🎉 EARLY MAY BANK HOLIDAY EDITION 🎉
Dear {{ first name | Cheapskater }},
The long weekend is almost in sight – and the sun is shining (at least for now)! Fittingly, a lot of the events below are taking place outdoors, from a bird and butterfly walk in Hammersmith to a tour of a historic site in Mile End. Scroll down for the full list!
We hope you have a wonderful long weekend – and sending love to anyone working through it. Hope you get to switch off very soon 🧡
Kate, Georgia and Clementine x
PS: Congrats to reader Maya D, who won tickets to The Road to Gilead – a live event hosted by The Nerve newsletter and The Guilty Feminist podcast (as featured in Monday’s email). Scroll down for another giveaway! 👀
EVENTS
🇰🇷 A taste of Korea
Indulge in kimbap, Korean fried chicken (aka KFC) & tteokbokki galore at this Korean food & crafts festival in Canopy Market, featuring more than 30 traders.
🗓️ Fri 1st May, 12-8pm; Sat 2nd-Mon 4th May, 11am-6pm
📍 King’s Cross
🛍️ Bargain hunt
Looking for vintage clothing on a budget? Head to this wholesale pop-up at 39 Gransden Avenue, where you can find treasures from the 90s & 00s, all for £20 or less. Book ahead.
🗓️ Fri 1st-Sun 3rd May, 10am-7pm
📍 London Fields
🚶 A breath of fresh air
Spend time in the great outdoors this bank holiday at a bird & butterfly walk in Hammersmith Park, or at this guided walk focused on Deptford’s legacy of enslavement & freedom.
🗓️ Fri 1st & Sat 2nd May
📍 White City/Deptford
🇬🇧 ‘Cool Britannia’
Thirty years on from 1996 – the peak of Britpop – the Barbican Music Library is hosting an exhibit celebrating the 90s’ wildest & most iconic cultural moments.
🗓️ Until Sat 19th Sep
📍 Barbican
🕵️ Competition time!
Looking for a unique way to spend time with friends & family? Try the ClueQuest escape room in King’s Cross, where you can test your potential as a secret agent through immersive puzzle games.
This week, we’re offering one lucky reader a ClueQuest ticket for a team of three, valid Mon-Thurs! To enter, follow the simple steps on our Instagram post.
If you don’t win, fear not, because all our readers get 10% off ClueQuest tickets with the code CHEAPSKATE10 (valid until 3rd May).
😇 Stairway to heaven
It’s the last couple of days to catch Dante in Purgatorio, an exhibit at the Rebecca Hossack gallery, featuring works inspired by the imagined ascent from purgatory to heaven.
🗓️ Until Sat 2nd May
📍 Goodge Street
⚽ Off the pitch
Spurs goalie Alfie Whiteman retired from pro football aged just 26. Now, he’s exhibiting photos exploring his time on loan in rural Sweden, at OOF Gallery (in the Spurs stadium).
🗓️ Until Sun 27th Sep
📍 White Hart Lane

⛵ Our charming canals
The Canalway Cavalcade, the annual celebration of life on London’s canals, returns to Little Venice this weekend. Head to the canal near Rembrandt Gardens for a range of activities on the water, including a light show & on-site bar.
🗓️ Sat 2nd-Mon 4th May
📍 Warwick Avenue
⚖️ ‘For no reason of my own’
This fascinating new exhibit, on how communities create justice beyond the limits of the legal system, is having a launch party tonight, at Metroland Cultures in Kilburn.
🗓️ Fri 1st May, 6-8pm
📍 Kilburn High Road
🎸 For the indie kids
Fan of Fontaines DC or Arctic Monkeys? Head to Dream Bags Jaguar Shoes for a night full of nothing but indie bangers, both classics & newer hits.
🗓️ Sat 2nd May, from 10.30pm
📍 Hoxton
🐑 Fun on the farm
Celebrate the coming of spring with a dance around the maypole, pottery wheel workshops, sheep shearing, yarn spinning & more at Stepney City Farm’s free May Day Festival.
🗓️ Sat 2nd May, 10am-3pm
📍 Limehouse
🇯🇵 From Japan to… Stratford
Indulge in the best of Japanese food crafts, fashion, books & more at this market at Riverside East – there’ll also be film screenings & traditional music performances.
🗓️ Sat 2nd-3rd May, 11am-6pm
📍 Stratford

Photo by Matthew Davis on Unsplash
👨🎤 There’s a starman…
If you enjoyed the David Bowie Centre at V&A East Storehouse, you’ll be thrilled to hear that the V&A (in South Ken) is hosting a talk from the Bowie cataloguing team about curating the project.
🗓️ Sat 2nd May, 1.30-2.30pm
📍 South Kensington
🍻 Pints in the sun
Two great choices for beer consumption this Sun: the Blackhorse Beer Mile’s fourth birthday at Signature Brew, & the Enid St Tavern’s festival of all things ale.
🗓️ Sun 3rd May, from 12pm
📍 Blackhorse Road/Bermondsey
🚌 Step on the gas
The Historic Commercial Vehicles Rally, a quirky parade of vintage vans, lorries & buses from London to Brighton, begins in Clapham Common before progressing south.
🗓️ Sun 3rd May, from 2pm
📍 Various, south
🏎️ Vroom vroom
Are you the F1 geek in your friendship group? Show off your knowledge at this themed quiz celebrating the Miami Grand Prix, at the sports bar Belushi’s.
🗓️ Sun 3rd May, from 7pm
📍 Borough/London Bridge
🏭 The best of Haringey
Head to the uber-cool Manor House Warehouses for a locally organised flea market, selling clothes, ceramics, jewellery & more, with an after-party until late.
🗓️ Sun 3rd May, 1-7pm
📍 Stamford Hill

🍧 ‘A feast of flavours’
West Norwood Feast is back with an extra-special market this Sun to celebrate its 15th anniversary! Head down to Norwood Road to sample delightful food, drink & homewares from the area’s most exciting local businesses.
🗓️ Sun 3 May, 10am-4pm
📍 West Norwood
🎷 ‘Mayfest’ at the Windmill
Brixton Windmill is hosting a special May Day event on Mon – expect live music from brass bands, planting & flower crown workshops, Maypole & Morris dancing, milling demos & more.
🗓️ Mon 4th May, 1-5pm
📍 Brixton
🐶 All bark & no bite
Following the (free) Brockwell Bark Dog Show, the Herne Hill Free Film Festival is hosting a screening of the mockumentary Best in Show (at Brockwell Hall). Get there early!
🗓️ Mon 4th May, from 7pm
📍 Herne Hill
✊ Workers unite
This International Workers’ Day, the Marx Memorial Library is opening its doors to the public – see historic sites including the office where Lenin worked in the early 1900s.
🗓️ Mon 4th May, 11am-3pm
📍 Farringdon
🪦 Cemetery secrets
Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park was one of London’s first privately owned burial sites not in a place of worship. Join the park manager for a guided walk exploring its hidden histories.
🗓️ Mon 4th May, 6-7pm
📍 Mile End
And for dessert...
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🩴 As the weather gets warmer, I’ve got my eye on these lightweight sandals, (particularly because they’re made from sustainably sourced leather!). I’ll be going for the sleek black “ilot oak” pair. - Clementine
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🌱 One of our lovely readers runs a free weekly gardening club at Leyton Boundary Garden (right by Leyton Midland Rd station) every Sat – & this week there’s also a plant sale on. No need to book, just show up!
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