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Hey Neighbour,
The annual North London winter fairs & markets guide is officially in the works.
Last year so many of you said it was really useful, so it's back.
If you're organising a winter fair or market, or you know of one, fill in the form and I'll add it to the guide.
Now, over to your weekend plans.
—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:
🪑Tufnell Park Yard Sale has been running for 15 years. This year, I finally met the person behind it.
⭐ Top Events
📋 Round Up
Bits and bobs worth knowing.
🚂 Good news if you use Euston station: Euston's getting a £50m upgrade - first up, more seating, better waiting areas and actually decent toilets. And those last-minute platform announcements that send everyone sprinting? Gone within a year. Oh and Avanti West Coast - not exactly known for punctual trains - is being nationalised from March 2027. Better WiFi and 5G on the trains too while they're at it.
⚽ Spurs have been quietly trying to buy two historic Enfield buildings - who knew: Documents obtained under freedom of information laws reveal Tottenham Hotspur held secret talks to buy Whitewebbs House (currently a Toby Carvery pub restaurant) and Myddelton House, one of Enfield's prettiest historic gardens open to the public. Both moves failed. Neither is for sale. And nobody knows what Spurs actually wanted them for.
☕ Update on the campaign to keep the existing café operators at Parliament Hill Fields Lido, Queen's Park and Highgate Wood: The City of London Corporation took Hoxton Beach (who currently run all three) to court seeking eviction. On 21 September a County Court judge ruled this is too complex for a standard eviction and set a hearing for May 2027, meaning the cafés aren't changing hands any time soon. Meanwhile the bigger question is whether the City of London's original tendering process was even legal, that’s still being decided by the High Court.
🪑Tufnell Park Yard Sale has been running for 15 years. This year, I finally met the person behind it.
Tessa Wire started it with a few neighbours and her children’s outgrown things. We talked about how one street became 14, why she barely buys anything at her own yard sale, and what she thinks can happen when neighbours simply come outside, even when they have nothing to sell.
⭐️Top Events
Hampstead Heath Conker Championships | 📍Parliament Hill Bandstand, NW5 | 4 October | Free
The world conker championships, on Hampstead Heath. Turn up, pick your conker, and face your opponent in the squared conker circle, judged by the Grand Conker Meister. All ages, free, live music after. From 12.30pm.
Contents Part II | 📍Raleigh Chapel, N16 | Until 4 October | Free Raleigh Chapel in Stoke Newington was gutted by fire in 1989 and the bricks still show it. Ten artists have made jewellery, objects and furniture in response to the building and what it's been through. Daily 1pm to 7pm.
Vintage Bus Rides on the 106 | 📍Finsbury Park, N4 | 3 October | Free
Fancy going to east London in style? For one day the London Bus Museum puts 1930s to 70s buses back on the 106, running from Finsbury Park through Stoke Newington, Clapton and Hackney. Hop on at any 106 stop, no ticket, just turn up.
Big Draw Festival Launch | 📍Quentin Blake Centre, EC1R | 2 - 3 October | Free/(£)
The world's biggest drawing festival launches at the new Quentin Blake Centre in Clerkenwell, an old Victorian waterworks now given over entirely to illustration. Saturday is a free day of drawing with professional artists, open to everyone, all ages, just turn up. Friday evening is a panel with illustrators and designers on creativity and social change, ticketed. Friday 6pm, Saturday 11am to 4pm.
Bloomsbury Festival | 📍Various venues, WC1 | 1 - 31 October | Free/(£)
A month of events across Bloomsbury's museums, galleries and labs for the festival's 20th year. This year's programme includes a medical comedy night, filmmaking workshops, Diwali celebrations and museum treasure hunts. Over 150 events in total, most free or low cost.
Frieze Sculpture | 📍Regent's Park, NW1 | Until 1 November | Free
Eleven large sculptures by international artists installed across the English Gardens in Regent's Park. Free, no ticket, just walk in.
