Prepare for take-off: RCA students commemorate 100 years of British Airways with free show BA2119: Flight of the Future, Saatchi Gallery (Aug 1 to 20)

Pint-sized Bard: Fullers pubs stage their annual 'Shakespeare in the Garden' series at various pubs, including several in London (Aug 1 to end Sept)

Festival fix: 300 theatre, comedy, dance, drag and music events across NW1 for the 17th Camden Fringe (Aug 1 to 25)

Celluloid City: Luna Cinema's summer season continues, with films from Mary Poppins to Butch Cassidy at pop-up screens from Holland Park to Dulwich (until Sept 29)

Nile by the Thames: Nile Rodgers curates Meltdown on the Southbank, shipping in everyone from Johnny Marr to CHIC (Aug 3 to 11)

La vida loca: Finsbury Park goes Latino with music, arts and fun at the free La Clave Fest on August 3 with after-party (£7) from 9 pm

Cheers, dears: bottoms up to the Great British Beer Festival taking place at London's Olympia (Aug 6 to 10)

See the light with the new show by the fabulous Olafur Eliasson at Tate Modern, with installations from rainbows to food (until January 5)

Screen time: the elegant courtyard of Somerset House becomes an open-air cinema for Film4 Summer Screen with sundown BBQ and DJ (Aug 8 to 21)

Scoop! The summer season begins at The Scoop, the hole in the ground beside the London Assembly building, with a great programme of free performances (from Aug 8)

Torch songs: Chihuly Nights at Kew Gardens feature stunning glass sculptures and different soundscapes every Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 7.30 pm. Bring a torch (really), £18 (Aug 15 to Oct 26)

Big, bouncy + back: The Monster rolls into Ally Pally with a giant bouncy obstacle course for adults, Drag Queen Karaoke, Boozy Bingo and Mega Beer Ping Pong...age 16+, from £20 (Aug 23 to 28)

Ta da! It's BBC Proms time! The famously affordable series of concerts lights up the summer - in the Royal Albert Hall and beyond (until Sept 14)

Tudor treats and magic gardens: the Hampton Court Palace Food Festival is back, with food, fun, demonstrations, celebrity chefs, music, maze and lots of stuff for kids (Aug 24 to 26)

Meat the experts: Richard H Turner's festival of ethically-sourced meat, drink, fuel and music at Tobacco Dock (Aug 31 to Sept 1)