What's On Whetstone

A karaoke style sing-a-long. You’ll be accompanied on piano by the lovely Hollie and joined on vocals by the equally lovely Mel. You’ll have the chance to win some free drinks simply by getting up and singing a tune from our extensive song list.

Imagine being born in an oven and the first person you meet wants to dunk you in his tea! Come and see the adventure of the deliciously smelling Gingerbread Man who finds his feet fast and sets off on the journey of a lifetime!

A jumbled journey of discovery. A show all about where, what and who our family are. A story about Owly-cat and his fellow family members Jumblie and Quangle Wangle Quee, inspired by the nonsense world of Edward Lear.

Blink. Blink again. What do you see? Day by day your world is filling up with colour, little one. Reds and blues, yellows and greens. Twinkling lights that glisten and gleam.

Love, Bombs and Apples is the comic and poignant new play from award winning playwright Hassan Addulrazzak (Baghdad Wedding, The Prophet) - a tale of four men, each from different parts of the globe, all experiencing a moment of revelation.

Join award-winning songwriter and musician David Gibb on a musical journey through his hilarious and often surreal imagination, where bears live in the cupboard under the stairs, wolves are roaming the corridors at school, and trips to the moon are a regular occurrence.

Potters Bar and Barnets RSPB group afternoon meeting Behind the scenes with Bob, capturing stunning images of wildlife including birds of prey.He works mainly in the Lea Valley and Epping Forest.

Tales from the Shed are vibrant, interactive theatre shows that are perfect for young children. They are informal, lively and amazingly engaging as the performers and audience share the same space - children are always encouraged to make a lot of noise and to make the story happen.

Our fantastic new comedy musical Fat! So? - set in your local slimming club - for anyone who’s ever stepped on the scales this show’s for you - great story, great characters and great songs - call the box office now for tickets - don’t weight too long!

Theme: Disseminating latest technologies in the field of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Vascular Surgery 2018 Conference highlights the theme “Disseminating latest technologies in the field of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery”.

The EuroSciCon will be holding its CPD accredited Clinical Cardiology May 24-26, 2018 London, UK. The theme of this year’s meeting is "Leading edge in the fields of Cardiology" which will provide an international platform for discussion of present and future challenges in cardiac diseases, prevention and treatment of...

Cornucopia of sensual delights. Artist’s garden famous for architectural features and delicious cakes. New Oriental Tea House. Baroque temple, pagodas, Raku tiled mirrored wall conceals plant nursery. American Gothic shed overlooks Liberace Terrace and stairway to heaven.

Garden Designers own private contemporary garden open for 2018 only. Water features provide calm reflective surfaces while also reflecting the changes in ground level. Harmonious use of materials creating a fabulous indoor/outdoor transition.

Open for the NGS for over 30yrs, the 35 acre Beale Arboretum consists of over 800 varieties of trees and shrubs, incl National Collection of Hornbeam cultivars (Carpinus betulus) and National collection of Swamp Cypress (Taxodium).

A photographers small town garden uses curves and spheres to add shape and interest to a pretty, shady space. Gravel, paving, decking and a planting platform in an old apple tree create structure, whilst black bamboo, ferns and box provide the backdrop for a gentle palette of white and purple planting.

In a beautiful Edwardian avenue in the heart of Muswell Hill Conservation Area, two very different gardens reflect the diverse life styles of their owners. The charming garden at No 17 is designed for relaxing and entertaining . Although south facing it is shaded by large surrounding trees - among which is a ginko.

Bach to Baby is the critically acclaimed classical concert series for babies, toddlers and their carers. Tots dance, roam about and revel in the wonder of live music, while you take a moment out of your busy day to hear top notch performances by outstanding musicians, with your young babes in tow.

London’s largest antiques & vintage fair takes place four times a year, with vintage fashion, collectables, antiques & curiosities

Created over the last 50yrs, this 3¼ acre garden features rolling lawns, two large interconnecting ponds with koi, herbaceous and shrub borders and a modern gravel garden. A garden for all seasons with many interesting plants and sculptures.

This 100m-long unique and award winning garden is home to the Corokia National Collection along with a great number of other unusual Australasian, Mediterranean and exotic plants complemented by perennials and grasses which thrive thanks to 250 tons of topsoil, gravel and compost brought in by wheelbarrow.

Established large garden with informal planting for colour, scent and bees. Pond with fish, frogs and tadpoles. Tree peonies, Crinodendron hookerianum and Paulownia. Plants, tea and home-made jam for sale. Children particularly welcome - a treasure hunt with prizes!

Antiques, collectibles and curios - retro jewellery and accessories, ceramics and glassware, coins, postcards, stamps, pens, books, kitchenalia, tools and toys. Over 20 stalls Cafe, disabled access, free car park at venue. Close to Enfield Chase station and Enfield bus station.

Join us in Arty Madness. Create a Tea Cup Wonderland. Gaze into your own Looking Glass. Make a Mini Mad Hat. Pom pom Flamingo making. Then off to the Tea Party for refreshments followed by Bonkers Games that only Alice could imagine. Hosted by Characters straight out of the magical book.

This peaceful, secluded garden backs onto the Picturehouse cinema. Created on two levels and with year-round interest, it is packed with a variety of trees, shrubs and flowers, as well as succulents, palms and bamboos.

Evolving, organic and wildlife garden with dappled sunlight, bees, birds and butterflies. Informal woodland planting under magnificent deciduous trees with interesting shrubs, box shapes and perennials.

