The summer may be drawing to a close – cue, sad face emoji 😞- but there’s still loads going on across the capital. Here’s our top things on offer this weekend.
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For a day of family friendly FREE entertainment, make straight for Elefest (pictured above) in Elephant and Castle. Highlights this year include Movement Factory’s dance workshop, music from Ska legend Don Letts plus an outdoor screening of The Wizard Of Oz.
History and entertainment buffs can also explore former resident Charlie Chaplin’s old haunts on a guided walk. For the little ones there’ll be children’s story telling at lunchtime and, for the peckish, a street food and a farmers’ market.
Saturday 2nd Sept, 12pm – late: Elefest
Castle Square, Elephant Road, SE17 1LB
FREE – just turn up. For more info click here
For a full on thrill for the senses head over to Richer Sounds in Shoreditch where they’re putting on the SSFX Short-Film Festival.
It’s an awards event with a difference; organisers have challenged movie makers from around the world to make video shorts using a series of weird sounds from space. (SSFX stand for Space Sound Effects.) There’ll be a Q&A and drinks after the films are shown and prizes awarded.
Saturday 2nd Sept, 1.30pm – 3.30pm: SSFX Short-Film Festival
Richer Sounds, 44 Artillery Lane, E1 7LS
For more info and to book your £5 ticket click here. 18+
Get over to east London for a FREE canal-side street party to celebrate the local community’s past, present and future.
Discover Poplar will feature interactive stalls – including biscuit decorating, print screening and soap making – celebrating the east London neighbourhood’s industrious history, live music and dance performances. You’ll also have a chance to grab a FREE canoeing class taster session on the water and find out more about development plans of the local area. Everyone from everywhere welcome.
Sunday 3rd Sept, 12pm – 5pm: Discover Poplar
Cotall Street, Poplar, London E14 6TL
FREE – just turn up. For more info click here
This event is above our usual Skint tenner remit, but it is for a very special cause as it’s a charity fundraiser for those affected by the fire at Grenfell.
The #Game4Grenfell at QPR’s Loftus Road stadium features footballing legends David Seaman, Jamie Redknapp and Paul Merson as well as celebs including Jarvis Cocker, Olly Murs and Damian Lewis. The two teams will be managed by former England strikers Les Ferdinand and Alan Shearer respectively. Expect guest appearances in the build up to kick off plus at half time too. The match will also be going out live on Sky1.
Money raised from ticket sales and other fundraising connected to the match will be passed directly to the London Community Foundation for allocation to the Evening Standard Dispossessed Fund, distributing funds to survivors and the wider community affected by the fire.
QPR Chairman Tony Fernandes said: “It will take years, and in some cases a lifetime, for our community to recover from this.
“We hope this match, this event, this demonstration of support, will help, in some small way, to show that all those who have been affected are not alone. We all stand together.”
Saturday 2nd Sept, kick off 3pm: #Game4Grenfell
Loftus Road Stadium, South Africa Road, W12 7PJ
For more info and to book your £15 ticket (or £5 concessions) click here
