Hey Neighbour,
Big welcome to the new neighbours who joined this week.
Glad you're here.🙂
-Maryam
Plan Your Weekend:
Round Up
Bits and bobs worth knowing.
🍷 Spanish tapas bar opening on Crouch End Broadway: Cortés Bar de Tapas taking over 59 The Broadway where Italian restaurant La Torre was.
🥯 Brick Lane's Beigel Bake coming to Holloway Road: Famous salt beef beigels from Brick Lane now at One Eighty One in Holloway Road. This Starts Good Friday. Fresh beigels will be availble daily till 5pm or sold out. Lunch deal with crisps, salad, drink.
🪁 Free kite trail around Stoke Newington shops this Easter: Pick up paper kite from any trail shop. Visit 20 shops, collect stickers, decorate kite. Photograph finished one, upload to seeyouinstokey.com for prize draw (seasonal hamper).
🫶 So about last night
MNL Event: Know Thy Neighbour
You know that Eminem line from the song Lose Yourself? Palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy. Yeah, that.
I was nervous and excited all day yesterday.
Tickets had sold out. My North London community were coming. Real human beings. But my goal was simple. If every person left having had one real conversation with a stranger, that’s a win.
By the end of the night people made many connections. A WhatsApp group was formed. And the prompt cards were abandoned. Not because they weren't working. Because they didn't need them anymore. That was the whole point. Before leaving, people asked if they could buy a set of Know Thy Neighbour cards.
I had to leave early to finish writing this newsletter. Thank you to everyone that came and all the feedback I received. You being there meant more than you know.
The last few weeks I have received messages asking to do another Know Thy Neighbour event. But around here we make decisions together.
Please vote below 👇
Should we do another Know Thy Neighbour event?
My North London Top Events
Spring Black Marketplace Popup | 📍St Michael's Church, NW1 | 4 Apr | Free
Over 50 Black-owned businesses at St Michael's Church in Camden Town this Saturday. African and Caribbean fashion, handmade crafts, art, beauty, jewellery, books and street food, with live music running through the day. Free to get in but grab a ticket in advance as spaces are limited. Runs 10am to 4pm.
Top Cuvée Easter Egg Hunt | 📍Highbury, N5 | 5 Apr | Free
Top Cuvée's Easter egg hunt takes over Highbury this Sunday. Clues, challenges and 1,000 bags of Tony's Chocolonely chocolate, plus a few golden tickets hidden somewhere along the way. Over a thousand people did it last year so register early at topcuvee.com. Starts 12pm.
Easter Weekender at Camden Market | 📍Camden Market, NW1 | 4-5 Apr | Free
Camden Market are putting on a free Easter weekend for families this Saturday and Sunday. Follow a trail of 3D artworks around the market, meet Maxim the Blossom Lion puppet, catch Stronger with Sita the acrobatic circus Easter Bunny, plant a bulb to take home, make Easter bonnets, get your face painted and join the Cheeky Meeky family rave with DJ Jonboy. Same activities both days, runs 12.30pm to 4.30pm. Find it on the Hawley Wharf side, just off Castlehaven Road.
Mood & Craft at GAIL's Archway | 📍GAIL's Bakery, N19 | 4 Apr | (£)
MM & Coffee are running a moodboard making session at the newly opened GAIL's in Archway this Saturday. Magazines, fabrics and craft supplies provided, with their creative director guiding you through the process. Brunch and a barista drink from GAIL's included, plus a goodie bag. Only 15 spots. Runs 3pm to 5pm.
Hampstead Heath Easter Funfair | 📍East Heath Road, NW3 | 1- 12 Apr | Free
The Easter funfair is back on Hampstead Heath for the school holidays. Free to get in, rides £2 on Wednesdays 1 and 8 April. This year the Air Swing returns, apparently the tallest ride ever to visit the heath. Open daily 12pm to 8pm.
NW6 New Writing Festival | 📍Tricycle Theatre, NW6 | 4-9 Apr | (£)
The Tricycle Theatre in Kilburn is running a week of five brand new plays, each performed as a rehearsed reading on consecutive nights. Five writers supported by the Tricycle's NW6 programme over the past year, with plays spanning a Darwinian comedy set in a science lab, a multigenerational saga of mothers and daughters, a Japanese horror involving a forest and a cat demon, and more.
78 Revolutions Live | 📍The Front Room, N4 | 5 Apr | Free
The Front Room on Tollington Park is hosting a live podcast recording this Sunday. Original 78 rpm records played on a 1930s gramophone, crackle and all. If you've never heard music the way it sounded a hundred years ago, this is a decent evening for it. Starts 6pm, free.
