Up and coming things to do.

And this is why London is the bees-knees.

Music

Festivals for the faint-hearted, two tame weekend-ers to bring your Marks & Spencers picnic to.

Last year i saw Kanye headline at Wireless but for me, Q-Tip bossed it. Pink headlines Friday and LCD Soundsystem/2manydjs take the Saturday slot while Jay Z closes the show on Sunday.

All worth seeing but ill be throwing-up my hova sign like someone not quite cool enough to do that on Sunday.

Did you know what hova meant...? Interesting....

A newbie to Lovebox i missed it last year for whatever reason. With a line up for 'those who know' this is the quirkier of my two offerings. This year Lovebox extends to three days starting on the Friday for which i will be legging-it from work to see my dearest Dizzee.

Hit here for details.

Btw Sunday looks a bit special claiming it 'blends the coolest music, emergent art, cutting edge fashion and more to create an all-inclusive polysexual event unlike any other'.

Art

Chris Ofili's exhibition at the Tate Britain has been on my to-do list for a while and i still haven't been (ends May 16th...). If i'm honest its because i don't like it when things are hyped-up this much, it always ends with an anti-climax -i prefer to slip in when its past its sell-by date. In saying this the reviews have been good and Tate pulled out all the stops a few weekends ago with Bring the Noise to launch the exhibition. Ofili's heritage explodes in your face in this retrospective of his gorgeous work. A good name to drop in conversation -go, it will feed your soul.

Are you ready for this next one?

Are you sure?

16 years after that performance at Eurovision and 15 since the show started touring Riverdance returns to the Hammersmith Apollo for its Farewell Tour. Now i know you may roll your eyes, you may smile at my love of this Irish phenomenon but i defy anyone to not enjoy this. Cue goosebumps...

My tickets arrived today...!

Brain

Something else i missed before was this 1001 Inventions exhibition highlighting Muslim heritage in the world. Originally i wanted to chase this before it ended after writing my undergraduate dissertation on the role of Islamic, Asian and Jewish civilisations in the rise of modernity (im paraphrasing). I was genuinely awe-struck at how much the modern world was shaped by them. You will be blown away by how much the Muslims contributed to everything from clocks to medicine.

The exhibition is at The Science Museum until June 30th.

Hit here for details.

And guess what, its free!

And finally, i was saving this one. Just trust me here.

Whether you're a Marxist, a lefty or none of the above this long-weekend is well worth the small ticket price. The sheer number of speakers in one place at one time means that you're guaranteed to find something of interest. With music, art and plenty of stalls to visit in-between talks theres always a good atmosphere at Marxism.

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In the pursuit of knowledge, in the name of debate and discussion! Go!

But just to warn you, beware of the 3.2 billion people who will ask (chase) you about joining the SWP...

Enjoy.

And yes, i'm sure you all know what 'bees knees' means, but i love Urban Dictionary.