
Santa's Wife's Grotto: York Way's art installation of 'feminist joy'

Three Festive Happenings: Lights, Market, Farm!

Step inside Kentish Town's cinema space - for a pop-up Poster Sale

A beginner's guide to...Pass Time at Colonel Fawcett

Tufnell Park's bargain set menus, cocktail happy hours and new art hubs

Rossella NW5: tuck into Christmas Set Menus and Festive Hampers

More elephants! The taxidermy secret of Leighton Place

October: Black History Season, kitchen pop-ups, new exhibitions and brunch

Grassfed review - 'a buzzy little steakhouse has come to Camden'

Heard about the day elephants escaped in Kentish Town?
Food & Drink
Things To Do
The outdoor spot most likely to make you feel like you’re on holiday
- Stephen Emms
- 22nd June 2023
There are so many beautiful corners in the area but one location stands out above them all
Foodscape: own a vertical plot in London’s first urban farm
- Kentishtowner
- 25th May 2023
The UK's first inner city vertical farm has launched in Rochester Square NW1
Let It Roll Records closes. Plus Lion & Unicorn and LGBTQ History Month
- Kentishtowner
- 3rd February 2023
Kentish Town's only vinyl store has a final sale, plus new theatre, queer walks and more
3 things to consider: Makers Market, New Wine Bar and Live Jazz
- Kentishtowner
- 11th November 2022
Been to Kentish Town Stores yet for some vino? Plus local pop-up market and a week of jazz at the Assembly House
It’s 10 years since Fields Beneath, Camden Brewery, The Grafton and Pizza East opened
- Stephen Emms
- 20th October 2022
The year of the Olympics saw NW5 evolve with a flurry of destination food arrivals
Black History Month 2022: 5 picks across Camden
- Kentishtowner
- 14th October 2022
We pick 5 events from a full Black History programme that runs until the end of November
3 Camden openings: KOKO returns, plus Lucky Club & Trap Kitchen
- Kentishtowner
- 6th May 2022
Big new arrivals in NW1 this season see Mornington Crescent and Chalk Farm Road fight back
Foodscape: own a vertical plot in London’s first urban farm
- Stephen Emms
- 22nd April 2022
The UK's first inner city farm of its kind has launched its pilot in Rochester Square NW1
Half Cut Market’s dine-in menu, Grain’s sustainable furniture sale and more
- Kentishtowner
- 11th March 2022
New small plates gaff launches, Free Space Gallery's new show and a Kentish Town sample sale
LGBTQ History Month 2022: top 10 Camden & Islington highlights
- Stephen Emms
- 4th February 2022
Unmissable events taking place across North London, from a queer British Museum trail to lesbian cabaret
MUSIC
3 things to consider: Makers Market, New Wine Bar and Live Jazz
Been to Kentish Town Stores yet for some vino? Plus local pop-up market and a week of jazz at the Assembly House
- Kentishtowner
- 11th November 2022
Dublin Castle: officially a Great Pub of England
Author Stuart Husband on the Parkway institution that makes the list of 33 of England's most loved boozers
- Stuart Husband
- 6th October 2022
The secret history of Parliament Hill bandstand
Stories about the Hampstead Heath landmark go back decades. Let's take a look
- Kentishtowner
- 8th April 2022
The fascinating history of Camden Town’s record shops
An exclusive extract from Garth Cartwright and Quintina Valero's new book of the capital's vinyl emporiums
- Garth Cartwright
- 10th June 2021
Was there really a link between Mussolini and The 02 Forum?
Rumour has it that the Fascist leader donated money to make the world-famous venue suitable for a rally
- Stephen Emms
- 3rd June 2021
Ricky Gervais managed my band in the 1990s
Andy Macleod on the tragic tale of a Kentish Town band who didn't become rich or famous - but had a manager who did
- Andy Macleod
- 17th December 2020
Help freelance musicians: the Musical Mums’ Advent Calendar
Soprano Suzy Robinson on a uniquely creative idea that will long outlast the festive season
- Suzy Robinson
- 2nd December 2020
Cheer up! 8 classic songs about Kentish Town
Escape the current doom with a new hip hop tribute to NW5 - and our countdown of the best ever local anthems
- Stephen Emms
- 22nd October 2020
Dingwall’s Camden to be renamed The PowerHaus
Music impresario Vince Power confirms Camden music venue has undergone a name change
- Kentishtowner
