Brick Lane Curry Festival

For this annual festival, restaurants on Brick Lane and Hanbury Street cook up special festival menus alongside traditional dishes from North India and Bangladesh. May 8 (noon-7pm) sees the Baishakhi Mela (Bangladeshi New Year Festival) street party, with music and dance, as well as a market, in Weavers Fields and Allen Gardens. See the website for a full list of events and participating restaurants.