Source: Top Cuvée
Tottenham Easter Record Fair | 📍The Elmhurst Pub, N17 | 4 Apr | Free
Record fair at the Elmhurst Pub on Lordship Lane in Tottenham this Easter Saturday. Dealers from around the country with pound bins, high end rarities and record related artwork. DJs playing through the day, food from the pub, table football, board games and a big outdoor garden. Runs 10am to 4pm with DJ sets after.
Easter Family Fun Day | 📍Dugdale Arts Centre, EN2 | 4 Apr | (£)
Dugdale Arts Centre in Enfield are running a full day of Easter activities this Saturday. A screening of Zootropolis 2, Easter basket making workshops, a meet and greet with the Easter Bunny, dance workshops and a disco finale to finish. Face painting and a free craft table running all day too. Runs 11am to 4pm, everything included in the ticket price.
Vintage Black Cabs at the Ace Cafe | 📍Ace Cafe, NW10 | 4 Apr | Free
Worth swinging by the Ace Cafe on the North Circular this Saturday. The London Vintage Taxi Association are bringing their collection of old black cabs to display outside. Free to come and have a look. Runs 11am to 4pm.
Zoonormous Easter Egg Hunt | 📍London Zoo, NW1 | 28 Mar -12 Apr | (£)
London Zoo are running an Easter egg hunt throughout the school holidays. Six giant eggs hidden around the zoo, each revealing a secret letter and a riddle to solve, with a chocolate prize at the end. Arts and crafts and Easter Bunny crowns on site too. Admission is £28 for adults, £14 for children, under 5s free.
Warehouse Market London | 📍Torriano Meeting House, NW5 | 3 - 5 Apr | Free
Warehouse Market has popped up in Amsterdam, New York and Paris and this Easter weekend it's in Kentish Town. Artists, makers, designers and publishers selling self-made garments, textiles and publications while talking openly about the labour and cost behind what they make. Alongside the market there's a fashion history walk from Kentish Town to Camden on Friday, a Grenfell Memorial Quilt session on Saturday afternoon, an evening of readings and film on Saturday night, and a poetic label writing workshop on Sunday. Market open Friday 5pm to 9pm, Saturday 1pm to 9pm, Sunday 12pm to 5pm.
🙌 NORTH LONDON GIG GUIDE
Well just a few I found…
Gorillaz | Sat 20th June | 📍Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, N17
Bad Bunny | Sat 27th & Sun 28th June | 📍Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, N17
Wolf Alice | Sun 5th July | 📍 Finsbury Park, N4
BTS | Mon 6th & Tues 7th July | 📍Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, N17 (Pre-sale tickets go live 22nd January).
The Maccabees | Thurs 9th July | 📍Alexandra Palace, N22 7AY
Ye | Fri 10th, Sat 11th & Sun 12th July | 📍 Finsbury Park, N4
Bruno Mars | 18th, 19th, 22nd, 24th, 25th, & 28th July | 📍 Wembley Stadium, HA9
Four Tet | Sat 8th August | 📍 Finsbury Park, N4
Placebo | Sat 5th December | 📍 Wembley Stadium, HA9
Amy Winehouse Band | Fri 18th December | 📍 The Roundhouse, NW1
Would you want to hear about local artists and bands?
🎟️ Heads up
Upcoming events you should consider booking in advance or planning ahead for. In and out of North London. Events marked with (£) require a ticket in advance.
Alternative Book Fair | 📍Islington Central Library, N1 | 8 to 11 Apr | Free
A week of author panels, publishing talks and an indie press fair at Islington Central Library. Speakers include Booker Prize longlisted Natasha Brown, Katherine Faulkner and Roxy Dunn among others. Saturday 11 April is the Indie Press Fair, no booking needed, just turn up. Individual panels need booking via Eventbrite but walk-ins are welcome.
Modern Dad Club: Rollers | 📍Alexandra Palace Park, N22 | 19 Apr | (£)
Modern Dad Club run walks for dads and this Sunday they're at Alexandra Palace Park. Load up the pram, bring the baby, and spend a couple of hours walking and chatting with other dads. Expecting, brand new or a few years in, all welcome. Snacks and drinks on the day. Sign up at themoderndadclub.com for the exact meeting point. Runs 11am to 1pm.
Walking the Westbourne | 📍Holborn Library, WC1X | 21 Apr | Free
The Westbourne is one of London's lost rivers, buried underground for most of its route from Hampstead Heath to the Thames. Geologist Diana Clements gives an illustrated talk at Camden Local Studies and Archives Centre tracing the river through West Hampstead and down to Chelsea, sharing what she discovered walking its hidden path. Starts 6pm, free to attend.
