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What's on this weekend

The markets, craft events, exhibitions and small, lovely things worth your time — hand-picked, never the tourist-trap stuff. If it's here, we'd go ourselves.

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This weekend

Exhibition

Until 20 Sept · London

Ink & Impression: Contemporary British Printmaking

A quietly brilliant show of contemporary print — free, and rarely busy.

Bankside, SE1Free

Market

Sat 1 – Sun 2 Aug · London

Greenwich Makers' Market

A slow Saturday of independent ceramics, print and small-batch everything by the river.

Greenwich Market, SE10Free

Craft & making

Sun 2 Aug · Bristol

Bristol Harbourside Craft Social

Drop-in lino-printing and a riverside makers' row — bring a friend, make something.

Bristol Harbourside, BS1Free entry, £6 to print

Market

Sun 2 Aug · London

Columbia Road Flower Market (Sunday)

The Sunday classic: flowers, cockney hollering and the best coffee crawl in the East End.

Columbia Road, E2Free

Coming up

Outdoors

Fri 7 – Sun 9 Aug · Edinburgh

Botanics Lates: Summer Evenings

The Royal Botanic Garden after hours — glasshouses, a slow drink, golden light.

Royal Botanic Garden, EH3From £14

Food & drink

Sat 8 Aug · Manchester

Northern Quarter Twilight Market

Independent food, vinyl and makers as the Northern Quarter lights up for the evening.

Stevenson Square, Northern Quarter, M1Free

Music

Sat 15 Aug · York

Riverside Folk Sessions

Free open-air folk by the Ouse — bring a blanket, stay till the light goes.

Museum Gardens, York, YO1Free

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