It's not as if we have a crystal ball or anything, but we know a good time when we see it. Together with FREE NOW – Europe's mobility super app – we've put together six predictions of what could just be the absolute highlights of the summer.
It’s not just the sun warming your face at Acme Fire Cult – a restaurant in a vibey Dalston car park – it’s the barbecue that you can watch sizzling away from your picnic table. You’ve got a beer from the neighbouring 40FT Brewery in hand and you’re about to tuck into a seven day-aged red mullet with crab caramel and wild garlic. Delicious. Abbot St, E8 3DP.
You feel the beat of pounding pop music before you glimpse the colourful creatures sashaying across the National Theatre’s outdoor River Stage. As you get closer, you realise it’s Jonny Woo and John Sizzle: the veritable grand dames of drag, hosting a weekend of riotous performance on the South Bank. The National Theatre. Jul 15-17. Free.
The headliner. The big one. The reason you bought your ticket, the band you’ve been caning on Spotify. Tonight it’s Tame Impala at All Points East, and you’ve nabbed an excellent spot right in the middle of the crowd. Kevin Parker walks in characteristically nonchalant fashion onto the stage, flips his hair out of his face and starts playing ‘The Less I Know the Better’. Life is good. Victoria Park. Aug 25. From £68.55.
Dinosaurs, sphinxes, rolling green hills and one of the loveliest lakes in London: what’s not to love about Crystal Palace Park? And this afternoon, there’s hardly a breath of wind as you glide through the water on your pedalo, past geese and ducks, without a care in the world. Thicket Rd, SE20 8DT. £5.
It’s. Actually. Happening. You’re nearly hoarse as you involuntarily cheer, the sound of your voice and thousands of others filling Wembley Stadium. England has just won the Uefa Women’s Euro 2022, and you’re there to watch it happen. Wembley Stadium, HA9 0WS. Jul 31. From £15.
It’s been ages since you’ve properly hit the dancefloor – and you can’t quite believe that you’re doing it surrounded by bubbles, balloons, and… babies? London-based family party-starters Big Fish Little Fish have done it again with their kid-friendly raves, and you couldn’t be more grateful. Horniman Museum and Gardens, SE23 3PQ.
Thanks to FREE NOW, the mobility super app, you can travel on your terms this summer, keeping you connected with the things you love across the capital. FREE NOW is fast, flexible and offers four different transport types at the tap of an app:
Black Cabs
FREE NOW is the UK’s biggest black cab app, which means there are plenty of these iconic cars to go ‘round. What’s more, you can select an electric vehicle, and your expert driver can actually use the bus lane to get you to your destination faster.
Private Ride
Convenient, affordable and available in London, Private Rides are always there when you need them.
eScooters and eBikes
Zip around with ease, sun on your cheeks. FREE NOW has partnered with two London suppliers (Tier and Dott) which means you can legally scoot or cycle around the capital.
Summer in London is, of course, as fleeting as it is potent. Before you can say ‘Is it too early for a second 99 Flake?’ it’s over. So you’ll want to take full advantage of every sweet moment of tipsy, sun-kissed bliss, or risk missing out. Thankfully, we’ve teamed up with mobility super app FREE NOW to create the definitive guide to the sunny season. Food, sport and something called ‘The Black Chapel’, it’s all here. Get stuck in.