Three Sixty Festival | 📍Roundhouse, NW1 | 8-29 Apr | (£)
The Roundhouse runs their Three Sixty Festival every April and it's one of the better excuses to spend time in that building. A month of one-off performances across music, spoken word, theatre, visual art, club nights and podcasts, mixing established names with newer acts.
Spring Bird Walk at Woodberry Wetlands | 📍Woodberry Wetlands, N16 | 19 Apr | (£)
London Wildlife Trust are leading a beginner-friendly birdwatching walk around Woodberry Wetlands in Stoke Newington this Sunday morning. April is breeding season so there's plenty of singing going on and the guides will help you work out what you're hearing and seeing. About 90 minutes, binoculars available to borrow if you don't have your own. Meet at the Coal House Café, starts 10am.
👋 Neighbourhood Shout Out
Cheapskate London is a newsletter I actually read. Kate and Georgia send a free weekly email to over 66,000 Londoners rounding up the best free and affordable things to do across the city. This week they shared a bank holiday edition that's given me so many ideas.
What’s On This Weekend: 4-5 April 2026
Your guide to what’s happening in North London this week. Events marked with (£) require a ticket in advance.
Birds of the Heath in Spring | 📍Burgh House, NW3 | 5 Apr |(£)
Pete Mantle leads a morning walk across Hampstead Heath this Easter Sunday looking for spring migrants. Chiffchaffs, willow warblers, redstarts and more if they've arrived. Meet at Burgh House at 9am. Bring binoculars and shoes you don't mind getting muddy.
Skipping Stones | 📍BIEN, WC1A | Until 18 Apr | Free
A group show at BIEN bringing together eight artists whose work starts with quiet observation and moves toward something more fragmented and internalised. The kind of exhibition that rewards a slow look. Open Tuesday to Saturday 11am to 6pm, closes 18 April.
Make & Race Your Own Toy Car | 📍Alexandra Palace, N22 | 3- 6 Apr | (£)
Broomstick Racers are in the Transmitter Hall at Alexandra Palace this Easter weekend. Kids build their own wooden car and race it on the track. Running across all four days, book a timeslot or just turn up. Adults go free.
Hold Space Festival | 📍The Crypt Gallery, NW1 | 1- 7 Apr | Free
The Crypt Gallery sits beneath St Pancras New Church on Euston Road, a vaulted stone space that was a burial ground until 1854 and an air raid shelter during the war. This Holy Week, experimental poetry podcast Make Poetry Weird Again are spending seven days there with five resident poets developing new work in public. Evening performances, writing workshops, open mics, live podcast recordings and a risograph zine built across the week and launched on Easter Tuesday. Easter Sunday is Queer Voices Day. Free throughout, workshops need booking.
📸 PHOTOGRAPHY
North London Photo Walk | 📍Finsbury Park Station, N4 | 4 Apr | Free
A monthly photography walk around North London, open to all levels. The group meets at Finsbury Park Station at 2pm, walks for about 80 minutes with stops along the way to shoot and reflect. Hosted by artist and photographer Talitha Thomas-Kelly. Come alone or bring a friend, dress for the weather.
Photography Walk in Coldfall Wood | 📍Coldfall Wood, N10 | 5 Apr | Free
Photographer Mike Segal is leading a walk through Coldfall Wood in Muswell Hill this Sunday afternoon to shoot the signs of spring. All cameras welcome, from phones to SLRs. Meet at the Creighton Road entrance opposite Fortismere School at 2pm, done by 3.30pm. Children welcome with an adult.
🐣 EASTER
Easter Quest at Kenwood | 📍Kenwood, NW3 | 28 Mar - 19 Apr | (£)
Kenwood on Hampstead Heath are running an Easter trail throughout the school holidays. Kids follow clues, hunt for eggs and answer questions along the way for a chocolate reward at the end. £2 per child, no booking needed, just turn up. Runs 10am to 5pm daily.
Percy vs Mr Fox: The Great Egg Hunt | 📍RAF Museum, NW9 | 28 Mar- 12 Apr | (£)
The RAF Museum has an Easter trail running through the school holidays. Percy the Penguin's eggs have been stolen and kids follow clues around the museum to find ten hidden letters, crack the secret word and win a Cadbury Creme Egg. Designed for ages 3 and up, £5 per child, adults go free.
Myddleton Road Market & Easter Egg Hunt | 📍Myddleton Road, N22 | 5 Apr | Free
Myddleton Road Market in Bowes Park runs on the first Sunday of every month and this Easter Sunday they've added a free egg hunt trail for kids. Pick up a map from Bowes Café from 11am, trail runs until 1pm. The market itself has street food, vintage, crafts, cakes, flowers, live music and DJs. Runs 11am to 4pm.
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