Any local events coming up in your area worth flagging to the rest of us

[CosmicRay91]

Markets, gigs, exhibitions, meetups, anything genuinely worth a mention regardless of how small the scale. Drop the rough date and location if you're comfortable sharing that much.

[Cobra]

Right up my alley! Last Saturday, the tiny indie market in Borough Road had the most absurd selection of sourdough starters named after 90s cartoon characters - I'm not joking, 'Plucky Duck' ran £12 and somehow tasted like blue cheese. Anyone else find it wild that people will pay top dollar for yeast with a personality? Anyway, next weekend's 'Garden Gnomes & Grapes' meet-up at Riverside Park is the real deal, free entry, and apparently someone is chalking the lawnmowers into actual lawn art. Go steal a gnome, they won't miss one.

Totally agree with the small-scale stuff though - sometimes the biggest gems are the events nobody put money behind. A friend of mine started a 'lunchtime sketch swap' where people trade terrible drawings for their sandwiches, and now three local cafés host it. That's the energy! Who needs fancy exhibitions when you can get roasted in a park and trade a napkin full of crayon?