The capital’s best free events from March 23-29th
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Welcome to another roundup of London’s best free events this week, plus recommendations, discount codes, two(!) free-to-enter competitions and SO much more. We hope you love reading this edition as much as we loved putting it together!
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MONDAY
🚨 Last chance exhibits
It’s the last week to see Emergency Exits (IWM), London Parks & Gardens (Garden Museum), Are You Better Yet? (FujiFilm) & Quantum Untangled (Science Gallery).
🗓️ Until Sun 29th Mar
📍 Various locations
🍕 ‘Mega Monday’
Looking for a super-cheap bite to eat tonight? Italian pizza/pasta chain Prezzo is offering mains for just 99p today only – sign up here to claim the offer (pre-booking essential).
🗓️ Mon 23rd Mar, various times
📍 Various locations
TUESDAY
🤣 Laugh out loud
Fancy watching talented emerging comedians for FREE? Head to The Roxy this Tues to see a host of comics perform five mins of their best material, & vote for your favourites.
🗓️ Tues 24th Mar, 7-9pm
📍 Tottenham Court Road
🎙️ ‘Rewind & Unwind’
This one sounds wholesome: the social enterprise Harmonize Cafe is hosting an intimate, candlelit live “gypsy jazz” music performance, accompanied by vegan food.
🗓️ Tues 24th Mar, 6-9pm
📍 Stoke Newington
WEDNESDAY
🎎 In the shadows
Discover “tholpavakoothu” – an ancient form of Keralan puppet-making – at this week’s Creative Encounters workshop at the Southbank Centre. Choose a traditional classical character to reproduce in paper form, creating your own beautiful puppet to take home.
🗓️ Weds 25th March, 6-8.30pm
📍 Waterloo
🦇 Going batty
Learn more about the spooky winged friends who call Brixton Windmill home at this free evening bat walk, led by a local environment expert. No booking required, just turn up!
🗓️ Weds 25th Mar, from 6.30pm
📍 Brixton
🤱🏻 Rocking the cradle
Head to 67 York Street Gallery for The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, a pop-up exhibit featuring “powerful” artworks exploring & celebrating the themes of motherhood & nurturing.
🗓️ Weds 25th-Sun 29th Mar
📍 Marylebone
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THURSDAY
🎥 No way to make a living
Pour yourself a cup of ambition at a screening of the fabulous 1980s feminist classic, 9 to 5, at Deptford Lounge. (On that note, Deptford Literature Festival runs this week.)
🗓️ Thurs 26th Mar, 6.45-8.45pm
📍 Deptford
👴 ‘The Coming of Age’
One in 10 UK children will live beyond 100, so it’s a good time for the Wellcome Collection to be exploring experiences & perceptions of ageing in a major new exhibit.
🗓️ Thurs 26th Mar-Sun 29th Nov
📍 Euston Square
FRIDAY
🪩 Open ‘til late
There are several big museum lates this week: Player/Performer at the V&A & a samurai late at the British Museum on Fri, & a Star Trek late at the Science Museum on Thurs.
🗓️ Fri 27th Mar, various times
📍 South Kensington/Holborn
🌷 Spring has sprung
Peruse the work of leading designers & makers from around the UK at this year’s Handmade in Highgate Spring Fair, at the Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution.
🗓️ Fri 27th-Sun 29th Mar
📍 Highgate
SAT - SUN
🎶 Isn’t she lovely?
Throw it back to the 1970s at a Disco ‘n’ Funk Classics show hosted by Ninety One, a new pub in the heart of the East End. Jazz-soul singer Connie Eliza & her band will perform hits by Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross & many more 70s icons.
🗓️ Sat 28th March, from 7pm
📍 Shoreditch High Street
💎 Diamond of the season
Lady Whistledown reports that this Sat is the last day to catch this Bridgerton-themed pop-up at Liberty: there’s even a chance to peek at Benedict’s bohemian chambers.
🗓️ Until Sat 28th Mar
📍 Oxford Circus
👂 ‘Deep listening’
This pop-up exhibit promises a meditative deep listening experience exploring “what constitutes a sacred space in a secular society”, at Southby Soundscape Studios.
🗓️ Sat 28th-Sun 29th Mar
📍 Hackney Central
🧴 Spring skincare treats
MooGoo Skincare is popping up at Prince Pharmacy in Westfield London this Sat with spring sweet treats, sensitive skin goodie bags, massages & more. There’ll also be a wellness talk/Q&A (at 2pm) with celeb dermatologist Dr Adel, covering sensitive skin & scalp care.
🗓️ Sat 28th March, 11am-4pm
📍 White City
🎹 Tinkle the ivories
Celebrate this year’s Piano Day at this romantic piano recital on the Thames at Tower Bridge Moorings, with optional donations to the Museum of Homelessness.
🗓️ Sun 29th Mar, 12.30-6pm
📍 Bermondsey
🌳 I’m a survivor
Channel your inner Bear Grylls at this survival skills walk in Epping Forest, where you’ll learn, among other things, how to make a fire in the wild. Meet at Theydon Bois tube.
🗓️ Sun 29th Mar, 11am-2.30pm
📍 Theydon Bois
LOOKING AHEAD
🧵 Reuse & repair furniture, clothes, & electronics with the help of experienced fixers at two book-in-advance events hosted by the Islington Fixers on Sat 18th April.
🍿 The non-profit Theatreship in the Docklands hosts a free “mystery cinema” evening every Weds. It’s been selling out recently, so book ahead for 1st April here.
🛼 A landmark celebration of skateboarding is opening at the Southbank Centre on Thurs 30th April, with pay-what-you-can tickets available.
And for dessert...
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💄 One of our lovely readers is hosting this workshop at The People’s Letters in Bethnal Green on Sun, all about ways to creatively recycle your expired or unused beauty products. Tickets start from £5!
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