London Spanish Book & Zine Fair | 📍Conway Hall, WC1R | 3 October | Free
Writers and publishers from over 20 countries across Spain and Latin America in one Bloomsbury building for a day. Browse books from 60-plus publishers, hear poetry readings and panels, and pick up work you won't find anywhere else. Free, 10am to 4pm, arrive early.
Wolves Lane Autumn Market | 📍Wolves Lane Centre, N22 | 4 October | Free
Wolves Lane, opens up for the day as the summer growing season ends. Buy seedlings raised on site by the Wolves Lane and Black Rootz growers, take a tour of the farm, and stay for food, workshops and activities for kids. Marking the start of Black History Month. 10.30am to 4pm.
Seven Sisters Market 1st Anniversary | 📍Seven Sisters Market, N15 | 3 October | Free
Seven Sisters Market turns one and the party runs all day: live music, dance performances, a piñata-making workshop and birthday cake. Go and celebrate the traders and the community that built it. 12pm to 8pm.
Korea: 2,000 Years of Creativity | 📍British Museum, WC1B | 1 October - 31 January 2027 | (£)
Two thousand years of Korean art at the British Museum: ancient gold jewellery, Buddhist sculpture, 12th-century celadon pottery and ink landscapes through to work made in living memory. Most of it has never been shown in the UK before. Daily 10am to 5pm, Fridays until 8.30pm.
Capel Manor Open Gardens | 📍Capel Manor Gardens, EN1 | 3 October | (£)
Spend the day at Capel Manor's 30-acre estate: wander the gardens, visit the mini zoo, and eat your way through the Foodie Field with Tasty Turk, Punjabi Shack, Burger Buzz and others. The Bee and Honey Show is on the same day too. £5 per person, pre-book. 10am to 5pm.
London Latino Film Festival | 📍Various venues, London | 2 - 6 October | (£)
The first London Latino Film Festival brings 60 films from across Latin America and its diasporas to London for five days, with screenings, Q&As and industry sessions.
Day Fever | 📍Outernet Live, WC2H | 3 October | (£)
Fancy going to a daytime disco on Saturday? Day Fever, backed by Vicky McClure from Line of Duty, has been selling out cities across the UK and now it's London's turn. £19.08, over 18s, from 3pm.
Festival of the Girl | 📍Business Design Centre, N1 | 3 - 4 October | (£)
Two-day festival for girls and their families at the Business Design Centre in Islington, timed to the International Day of the Girl. Four sessions across the weekend, including a dedicated SEND session on Saturday morning.
Queen Budapest: The Concert Film Experience | 📍Roundhouse, NW1 | 3 October | (£)
Queen's final concert with Freddie Mercury, the 1986 Budapest show, screened at the Roundhouse with full concert sound. Dress up, sing every word, dance. An 80s DJ set gets it started before the film. From £42.65, 7pm.
Click below to see full weekend list.👇
🛍️ Where to have a rummage this weekend
West Green No Car Boot Sale | 📍West Green Primary School, N15 | 4 October | (£)
The West Green No Car boot sale is back. Rummage through second-hand clothes, furniture, books and homewares at West Green Primary School. Coffee and bacon butties on site. £1 adults, kids free, cash only, exact change helps. 9.30am to 12.30pm.
Ceramicists' Mart | 📍Abney Hall, N16 | 3 - 4 October | Free
Sixty-plus independent ceramicists fill Abney Hall for a whole weekend, every single stall dedicated to clay. Bowls, mugs, platters, sculptural pieces, plant pots, ceramic jewellery and things you couldn't predict. Buy directly from the person who made it and find out how. Free, 11am to 5pm both days.
Bootyfull Car Boot: Camden Vintage Market | 📍Camden Market, Hawley Wharf, NW1 | Every Saturday 3 Oct - 28 Nov | Free
Bootyfull Car Boot launches a new vintage market at Camden Market, every Saturday through October and November. Vintage fashion, records, art and jewellery. Early birds get the best bits. Free, 11am to 5pm.