Densely planted garden hidden behind C18 house (not open). Unusual plants preferred, many propagated for sale. Ponds, waterfall, frogs, toads, newts. Many topiary shapes formed from self sown yew trees. Sculpture carved from three trunks of a massive conifer which became unstable in a storm. Hard working greenhouse!

The work of film composer John Williams will be celebrated at Kenwood House on Saturday 23rd June. Audience members at Kenwood House will be treated to selections of some of his best known works performed by the RPCO, including Jaws, E.T., Indiana Jones, Harry Potter, Jurassic Park, and of course Star Wars.

Faure Requiem Concert Adoramus Choir and Orchestra, conductor David Hooke, present a concert which features the orchestral version of the sublime Faure Requiem on Saturday 12th May 12.30 at the Latymer School Edmonton N9 9TN at 7.30p.m. The soprano soloist is Nicola Hooke and the Bass Baritone Ashley Mercer.

Join the biggest pyjama party in Enfield. Wear you pyjamas, have fun with friends and family and help raise money for The Nightingale Cancer Support Centre (Reg. Charity No: 1094435) too! This 15 km walk starts and finishes at Enfield Civic centre and travels through Enfield via Southgate.

Bach to Baby is the critically acclaimed classical concert series for babies, toddlers and their carers. Tots dance, roam about and revel in the wonder of live music, while you take a moment out of your busy day to hear top notch performances by outstanding musicians, with your young babes in tow.

Brent Cross, North London’s leading shopping and leisure destination, will host a brand-new fashion and beauty event, The Art of Style. Combining free beauty makeovers, live pop-up catwalks and fashion sculptures, shoppers will be invited to enjoy the latest trends with an art exhibition twist.

Fashion Business Creation students from the British School of Fashion are launching their first charity pop-up shop called, ‘Second Space’.

From pig farm to pastoral idyll spanning 3 acres, reclaimed over 30yrs. Romantic woodland glade, burgeoning arboretum, relaxed planting around sloping lawns, stone ornaments. Walled garden leads to vegetable plot, greenhouse, chickens, small orchard. Martin built the house, Genine the gardens.

Feel immense - run every sense! Guide Dogs’ hugely popular Use Your Senses 5K fun run comes to London in May - join us at Finsbury Park for the most sensational event of the year! Unlike other 5K runs, around the course our Sense Stations will surprise your senses.

Icon For Hire plus special guests. Artists performing: Icon For Hire.: Tickets avaiable.

Bach to Baby is the critically acclaimed classical concert series for babies, toddlers and their carers. Tots dance, roam about and revel in the wonder of live music, while you take a moment out of your busy day to hear top notch performances by outstanding musicians, with your young babes in tow.

Potters Bar and Barnet RSPB Group evening meeting - non members welcome With more than 2500 miles north to south, the cold Pacific to the west and the High Andes dominating the east, Chile offers such a wide variety of climatic and floristic zones that there is so much to see.

6 HORSE RACES OVER 18 JUMPS 3 EAST ANGLIA AREA PONY RACES BOOKIES ON SITE REFRESHMENT WAGONS , INC A BAR OR BRING YOUR OWN BBQ AND PICNIC UNTIL DUSK EXCELLENT HILLSIDE VIEWING

Forty Hall has a variety of habitats and microclimates and the insects within them have their own adaptations and superpowers! Get outside with a magnifying glass and explore the different insect habitats of the Estate and then invent and make your own Super Creature using clay and natural materials! Ages 4 – 11.

Learn all about beetles including the mighty Stag! Explore their habitats, play a crazy beetle game and then make a home to encourage beetles in your garden. Ages 4 – 11.

Following on from the success of last year, the Forty Hall Village Fete is back again. Come and browse through our Craft Market in the historic courtyard or enjoy all-time favourites including, Punch and Judy, Morris Dancing and don’t forget to bring your Teddy, so he can have a go on the Teddy Zip Wire!

Come and visit Forty Hall after hours, when the office workers have gone home for the night. Sneak around the period rooms that have been lit by candlelight as it would have been in the 17th Century. As you walk around, you may come across the servant cleaning, the cook or a member of the family!

Bach to Baby is the critically acclaimed classical concert series for babies, toddlers and their carers. Tots dance, roam about and revel in the wonder of live music, while you take a moment out of your busy day to hear top notch performances by outstanding musicians, with your young babes in tow.

Our Food and Drink Festival will be returning to Clissold Park in Stoke Newington following our successful launch in 2016.

Fresh from a sell-out run at this year’s VAULT Festival, where it was awarded a Highly Commended accolade, Wound Up Theatre bring their hilarious play Bismillah! An ISIS Tragicomedy to Pleasance London to launch the theatre’s brand new 80-seat Downstairs.

This spring, the Pleasance sees the world premiere of Charlotte Merriam’s Dames. Celebrating females with no filters, Dames is about the intimate and exposing nature of friendships in the true contemporary confessional – the club toilet.

Written, directed and designed by mothers but more importantly performed by three women in their forties, SPIKED is triumphantly created entirely by an age bracket underrepresented in theatre.

Set within a 60-minute workout, A Gym Thing shines a much-needed spotlight on the world of Bigorexia or Muscle Dysmorphia (reverse anorexia) – a subtype of Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD).

29th April is Unesco International Day of Dance. The theme this year is ’Back to the Roots’. I will be teaching early Spanish and Portuguese dances collected in 1930 and before, plus South African Quadrille dance from the late 18oo’s and Riel dance from at least 10,000 BC.

Having toured extensively throughout Europe with The Aristocrats, Mike Keneally and The Pineapple Thief, Godsticks will be showcasing their explosive new material at this headline show.