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Around Town this summer
By Time Out Editors

Posted: Mon May 24 2010
Flowers, South-east Asian culture and beautiful buildings, London is celebrating just about everything this summer, so head down to a festival and join in the fun

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Around Town | Exhibitions | Activities | Parks and gardens | Music and clubbing | Theatre and comedy
- Taste of London
  
  Until Sun Jun 20, Regent's Park
  
  This festival for food-lovers features pop-up restaurants bubbling with the city’s top chefs, new cooks-to-watch and plenty of signature dishes, world cuisine and home-grown food to perk up even the most jaded of tastebuds. Read more
- Notting Hill Carnival
  
  Aug 29-30, Notting Hill
  
  The final bank holiday of the year will be dominated as ever by Europe's biggest celebration of music, movement and masquerade. Crowds flock to join the floats, steel bands, reggae and a plethora of soundsystems along the three-mile route. Read more
- London Mela
  
  Aug 8, Gunnersbury Park
  
  Europe’s largest celebration of South Asian-inspired culture with performances including urban, classical and experimental music, DJs, circus, dance, visual arts and comedy, plus a kids' zone, funfair and food stalls. Read more
- Open Garden Squares Weekend
  
  Critics' Choice
  
  Sat Jun 12
  
  With more than 190 rarely seen spaces open to the public, including the gardens of HMPs Wandsworth and Wormwood Scrubs, the Open Garden Squares weekend is your chance to see if the grass really is greener on the other side. Read more
- City of London Festival
  
  Jun 21-Jul 9
  
  The annual festival of music held throughout the Square Mile, featuring performances and the distribution of pianos throughout the City as 'Street Pianos', available for all to play during the festival weeks. Read more
- London Festival of Architecture
  
  Until Sun Jul 4
  
  A two-week festival of guided walks, exhibitions, street installations, cycle rides, boat rides, debates, design workshops and markets celebrating London's buildings and public spaces. Read more
- RHS Hampton Court Flower Show
  
  Critics' Choice
  
  Until Sun Jul 11, Hampton Court Palace
  
  set against the spectacular backdrop of the palace itself, the enormous Hampton Court Palace Flower Show can often be a better bet than Chelsea for gardeners who want to get the whole family involved in the growing game. Read more
- Big Dance
  
  July 3-11, Various venues
  
  Look out for the Big Dance Bus (already making its way round London ahead of the festival proper), free classes, flashmobs and the intriguing Portavilion - a giant inflatable pavilion that will host events. Read more
- House of Fairy Tales
  
  July 25, Shoreditch Park
  
  The delightful House of Fairy Tales hosts an interactive workshop for kids (and adults) full of merriment and magic that will most definitely err on the side of the bizarre at the new multi-arts festival The Apple Cart. Read more
- 'In the Night Garden' Live
  
  Last Chance!
  
  Critics' Choice
  
  Until Sat Sep 4, The O2
  
  Hugely popular BBC children’s television show ‘In the Night Garden’ tours the country this summer, touching down in the capital for a stadium-sized, child-friendly riot. Read more
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