👀 Spotted
Caught our eye, might catch yours
🍕 Ozzy's Apizza is taking over the kitchen at The Bedford Tavern on Seven Sisters Road from Friday 2nd October. It's New Haven-style pizza, think thin, crispy and well-charred, and it's filling the gap left by Lenny's which closed last year. Head chef Milo Oddi is Archway-born and the ingredients are mostly British, including charcuterie from Islington and cheese from Essex.
🏗️ The Mayor of London is consulting on revised plans for Archway Campus, after calling in Islington Council's decision to refuse the original scheme. The revised plans still include the 27-storey, 82-metre student tower and all 242 market-rate student rooms, while the number of general homes has dropped from 178 to 167 and affordable homes from 91 to 39. The Highgate Society is urging people to object by 5th October. You can do so via the GLA planning portal, reference P2024/2598/FUL, or email [email protected] with the same reference.
👀Apparently The Dusty Knuckle is opening on Blackstock Road in November.
🏛️ Haringey Council is holding a Town Hall at Hornsey Library on Thursday 8th October, 6pm to 8pm, where you can meet local councillors including Council Leader Cllr Mark Blake, ask questions and raise concerns. Everyone welcome.
🎄 Love Your N21 & North London Local are running two Christmas markets in Winchmore Hill, Saturday 5th December and Sunday 13th December, and they're looking for crafters, street food sellers, artists and musicians to apply for a stall.
🏃 Crouch End Run Club and West Hampstead Run Club are joining forces this Saturday 3rd October for a joint 8K run on Hampstead Heath at 10am, with coffee after. DM Crouch End Run Club to join.
🏳️🌈 LGBT Hero and Brent Council want to hear from LGBTQ+ people who live, work, study or spend time in Brent. The My LGBTQ+ Brent Survey 2026 is anonymous and aims to make sure LGBTQ+ voices shape decisions about local services and support.
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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.
Knit + Stitch | 📍Alexandra Palace, N22 | 8 - 11 October | (£)
The UK's biggest textile craft show comes back to Ally Pally. Over 200 specialist suppliers under one roof selling yarn, fabric, thread and every tool you could need, plus workshops, demos and galleries of textile art. From £15.50, under 5s free.
Cheese & Wine Tasting at Bellanger | 📍Bellanger, N1 | 8 October | (£)
Bellanger and Pistachio & Pickle Dairy, neighbours on Islington Green, spend an evening together: four cheeses, four wines, each matched and talked through by a cheesemonger.
Belsize Community Library 90th Anniversary Launch | 📍Belsize Library, NW3 | 15 October | Free
Belsize Community Library turns 90 and is throwing a party, with local resident and TV personality Victoria Coren Mitchell and MP for Hampstead and Highgate Tulip Siddiq as special guests. Live music, drinks, a new exhibition on the library's history and an exclusive short documentary. Free, book tickets in advance. 6.30pm.
Make & Mend Festival | 📍Hornsey Town Hall, Crouch End, N8 | 17 October | Free entry
Muswell Hill Creatives is taking over Hornsey Town Hall for a whole day of making things, learning old and new skills and meeting some of the people who make locally. You can sit down and have a go at Japanese Sashiko embroidery, linocut printing, modern calligraphy or making a paper lampshade, then wander through a market of ceramics, jewellery, textiles and other work made by local artists and makers. Stroud Green WI will be bringing the homemade cakes and savouries, Sean’s Shack is doing the drinks and sandwiches, and there’s a tombola raising money for Wave Hub. It’s the eighth Make & Mend Festival, but the first one inside Hornsey Town Hall. 11am to 5pm. Entry is free, with workshops booked separately and individually priced.
Black British Folk Takeover | 📍Cecil Sharp House, NW1 | 17 October | (£)
A full day of folk music, song and storytelling celebrating the African Diaspora's place in British folk, back for a second year after a sold-out inaugural. Jamaican Maypole dancing, a folk sing-around, live sets from Daudi Matsiko, Island Girl and others, and a conversation with carnival legend Linett Kamala. Full day £35.50, under 30s £20.50, evening only from £12.50. Doors 1.45pm.
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