fun stuff to do in London
This guy at work asked me if I knew any good sources of stuff going on in London. Events, or just interesting places to eat, or things to do. Since I have been asked this question a few times, I thought I might as well put this here.
LondonByLondon
a newsletter and community, where the chatter makes you feel like London is just a big village where everyone knows everyone. Has an events section at the bottom of the newsletter.
kultureflash
moderately high-brow events and listings for gigs, debates, events, nights out and all that. I can remember trawling this for ideas for a date and feeling a teeny little bit of self loathing.
Londonist
a good source of less structured things to do, e.g. best alleys and back passages in London.
timeout
I find TimeOut's features good, like 20 best beer gardens, 30 secret subcultures you never knew existed.
flavorpill LDN
arty, filmy and music/clubby events, aimed at cool people in their twenties and thirties
Urban Junkies
Horrible title, slightly supercilious tone but a good hipster resource for food, drink and entertainment.
DailyCandy
The ultimate insider's guide to what's hot, new, and undiscovered
More about interesting or new products, shops, restaurants and services, but has events too.
Craigslist
I haven't really made much use of craigslist free ads yet - for London I think Gumtree is much stronger, but I'm sure that it will be useful one day. Has an events and also an activities section which are both a complete lottery.
So there you go. What this really highlights to me though, is how hard a question it is to answer - general fun stuff for a mainstream audience. But that's pretty much the way the whole world is going - entertainment, and what passes as cool is fragmenting. If you know exactly what kind of niche entertainment you want - e.g. very lo-fi gigs from garage bands, raves, graffiti exhibitions, craft nights etc, then you'll have much more success searching community based sites like MySpace (which has all the things I just mentioned on it) and so forth
Anyway, any good additions to the lists above, let me know in the comments section.
LondonByLondon
a newsletter and community, where the chatter makes you feel like London is just a big village where everyone knows everyone. Has an events section at the bottom of the newsletter.
kultureflash
moderately high-brow events and listings for gigs, debates, events, nights out and all that. I can remember trawling this for ideas for a date and feeling a teeny little bit of self loathing.
Londonist
a good source of less structured things to do, e.g. best alleys and back passages in London.
timeout
I find TimeOut's features good, like 20 best beer gardens, 30 secret subcultures you never knew existed.
flavorpill LDN
arty, filmy and music/clubby events, aimed at cool people in their twenties and thirties
Urban Junkies
Horrible title, slightly supercilious tone but a good hipster resource for food, drink and entertainment.
DailyCandy
The ultimate insider's guide to what's hot, new, and undiscovered
More about interesting or new products, shops, restaurants and services, but has events too.
Craigslist
I haven't really made much use of craigslist free ads yet - for London I think Gumtree is much stronger, but I'm sure that it will be useful one day. Has an events and also an activities section which are both a complete lottery.
So there you go. What this really highlights to me though, is how hard a question it is to answer - general fun stuff for a mainstream audience. But that's pretty much the way the whole world is going - entertainment, and what passes as cool is fragmenting. If you know exactly what kind of niche entertainment you want - e.g. very lo-fi gigs from garage bands, raves, graffiti exhibitions, craft nights etc, then you'll have much more success searching community based sites like MySpace (which has all the things I just mentioned on it) and so forth
Anyway, any good additions to the lists above, let me know in the comments section.
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