Looking for a way to spend your bank hols? Here's a few ideas.
1. The Bechdel Test Fest Presents: Nora Ephron's Last Supper
Those excellent ladies over at the Bechdel Test Fest (the film club inspired by Alison Bechdel's feminist film rule) is holding a day and night in honour of the late Nora Ephron, aka the woman responsible for some of the most-loved films from your past. During the day, two of her food-themed films; Julia & Julia and Heartburn will be screened and in the evening, there's going to be a supperclub with 'palette cleansers' in the form of quick talks from inspirational speakers. Even better, it's just £20 for the double bill of £40 for the supperclub & double bill.
Nora Ephron's Last Supper, Rio Cinema, London, Sunday 29th May. Get tickets here.
2. How The Light Gets In Festival
Head to a festival that feeds your mind this year rather than one that deprives you of sleep and makes you do bad things to your body. Held in Hay-on-Wye (the location of that famous book festival), this festival from the Insititue of Arts and Ideas is a philosophy and music festival featuring speakers like Owen Jones, Sally Phillips, David Nutt and Natalie Bennet and soundtracked by Ghostpoet, Zero 7 and Annie Nightingale A camping ticket for the weekend is £128.
*How The Light Gets In, Hay-On-Wye, Wales, 27th May-5th June. Get tickets *here.
3. Dot To Dot Festival
Another good kind of festival; the sort where you can't camp and the whole thing is based not in a muddy field but in cool venues around a city. Set over three days in three different cities (Manchester, Bristol and Nottingham), Dot To Dot is all about the new music and this year features Mystery Jets, Dua Lipa, Little Green Cars, Lauren Aquilina... Tickets are £27.50.
Dot To Dot, Manchester, Bristol, Nottingham, 27-29th May. Get tickets here.
4. Crafty Fox Market
Imagine if Etsy (the good stuff) was an IRL shop you could browse at your lesisure. Craft yFox Market is pretty much this; selling stuff directly from talented designers and artists all over. This weekend it's being held in Brixton's Dogstar. There's DJs, food and drink and even workshops. It's free to pop in, workshops start from £7.
*Crafty Fox Market, Brixton, 28-29th May, Find out more
5. Liverpool Sound City
Head down to the docks for the UK version of SXSW; Liverpool Sound City is the biggests music, digital and film festival in the country. On the music side there's Catfish & The Bottlemen, The Coral, Circa Waves, Peter (as he now calls himself) Doherty and Young Fathers. THere's also conversations with ROisin Murphy and Paddy Considine, TED-style talks, panels and other useful bits for budding musicians.
Liverpool Sound City, 27-29th May. Get tickets here.
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This article originally appeared on The Debrief.