Your Friday morning essential read. Five local feel-good highlights, including exclusive special offers and events. Prepared with love by the team at Camdenist

 EVENTS: Camden Together goes Carnival 

Although the mayhem of Notting Hill is a Covid no-show, the Carnival spirit is fully fired-up at a series of smaller events across Camden this bank holiday weekend. Saturday sees live music, jerk chicken, drag, poetry and more at

Mother!

on Mansfield Rd, while over at

Waterlow Park

there’s a free outdoor family cinema, featuring the premiere of

Soliloquy for The Mother 

by local filmmaker Modu Sesay of

Camden Black Creatives

, plus live music from Ese and The Vooduu People. CBC are also behind 

Redefined Excellence

 at

Roundhouse

, where celebrity photographer Violeta Sofia Mbassa will take portraits that challenge ideas around black identity. Meanwhile, in Bloomsbury Square (and Pond Square on Monday) you can see free shows of a new version of Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr Fox from Black Dog Theatre Creation and The Regent's Park Singers, including puppets, songs and rap. Back in Highgate on Sunday, there’s live jazz from the Deirdre Cartwrite Trio at Waterlow Park's

Pop-up Proms

. It’s all part of the Camden Together season, where the Council is supporting the return of the area's rich local arts and culture scene via a programme of events running until October. All the details are here. 

 EXCLUSIVE DEAL: 15% off at Dune in St Pancras 

To celebrate the return to face-to-face shopping, DUNE LONDON is offering Camdenist readers an exclusive 15% off any full price purchase made at their store located in St Pancras Station. Famous for their range of stylish bags, shoes and accessories, this fantastic discount is valid throughout September - just mention 'Camdenist' and it's all yours 😃 

 EAT: Debut for breakfast at BAO 

The stylish

King’s Cross

 café branch of Taiwanese steamed bun specialists BAO is about to be the first to launch a breakfast menu, starting this weekend. Every Saturday and Sunday (and indeed Bank Holiday Monday) from 9-11.45am, you’ll be able to enjoy new dishes like sausage and hash brown bao, or loaf bread with either Neal’s Yard cheddar and egg yolk, or a big slice of butter and syrup. Best of all, this weekend and next there's 50% off your bao brekkie bill.

 REMINDER! Early Bird Exclusive  

Camdenist Presents... A Taste of Buck Street Market, September 24-26

 LAST CHANCE TO CLAIM YOUR 20% DISCOUNT! Weekly C-Mail readers get a fantastic 20% OFF all tickets purchased before midnight tonightUse the coupon code VERYTASTY at the checkout

 VISIT: Chila Burman lights up Covent Garden 

The Market Hall at Covent Garden has just been given a bold, rainbow-hued facelift, courtesy of artist Chila Burman. An eye-popping display of her signature kaleidoscopic neon art was switched on yesterday, with the entire show free to visit through to the end of October. Look out for peacocks, tigers, snakes and stylistic nods to her Hindu Punjabi heritage, all wrapped up around a central theme of love and identity. 

 WALK: Hawley Wharf opens, a vision of the Highline 

Camden Market

's long anticipated Hawley Wharf area finally opened yesterday alongside Regent's Canal. The gleaming new food halls boast some really exciting streetfood vendors, with fashion stores under the railway arches, a weekly farmer's market and a 5-screen Curzon cinema due in the autumn. Today we look towards the future of this area, taking you on a preview along the route of proposed elevated park Camden Highline, to reveal the many attractions already popping up.

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OFFER: Remember, Camdenist readers currently can get 20% OFF the price of all tickets for How The Light Gets In, the world's largest festival of philosophy and music, held across the weekend of 18-19 September at Kenwood. Just uses the code CAMDENIST20 at the checkout and we'll see you there.

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