Sik Faan, Kentish Town: 'I missed the community we had at Carrots & Daikon'
Kentish Town Village Table is here. Plus Black History Month & more new openings
Video: A Meditation of Kentish Town through Time
Dot's Music: iconic store saved for (hopefully) another 40 years
The Pineapple vs Southampton results! Plus The Stag at 150, all-new Gipsy Queen & Tufnell Park Tav
3 of the best, Highgate: Rack City Ribs at Duke's Head, The Crown & Wrestler's
Kentish Town Stores reborn as The Good Mews
Three summer openings: Dhakaah, The China - and Half Cut Market rebooted
The Old Farmhouse to open in the former Lady Hamilton
Keir Starmer's fave NW5 restaurant. Plus Torriano at 40, Gin Day & free bandstand concert
Food & Drink
Things To Do
Keir Starmer’s fave NW5 restaurant. Plus Torriano at 40, Gin Day & free bandstand concert
- Kentishtowner
- 17th July 2024
Things to do this weekend and beyond
Foodscape: grow your own food in London’s first vertical Urban Farm
- Kentishtowner
- 29th May 2024
Skip the allotment wait list and grow fresh food with all the support you need in Rochester Square NW1
4 spring things, from film clubs & vintage markets to an underrated pub crawl
- Kentishtowner
- 5th April 2024
Booze in NW1's most untouristy corner, plus a local documentary, spoken-word fest and more
Spring is coming! Three local parks you may not know
- Peter Hayward
- 5th March 2024
We pair a trio of green pockets with nearby top local boozers
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
MUSIC
Dot’s Music: iconic store saved for (hopefully) another 40 years
One of London’s last remaining full-range music shops reopens this week
- Kentishtowner
- 20th September 2024
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
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
Summer is here: Camden Courtyard, Patron’s secret garden, Camden Fringe and more
Theatrical musts, fungi fun and outdoor drinking & dining
- Kentishtowner
- 5th July 2024
Secret Artist NW5 celebrates a decade – and 400 artworks
The mysterious artist selects her personal Top 5 artworks over the last ten years
- Kentishtowner
- 2nd May 2024
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