👋 Countdown to your dinner in Belsize

This week, to continue to gently remind you to support local high streets by booking a table at Secret Feasts next month 😉, we’ve been speaking to event partners on the series, Vabel.

They’re the local company working to finally bring a cinema to Kentish Town Rd, as well as developing the homes above, and nearby on Haverstock Hill.

They’ve helped bring Secret Feasts to Belsize Park, and we’ll be announcing details of a Kentish Town edition very soon…

• 🍴 Info and tickets to join Secret Feasts on Wednesday 14th June.

• 🎞️ Read the interview with Jeremy from Vabel about local development

• 📺 Watch this week’s video, showcasing the delightful Calici in Belsize Village, who are offering a £25 Secret Feasts menu that includes truffle arancini and bruschetta to share, with a choice of pizza, pasta or signature aubergine parmigiana, plus a glass of wine.

EVENT

Windrush 75 - Celebrating Sound System Culture

There are a load of events coming up to mark the 75th anniversary of the arrival of the HMS Windrush on these shores - and the cultural impact that generation of migrants brought to the UK - but our pick has to be this one.

It’s a celebration of the sound system, that explores the paradigm-changing new world of 3D audio in live events at EartH in Hackney for the first time.

Legendary UK reggae dons Aswad will debut 3D mixes of tracks from their new live LP.

Iconic DJ/producer, Ashley Beedle, and Jo Wallace (Ramrock HiFi), will revisit Ashley's sets from the pioneering Shock Soundsystem - the first to play house music at Notting Hill Carnival.

Plus there’s a screening of the newly restored, 50th anniversary version of pioneering film The Harder They Come, starring Jimmy Cliff, which helped popularise reggae music around the world.

It’s all on Fri June 23rd, and it will sell out - so that’s why we’re telling you now.

Tickets are £15+booking fee, however we’ve got a limited number for Camdenist readers priced at just £10.

• 🔊 Grab a £10 ticket to Windrush 75: A Celebration of Sound System Culture

• 🌏 More info on the event (and full price tickets when our allocation is gone) via the EartH website

• Here’s a list of all the Windrush 75 events taking place in Camden too

FOOD + DRINK

We went Wild at The Cross

The restaurant at reborn King’s Cross nightlife institution The Cross has just relaunched, displaying its full intent to carve out a strong position in the world class local food line-up.

So of course we had to head down there for a predictably fun evening getting stuck in amongst the new sharing plates and cocktails - essential research to inform you all of what to go there and try for yourselves.

• 🦐 Discover the best sharing plates to try at Wild at The Cross following our comprehensive demolition of oh so many of them

• 🕺🏽Read the previous Camdenist exclusive feature: The Cross nightclub is reborn for a new era

• 🌅 The venue also has an enviable rooftop bar, as featured in this roundup of 27 Camden rooftops you need to have a drink on

MUSIC

Kenwood does gigs by candlelight

Gig highlights are in association with the fabulous Halibuts.com

• 🕯️ Yes, it might be a bit crowd-pleasing and a touch cynical if still rather magical, but tickets to two tribute gigs at Kenwood House featuring a string quartet playing amidst thousands of candles are almost sold out. Tonight’s Morricone & Zimmer event is returns only, while there are a few spots left at tomorrow’s selection of classical classics from pop heroes Queen.

• 🎸Globe-trotting independent artist mini-festival Bridging The Music touches down at The Fiddler’s Elbow on Sunday afternoon and into the evening with local and touring acts, visual artists and loads more offering a real grassroots community vibe.

• 🎤 New York indie band The Moldy Peaches are headlining their first UK gig in 22 years with a full six-piece band at the Roundhouse on bank holiday Monday.

MORE UNMISSABLE EVENTS & GOSSIP

• ➡️ Werewolf Brewery, tucked under the railway arches of Randolph St, have their first acoustic rock and punk poetry night this Saturday from 5pm 

• ➡️ PUB DEAL OF THE WEEK: The Queens at the foot of Primrose Hill are setting up their sunny outdoor bar this weekend, serving frozen margaritas, Aperol spritzers, and classic Pimm's cocktails to be enjoyed at the pub or takeaway for the park.

• ➡️ OMG it’s half term again. So here’s the Camden’s list of free and low cost sports, arts and play activities to keep everyone sane.

• ➡️ Formerly Camden-based and currently homeless, The Vagina Museum hit their fundraising target this week to find a permanent location from which to bust taboos for women and girls about their anatomy. You can still support the cause though and see them return soon.

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