All weekend
- It's Open House weekend — what will you explore?
- London Design Festival is brimming over with exhibitions across a huge range of design interests (mostly free).
- East Ender 2012 is a new three day micro-festival bringing arts and music to Village Underground (tickets £18).
- Browse the London Art Book Fair and take in film screenings, workshops and talks at Whitechapel Gallery (free).
- Shop at London Fashion Weekend in Somerset House (tickets from £15.50+bkg).
- It's Hackney WickED Film Festival and Open Studios all weekend (free).
- Get hooked on hula hooping at London Hoop Fest in Netil House, Hackney (£65/day, £100/weekend pass).
- Join the first Scala Beyond Film Crawl walking tours on Saturday or Sunday from noon (£5).
- Westfield Stratford City celebrates its first birthday with circus themed entertainment, free stuff and special shopping offers.
- The Big Stamp & Scrapbooking Show is on at Alexandra Palace (adults 1 day £5, 2 days £7).
- See the story of Carmen told five ways at Chelsea Theatre (£20 weekend pass).
- The Geffrye Museum hosts Ceramics in the City 2012, a fair showcasing and selling the work of 50 potters (free entry).
Friday:
- Watch beach volleyball at Broadgate Circus (free).
- Go to the Mad Women, Bad Women film night at the Cinema Museum, Kennington, to celebrate the anti-heroines of film and fable from 7.30pm (tickets £10)
- Experience Lucha Britannia wrestling at Resistance Gallery (£15).
Saturday:
- Watch the Great Gorilla Run on the streets of the City and Bankside from 10.30am (free but you can sponsor a runner here).
- Compressedfest squeezes a tiny art fair, comedy turns, mini ping pong, a small vintage market and much more into the Miller, London Bridge to raise money for disadvantaged children in Cambodia from 1pm-3am (tickets £12 adv, £15 on door).
- Welcome to Busseywood is a 16 hour film and music marathon at The Bussey Building, Peckham as part of the final weekend of the Free Film Festival from noon (free).
- Bermondsey Street Festival has market stalls, maypole dancing, fashion and dog shows plus outdoor cinema at from 11am till late (free).
- Stockwell Festival is in Larkhall Park with live music, comedy and cabaret plus market stalls, art activities, an inflatable village, fun fair, food and more from 11.45am-6pm (free).
- Join the Hewett Street Block Party celebrating East London design, food, music, and art from noon till 9pm (free).
- Greenside Community Centre's Autumn Festival invites you to swish, get face-painted and craft with the kids in NW8 between 12-4pm (free).
- Abbey Gardens in West Ham holds its Harvest Festival and 4th birthday celebration between 2-5pm (free).
Sunday:
- Bungee jump on Brick Lane and you might win a game (free).
- Join the cash mob at Harringay Market at 1pm.
- Experience Dennis McNulty's PRECAST in Blackwall at 4pm (free).
- Peckham and Nunhead Free Film Festival finishes with Peckhamplex for Free screening new kids movie Brave at 4pm and Favela Rising in the Gowlett pub at 8pm (free).
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