Things to do in North London this weekend September 12-13

Things to do

Here's a short list of things to do this weekend In North London. Please, add any I've missed in the comments. 👇

Open House Festival | 📍Across London | 12 - 20 September | Free

Open House starts this weekend. From 12 to 20 September, hundreds of places across London will open their doors, giving you a look inside homes, studios, historic buildings and other spaces you would not usually get to wander into. Some visits need a free ticket or ballot, while others are drop in, so check the programme by area and see what is open near you.

The Big Woof | 📍King’s Cross, N1C | 12-13 September | Free + paid activities

This is a whole weekend built around doing things with your dog. Bring yours along for show-ring competitions, agility and scent courses, dog yoga, workshops or even a photo session, or sit down and paint a tiny portrait of them to take home. No dog? You can still come along, with a Cuddle Club for spending time with friendly dogs, plus an independent pet market to wander through.

Rhythm & Ride Festival | 📍Across Archway, N19 | 12 September | £1

Rhythm & Ride is a moving music festival where a different Archway venue hosts a live set each hour, then cargo bike taxis help people get to the next stop. So you might start at Nambucca, move on to Owl & Hitchhiker or Mother Redcap, then keep following the music through the neighbourhood until the evening. There is also free activity at The Dance Hall and Navigator Square, with special guests including Jazzi Q and Wookie. 1pm to 9pm. One £1 ticket gets you into the participating venues.

London Design Festival | 📍Across London | 12 - 20 September | Free + paid events

This is not one festival in one place. For nine days, studios, galleries, museums, shops and public spaces across London put on exhibitions, installations, open studios, workshops and talks about everything from furniture and architecture to craft, fashion and new materials. This year is the 24th edition, with 11 neighbourhood design districts.

Table Top Museums | 📍The Art Workers’ Guild, Bloomsbury, WC1N | 12 September | Free

For one day, people bring their personal collections into the Art Workers’ Guild and turn a table into their own tiny museum. More than 30 of them will be there, devoted to things as specific as abandoned shopping lists, Soviet Christmas decorations and 1950s medical slides. You can wander from table to table, hear why someone started collecting something most of us would throw away, and see the stories they have built around it. 11am to 5pm.

St Mary’s Festival Family Fun Day | 📍St Mary’s Church, Upper Street, N1 | 12 September | Free

St Mary’s is opening its festival with a simple afternoon for local families to spend time together. Children can bounce between two bouncy castles, get their faces painted, follow a treasure hunt around the church and make things at the craft tables, while older kids have table tennis, giant Jenga and mural painting at the youth club. Islington’s fire brigade will be stopping by too, and there is free afternoon tea for grown-ups, with squash and biscuits for children. 2pm to 5pm.

Clissold Park FEASTival | 📍Clissold Park, Stoke Newington, N16 | 11-13 September | Free

For three days, Clissold Park becomes a big outdoor food market, with street food, bars, grocery stalls and craft sellers spread around the park. There is live music and DJs, children’s rides, a little land train and a few family activities alongside the food. Friday 10am to 7pm, Saturday 9am to 7pm and Sunday 10am to 6pm. Dogs on leads are welcome.

Cubitt Community Book & Zine Fair | 📍Cubitt, Angel Mews, N1 | 13 September | Free

Spend an afternoon wandering from table to table, flicking through handmade books, comics, prints and zines, and chatting to the people who made them. If you have never come across a zine before, it is a small self-published booklet made around anything someone cares enough to put into print, from art and poetry to personal stories and local history. This is also Cubitt’s final book and zine fair at its Angel Mews home. From 4pm, BB BIXX will be DJing and talking to some of the stallholders. 12pm to 6pm.

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Posted Sep 10, 2026, 7:18 PM UTC

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