Family fun
Art in The Open
Serpentine Gallery, Kensington Gardens W2
Tube: South Kensington
Free/10am - 6pm
Children must be accompanied by an adult

Make the most of the few days of British summer we have been kindly given this week with a day out which will help you enjoy the arts and the great outdoors at the same time.

Four teams of artists will be stationed at key points in Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park, organising art activities for all members of the family.

To take part pick a map up from the gallery between 10am and 3pm, then go get creative!

Children
Trafalgar Circle (Summer in the Square event)
Trafalgar Square, WC2
Tube: Charing Cross
3pm/Free
Children under 12

This child-centred day is part of Mayor Ken Livingstone’s Summer in the Square programme which aims to bring the wide variety of the capital’s arts to the fore.

Wacky street theatre with the likes of The Invisible Men renowned for their unique brand of visual comedy including eye-popping juggling antics and uni-cycling.

Throughout the afternoon kids can have a go at mask making with Emergency Exit Arts and join in a parade with the fantastic Bollywood Brass Band.

Music
The South African Big Braii Bernie Spain Gardens, Upper Ground, SE1
Tube: Southwark/Waterloo Free/2pm - 7pm

Satisfy your need for food and good tunes at this South African barbecue - or Braii.

Heading the line-up is Doreen Thobekile - who has sung with the likes of Tammy Wynette and the KLF - and Transglobal Underground with their eclectic mix of house, dance, and world beat music.

The Harry Moyaga Big Band, Jive Nation and Stars of Umoja also performing sets.

Take a Thames Tour of Rotherhithe including the home of London's whaling and timber trades

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