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All weekend
- Seek out Londony prints at the London Original Print Fair at the Royal Academy (£12/8).
- Westfield Stratford City holds its first ever motor show DRIVE (free).
- Find out about theatre design and celebrate the Bard's birthday at the V&A with Designing Shakespeare weekend (free, drop in).
- Watch Argentine Film at the Brixton Ritzy.
- Visit the final weekend of Alchemy at Southbank Centre with free music, dance, poetry, calligraphy, yoga and Bollywood film.
Friday:
- Musicians from the Royal College of Music play in room 34 of the National Gallery between 6-7pm (free).
- Watch a UK premier of fresh contemporary dance in the Spring Loaded festival at The Place plus choreographer Q&A from 8pm (£15/12).
- Want to party? Run Riot recommend Dancing Time With Soundway Records, celebrating their 10th birthday at a secret, east London warehouse location from 10pm (£15, earlybird £9).
Saturday:
- If you were inspired by the knitted mayoral candidates, get your needles and yarn out for the Knitting Kake Krawl in Kew from 10am with knitting, tea, cake, knatter and a pub in fine company (free, email for more info).
- Visit the English country garden in Trafalgar Square from noon (free).
- Visit our top 10 record shops, buy vinyl and enjoy in-store gigs for Record Store Day.
- The Finsbury Arts Festival takes place at St Luke's Centre, Central St EC1 from noon till 6pm with music, dance and arts performances and workshops plus family oriented fun (free).
- Discover the Seven Noses of Soho and infinite wealth could be yours from 2pm (£8 for 'nice and interesting' people - book).
- It's the final day of Alternative Fashion Week at Spitalfields Market, with fashion market and catwalk shows from 11am-5pm (free).
- Watch new wave film Saturday Night, Sunday Morning at the National Gallery at 2.30pm (£6/4 - book).
- The Exmoor Singers of London sing in honour of the Queens Elizabeth at The Chapter Hall, St John's Gate from 2.30pm (£12/8/6 - ticket includes tour of the Museum of the Order of St John from 1.30pm).
- Try out ballroom, latin, jive and sequence dance moves at the Vintage Years Tea Dance at Greenwich Dance between 2-4pm (£5/4).
- For pop classics and pub fun Spoonfed recommend The Westbury 5th birthday party in Kilburn, NW6 (free before 10pm, £5 after).
Sunday:
- Cheer on the London Marathon runners from the streets from 9am - here's the spectator info.
- It's Sonnet Sunday at Shakespeare's Globe with all 154 of Shakespeare’s sonnets performed in more than 25 different languages between 10am-4.30pm (free).
Other good stuff:
- Museums and Galleries
- Cabaret, parties and alt-performance
- Theatre, dance, opera, classical music and exhibitions
- Things to do for a fiver or less
- Books and spoken word
- Sci/tech/nerd stuff
- Free things to do in London
- Stand up and sketch comedy
- Gigs to go to
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