- 16th September 2020
MUST DO: Summer Party at Let It Roll Records
Let It Roll and their in-store Pepita Coffee present a socially distanced day of live music, DJs and paella stall in the new garden
- Kentishtowner
- 30th July 2020
THEATre
Two cultural winter highlights: La Maupin and LuYang
A celebration of 'queer historical badass' at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre, plus another must-see at Zabludowicz
- Stephen Emms
- 17th November 2022
3 to see: The Fields N7, all-new Camden People’s Theatre & Zabludowicz
Tufnell Park's new green-grocers, NW1's revamped playhouse and three exhibitions in one on Prince Of Wales Road
- Kentishtowner
- 29th October 2021
My Boy Danny: the acclaimed play tackling LGBTQ hate crime
Written and directed by Alfie James, don't miss this production coming to Kentish Town's Lion & Unicorn Theatre
- Alfie James
- 1st October 2021
3 for August: Street Party, Camden Fringe & Gin Day
A trio of outdoor festie, cultural tour de force and boozy fun to be had across NW1, NW5, N7 and beyond
- Kentishtowner
- 30th July 2021
Six Things We Learnt This Week
From the latest pop-ups to podcasts to streateries to catch before the autumn hits
- Kentishtowner
- 3rd September 2020
Hot With Excess: an unmissable season of contemporary artists’ opera
The Zabludowicz Collection hosts its first ever series of live theatrical performances and more
- Kentishtowner
- 19th February 2020
Life And Death Of A Journalist: a play born in Kentish Town’s boozers
Inspired by Hong Kong reporters - and NW5 - a new play by Jingan Young premieres at Vault Festival in February
- Jingan Young
- 29th January 2020
Clean Break: four decades of women-only theatre
The pioneering Kentish Town charity celebrates with a series of events highlighting their work as a positive force for change in prisons, and out in the community
- Laura Evans
- 17th July 2019
Camden Roars…for just three weeks
The local arts festival for by and about the area is on at Camden People's Theatre
- Stephen Emms
- 9th May 2019
MUST DO: Night of the Living Dead Live!
The pioneering horror movie gets its first ever official stage adaptation
- Kentishtowner
- 10th April 2019
Art
Santa’s Wife’s Grotto: York Way’s art installation of ‘feminist joy’
New art collective Sisterland has just launched an alternative festive project in an ex-barber shop
- Kentishtowner
- 1st December 2023
Tufnell Park’s bargain set menus, cocktail happy hours and new art hubs
We unearth dinner for £15 or less in NW5, plus £5 cocktails, Chalk Farm tube's new arty cluster and more
- Kentishtowner
- 26th October 2023
‘Textus’: discover Kentish Town’s hidden summer exhibition
Torriano Meeting House is hosting 30 artists for a one-off show. Plus Map Cafe fundraiser and Zabludowicz
- Stephen Emms
- 6th July 2023
4 Things We Learnt This Week: tube closure, Eurovision, queer comedy – and murals
Kentish Town's star Mae Muller, plus new Queer Comedy Club and Fields Beneath mural
- Kentishtowner
- 10th May 2023
Two cultural winter highlights: La Maupin and LuYang
A celebration of 'queer historical badass' at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre, plus another must-see at Zabludowicz
- Stephen Emms
- 17th November 2022
Fly With Me: Afghan kite-flying festival comes to Parliament Hill
This unique international event marks one year since the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban
- Kentishtowner
- 3rd August 2022
Town Spot Presents: new outdoor art exhibition across 18 locations
Find out more about the people behind some of NW5's most popular local businesses this summer
- Kentishtowner
- 12th July 2022
Kentish Town Baths: the star of a new exhibition at Burgh House
Tufnell Park artist Liz Mathews creates architectural portraits of London's small historic buildings
- Stephen Emms
- 1st July 2022
Half Cut Market’s dine-in menu, Grain’s sustainable furniture sale and more
New small plates gaff launches, Free Space Gallery's new show and a Kentish Town sample sale
- Kentishtowner
- 11th March 2022
Last chance: UK’s first indoor graffiti shutter exhibition
Featuring the works from 25 of London’s most respected graffiti writers, this Camden show illustrates the history of UK graffiti culture
- Kentishtowner
- 25th November 2021