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The results are in:
91% of you said you'd come to a My North London event in 2026.
I'm not gonna lie, I wasn't expecting that. Thank you. Truly.
I'm still figuring out what this should be and when, but the whole point is to finally hang out in real life, right? I'll come back to you once I have narrowed down the ideas.
In the meantime...
Plan Your Weekend:
Round Up
Bits and bobs worth knowing.
🚇 You've probably heard of Spotify Wrapped but what about TfL Wrapped? A Reddit user created a tool showing your London transport stats - journeys, spend, routes, and travel time. Works offline in your browser so no data gets shared. Go on, give it a go.
🥖 Highgate's old bus stand now has a weekly farmers market: Started last Saturday with four stalls - fresh pasta, Syrian deli, cheese, pastries. Every Saturday 10am-2pm for a three-month trial.
📋 Haringey's deciding where to build for the next 15 years. Deadline Friday: Draft Local Plan covers housing, green spaces, and development priorities. Have your say by 5pm Friday 19 Dec - email [email protected] or fill in online survey.
💷 Brent proposing 5% council tax rise: Council needs extra money to keep services running despite cutting £10m from their own running costs. Have your say by 30 Jan - drop-in at Kingsbury Library 12 Jan, 4-6pm, or online.
☕ Who's running Hampstead Heath cafés? They decided but won't say: City of London Corporation made the decision on Parliament Hill Lido, Queen's Park, and Highgate Wood cafés behind closed doors. Won't reveal outcome yet. Part of bigger pattern - 38% of their committee meetings happen in private. Critics calling it "culture of non-transparency."
💼 Got work experience or a job going? Camden will match you with candidates: "100 in 100" campaign seeks jobs for care leavers, refugees, and people with disabilities. Council provides candidate matching, support, and grants. Work placements to full-time roles all count. Pledge by 11 Feb 2026, email [email protected].
🌳 Barnet Council considering selling Chipping Barnet Woodland for development: The 100-year-old site on Christchurch Lane has protected trees, bats, badgers and deer. Planning application expected soon. Local volunteers recording wildlife data and running a petition against it.
My North London Top Events
OmVed Festive Market & Open Gardens | 📍OmVed Gardens, N6 | 13 Dec | Free
Hidden garden in Highgate opening for winter. You can walk through meadows and orchards when they're quiet, see the ponds and rooftop garden, and warm up in the Barn with spiced tea and baked goods. There's a festive market with handcrafted gifts, plus two artists showing work. Workshops if you want them: card-making for families (11am-1pm) or sound and art for adults (2-4pm), both need prebooking. Free entry. It's a regenerative garden that's usually focused on learning and events, so winter openings are rare. Wheelchair access is limited while they finish landscaping work.
Third Man Records Xmas Fair | 📍EartH, N16 | 14 Dec | Free
Third Man Records are doing their Christmas vinyl fair at EartH in Stoke Newington. Independent labels selling rare records .
Turning Earth Ceramics Winter Market | 📍Turning Earth Highgate, N6 | 13-14 Dec | Free
Ceramics market at Turning Earth's Highgate studio from 11am-5pm. 120 makers over two days selling work they've made in the studio - you're literally shopping where the ceramics were created. Street food, drinks, live music.
Cernamic Open Studio | 📍36a Windus Road, N16 | 13-14 Dec | Free
Cernamic Studio in Stoke Newington is opening up for the weekend. Over 40 ceramicists showing and selling their work. There's wheel throwing if you want to have a go, pot painting, and live raku firings to watch. Food stalls from Steam & Roll and Cantoast, and there's a tombola where you can win pieces donated by the makers - all proceeds go to Doctors Without Borders. Good place to find Christmas presents that aren't mass-produced, and you can chat to the people who actually made them. Free entry both days.
