5 September – 19 September

What'shappeningin London

Markets, gigs, late openings, talks and free things to do. A short list, picked by hand, new every week.

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Everything that's on

5 September – 19 September

Saturday5 September

  • Food11:30Outdoors

    Meatopia London

    Meatopia's own site describes up to 75 live-fire chefs each serving a single curated dish cooked over wood or charcoal, with early-bird entry 30 minutes before the public opening.

    Tobacco DockWappingVenue

  • Nightlife23:59After darkRare

    FOLD: Bassiani (Extended)

    FOLD's own listing bills it as two rooms for fifteen hours, the Georgian club's first takeover of a London venue on this scale.

    FOLDCanning TownVenue

Sunday6 September

  • Culture17:15Rare

    The Room with Tommy Wiseau Live

    Wiseau attends and does a live Q&A at every single screening of this run, and audiences are told to arrive 30 minutes early to meet him beforehand.

    Prince Charles CinemaLeicester SquareVenue

Monday7 September

  • Talks18:00Free

    Gresham College: Why Do We Need Empathy?

    This is the inaugural lecture of Professor Jane Shaw as the new Provost of Gresham College, an institution that has given free public lectures in the City since 1597.

    Barnard's Inn HallHolbornVenue

Saturday12 September

  • Openings10:00FreeFamily

    V&A x London Design Festival: Awakenings

    The V&A's own page confirms new commissions woven into its permanent galleries rather than a paid exhibition, including an Uzbek embroidery piece built with a bespoke AI model.

    V&A South KensingtonSouth KensingtonVenue

  • Seasonal10:30FreeOutdoorsFamily

    St Katharine Docks Classic Boat Festival

    The marina's own page confirms over 50 vessels across the central and west basins, including genuine Dunkirk Little Ships not normally moored in central London.

    St Katharine DocksTower HillVenue

  • Nightlife23:00After dark

    FOLD: METAXY001 (Extended)

    FOLD's own page describes entry as "uncertain" even with a ticket, which is the club's usual way of keeping capacity tight on its extended nights.

    FOLDCanning TownVenue

Sunday13 September

  • Culture11:00FreeRare

    Open House: Trellick Tower Tour

    Trellick Tower is a private residential block; this Open House tour is one of the only days of the year it lets visitors into the building and one resident's actual flat.

    Trellick TowerNorth KensingtonVenue

  • Culture14:00Rare

    Cafe OTO: Evan Parker Matinee

    This is a matinee slot unique to Parker's residency at OTO, pairing a piece titled for John Coltrane with his Trance Map duo and a dedicated percussion quartet.

    Cafe OTODalstonVenue

Friday18 September

  • Food18:15Rare

    Migrateful: Tajik Cookery Class

    Migrateful's own site lists this among its current classes; its chefs are refugees and migrants, and the £60 fee funds their training and hospitality qualifications.

    Migrateful Cookery School LondonClerkenwellVenue

Saturday19 September

  • Nightlife14:00After darkRare

    The Cause: Summer Closing Festival

    The Cause's own listing confirms ESG's set as their last ever London show, on a bill with Gilles Peterson and a five-hour Horse Meat Disco slot.

    The CauseCanning TownVenue

  • Nightlife23:00After dark

    Phonox: Len Faki + Alba Heidari

    Phonox's own listing has this running 23:00 to 05:00, a rare London club date for a DJ better known for marathon Berghain sets.

    PhonoxBrixtonVenue

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10 parts of town

This week

12 things, across 10 parts of town, between 5 September – 19 September. Among them: Meatopia London in Wapping, FOLD: Bassiani (Extended) in Canning Town and The Room with Tommy Wiseau Live in Leicester Square.

Free

Gresham College: Why Do We Need Empathy? in Holborn, V&A x London Design Festival: Awakenings in South Kensington and St Katharine Docks Classic Boat Festival in Tower Hill.

After dark

Running late tonight or this week: FOLD: Bassiani (Extended) in Canning Town, FOLD: METAXY001 (Extended) in Canning Town and The Cause: Summer Closing Festival in Canning Town.

Outdoors

Meatopia London in Wapping and St Katharine Docks Classic Boat Festival in Tower Hill. None of them move indoors, so check the sky first.

Where

Canning Town, Brixton, Clerkenwell, Dalston, Holborn, Leicester Square, North Kensington, South Kensington, Tower Hill and Wapping.

What this is

A game about discovering London. You go somewhere, touch in on your phone like a card on a yellow reader, and find out what you were standing next to. It pays you XP and crumbs and fills in your map. This list lives inside it. Coming to the App Store for iPhone.

Previous fortnights

28 August – 1 September

25 August – 26 August

Made in London

A game about discovering London. Go somewhere, touch in, and find out what you were standing next to. This list lives inside it, along with the rest of London.

Coming to the App Store

  1. Go somewhere

    Anywhere from the Tower to a milestone nobody stops at.

  2. Touch in

    Hold your phone up like a card to a yellow reader. It beeps, it goes green.

  3. Find out

    What you were standing next to, and the bit you did not know.

  4. Get paid

    XP, a handful of crumbs, and something drawn for your collection.

  5. Climb

    Levels, shelves to fill, and the map colouring in behind you.

  6. Go again

    It knows where you have been, and has an idea about where you have not.

The Path: stops along a winding route through London, with Oscar standing on the one you have reached.

The Path

Your London as a route. Everything behind you is in colour, everything ahead is pale.

A case of badges, three of them earned and the rest still in silhouette.

The case

Badges for things nobody sets out to do. Both banks of the river. Somewhere before it opened.

The Loft: Oscar wearing goggles, with more things to put on him below.

The Loft

Crumbs are what a pigeon deals in. This is what he spends them on.