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There’s so many things to do in North London this weekend. Here’s the full list.
— Maryam
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Your guide to what’s happening in North London this week. Events marked with (£) require a ticket in advance.
The Groovy Fayre | 📍The Mildmay Club, N16 | 14 November | Free
Jonny Trunk is a record collector, music obsessive and founder of Trunk Records, and his Groovy Fayre is exactly what it sounds like. Two halls of the Mildmay Club filled with records, books, rare posters, vintage tees and collectables from sellers who know their stuff. Free from 10am, early bird £10 from 9am, music quiz from 7pm and DJs till midnight.
Supporting Urban Wildlife | 📍Calthorpe Community Garden, WC1X | 15 November | Free
Ever wanted to know how to make your own garden more welcoming to wildlife? This discussion based workshop at Calthorpe Community Garden covers the needs of insects, birds, amphibians and small mammals in the city, with practical ideas for the small changes that make a difference. 10.30am to 12pm.
Katie Leamon Sample Sale | 📍The Trampery, N17 | 14 November | Free
Katie Leamon makes stationery, cards, notebooks, wrapping paper, and once a year they open their sample stock to the public at a fraction of the usual price. This Saturday at The Trampery on Tottenham High Road. No booking needed. 11am to 5pm.
Jazz to Jungle: Panel Talk & DJ Sets | 📍Museum of Youth Culture, King’s Cross, NW1 | 14 November | (£)
Jungle and Drum & Bass grew out of UK rave culture in the early 90s, shaped by the sound systems and youth movements that came before it. This panel brings together new talent, legacy acts and critical thinkers to trace that history, followed by DJ sets running through the afternoon. Doors 12pm, panel 12.30pm, DJs from 2.30pm to 6pm. All ages.
Growing Green Second-Hand Clothes Sale | 📍35 St Albans Road, NW5 | 15 November | Free
Growing Green is a local charity that runs biodiversity projects in schools and community spaces across North London, and their clothes sale is how they raise money for it. Pre-loved women’s and teens’ fashion, homemade cakes and coffee. 11am to 2.30pm, free tickets required.
Afrobeats Brunch at Soul Mama | 📍Soul Mama, N1 | 14 November | (£)
Part of the EFG London Jazz Festival. Koyesax and The Fortune Collective Band play live Afrobeats at Soul Mama in Islington, moving between old-school legends like Fela Kuti and Lagbaja and modern hits from Davido, Wizkid and Rema. Soul Mama’s menu draws from African, Caribbean and South American cooking. Doors noon, music from 1pm, runs until 4pm.
Highgate Watercolour Group 2026 Exhibition | 📍Lauderdale House, N6 | Until 15 November | Free
This is the last weekend to catch the Highgate Watercolour Group’s annual show at Lauderdale House. 21 artists, over 230 framed works across two gallery floors, paintings from around London and further afield, botanicals, abstracts and a miniatures section with prices to match. This year also marks 60 years of the Highgate Society.
London Gaming Market | 📍Royal National Hotel, WC1H | 15 November | (£)
Now in its 11th year, the London Gaming Market is the only dedicated gaming market in London, a large hotel ballroom filled with sellers of retro games, consoles, imports, merchandise and artwork. The earlier you arrive, the more you pay: £9 from 10.30am, £6 from 12pm or 1.30pm, £4 walk-in from 3pm with under 16s free. Closes 4.30pm.
A Place to Call Home: Poverty and Housing in London | 📍Senate House Library, WC1E | Until 5 March 2027 | Free
In the 1880s, industrialist Charles Booth spent years mapping London street by street, colour-coding every road by the poverty or wealth of its residents. His poverty maps are one of the most remarkable documents of Victorian London, and this free exhibition at Senate House Library takes them as a starting point to trace 200 years of housing and poverty in the capital, from the workhouse and Victorian slums through postwar estate building, squatting and eviction, right up to the challenges facing London today. A joint show by the University of London and LSE. Open Monday to Friday 9am to 7pm, Saturday 9.45am to 5pm.
Good Housekeeping Live & Country Living Christmas Market | 📍Business Design Centre, N1 | 11 - 14 November | (£)
Four days of artisan sellers at the Business Design Centre, with hundreds of makers selling handmade gifts alongside food tastings, celebrity talks and craft workshops. Self-gifting is actively encouraged. Apparently Mary Portas, Clare Balding and the Oliver sisters were all spotted leaving with full bags last year.
