Well then, it certainly looks as though Spring might be starting to edge her frisky way in on those old Winter blues. With Friday rocking to an inimitably Latin vibe, Saturday laced in a celebration of food and sexuality, and Sunday a hive of weekend recovery, all systems are most definitely go.

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Super Sunday
Whilst National Hair Day should be an event of celebrity pomposity and glossy spreads, Toni & Guy are using it to raise some much needed money to help refurbish the children's wing at King's College Hospital. Opening their hallowed academy doors, a cut or colour from one of their International Artistic Team is going for a mere £40, and remember, since it's all for a good cause, you're not treating yourself: you're helping the kids.

Baile Funk
Certainly not the most obvious space for a huge Brazilian hip-hop/dance/funk night (an Irish venue in North London? Did nobody think to recommend Barrio North maybe? Or Guanabara?), but nevertheless huge and Brazilian it most definitely is. Shipping over hip-hop queen Tati Quebra Barraco and MC duo Cidinho and Doca, together with a host of local Brazilian-ized DJ talent, expect a heavy-hitter of booty-shaking Funk Carioca.

La Bomba 1st Anniversary
Yes, yes, so another venue we wouldn't usually stick on our list, except that this La Bomba birthday at Ministry might actually turn out to be a bit of fun. Think even more Latin-drenched celebrations on the cards, only with a meaty club vibe soaked in, as a virtual pod of DJs pump out the hip-hop, techno, house and reggaeton until the wee, wee hours of the morrow.

Dance Club
The Compañía María Pagés made your jaw drop, and you're chomping at the bit to catch the foot-flurries and hair-flinging of the Farruquitos, and Carmen Linares and Miguel Poveda's virtuosic wailing. Or maybe not, and you just fancy a bit of heel-stomping regardless. Either way, starting with beginners and intermediate classes, tonight's flamenco club at Sadler's Wells completes Friday's Latin line-up on a more traditional, yet still throbbingly high-energy note.

Zepellin
After Modern Times rolled over and gave up the ghost, this new gentlemen-only night from spiffing chap Johnny Vercoutre might be just the thing to make use of one's rather extensive vintage finery. Dress code is strictly shirt and tie or 'military', though expect a distinct vintage bent. And for you delicate women-folk who can't handle such exclusivity, it's all about the pinstripes and trilbies, or fake 'taches at the least.

Birds Eye View Special
Of course, if Zepellin feels a touch too misogynistic, how's about an evening of art-dance-film misandry instead? Expect lashings of messy fun as Girlcore and the irrepressible Laundrettas host this something-for-everyone night with live sets from the oestrogen-heavy Peggy Sue & the Pirates, Florence & the Machine and Plaster of Paris, DJ spots from the 'Core and the Broken Hearts, plus visuals from Bopa and a screening of Anna Biller's schlock '70s-styles sexploitation cult masterpiece.

Taste East
As part of Uncle Ken's move to highlight the blessed virtues of East London beyond the usual raging house parties and hangovers, Taste East is turning Spitalfield Market into a feeding (and drinking) frenzy of gourmet market stalls and farmyard antics, with an array of music and physical theatre, cookery, butchery and wood carving to keep the rest of your body occupied.

Cabaret Carnival
Whilst I'm admittedly still a little unsure as to quite what an orphanage in Cambodia has in common with a gaggle of ladies (and men) twirling nipple tassels, if it means that we get to help them out whilst resting our eyes on the none too shabby likes of Luci Furr, Alaska Blue and the Frivolitease lasses, then I think Pudsey Bear might be in an eye-patched run for his money.

Late Night Tales Sessions
As compilations go, the Another Late Night and Late Night Tales series have been providing soundtracks for the wee hours for bloody ages. And yet, whilst their latest offering churns out a predictably squelchy, rare set from '70s rock to acid-edged interstellar travels, its launch night, once more in the loving embrace of the Lock Tavern and with Groove Armada at the helm, should be a fairly lively, memorable affair.

Hunga Munga's Cartoon Time
Think Blue Peter meets psychotropic-tinged kids' party meets creative East London. That's right children, it's Hunga Munga time! So, with live music from KateGoes and Slapper, a questionable fancy dress theme, and the usual hordes of lovely folk, rifle through your recycling bin for anything that can be painted, knitted, or sticky-back-plasticed to add to the pile and get ready to enjoy a Sunday of childhood rediscovery.

Opera
Presented jointly by Artprojx and the Birds Eye View series, Opera is a new cinematic collection drawing on the Tate's current Modern Painters exhibition through the recurring themes of the music hall and opera. Featuring work from artists including Alice Anderson, Karen Knorr, Rut Blees Luxemburg and Susanne Winterling, expect the unexpected, anywhere from disembodied animations to provocative staged urban snippets, with a soundtrack of the suitable operatic and neo-classical to bind them. And just in case you miss it on Friday, Opera is back at the Prince Charles on Sunday at 11am.

Eugene Onegin
With its daring duels, tragic love story, and rich exploration of the relationships between art and lit, Pushkin's uniquely iambic tetrametered tale of the titular Russian dandy, Eugene Onegin, has been an inspiration to the Fiennes and Tchaikovskys of the world alike for the last two hundred years. And for the next month, the Royal Opera House is reviving the late Steven Pimlott's fantastically dramatic 2006 production, with Antony McDonald's designs and a stunning cast to give full weight to Tchaikovsky's stirring score.

BearKnuckles
Cross the fun of Bloc Party with the meat of Queens of the Stone Age and you're not too far away from the sound of BearKnuckles. The band recently climbed into a Cage Rage ring for Don't Panic. It turns out that skinny indie boys don't fare so well against eight foot homicidal man-mountains.