrate Cinco de Mayo at one of these fine London establishments.
Sunday:
- Have a pootle round the Eco-Chic Outdoor Market at Spitalfields City Farm from 10am-6pm (free entry).
- Witness the crowning of the new Pearly Kings and Queens at the pearly church, St Martin's in the Fields, followed by a cockney knees up at the Carpenter's Arms, Stepney E1 from 2-7pm.
- The London Gay Men's Chorus (featuring two Londonist contributors) mark their 21st anniversary with the Band of Brothers concert at the Royal Festival Hall at 7.30pm (tickets from £20).
Bank Holiday Monday
- Celebrate May Day at Museum of London Docklands with family friendly folk dancing, Jack in the Green making and stories culminating in a May Day procession at 3pm (free).
- The Southgate May Fair takes place outside Christ Church, Southgate from noon - 4pm with seasonal stuff, stalls and fun for the kids.
Other good stuff:
- Free things to do in London
- Museums and Galleries
- Theatre, dance, opera, classical music and exhibitions
- Books and spoken word
- Sci/tech/nerd stuff
- Things to do for a fiver or less
- Cabaret, parties and alt-performance
- Stand up and sketch comedy
- Gigs to go to
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What did we miss? Let us know in the comments. Photo by daveograve@ via the Londonist Flickrpool.
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