The Easter experience

EASTER 🐣 Charing Cross
Fri, 12 & 3.15pm

The Passion of Jesus - a full-scale, 90-min re-enactment commemorating Good Friday - is returning to Trafalgar Square. Expect a cast of 100+ actors & volunteers, as well as horses, donkeys & doves.

Sing your heart out

PARTY 🎉 Hoxton
Fri, from 10.30pm

Every other Fri, Sebright Arms - a great indie venue off Hackney Road - hosts Paradise Karaoke, a free karaoke party. We also love the sound of their ‘Bargain Bingo Disco’ taking place on Tues…

Good Friday Party

PARTY 🎶 Blackhorse Road
Fri, 2pm-2am

Big Penny Social is throwing a free-entry Good Friday Party, described as “a mega garden fiesta”. Music will be provided by a band called Truly Medley Deeply(!), who turn the best parts of songs you love into medleys.

Earth Day at the farm

OUTDOORS 🦋 Vauxhall
Sat, 10.30am-4pm

Celebrate Earth Day at Vauxhall City Farm, which is hosting a special event to honour our planet & promote sustainability. There will be heaps of free activities, from “wild face painting” to a film club for kids.

A vintage activity

MARKET 🛍️ Monument
Sat, 12-5pm

The Vintage Furniture & Flea Market - a paradise for lovers of mid-century furniture, retro home décor & vintage fashion from the 1920s-2000s - returns to the historic Leadenhall Market this Sat.

Competition time! 🍿

We’re giving away three VIP tickets to a special screening of Havoc, a hotly anticipated new action thriller starring Tom Hardy.

The screening will take place at a Central London location at 7pm on Thurs April 24, & it will be followed by a Q&A with director Gareth Evans (The Raid, Gangs of London) & action design/stunt coordinator Jude Poyer.

The winners will be picked from the Cheapskate club - our membership scheme for supporters. We’re currently running a 50% off sale, so it’s £2.50/month or £25 to join. If you sign up by Monday evening, you’ll be in the running (plus you’ll get automatic entry into all of our future competitions).

🧡 Help keep us going by joining the Cheapskate club today! 🧡

A chocoholic’s dream

FOOD/MARKET 🤤 Battersea PS
Fri-Mon, 10am-6pm

Over the long weekend, Battersea Power Station’s historic Turbine Hall B is hosting The Chocolate Station - a first-of-its-kind market where stalls will be selling a whole range of delicious, chocolate-based creations.

Easter Wonderland

KIDS/MARKET 🛍️ Wembley
Sat, 11am-3pm

Easter Wonderland Wembley Park will see free Easter activities run for families in Market Square (no booking required). There’s also a special Easter edition of the Wembley Park Farmers’ Market that day.

War and the Mind

EXHIBIT 🧐 Lambeth North
Until Apr 27

There are just a couple of days left to visit War and the Mind, a fascinating exhibit at IWM London which explores war’s many psychological dimensions, from World War One to the present day.

Any excuse for a party

MUSIC 🪩 Old Street
Sun, from 7.30pm

The Old Blue Last - the legendary east-end boozer which used to be owned by Vice (& was a brothel before then) - is throwing a party “for no reason whatsoever”. Expect live folk-rock music, plus a DJ.

St George’s Day party

FESTIVAL 🎉 Charing Cross
Mon, 12-6pm

The Mayor of London is hosting a free festival celebrating English culture in Trafalgar Square on St George’s Day. There’ll be Morris dancing, a Ceilidh, folk tunes, a carnival & something called “The Silly Olympic Games”…

And another competition! ☕️

Coffee lovers, this one’s for you!

We’ve teamed up with Yolk – the sandwich, coffee & breakfast chain with sites across central London. Yolk recently launched a coffee subscription & we’re giving away six free months of their PremierBrew membership (usually £40 per month) to celebrate!

PremierBrew members get three barista-made drinks per day - plus triple loyalty points to swap for treats, all day every day. 

To enter the draw, sign up to Yolk's ClassicBrew using the promo code CHEAPSKATE. You’re free to cancel at any time, no strings attached. Anyone using the code will get ClassicBrew for free for three months (usually £10 per month), plus entry into this competition. Good luck! 

That’s So Last Century

MARKET 🛍️ Beckenham Hill
Mon, 10am-5pm

Beckenham Place Mansion is opening its doors for So Last Century - a free-entry pop-up market featuring 50 of the best vintage traders around. There’ll also be street food on offer.

Tokyo-London merger

FOOD/SHOP 🥟 King’s Cross
Thurs-Mon, 11am-6pm

All long weekend, Lower Stable Street will be transformed into Shōtengai Market - a mix of stalls run by small businesses selling pan-Asian food & homeware.