Tonsil Hockey: Comedians Table Read Heated Rivalry | 📍Pleasance London, N7 | 15 November | (£)
Heated Rivalry is the Canadian gay ice hockey romance that became a viral hit last year, and this is a live comedy reading of two of its episodes. Hosts Catherine Bohart and Olga Koch bring in comics and actors who, unlike the hosts, don’t know the show by heart, for steamy reenactments and terrible Russian accents. Two shows, episode 3 at 1pm and episode 4 at 3.30pm, £15 each or £25 for both. 16+, strong language.
Feel Good Fiction Fair | 📍The Southgate Club, N14 | 15 November | (£)
North London Samaritans’ first ever fiction fair, every guest leaves with a free book, and all proceeds go to the charity. Guest authors include Dhonielle Clayton, Talia Hibbert and Tasneem Abdur Rashid, with panels at 12.30pm and 1.15pm followed by signings. Crafts, candle painting, a book swap and a bookshop stall running throughout. 11am to 6pm.
Christmas Craft Market at Oliver Tambo Pavilion | 📍Oliver Tambo Recreation Ground, N22 | 14 November | Free
Local artists, makers and designers selling handmade gifts at the pavilion on Albert Road, mulled wine and festive music alongside. 10.30am to 4pm.
Friends of Pax Lodge Christmas Bazaar | 📍Pax Lodge World Centre, NW3 | 14 November | Free
Pax Lodge is a World Centre for Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, used as a base by Guiding units from across the world when they visit London. Their fourth annual Christmas Bazaar fills it with stalls from Guiding units and outside vendors selling handmade decorations and gifts, Christmas guitar music, a raffle, food and children’s crafts and activities. Many of the units are raising money for travel and community projects.
Arkley Christmas Bazaar | 📍St Peter’s Church, EN5 | 14 November | Free
Arkley is a tiny village tucked behind Barnet that most North Londoners have never visited, all country lanes and an ancient church. Every November the community fills that church with Christmas stalls, gifts, food, a raffle and tombola.
Crafty Fox Christmas Market at the British Library | 📍British Library, NW1 | 14 - 15 November | Free
Same Crafty Fox, different venue. This one is inside the British Library, 40 independent makers each day selling jewellery, ceramics, fashion, art prints and homeware, with Origin Coffee on site and the British Library shop’s bookish finds alongside. Worth combining with the new Agatha Christie exhibition if you haven’t booked that yet. Saturday 10am to 5pm, Sunday 11am to 5pm.
When I Have Fears: The Spooky and Sublime John Keats | 📍Keats House, Hampstead, NW3 | 14 November | (£)
Keats House is the Hampstead cottage where John Keats wrote some of his most celebrated poems, and this Saturday it’s hosting an afternoon of readings exploring his darker side. Poets Julia Bird and Mike Sims read from La Belle Dame Sans Merci, Isabella, or the Pot of Basil, and the witches and elves lurking in the corners of his work. Tea and cake included. 3pm to 4.30pm.
Camden Town Vintage Bus Running Day | 📍Warren Street to Wood Green via Camden | 15 November | Free
The London Omnibus Traction Society runs vintage buses through North London a few times a year, and this Sunday two routes are on. Route 24 runs between Warren Street and Hampstead Heath, route 29 between Wood Green and Mornington Crescent, both via Camden Town. Free to ride, programmes on sale near Camden Town stops with full timetables and vehicle listings, proceeds to the Royal British Legion’s Poppy Appeal and BBC Children in Need. Last buses around 4pm.
Clissold Park Car Boot Sale | 📍Clissold Park, N16 | 15 November | (£)
The last Clissold car boot of the year. Same as ever: sellers straight from their cars, the usual mix of clothes, books, records, homeware and things you didn’t know you needed. Get there early for the good stuff.
Fate & Fantasy: Brent Symphony Orchestra Autumn Concert | 📍St Martin’s Church, Kensal Green, NW10 | 14 November | (£)
The Brent Symphony Orchestra plays three pieces this Saturday, all on the darker, more dramatic end of classical music. Verdi’s La Forza del Destino Overture opens, followed by Mussorgsky’s Songs and Dances of Death, a song cycle about death appearing in disguise to claim its victims, with soloist Leandros Taliotis. Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique closes the night, the story of an artist who poisons himself with opium and hallucinates his own execution. St Martin’s Church in Kensal Green. £15, £12 students and over 60s, £6 under 18s. Doors 7pm, concert 7.30pm.
