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Hey Neighbour,
Obviously the best pizza in London is in North London. Time Out just crowned Ozzy’s Apizza in Finsbury Park, New Haven-style pies inside The Bedford Tavern. The launch is tonight and I’m going. Are you?
Second thing. We’ve started documenting the This Is Me event, the whole journey of putting it together, the good and the bad. The first video is live. Have a watch.
—Maryam
PS - if you attend any events listed, feel free to tag on Instagram stories and share how it's all going.
Plan Your Weekend:
👀 Got Something To Show Us?
📋 Round Up ( bits and bobs worth knowing)
🎭 If An Art Installation And A Rave Had A Baby…
🔔 Down The Road
⭐ Top Events
👀 Got Something To Show Us?
Last week, I shared that My North London and The Avieli Arthouse are bringing a Community Show ’n’ Tell to Colindale on 27 November.
A few of you replied asking how to take part, so here we go!
We're looking for local people who'd like to share something they've made or created. Maybe you paint, take photographs, sew, write poetry, make music or have another creative hobby.
The idea is simple: bring something to show, or perform something, and tell us the story about it.
You don't have to be a professional. We're just as interested in the things people make at home, in their spare time.
Sound like you? Fill in our short form and tell us what you'd like to share.
📋 Round Up
Bits and bobs worth knowing.
🦷 Can’t find an NHS dentist? A High Barnet dentist built a free website to help: Dr Majid Saeed has been a dentist in High Barnet for 20 years and sees how many people struggle to find an NHS appointment. So he built Odenta, a free platform that matches patients with dental practices that have spare NHS appointments.
🎄 St Pancras has built a spinning advent calendar:This year’s 11-metre Christmas tree is based on a German Christmas pyramid. Three tiers slowly rotate to show German landscapes and landmarks, with 24 little windows around the base. From 1 December a new window opens every day, along with a competition to win Eurostar tickets to Germany and hotel stays.
🏆 Tottenham’s Nigerian tapas restaurant Chuku’s just won a national award: Chuku’s won People’s Choice of the Year at the BIH Spotlight Awards 2026, which celebrate Black and ethnic minority talent in UK hospitality.
🧥 Got a coat you never wear? Someone else needs it: Wrap Up London is collecting warm coats, hats, gloves and scarves from 2 to 22 November for charities helping people through winter. Children’s coats welcome. No fur. Drop-off points across North London include libraries (staffed hours only), fire stations at Islington, Kentish Town, Stoke Newington, Wembley and Harrow, and pubs including the Bull & Gate in Kentish Town and the Duke of York in St John’s Wood. Safestores in Holloway, Stoke Newington, St John’s Wood and Wembley also take donations.
🎭 If An Art Installation And A Rave Had A Baby...
Meet Lighthouse, a part gig, part theatre show where the audience watches from the stage instead of the seats. You'll be standing right where the performance unfolds, rather than watching it from the auditorium.
Credit: Karol Wynszynski
Musician Jez Colborne takes you into the strange world of a lighthouse keeper who's been alone at sea for decades. His soundtrack draws on jungle, drum & bass and breakbeat, while projections, film and movement bring the story to life.
And then the performance transforms into a 90-minute rave for audiences to join in.
It's happening at artsdepot in North Finchley for one weekend only. This is a standing performance, so comfortable shoes are a good idea.
Lighthouse | 📍artsdepot, N12 | 21 & 22 November | From £15
** Full transparency: this is a paid partnership with Artsdepot
🔔 Down The Road
New places you should know about
📚 Persephone Books (W1): the publisher and bookshop is back in London after five years, in the old Pollock’s Toy Museum building on Scala Street. They dig up forgotten twentieth century women writers and put them back in print, all 155 titles in matching grey covers with patterned endpapers. Open Wednesday to Saturday, though the building’s still being restored so expect a sprinkle chaos. (yes it’s a W postcode, but it’s in Camden)
🥖 The Dusty Knuckle (N4): the much loved bakery has opened its third site, on Blackstock Road. Sourdough, doorstep sandwiches and a proper sit-in cafe this time, in the old Il Cavaliere spot. They’re also a social enterprise, training up and employing young people who’ve been through the criminal justice system. I went along to the opening night with Joe from Finsbury Park Focus and looking forward to going again.
