The heatwave is well and truly back (enjoy the break?) so we’ve been looking at some of our top places to enjoy the sun this weekend.
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Get down to Guildhall for some FREE outdoor circus. Award-wining acrobats, Upswing will be retelling Hans Christian Andersen’s The Red Shoes using a stunning combination of death-defying stunts, aerial gymnastics, Chinese pole and dance.
Fellow all-female troupe Motionhouse will also be performing their high octane dance and acrobatic show inside a giant cage!
Fri 3rd Aug, 6pm – 10pm: Upswing/Motionhouse at Guildhall
Guildhall Yard, Aldermanbury EC2V 7HH
FREE – just show up. For more info click here
Go to the movies for FREE. Every Saturday in August Regent’s Place will be showing a family-friendly film as part of its Summer Cinema Season.
The selection will be screened each weekend at 3pm on the jumbo screen in the Plaza at Regent’s Place, complete with astro turf and deckchairs/ This weekend it’s the Greatest Showman. Just rock up and enjoy.
Every Saturday in August, 3pm: Summer Cinema Season at the Plaza at Regent’s Place
The Plaza, 338 Euston Rd, London NW1 3BG
FREE – just show up and grab a chair! For more info click here
Head down for a fun day of live music, specialist cuisine, traditional fashion and colourful arts and craft at the African Market in Camden Town.
Other highlights at the FREE event include face painting for kids while visitors (of all ages) can also take part in a live drumming circle.
Sat 4th Aug (& 1st Sep), 10am – 7pm: African Music, Food & Craft Market at Camden Market
Camden Lock Place, Camden Market, NW1 8AF
FREE – just show up. For more info click here
Unleash your inner geek/vintage lover/history buff/airplane enthusiast inside yourself and make straight for the FREE Croydon Airport Open Day.
There’ll be interactive displays, visual images and exhibits telling the story of the airport from a World War One airfield, vital Battle Of Britain air strip, international flight hub leading up to its closure in 1959. Fascinating fact; Croydon features the world’s oldest Air Traffic Control Tower!
Sun Aug 5th, (and the first Sunday of the month): 11am – 4pm: Croydon Airport open day
Airport House, Purley Way, Croydon, CR0 0XZ
FREE – just show up. For more info click here
Want to escape the sun?
Take advantage of our Skint exclusive offer for amazing discounted £10 tickets for the fabulous musical, Carmen la Cubana at Sadlers Wells on Sunday night.
Eat delicious tapas in Soho for half-price with our Skint exclusive offer
Lap up the air con and take little ones to see Teen Titans Go! The Movie – it’s good, read our review here
Check out the FREE centenary Nelson Mandela exhibition on the Southbank