Source: Big Christmas Wind Orchestra and Choir
Stroud Green Market Christmas Fair | 📍Stroud Green School, N4 | 14 Dec | Free
Stroud Green Market's Christmas fair at the school on Perth Road. Brass band playing carols (sing along or don't, up to you), about 45 traders selling crafts, flowers, wreaths, food. Mulled wine, mince pies, Christmas tree to decorate.
Big Christmas Wind Orchestra and Choir | 📍Granary Square, N1C | 13 Dec | Free
500+ musicians playing Christmas carols in Granary Square. You can join in if you play wind, brass or percussion, or just sing with the choir - register in advance, no rehearsal or experience needed. Or just turn up and watch.
Wolves Lane Centre Winter Market | 📍Wolves Lane Centre, N22 | 14 Dec | Free
Winter market at Wolves Lane Centre with workshops, market stalls selling local crafts, plants and gifts, plus food and drink. Their eco builds are available for hire if you want to look around. It's run by Black Roots Initiative, The Ubele Initiative and The Phoenix Way.
Christmas at Capel Manor Gardens | 📍Capel Manor Gardens, EN1 | 13-14 Dec | (£)
Capel Manor's doing their Christmas thing across the gardens - there's a festive trail for kids (free, with a sweet treat at the end), and the 17th Century Manor House is open with Santa's grotto inside. It's £6 per child to see Santa (includes a gift), but you need to book ahead as it sells out. There are also Christmas crafts, animal talks, and you can post a card to Santa from there.
Winter Pottery Party Sale | 📍The Viaduct, Muswell Hill, N10 | 13-14 Dec | Free
Pot Hole pottery studio under the Parkland Walk is doing a winter sale. Work from 25+ makers - bowls, mugs, planters, decorative pieces. Hot wine and treats while you browse.
Source: Cernamic
Bootyfull Car Boot | 📍William Ellis School, NW5 | 14 Dec | Free
Last Bootyfull Car Boot of 2025 at William Ellis School next to Parliament Hill Fields. Collectables, vinyl, jewellery, vintage fashion, home stuff, toys, festive decorations - families decluttering mostly, so stock changes every week. Violet does toasted sourdough sandwiches and hot tomato soup with French bread. Buyers get in at 11am, finishes 2pm. No dogs allowed (school rules).
Open Door Community Kitchen Fundraiser | 📍Our Lady & St Joseph's Church, N1 | 13 Dec | (£)
Open Door Community Kitchen is doing their annual fundraiser to keep running in 2026. They serve hot meals to 80 people every Friday in Dalston - they've fed over 15,000 guests since 2020 - and this supper club raises money to keep it going. Food from some of London's best chefs, live music, and raffle prizes.
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🎟️ 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.
🦜Birdspotting at the Welsh Harp | 📍Welsh Harp Reservoir, NW9 | 5 Jan | (£)
Guided birdspotting walk around Welsh Harp reservoir led by a bird expert. Relaxed pace, stops for observation, learn to identify waterfowl and other species. All ages and experience levels welcome. Meet at the relaxing area on Cool Oak Lane - buses 32, 142, 632 from the high street, 5 minute walk. Wear wellies or waterproof shoes as it'll be muddy, bring binoculars if you have them (they'll have some to share).
🏃♀️Regent's Park 10K Winter Series | 📍Regent's Park, NW1 | 4 Jan | (£)
10K run around Regent's Park organised by The Mornington Chasers running club. Traffic-free, flat course, starts 9am on Sunday 4 January.
🤘Camden Rocks New Year's Eve | 📍The Underworld, NW1 | 31 Dec | (£)
See in 2026 at The Underworld with Camden Rocks Club. Indie and rock anthems across two bars til 4am in the tunnels under Camden High Street. £22 and apparently it sells out every year.
🍾Age Against The Machine NYE Party | 📍The Lower Third, WC2H | 31 Dec | (£)
Age Against The Machine is doing New Year's Eve at The Lower Third in Soho - five hours of pop, indie, rock, disco, Motown, soul, punk, ska and funk from the 60s through to the 00s. Think Prince, The Clash, Kate Bush, The Smiths, Blondie, Bowie, ABBA. It's an over-30s night (ID required), so you know what crowd you're getting.
