Newsletter - 03 June 22

Quirky diversions for the 👑 Jubilee weekend + free CogX tickets

June 03, 2022 • Estimated Reading Time: 8 minutes

Your Friday morning essential read. Five local highlights you really need to know, researched and presented with enthusiasm by the team at Camdenist

 EAT + DRINK: Camden's best Jubilee dos 

Whether you're a right royalist or a real republican, this long Jubilee weekend offers an early-summer excuse for a spot of social frivolity. There are loads of street parties and pub promos across Camden, but cream of the crop looks to be at the Dartmouth Arms on York Rise this Saturday, where owners

Disappearing Dining Club

are teaming up with neighbours

Truffles Deli

for

. They'll be offering full table service on the cobbles (£25 for 2 courses, £30 for 3), including cocktails and outdoor DJ sets, plus an after party in the pub until 1am. Meanwhile, down another local cobbled mews,

Camden Town Brewery Beer Hall

 is hosting 

featuring live music and DJs, a 'silly' dog show involving fancy dress, Brewery tours and a first chance to taste the special

Jolly Good Liz Lager

, created especially for the occasion. 

 FREE TICKETS: Visit the CogX Festival (worth £295) 

If you have even a passing interest in the latest transformational technologies including AI, blockchain and the metaverse, prepare for your mind to be blown across three days as the CogX Festival returns to King's Cross, June 13th-15th. Over 200 global thought leaders will speak on 20 key topics, from ethics to the environment at stages and events across the neighbourhood and to an online audience around the world. Read more about how the Knowledge Quarter brings these technologies to our doorstep here in Camden. Best of all though, is that you can be there for free, and Camdenist has teamed up with the CogX to offer 100 of our readers a free £295 pass to attend the 3-day event and gain access to all the video footage if you miss anything, too.Claim your free Standard Festival Pass now using the promo code: COGXCAMDENIST 

 WATCH: BAFTA big names on an outdoor screen  

Big outdoor screens showing Wimbledon and classic films are a summer staple, but St James Market off Piccadilly Circus is putting a creative spin on things this week, (6th-12th June) with free screenings courtesy of nearby BAFTA. If you're into TV, movies and games, you'll be inspired by talks from the likes of Nicole Kidman, Martin Freeman, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Keira Knightly and loads more, beamed in as part of the growing collection of career advice at the BAFTA Gurus online hub.

 EVENT: Spoken word explosion at Roundhouse 

It's the prestigious

Roundhouse Poetry Slam Final

 this Thursday (9th), where the UK's hottest emerging spoken word performers lock verbal horns to identify the 2022 champion, having already come through a grueling series of six national heats. There's a special performance from George The Poet too, and alongside a panel of experts, the audience also has a vote for the people's champion. Grab a ticket and support these exciting future stars as they take to the biggest stage.

 SHOP: The Drops weekend + celebrate roller skating 

It's the return of 40 unique designer-makers in homeware, fashion, art and lifestyle over at Coal Drops Yard all day today and through the long weekend. Monthly pop-up market The Drops features 

 at the June edition. Also, head up to the mezzanine level, where our friends at the excellent Museum of Youth Culture have also popped-up celebrating

The Art of Roller Skating

at a

just across the way from the former Bagley's nightclub building, home to an enthusiastic roller disco back in the 90s.

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