Springfield Cabaret: Simpsons Drag Tribute | 📍The Divine, N16 | 15 November | (£)
An unofficial, unauthorised drag tribute to The Simpsons at The Divine in Stoke Newington. Host Ash Bestos, winner of Yshee Black’s Big B*stard Competition, leads a lineup of rising London drag stars through lip-syncs, comedy, games and drama from the longest-running animated sitcom of all time. £9.99 general admission, £12.99 includes a donation to the performers and sweets on the door. Doors 7pm, show 8pm sharp. Note: the cabaret space is in the basement, 17 steps down with no lift.
Enfield Choral Society Autumn Concert: Brahms’ Requiem | 📍Enfield Baptist Church, EN2 | 14 November | (£)
Brahms’ Requiem is one of the great choral works, written not as a mass for the dead but as a piece of comfort for the living, and Enfield Choral Society performs it this Saturday alongside Schubert’s Stabat Mater and Vaughan Williams’ Toward the Unknown Region. Three substantial choral works in one evening at Enfield Baptist Church. £17 in advance, £20 on the door, £7 under 25s in full-time education, under 16s free when accompanied. 7.30pm.
Country Club: Indoor Country Music Festival | 📍BOXPARK Wembley, HA9 | 14 November | (£)
Saddle up. The UK’s biggest country music day party rides into BOXPARK Wembley this Saturday. Non-stop hits from Luke Combs, Morgan Wallen, Dolly Parton, Taylor Swift, Shania Twain and more, line dancing, cowboy hat giveaways and wild west décor. 3pm to 10pm.
Devonshire Square Cozy Cabin Market | 📍Devonshire Square, N13 | 14 November | Free
Devonshire Square in Palmers Green is getting a pop-up winter market this Saturday, independent makers bringing candles, knitwear, jewellery and homeware to the square, with hot food and warm desserts to keep you going. 11am to 3pm.
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.
Being Human Festival 2026 | 📍Multiple venues across London | Until 14 November | Free
Being Human is the UK’s national festival of the humanities, where university researchers take their work out of academia and into the public through free talks, walks, workshops, installations and exhibitions. This year’s theme is Crossroads. This is the final weekend, with events across London including at Lethaby Gallery in King’s Cross. Most are free, some require booking.
Courtyard Market N6 | 📍St Augustine’s Church Hall, N6 | 15 November | Free
Local artisan makers filling a Highgate church hall with art, prints, ceramics, homewares and accessories, with food on the side. Ten minutes walk from both Archway and Highgate stations. 11am to 4pm.
Women Will Create Market | 📍Abney Public Hall, N16 | 14 - 15 November | Free
Women Will Create is back at Abney Public Hall this weekend, 30 small businesses run by female makers selling candles, homeware, baked goods, clothing, jewellery, prints and cards. They’re also back on 5 and 6 December if you miss this one. 11.30am to 5pm both days.
Book Crawl & Swap with Wholesome London | 📍Starting at GAIL’s Finsbury Park, N4 | 14 November | Free
A book crawl is exactly what it says on the tin — a pub crawl, but for bookshops. Girls Who Walk London and Wholesome Girls Club are doing one through North London this Saturday, starting at GAIL’s in Finsbury Park, along the Parkland Trail and through Waterstones, House of Books and Oxfam, ending at the Good Readers Pub. Bring a book you love and swap it for someone else’s along the way. 11am to 1pm, everyone is welcome.
Wave Stitchers Exhibition | 📍Muswell Hill Books & Parlour, N10 | Until 15 November | Free
Wave Hub is an inclusive community space in Muswell Hill, and their stitchers group is showing their first ever exhibition at Muswell Hill Books this weekend. Knitting, crochet, embroidery and art from a mixed ability team. Saturday 10am to 5pm, last day.
UK Jewish Film Festival 2026 | 📍Multiple venues across London | Until 15 November | (Free/£)
This is the last weekend of the UK Jewish Film Festival, the largest Jewish film festival in the world. Screenings across London including the Phoenix in East Finchley, JW3 and Everyman Belsize Park, with Q&As after many films. Short films free to watch online. Full programme at their website.
Crouch End Vintage Furniture & Flea Market | 📍Hornsey Town Hall, N8 | 15 November | (£)
Judy’s, who run North London’s regular flea markets, bring their vintage furniture edition to Hornsey Town Hall. Mid-century furniture, lighting, mirrors, ceramics and glassware, plus some vintage fashion and jewellery. Early entry from 10.30am (£4 online, £5 on the door), free from 3pm. Under 16s free, dogs welcome.
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