🎉Bourne & Hollingsworth Buildings NYE | 📍Northampton Road, EC1R | 31 Dec | (£)
B&H's Clerkenwell townhouse is doing the kind of New Year's Eve dinner party you'd throw if you lived in a Georgian mansion with a personal chef and butlers. Multi-course banquet, live music, cocktail flights, then DJ sets across two floors til the early hours.
They're doing indoor fireworks at midnight. Everything in one place - dinner, drinks, dancing, fireworks.
What’s On This Weekend: 13-14 December 2025
Your guide to what’s happening in North London this week. Events marked with (£) require a ticket in advance.
🛍️COMMUNITY & MARKETS
Xmas Art + Design Market | 📍Abney Hall, N16 | 13-14 Dec | Free
Christmas market in Stokey with 65 designer-makers from 11am-5pm over two days. Art prints, ceramics, homewares, jewellery and independent fashion - curated range you won't see at bigger Christmas markets. Chat to makers about their work. MARGOT pierogi and Quarter Cup teas on site. Make a day of it - Abney Hall's on Church Street with its cafes and bakeries, Clissold Park with deer across the road, and Abney Park Cemetery (one of London's Magnificent Seven) right there. Dog-friendly.
Black Marketplace | 📍St Michael's Church, Camden Town, NW1 | 13 Dec | (£)
50+ Black-owned brands at St Michael's Church in Camden Town. Fashion, art, books, beauty, homeware, food. It's billed as London's largest Black retail pop-up. Tickets include a donation to Hurricane Melissa relief in Jamaica.
Laoxa's Creative Ground Christmas Market | 📍The Elmhurst, N17 | 14 Dec | Free
The Elmhurst in Tottenham is hosting Laoxa's Christmas market - arts and crafts workshops, gift stalls, hot food and sweet treats. It's free to get in and they're collecting donations for Tottenham Food Bank if you want to bring something along (non-perishable food or money)..
Courtyard Market | 📍St Augustine's Church Hall, N6 | 14 Dec, 11am-4pm | Free
St Augustine's in Highgate is doing their indoor makers market - dozens of local artisan makers selling everything from ceramics and prints to jewellery and homeware. There's art, clothing, cosmetics, pet accessories, even artisan baked goods.
Angel Central Sustainable Market | 📍Angel Central, N1 | 13-24 Dec | Free
Angel Central's running a daily sustainable market in the run-up to Christmas - local makers, crafters and ethical businesses selling gifts and treats. It's there every day from 13th December through to Christmas Eve, so you can pop in whenever suits rather than trying to hit a weekend market.
Crafty Fox Christmas Market | 📍The Crossing, Granary Square, N1C | 7-14 Dec | Free
Over 100 designers and makers at Granary Square selling ceramics, jewellery, prints, textiles, homewares. Free entry, dog-friendly, accessible.
Source: Stroud Green Market
🚶♀️FOOD & TOURS
Secret Food Tours Camden Market | 📍Camden Market, NW1 | Various dates | (£)
Guided food tour around Camden Market with seven tastings from different stalls - birria tacos, British roast, Neapolitan street food, Middle Eastern dish, British dessert, gin, cider, cheeses, plus a secret dish. Tours run 3-3.5 hours starting from The World's End on Camden High Street.
Tasca at Giacco's | 📍Giacco's, N16 | 9 Dec-31 Jan | (£)
Tasca are doing a residency at Giacco's til end of January. Chef Josh Dallaway and sommelier Sinead Murdoch cooking Iberian food inspired by Lisbon and Madrid: anchovy and pepper butter toasts, Cornish mussel and chorizo rice, fried partridge with cinnamon curry. Sinead's picking wines from female winemakers that work with the menu. Bookings on OpenTable or just turn up. They did well at Cav, now they're in Stoke Newington for two months.
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