Things To Do In London This Weekend: Aug 30 - Sept 1

Here’s one for anyone who remembers the excitement of tearing down the street in pursuit of Mr Whippy every summer. *Wipes crumbs of Flake from around mouth* Luxury perfume brand Miller Harris is putting an altogether more mature and sweetly scented spin on the concept, taking their own ice cream van to the streets of London this week. Chase it down at Westfield White City, Coal Drops Yard and Canary Wharf to find fragrance samples of their latest concoctions, Brighton Rock and Blousy, discounts to use in-store and online, and even, even ice cream. Because you can never to be too grown-up for a Screwball, right?

Miller Harris Ice Cream Van

29-30 Aug: Westfield White City

1-2 Sept: Granary Square at Coal Drops Yard, Kings Cross

3-6 Sept: Reuters Plaza, Canary Wharf

Yeah, yeah, Red Bull apparently gives you wings (and something to mix Jager with). But did you know that it ALSO gives you four weeks’ worth of live gigs, club nights, workshops and screenings at London’s top venues, variously featuring NiNE8, Shy One, Victoria Sin, Ms Dynamite, Afrodeutsch, Oxide & Neutrino, So Solid Crew, Nabihah Iqbal AAAAND Aphex Twin playing an exclusive show at the Printworks? No? Well, you do now. Although it doesn’t make for such a snappy advertising slogan, we admit.

Until 14 Sept; prices vary

Various venues

Experimental pasta. Sounds like a contradiction in terms, doesn’t it? Pasta can be many things: delicious, fresh, al-dente… hell, it can even be Postman Pat-shaped. But experimental? Nah, no way. Well newsflash: it can now. Because from the team who brought you Zia Lucia - the hit pizza joints of black-dough and vegetable-base fame - comes sister restaurant Berto, looking to revamp pasta in the same way. The secret is in the flour: what with a range of traditional, wholemeal and gluten-free varieties, topped with - and we quote - 'inventive sauces'. To find out exactly what they entail, we suggest you get to its soft launch this week, and try them at 50 per cent off.

Opens 31 Aug; 50 per cent off food until 6 Sept

Berto, 155 Holloway Road, N7 8LX

Everyone loves a Sunday social. They’re the only way you can ignore the impending reality of next week for just a few more blissful hours. And assisting us in our state of denial this week is Four Tet, who continues his reign as king of the experimental electro scene with a six-hour set at Fabric, just at the time the doom would otherwise set in. With beats ranging from the fluffy and mellow to the expansive and intelligent to the plain ol’ banging, a mesmeric light show guaranteed and proceeds going the Help Refugees charity, this is aural soma, right here. What’s a Monday again?

1 Sept; £25

Fabric, 77a Charterhouse St, Clerkenwell, EC1M 6HJ

Vegetarians and vegans, we recommend you scroll on now… Still with us? Right then, you carnivorous lot, welcome to a three-day celebration of all things smoky, meaty, and even meatier. Taking over Tobacco Dock once more, Meatopia sees chefs from the likes of Smokestak, Flesh & Buns, Oaxaca, Low ’N’ Slow, Hawksmoor and Sarap cooking the highest-quality cuts over wood and charcoal; an intimate Cellar Table where your protein comes paired with wine; plus there’s craft beers, live music, DJs, chef talks… But mainly meat. Lots of meat. Time to re-embrace the Atkins, folks.

30 Aug-1 Sept; from £23.85

Meatopia, Tobacco Dock, 50 Porters Walk, E1W 2SF