Newsletter - 08 July 22

Where to dance, brunch and enjoy loads more this weekend

July 08, 2022 • Estimated Reading Time: 10 minutes

 Camdenist presents your Friday morning essential read. Five local highlights and cultural happenings across the borough.

1

 VISIT: Somers Town Festival - Camden's biggest bash 

Hot on the heels of last week's Alma Street Fair, (where the Camdenist team had a load of fun handing out the new Grow magazines and launching the cheeky which IST are you? sticker campaign), comes the borough's biggest street party of the summer, the Somers Town Festival. There are three main music stages, including one taking over the British Library Piazza, masses of food stalls, a rock 'n' roll jumble sale, sports, history and funfair rides. It run all Saturday afternoon centered around Chalton Street, where you can find the Somers Town photography of Anna Lerner in the window of Brook (92-94 Chalton St) - you can see her photo essay and interview today on Camdenist too.

2

 EAT: The Baring opens just along the water 

Formerly know as The Baring Arms and The Poet, a cozy backstreet boozer found a short stroll along the Regent's Canal in Islington reopens this Tuesday (12th) as The Baring. It's a new food-focused venture from head chef Rob Tecwyn and GM Adam Symonds, who met when they previously worked at Highgate Rd's much-acclaimed Bull & Last, which hints toward the quality of seasonal dishes and curated drinks that will be on offer here, too.

3

 GIGS: Keeping it thoroughly eclectic 

The attention may all be out in the fields, parks and stadiums at the moment, with the big guns of rock and pop returning to play long-overdue shows. Meanwhile Camden's famous music venues are back to delivering slightly lower key but no less thrilling nights. A quick graze through the week ahead sees underground dance DJ

Maceo Plex

wowing the raving throng at

KOKO

, or for something more sedate, head to

Pizza Express Live

in Holborn, where 80s chart-toppers

Then Jerico

are playing an acoustic show, including a

. For a total alternative, immerse yourself in the technical mastery of Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan's emotive sitar at Kings Place this Sunday. 

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4

 DANCE: Summer youth courses at The Place 

Kids between 8-18 can look forward to a fantastic start to the summer holidays, with

 a week's dance course

at world-class institution The Place. The daily sessions run Mon 25th to Fri 29th July, and will span global styles from dynamic street dance to classical Indian and contemporary European dance practices, all explored with a live musician. At the end of the week, students will perform a special show for their adults. Limited daily drop-in classes and

. Ahead of that, Saturday 23rd July sees the return of The Place's popular

Family Dance Day

, packed with activities, workshops and fun performances throughout the Euston venue and spilling over into neighbouring St Pancras Old Church too. Book now, including discounts for big family groups here.

5

 BRUNCH: Alma Café ups Primrose Hill's options 

With the recent arrival of

Alma Café

 onto the sizable Primrose Hill brunch scene, we've revamped our popular guide to the area's best options for hazy-mid-morning-into-lazy-mid-afternoon dining. And what a tempting local line-up it is, complete with

for making the most out of each of the 12 brunch hotspots listed. Just vow to walk it off in Regent's Park afterwards...

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THIS WEEK'S ONE-CLICK POLL 

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LAST WEEK WE ASKED:

With another big weekend of festivals, fetes and parades in all corners of London, how do you feel these days about joining the lively throng? 

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Deepmind

 and their Knowledge Quarter neighbours

The Francis Crick Institute

 announced a partnership this week to apply advanced machine learning to their work on biological molecules and genomics  

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 West Hampstead's 'neighbourhood social' Alice House has a brand new quiz night starting Tuesdays, to accompany Wednesday nights hilarious Clean Slate Comedy stand-up nights.  

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The lovely people at

Camden Watch Company

 have set up an innovative crowdfunding campaign as a way to launch their first new timepiece in five years. It's a real beauty, and you can 

 currently on Kickstarter.

 

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 Find out how Camdenist can help your local business to grow, in partnership with Google. 

 

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 Look out for the free 32-page print magazine, Camdenist Presents Grow, available locally now

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