Do · 30 April 2026
Three jazz nights, a Palme d'Or, a UK-premiere Sarah Ruhl, Edinburgh-tested stand-up, a chef-takeover supper club, and Sir David Attenborough turns 100. Dry Friday; Saturday warm to 19°C with rain rolling in by evening; scattered showers Sunday — indoors leans well after dark.
Music
Pianist Bruno Heinen launches his new album with Heidi Vogel on voice, Maria Chiara Argirò on second piano, Andrea Di Biase on bass and Gene Calderazzo on drums. Vocal-led contemporary jazz, all-original — the lyrical-melodic axis you go for. Intimate basement, finishes well before 22:00.
Music
Smith-Watkins Trumpet Award winner James Davison (BBC Big Band, Misha Mullov-Abbado) joins Australian sax/clarinet player Duncan Hemstock for a swinging set on Ben Webster and Harry "Sweets" Edison plus dedicated originals — Steve Brown on drums, Liam Dunachie on piano, Adam King on bass. London Jazz News on Hemstock: "a knock-out performance"; The JazzMann on Davison: "effervescent…thrilling."
Music
Yorkshire singer-songwriter at Matthew Herd's curated Sunday series. Original material, quiet, confessional — the Damien Rice / Glen Hansard register. Home well before 22:00.
Cinema
A garage mechanic recognises a man he believes tortured him in prison after a minor car accident — and rounds up fellow ex-prisoners to confirm the identity. Panahi's most directly political film yet, made under house arrest. RT consensus: "a defiant rebuke of authoritarianism that still delivers the entertainment value of a gripping thriller." First Iranian film nominated for Best Motion Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay at the Golden Globes. Pick your showing.
Theatre
Two actors with history are thrown back together as romantic leads in a forgotten 1930s melodrama; the play-within-a-play keeps blurring into the real one. Sarah Ruhl is a two-time Pulitzer finalist; McIntyre is Olivier-nominated; cast is MyAnna Buring (The Witcher) and Patrick Kennedy (Boardwalk Empire). The Arts Desk frames the production as Ruhl on "the metaphysics of theatrical intimacy." Press night reviews land mid-run; opening weekend lets you beat the rush.
Comedy
Manchester-based Welsh comic — conspiracy theories, autism and men turning on you, delivered with matter-of-fact, singsong positivity. Chortle's Edinburgh review: "the way she wraps all the material up… is elegant, artful and deeply satisfying." The Scotsman 4★: "dementedly good." Observational, structurally clever — nothing slapstick. Early start, home easy.
Event · Map · Chortle review
Events
A food festival that knows most food festivals are missing the dancing. Live-fire cooking, chef demos, street food and craft drinks by day; DJ sets and live music as the sun goes. Outdoor in the walled gardens — Saturday afternoon is the safe slot before the evening rain.
Events · Supper Club
Chef Judy Joo takes the grill at Junsei for one night — seasonal omakase moving from delicate plates to binchōtan-fired skewers, with bulgogi, dumplings and improvisations. Vinyl soundtrack on. Named-chef takeover, dated, unrepeatable.
Events
Forty-plus traders, street food, a spicy limbo and a uniquely painful take on karaoke at this annual heat-loaded indie food festival. Drop in for an hour, leave with three new bottles.
Events
The 2020 documentary projected onto the big screen with the BBC Concert Orchestra performing the score live. Falls cleanly inside the "indoor when it might rain" envelope and is the rarest of one-night-only bookings.