The Everyman Summer Love Film Festival at King's Cross is a free open-air film fest of cult classics, live sport and family faves - tickets via Kings X app (July 1 to 25).

Eat, drink and be merry Between the Bridges: food, fun and retail all summer on the South Bank between Westminster and Waterloo Bridges.

Like art? Not loaded? Get to the Summer Edition of Affordable Art Fair in its regular annual home in Battersea Park, with works from £100 (July 8-11).

The Royal Opera House Summer Stage wows the Covent Garden Piazza with workshops, performances, music and dance for all ages (July 10/11).

Blimey! The Underbelly Festival - food, music, comedy, cabaret, drag, fun - has popped up in hitherto dreary Cavendish Square. Throughout July.

The Serpentine Pavilion is back...with the latest outdoor structure by Joburg practice Counterspace. Free (until October 17).

Chin chin! London Cocktail Week is having a Warm Up Festival for a week, with bars participating right across the city (July 5 to 11).

Live art: the 'Van Gogh Alive' world tour is in Kensington Gardens until September 26 - life story, music, immersive imagery, tickets from £14.

Music and art is back: the Spitalfields Music Festival - including 15 world premieres, cross-arts events and installations in venues including Christ Church Spitalfields, pubs and cafes (July 1 to 11).

The Engine House in Walthamstow Wetlands stages 'The Women Who Fell in Love with an Island', an exhibition on Tove Jansson, creator of the Moomins - including show and Moomintrail (until September 26).

The Floating Film Festival is back at St Katharine Docks for two cheery weeks on the water, with matinees and 6pm shows (July 13 to 25).

Soft shoe shuffle: 'Sneakers Unboxed' is the Design Museum's new homage to the ubiquitous footwear, padding along until late October. Adults £12.

Two new free shows open at the ever-inventive Wellcome Collection: 'Tranquillity' and 'Joy' with artworks, historical objects and new commissions (from July 15).

Double bill at the Hayward Gallery: 'Matthew Barney: Redoubt', a solo show in the wilds of Idaho by the US artist and filmmaker, plus the fabulous weavings of Igshaan Adams (until July 25).

The National Portrait Gallery may be closed for refurbishment but its 'Tudors to Windsors' portrait show is at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich (until October 31).

An armful of style: 'Bags: Inside Out' with examples from McCartney, Vuitton and Mulberry runs at the V&A until September, £12.

Korean installation artist Do Ho Suh examines memory, psychic space and survival in 'Proposal for Sach'ŏnwang-sa (2021)' at the London Mithraeum. Free (from July 28).

Illuminated River is a long-term project by artist Leo Villreal to light the central London bridges. See 'The Thames Bridges in Light and Colour' on ArtUK then see it in person. Yippee! Free.

Dive down the rabbit hole for the V&A's 'Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser', which looks at Lewis Carroll's children's novel and its incredible cultural impact. Until Dec 31, £20.

Quick: the British Museum exhibition 'Thomas Becket: Murder and the Making of a Saint' runs until August 22. Adults £17, £21 with donation.

Oh, the joy! The Proms return to the Albert Hall for six glorious weeks of live music. Programme £5.99 or www.bbc.co.uk/proms (July 30 to Sept 11).