ART ✨ Aldgate, until March 15

Immersive artworks

Elysian Arcs, a free outdoor immersive light & sound installation featuring five 20ft-high, rainbow-coloured arcs, opens today at the foot of The Cheesegrater skyscraper.

SCIENCE 🦖 Piccadilly, until Thurs

Dino-mite display

There are just a few days left to check out a life-sized replica of a skeleton of a Megalosaurus (that’s a non-avian dinosaur, to you & me) at the Upper Library of the Geological Society.

LEARN 🎶 Vauxhall, various times

Opera open house

Interested in learning about opera in a fun & interactive way? Book a spot at one of several free 45-min workshops at The Foundry (no prior musical knowledge or experience is needed!).

EXHIBIT 🖼️ Richmond, until March 9

A silky smooth show

It’s the final week of Artificial Silk: From Kew to the World, an interesting exhibition at the Museum of Richmond exploring “a little-known local invention with a tremendous global impact”.

EXHIBIT 💰 Bank, until Sept 2025

The Future of Money

Can the tooth fairy go cashless? Are cryptoassets money? Who decides how we pay? These are questions being explored by the Bank of England’s new exhibit, The Future of Money.

EXHIBIT 📸 Hoxton, until April 6

Nature vs. industry

It’s the opening of Edward Burtynsky: New Works - a new photography exhibition at Flowers Gallery exploring the impact of humanity’s interaction with the natural world.

Competition time! 🍽️

We’re extremely excited to be giving away a pair of tickets (worth £60+ each) to Faulty Towers: The Dining Experience, the immersive (and majority improvised!) dining phenomenon where audiences enjoy a three-course meal and five-star comedy.

To enter the draw, simply refer a friend to Cheapskate by sending them this link (it contains your personalised referral code): https://cheapskate-london.beehiiv.com/subscribe?ref=PLACEHOLDER.

Once they’ve signed up, you’ll be entered & we’ll then pick a name at random. Good luck! 🤞

OPEN MIC 🎙️ Bethnal G, 6.30-9.30

Queerness extravaganza

As a celebration of queer history month, St Margaret’s House is hosting a special open mic night & variety show “featuring performances from the best of London’s talent”.

WEBINAR ✍️ virtual, 7-8pm

Exploring arts journalism

Interested in breaking into, building & maintaining a career in arts journalism? Art UK & Women in Journalism Scotland are hosting an “informal” panel event plus a Q&A.

MUSIC 🎶 Thurs-Sat, various times

Tomorrow’s Sound

Pirate, the world’s largest network of music studios, is setting up a pop-up DJ booth in a “secret Shoreditch location”. 100+ DJs will perform 15-min sets (ft. some surprise headliners).

EXHIBIT 🎸 Not. Hill, until March 5

Time to Paint It Black

Rolling Stones fan? You won’t want to miss Elegantly Wasted, a J/M Gallery exhibition of original, previously unseen photographs of the band taken at their decadent peak.

We’re co-hosting an event!

After a tonne of interest last week, we’ve opened up more spots for our free harmonising your hormones talk with certified nutritionist and FLOR founder Mollie Huckerby.

Sign up here to join the free lunchtime webinar from 12.30-1pm on March 5.

Mollie is also offering free PCOS 121 discovery calls to Cheapskate subscribers (worth £100). Interested? Send an email to Mollie quoting “Cheapskate” to set up a time.

EXHIBIT 🛟 Greenwich, from Sat

Life savers & trailblazers

Saturday marks the opening of Women of the RNLI, a new exhibition at the National Maritime Museum celebrating the work of women in the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.

EXHIBIT 👩‍🎤 Goodge St, until Mar 20

One day of David Bowie

David Bowie: A London Day, a stunning exhibition of photos of the legendary musician taken over the course of a single day (Dec 13 1992), is free to visit for a limited time at The Fitzrovia Chapel.