🍷 Yield (N1): the wine shop and bar has opened a third North London site, on Essex Road. Natural wines, made with minimal intervention, plus cheese and charcuterie. Settle in with a glass or pick up a bottle to take home.
Something opening down your road?
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⭐️ Top Events
Gladiators Live | 📍OVO Arena Wembley, HA9 | 7 - 8 November | (£)
The BBC reboot of Gladiators sold out arenas across the UK last year, and the live show is back at Wembley for two days. Contenders take on the Gladiators in the fan-favourite events, finishing with the Eliminator. Two shows each day, four chances to go. Under 14s must be accompanied by an adult.
Spice Girls Pop-Up at UMusic Camden | 📍UMusic Shop, The Stables Market, NW1 | 6 - 8 November | Free
Girl Power turns 30, and UMusic Camden is marking it with a Spice Girls pop-up at The Stables Market. Camden-exclusive Wannabe hoodie, a dedicated listening area with music videos and behind-the-scenes footage, the new 14 x 7" coloured vinyl box set, and Spice Girls cocktails and mocktails at the in-store bar.
Nick Sharratt at West Green Market | 📍Harris Primary Academy Philip Lane, N15 | 7 November | Free
Nick Sharratt is the author and illustrator behind Shark in the Park, one of the most loved children’s picture books around. He’s coming to West Green Market in Tottenham for a live storytime at 11.30am, with books to buy on the day. Remember back in June when we featured Lucy Ansa-Addo of LAOXA and her community rug project at the market? This Saturday she’s unveiling the finished Shark in the Park rug, made section by section by local people, which goes on permanent display at the school. 10am to 2pm.
Keats Community Library Autumn Book Sale | 📍Keats Community Library, NW3 | 7 November | Free
Keats Community Library sits next door to the house where John Keats wrote Ode to a Nightingale, and twice a year it clears the shelves for a book sale. Poetry, novels, crime, art, history, biography, cookery, children’s books and more, most priced at £3 to £4, some from £1. 10am to 5pm.
OmVed Gardens November Open Day | 📍OmVed Gardens, N6 | 8 November | Free
OmVed is a regenerative garden tucked into a Highgate hillside, and most of the time you need a ticket to get in. This Sunday it’s free. Garden tour, an art exhibition in the barn, a hedgehog talk from Growing Green, the seed library and seasonal food from the kitchen.
Mildmay Community Food Project: Final Celebration | 📍Mildmay Community Centre, N16 | 7 November | Free
For two years, Mildmay Community Food Project has been working with local people to build healthy soil and grow food in Islington, and this Saturday is their last event as funding ends. They just won the Community Impact Award at Islington in Bloom, so they’re going out on a high. Come and celebrate with mushroom growing, wild clay pottery, natural dye making, soil microscopy, food and music.
TINY Bookshop Launch | 📍Willesden Green Station, NW2 | 7 November | Free
TINY is a new independent bookshop opening at Willesden Green Station, with its entire programme of events run by young people. The launch day has poetry readings, live music, storytelling and making workshops. From midday, come and say hello.
North London Vintage Market | 📍Hornsey Parish Church Hall, N10 | 7 - 8 November | Free
Mid-century ceramics, 50s to 70s fabrics, vintage clothing, vinyl, retro furniture, kitchenalia, books, jewellery and curiosities in a Crouch End church hall. Saturday 10am to 5pm, Sunday 1pm to 5pm.
Forty Hall Farmers Market | 📍Forty Hall Farm, EN2 | 8 November | Free
The only farmers market in London set on a working organic farm. Fill your bag with produce straight from Forty Hall Farm, veg from the market garden and wine from the vineyard on site. Street food and refreshments throughout. 10am to 3pm.
Highgate Art Fair | 📍Highgate Primary School, N6 | 6 - 8 November | (£)
Independent artists, galleries and collectives filling a Victorian school hall in Highgate village for a weekend. Kids have their own exhibition and workshops running alongside, so it’s genuinely one for the whole family.
Wembley Park Diwali Weekend | 📍Market Square, Wembley Park, HA9 | 6 - 8 November | Free
The Diwali Market on Market Square runs Saturday and Sunday with 25 traders selling street food, mithai, jewellery, textiles and homeware. Free henna on Friday, Speaker Box dance party on Saturday, classical music and Dhol2Dhol on Sunday, plus Bollyqueer and Rangoli throughout. 10am to 7pm.
