Music
Map Studio Cafe: North London’s best-kept secret?
There’s live music, a hip hop radio station, open mic, home-cooked food – and local booze on tap
MUST DO: A Day for Amy in Camden
Celebrate what would have been the musician’s 35th birthday on her home turf
Fete de la Musique is back this weekend – and it’s free
The brilliant street party returns to central Kentish Town on Sunday. And nearby is the South End Green festival
MUST DO: charity nights at the Monarch and Colonel Fawcett
Phone Credit For Refugees and Oxjam are putting on two very special soirees in the next week. Do your bit
Meet the bloke behind Kentish Town’s new record store
We talk vinyl, trash-metal and TV with Let It Roll’s owner, Kieran Smyth
The Unicorn on Camden Road is back open
The landmark pub on now has a lightly refreshed feel and music policy. And there’ll be streetfood trucks out front, too
Let It Roll: a new record shop is opening on Kentish Town Road
This great new addition to the street takes over the old Squadron store
A beginner’s guide to… Her, Jazz Cafe
The French band stormed the famous Parkway venue last night. Here’s why they matter
MUST DO: Kojey Radical at Jazz Cafe
The spoken word artist is launching a new biannual urban, soul and spoken word event
Rudimental just played a free gig in Camden
The swift set was part of their lorry-back pop-up tour day around the capital
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