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Calendar: What’s Hot in September for London Families

September 3, 2011 //  by Uju//  Leave a Comment

September comes back around too soon these days, and with so much happening, another month is sure to whizz by. Make the most of the last days of sun, with concerts in Clapham Common, open-air cinema and the free (and fabulous) Thames Festival.

**Be sure to check out our Weekend Scoop for Family Activities every week!

Me Baby & Toddler Show at Crystal Palace Football Club, SE25 (Sep 3)
Big Sing Festival of Britain Finale at Southbank Centre, SE1 (Sep 3-4)
Vision Sound Music Family Day at QEH, Southbank Centre, SE1 (Sep 4)
The Tiger who Came to Tea at Vaudeville Theatre, Strand, WC2 (until Sep 4)
EcoVelocity Motor Show at Battersea Power Station, SW8 (Sep 8-11)
Ben 10 Monster Truck Mania, O2 Centre, Greenwich SE10 (Sep 10-11)
Sainsbury’s Super Saturday, Clapham Common, SW4 (Sep 10)
Mayor’s Thames Festival, along River Thames, Zones 1-4 (Sep 10-11)
In the Night Garden Live, Brent Cross Stadium Car Park, NW4 (Sep 10-24)
Watch this Space Festival at National Theatre, SE1 (until Sep 11)
Miro Exhibition, Tate Modern, SE1 (until Sep 11)
Sensational Butterflies at Natural History Museum, SW7 (until Sep 11)
Go Summer at Westfield Shopping Centre, Shepherd’s Bush W12 (until Sep 12)
The Floating Cinema, around the Olympic host boroughs (until Sep 18)
Jeppe Hein’s Appearing Rooms, Southbank Centre, SE1 (until Sep 18)
The Nomad Pop-Up Cinema (until Sep 30)
Cine Kids at Institut Francais, Queensberry Place, SW1 (Sep 24-Dec 10)

Ongoing
Disney 50 at BFI Southbank, South Bank, SE1 (until Jan 1, 2012)
Shrek the Musical at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane WC2 (until Feb 2012)
Welcome to Monsterville at Discover Story Centre, E16 (until Mar 2012)
Enchanted Palace at Kensington Palace, W8 (until Dec 2012)
Nelson’s Ship in Bottle at Trafalgar Square, WC1 (until 2012)

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Our mystery cover star is Theo, age 5, doing his best King of the Jungle impression. With Disney’s Lion King 3D roaring into cinemas this month, we’re sure this little leo will be the playground’s mane attraction.

Send in your favourite photos of your babes (ages 5 and under) for a chance to be our next Calendar Cutie and be entered into a prize draw! Email photos and a short description to editor@babesabouttown.com

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About Uju

Uju Asika is a writer, blogger and creative consultant. She is the author of Raising Boys Who Do Better: A Hopeful Guide for a New Generation (DK/Penguin Random House), Bringing Up Race: How to Raise a Kind Child in a Prejudiced World (Yellow Kite/Hachette UK) and the delightful picture book A World for Me and You, illustrated by Jennie Poh (Hachette Children's Group). Uju's books are available at Bookshop.org, Amazon, Waterstones and other good bookshops. Follow Uju @babesabouttown on Twitter/Facebook/Instagram.

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