What To Do This Weekend: 3rd-5th March
The countdown to the weekend is here! We can start to get excited about our two glorious days off. Don’t start tomorrow though, start today at The London EDITION for World Book Day inspired cocktails, then tomorrow head to the Tate Britain for live music, finishing the night with mezcal. On Saturday, go to an urban village fete and round off the weekend with a Beyoncé baby shower and Sunday feast at Tanner & Co or the Dead Dolls House. If only we were this productive during the week…
Festival No. 6 at Tate Britain
The Start of the Festivals
Save yourself the visit to Wales and embrace Festival No. 6 in Pimlico instead. Tate Britain is bringing the artsy festival to London for one night only with a jam-packed line-up featuring music from Blossoms and Charlotte Church, comedy from Sara Pascoe and a DJ set from Greg Wilson, all hosted by Radio 1 Welshman Huw Stephens. We’ll see you in the food emporium or roaming the gallery for after-hours access of the David Hockney exhibition.
Friday 3rd March, 7:30pm
Where: Tate Britain, Millbank, Pimlico, SW1P 4RG
Website: www.tate.org.uk
Selfridges
Selfridges Goes Urban
Selfridges is no stranger to mouthwatering food but whilst it have luxury brands covered it’s not known for street food…until now. Shoreditch’s Urban Food Fest is bringing its street food night market into Selfridges for the first time ever so alongside the gourmet pork pies that are already there, you’ll find everything from build-your-own street food desserts to cocktails in jam jars. Visit in the first week (until 7th March) and the first 20 people who follow @urbanfoodfest on social media each day and hashtag #urbanfoodfest will get a free Wafflewich.
Launches Friday 3rd March
Where: Selfridges, Oxford Street, London, United Kingdom
Website: www.urbanfoodfest.com
The Magical World of Mezcal
Your New Spirit
The martini was made infinitely better with a shot of espresso and now mezcal is getting the same treatment. Dangerous Don is a new Café Mezcal hailing from Mexico (obviously) which will be celebrating its arrival in London with a pop-up this weekend. The spirit will be shaken into cocktails created by former Pitt Cue bartender Adam Pendrich and art from Mexican artists will be on display, with profits going directly to them.
Friday 3rd – Saturday 4th March
Where: 15 Bateman Street, Soho, W1D 3AQ
Website: www.drinksupermarket.com
Urban Village Presents SAMPLE
Spring Time Urban Village Fete
Greenwich is no stranger to a market, but here’s another to add to your list. This weekend, Greenwich Peninsula is hosting an ‘urban village fete’ – think music, art, homeware, fashion, food and drink. Take part in workshops like The Experimental Perfume Club or tasting of small batch cheese and biodynamic wines. An exhibition made up of 10,000 suspended irises will get you in the mood for spring, as will wild meadows and flowers by The Royal Horticultural Society.
Saturday 4th-Sunday 5th March, 10am-5pm
Where: The Gateway Pavilions, Peninsula Square, Greenwich Peninsula, Greenwich, SE10 0SQ
Website: www.greenwichpeninsula.co.uk
Dead Dolls House
A Feast for the Gods
Bacchus was the Roman God of Feasting and hence he is the inspiration behind Dead Doll’s House new monthly feasts. It’s five courses of food, paired with cocktail and unlimited wine and prosecco, it’s indulgent to say the least and so it should be, it is a Sunday afternoon after all. They’re starting with a Nordic feast with dishes including barbecued reindeer, Atlantic cod and smoked and roasted rib of beef with truffle sauce. Cocktails include coffee Negronis, Aquavit Fizz and White Marys and of course there’ll be more wine and prosecco then you can swing a stick at it. Upcoming feasts include dishes from the Philippines and Spain.
Sunday 5th March and then the first Sunday of every month 1pm-4pm
Where: Dead Dolls House, 181 Upper Street, Islington, N1 1RQ
Website: Get Tickets Here
Whole Foods Market
The Next Instagram Craze
If you don’t know what mochi by name you’ll recognise it as the three-pastel-balls-on-a-stick emoji that none of us ever have a reason to use. Mochi emoji use is about to go through the roof as the photogenic ice cream/sweet dough dessert is getting a whole dessert bar to itself inside Whole Foods Market High Street Kensington. When the same opened in New York it was hugely successful and with flavours like salted caramel, matcha and yuzu we’re expecting great things.
All weekend
Where: 63-97 Kensington High Street, Kensington, W8 5SE
Website: www.littlemoons.co.uk
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