It’s going to be a warm one! (no, not a typo) so spring into spring this Bank Holiday weekend with some of these choice picks!

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Encourage little ones to channel their inner Einsteins and Marie Curies at this family friendly science event on the river.

Highlights at the Imagination Lab’s Get Into Science with OKIDO day include getting hands on with electro dough, the opportunity to make a working lung model and creating your own callipers!

Sun 6th May, 10.30am – 12pm: Get Into Science with OKIDO
Institute of Imagination, Imagination Lab, The Workshop 26 Lambeth High Street, SE1 7AG
From £4 – For more info click here

Ahh, me hearties, unleash your (urban) inner sea dog this weekend at the IWA Canalway Cavalcade!

The boating procession and festival is the largest of its kind in the capital. Highlights at the Little Venice gala this year include a Best Dressed Boat pageant, a day time concert in Norfolk Square Gardens, a puppet theatre barge and a floating classroom.

There’ll also be Morris dancing and lots of snacks and drinks options too for when you get peckish. And best of all, activities are FREE.

Sat 5th – Mon 7th May: IWA Canalway Cavalcade
Little Venice, W9
FREE – For more info click here

If you can’t wait until Octoberfest for a woozy one of Teutonic tipples head straight for the Bavarian Beer House Spring Festival.

Guests at either boozehall can enjoy Oompah music, dancing and of course endless beers in massive steins served up by costumed servers. Entry costs a fiver and includes shot of Jaeger to get the party started. Prost!

Thurs May 3rd – Sat May 5th: Bavarian Beer House Spring Festival
Bavarian Beerhouse, 190 City Road, EC1V 2QH 
or The Arches, 9 Crutched Friars London EC3N 2AU
£5, pre-booking mandatory. To buy a spot/for more info click here

Get down to two days of gungey greatness at Slime London’s FREE pop-up.

The two day event at Gallery Different includes your chance to put your hands in the goo, a floam- inspired ball pit plus masterclasses in how to make the gloop. It’s the stuff of millennial dreams!

Sat 5th & Sun 6th May, 10am – 7pm: Slime London
Gallery Different, 14 Percy Street, W1T 1DR
Entry FREE (classes cost extra). To register and for more info click here

It’s going to be a sunny one so this is a perfect way to laze around on a Sunday afternoon with a beer. Go and discover all things Poland at the Days of Poland Festival.

Expect dance, prominent Polish musicians and for the kids – face painting and giant bubble shows;