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All weekend
- Alchemy festival begins at Southbank Centre on Friday with a free fashion show 'Calligraphy in Motion' and a packed programme of events exploring South Asian culture.
- London Independent Film Festival starts Friday, screening micro-budget and no budget indie films at the Roxy and Shortwave until 24 April.
- Scramble for tickets to the King and the Minotaur subterranean art/performance/cocktail melange at Mornington Crescent.
- Try OperaShots — brand new short contemporary opera (they've had good reviews so far) at Linbury Studio, downstairs at Royal Opera House, Friday and Saturday 7.45pm, tickets £9.70-£20.40.
Friday:
- Join us on the Royal Wedding pub crawl from 3pm.
- La Linea music festival sees Ojos de Brujo with special guests at Barbican for a special 10th anniversary show — flamenco fused with hip hop, funk, punk and other streetsounds. From 7.30pm, £12-22.
- Look Mum No Hands is 1! They're having a party at their place from 7pm, then over to Nomad till way late.
- Beautiful Bush Hall plays host to Josie Long and friends from 7.30pm. Tickets £12.50.
- Take a blanket to Greenwich Dance at Borough Hall, Greenwich for a contemporary dance performance involving local people and pros inspired by the Arctic conditions of Aomori, in Northern Japan. Tickets are £10 or 'pay what you can afford'. 7.45pm (also, 3.30pm on Saturday).
- Run Riot sadly tell us it's Shunt's last night at 42-44 Bermondsey Street. Go and have a drink with them as they close the doors for the final time: 7.30pm-3am, tickets £10. We hope they'll be back with a new home very soon.
Saturday:
- It's Record Store Day. Go flipping through the racks in your favourite independent record shop. Show them you care.
- The Vintage Kilo sale proposition is this: "mix and match items from the 60s-80s and pay for them per kilo. No matter whether it's dresses and a pair of jeans, retro tees, jackets or skirts, 1kg is £15. Result." Come to the Rag Factory, 16-18 Heneage Street, E1 5LJ between 11am-4pm. £1 admission.
- The Hunt for Happy is a treasure hunt in central London with all proceeds going to the Samaritans. Look at the Facebook event for more info or email [email protected] to get in on the action.
- Museum of London have a pop up archaeology exhibition at St Martin's Courtyard, Covent Garden. It's of stuff excavated from the new development site. Today, there's a workshop on Saxon Life between 12-4pm with MoL experts on hand to talk about found objects and the ancient history of the area.
- Vaisakhi celebrations fill Cabot Square, Canary Wharf between 2-5pm with Bhangra music and dancing, Sikh martial arts and (don't tell everyone) free traditional food.
- As the Queensday crowds drift away from Trafalgar Square towards De Hems, the Anti-Cuts Protestors move in for another 24 hour occupation. Here's how to join them.
- Ceilidh to raise funds for the Campaign Against Climate Change at The Others, Manor Road, Stoke Newington N16 5SA. From 7.30pm. Tickets £10.
- It's the final final of the Place Prize finals. Who will win the £35,000? Be at Robin Howard Dance Theatre, 8pm. Tickets £25.
- Spoonfed say there's "another huge night of hip-hop tinged goodness" as Soundcrash returns to XOYO, Cowper Street, Hoxton EC2 with "some of the best and most interesting DJs/live acts on the scene", including Ghostpoet. 9pm-3am. Tickets £12 adv, £16 on the door.
Sunday:
- It's Marathon Day! Interactive route map here and spectator guide here. We'll bring you a list of pubs along the marathon route later today, if you want to sit and drink while others slog their guts out. Or stay in bed with a creme egg and watch it on telly.
- The Muff Market launches today (steady...) combining old fashioned jumble with high street fashion, independent sellers, art, bric a brac, cheap drinks and more. At 4th Floor West, 255-259 Commercial Road E1 from midday, with live music and a knees up at 7pm
- The 7th Annual Zine Symposium sets up at the Rag Factory, E1 between 12-6pm celebrating zines, small press, comix and DIY culture. Free entry.
- It's also Scrabble Sunday. London Word Festival's free and open tournament at the Pembury Tavern, Hackney starts at 3pm.
Other good stuff:
- New! The Week in Geek
- Feeling the pinch? Use London on the Cheap
- Got a way with words? Consult the Book Grocer
- Get the giggles with our comedy selection
- Cultural openings and closings this week in Arts Ahead
- Going to a gig? Check Music Choice
- Life is a cabaret old chum. Come to the cabaret.
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Thinking ahead:
- Ideas for family friendly activities this Easter.
- watch the Royal Wedding and where to partake of the revels.
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