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Things To Do This Weekend
By uczlkrj, on 6 July 2018
UCLSS Social Programme Events
Friday 6th
Jazz in the Quad
Saturday 7th July
Day Trip: Bath & Stonehenge – Sold Out
Recommendations from UCLSS Staff
Things to do this weekend:
Holly
Going for the granny chic look? Or are you a Mid-Century Modern fan? Check out the Hammersmith Vintage Furniture Flea market this Saturday. The £2 entry is well worth it for the vintage household finds.
https://www.timeout.com/london/things-to-do/the-hammersmith-vintage-furniture-flea
Rory
Join the festivities at the London Pride Festival on Saturday. 500 LGBT+ parade groups will march through central London to celebrate the diversity of our community culminating in a huge free party at Trafalgar Square.
Rhod
I would strongly encourage all students to go to at least one free festival in London – they are part of what make summers in London great! As well as being free, the Stockwell Festival also gives Summer School students a great opportunity to see a bit of life south of the river (south being better than north!). An eclectic mix of free activities and a wide variety of music, food and drink – you can’t go wrong!
https://www.timeout.com/london/things-to-do/stockwell-festival
Kimberly
Famous as the world’s largest open submission show, The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition is a treasure trove of art in all mediums, with a remarkable mixture of emerging artists and household names. You can even take a piece of it home with you as most works are for sale, which is how the Royal Academy funds free, world-class postgraduate tuition in the RA Schools. Open late on Fridays and Saturdays, exploring the exhibition followed by a glass of pimms or two in the courtyard on a balmy summer’s evening is a staple in my summer schedule. Grayson Perry curated this year’s Summer Exhibition so expect a riot of colour!
https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibition/summer-exhibition-2018
Things to book now:
Holly
A hundred years after his death, see a selection of Rodin’s works – including his iconic sculptures The Thinker and The Kiss – in a new light at the British Museum (which is right next to the UCL Campus!) in the new exhibition: Rodin and the art of ancient Greece.
http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/exhibitions/rodin-1.aspx
Rory
Tickets for the London Craft Beer Festival on August 3rd, 4th and 5th. Dozens of small breweries will be there showcasing their beers and there are DJ sets from Greg Wilson, Two Door Cinema Club and more.
https://londoncraftbeerfestival.co.uk/
Rhod
Movies on the River. London’s first ever cinema on the Thames!
Book here.
Kimberly
Scene & Heard’s Sweet & Salty – The Tasty Plays is on from Thursday 12th July to Sunday 15th July at Theatro Technis which is just round the corner from St Pancras Way. Scene & Heard is a unique mentoring project that partners the inner-city children of Somers Town, London with volunteer theatre professionals. At the end of each term, the children each write a 10 minute play which are then performed by professional actors. Without question the funniest theatre I’ve ever seen!
Tickets are free, but do bring some spare change to drop into their donation buckets at the end.
https://www.sceneandheard.org/shows/
By Popular Demand:
Student Central is a great place to watch the FIFA World Cup however if you wanted to try out a different venue for this weekend’s quarter finals, we recommend:
Holly
Where to watch the football – Rory’s suggestion is pretty all-encompassing but my recommendations for pleasant pubs are The Roebuck and The Knights Templar.
Rory
Why not choose a random tube stop that you’ve never heard of in central London – go there and pop into the first traditional pub you can see (best advised to be over an hour early to secure a chair!)
Rhod
Bar Kick, Shoreditch. This is a sports bar with lots of Bonzini football tables so you can play table football before or after the match or even during, if you want! Large screens on every floor so it’s easy to get a good view of the game. Personally, I’ll be in my living room with the kids. I’d love to invite everyone, but it would be a squeeze…
https://www.cafekick.co.uk/bar-kick/
Kimberly
The Scoop at More London , next to City Hall, is an open air amphitheatre right next to the Thames, making it an ideal al fresco venue to watch any live sport event. Each summer the London Bridge City Summer Festival takes over this stretch of the river with live music, theater, film and live sport screenings. The London Riviera, a pop-up street food bar, has set up its summer home just alongside the Scoop and they promise summer 2018 will be bigger, bolder, brighter and more exciting than ever… but still with the best view in town!
http://londonbridgecity.co.uk/events
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