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All weekend
- Watch the Paralympics.
- Check out the Deloitte Ignite Festival at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden — a mix of dance, art and performance. Daytime events are free, but evening events are ticketed.
- Enjoy three days of Liberty Festival with music, performance and outdoor arts (free).
- See something amazing at Unlimited at the Southbank Centre.
- The inaugural Bowiefest happens at the ICA with three days of screenings and talks.
- Get involved in Africa Weekend at the Royal Opera House.
- Battersea Arts Centre Cook Up season commences with new spoken word, sound and movement, pop-up theatre, including Ross Sutherland.
- Pop-up Screens is in Bishops Park, Fulham showing Scott Pilgrim (Fri), Fight Club (Sat) and Donnie Darko (Sun).
- Experience some Bach, Mendelssohn, Mahler and Brahms at The Proms, Royal Albert Hall (tickets from £5).
Friday:
- Head to the Natural History Museum for the monthly After Hours late opening (free).
- Enjoy the last night of the Hot August Fringe climaxing with cross-dressing superstars The LipSinkers at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern.
- Try Truman Brewery's new crisp-shaped climbing wall (free).
Saturday:
- The E17 Art Trail launches.
- See how ice cream is made, milk cows and taste stuff at the Ice Cream Festival in Granary Square, Kings Cross (free).
- There's open air Scottish Dancing at the Bandstand in Kensington Gardens between 2-4pm (free).
- See the Designing 007 exhibition at the Barbican, which ends next week.
- There's free family fun at the Elephant and the Nun Festival today and Sunday with music, street performance, sports, food and rapping pensioner Ida Barr.
Sunday:
- Summer Rites festival brings all that's good about gay clubbing to Shoreditch Park with music from artists including Boy George, Adamski, bright Light Bright Light plus Jonny Woo Gay Bingo and Tranny Shack from 12.30-10pm (tickets £25+bkg).
- Help build a green roof on Becket House, Tabard Street SE1 between 10am - 6pm and learn about Edible Bankside (volunteers wanted).
- Get a complimentary shave at the pop-up Murdock barbershop at the Zetter Townhouse from 6pm (rsvp [email protected]).
- Today's your last chance to see Scott's Last Expedition at the Natural History Museum.
- London Fields Brewery hosts a Folk & Craft Market at their eponymous Brewhouse.
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- Our latest theatre reviews and art reviews
- Books and spoken word events
- Your week in geek
- Things to do for a fiver or less
- Our pick of comedy gigs plus a guide to watching live comedy in London
- Free things to do in London
- Museums and Galleries
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