How do I find interesting events?
My friends often ask me how I find out about a lot of the cool events that I either go to or tickets to go to see.
Mainly it’s all through just reading the papers and local magazines (like the TNT) regularly and looking out for small (or big) sections talking about upcoming events.
Sometimes for ticketed events it’s more me knowing that they are coming up and then booking as soon as the tickets go on sale. Often over here for concerts/festivals/big events the tickets will go on sale up to a year before the actual event. When they do go on sale as well sometimes (like with the big festivals – V/Reading, etc.) the tickets then sell out within an hour or so. Other events like Wimbledon or a Cricket match at Lords require you to apply in advance and then get put into a lottery draw to see if you get anything (though with Wimbledon there’s only a 10% chance of actually lucking out with a ticket option!)
Of course then there are the random things that you just happen to walk past and see. Was walking through Trafalgar Square the other day when there was a big tv screen getting setup and a few cameras and random people around. Picked up the following brochure
Went along later on to try and go in, but even though I turned up 15 minutes before the start time they had already clsoed off the square due to “health and safety issues”. When there were more people outside the square than in it! England is a funny place sometimes.
Still walking around London you can sometimes come across lots of cool events that are happening, you just have to keep your eyes open and your ears listening, who knows what you might find!
If you want to be prepared, I’ve listed a few upcoming London events on my Google Calendar, check it out!
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