St Martin’s Lantern Procession | 📍Graham Street Park, N1 | 7 November | Free
St Martin’s Day is a centuries-old European tradition, particularly in Germany, where children carry handmade lanterns through the streets after dark singing songs about St Martin of Tours, a Roman soldier turned bishop who became a symbol of generosity. The Friends of Graham Street Park are bringing it to Islington this Saturday, a lantern walk through the park with traditional songs and the story of St Martin. Bring your own lantern or any light, an instrument if you have one. Snacks and drinks on sale.
Desire Paths | 📍Epitome Studio, N16 | 7 November | (Free/£)
Latebulletin brings five multidisciplinary artists together at Stamford Works for a day exhibition and evening supper club. Photography, textiles, ceramics, poetry and a print installation exploring our relationship with nature, plus the first issue of a new magazine. There’s also a letter-writing station where you write to yourself and they post it back to you in the New Year. Exhibition free, 11am to 5pm. The three-course dinner runs 6.30pm to 10pm at £33 a head, wine on arrival included.
DARÉ: A Live Encounter with Sound | 📍Bernie Grant Arts Centre,N15 | 6 - 7 November | (£)
A daré is a traditional Shona gathering space, the kind of circle where communities in Zimbabwe come together to share wisdom, settle disputes and heal. Zimbabwean-born London artist Shumba Maasai has taken that concept and built an immersive show around it, spatial audio that surrounds you, scent design, visuals and live music, all working together to create something closer to a ritual than a concert.
Click below to see full weekend list.👇
✨ Where To Watch Fireworks This Weekend
Its Bonfire Night today, here’s a full guide of where to watch fireworks this weekend including my personal favourite at Ally Pally.
👀 Spotted
Caught our eye, might catch yours
🎤 Archway Christmas Cracker is looking for Islington-based performers to take part in its festive event at Navigator Square N19 on Wednesday 25th November, 3pm to 7pm. Musicians, choirs, dancers, street performers all welcome. Up to 2,000 attendees have come to previous events, so a decent audience.
🎄 Muswell Hill’s Christmas tree outside the Everyman Cinema needs saving. Haringey Council has put in £1,000 but the community needs to raise £3,500 by 15th November to cover the tree, installation and costs.
🎁 Help for Hunger needs volunteers this Christmas to help get hampers to local families. Packing, delivering, sorting donations and driving, with shift slots across two windows: 1st to 4th December and 8th to 10th December. Email [email protected] to register your interest.
💼 Trent Park House of Secrets in Enfield is hiring a Membership Manager to develop supporter and patron schemes for the museum. It’s a freelance role at £300 per day, running Autumn 2026 to Autumn 2027, with days agreed flexibly. Apply by Monday 16th November.
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🎟️ Heads Up
Upcoming events you should consider booking in advance or planning ahead for. In and out of North London. Events marked with (£) require a ticket in advance.
Gingerbread City 2026 | 📍Space House, WC2B | 28 November - 3 January | (£)
Every year, London’s leading architects build an entire city out of gingerbread. This is the 10th edition. The structures look like they belong in a fairy tale but the ideas inside them are serious, climate change, urban density, how cities might actually need to change. Just resist the temptation to eat the housing stock. From £8.50 for children, £13.50 adults.
Christmas Unwrapped with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | 📍BOXPARK Wembley, HA9 | 12 December | (£)
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra returns to BOXPARK Wembley on Olympic Way for two festive concerts, both sold out last year. The morning show is a family storytelling concert for under 11s, the elf who has to save Christmas, with live orchestra and narrator. The evening is for everyone, Christmas classics from Tchaikovsky to Mariah Carey and Wham!, with vocalists Katie Birtill and Lance Ellington from BBC Strictly, followed by a free DJ set. Morning: adults £10, children £5. Evening: adults £15, children £7.50. Book separately.
The English Public Library 1850-1930 | 📍Belsize Community Library, NW3 | 19 November | Free
Belsize Library is officially listed as a building of special architectural and historic interest, partly thanks to the work of this talk’s speaker. Susie Barson, Senior Architectural Historian at Historic England, led the 2016 national survey that secured that status, and she’s coming to Belsize to explain what makes Victorian and Edwardian library buildings architecturally significant, and which ones across the country are most worth saving. £5 suggested donation, 7.30pm.
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