BEV Closing Party
You'd be forgiven for thinking that the Birds Eye View Film Festival might be centred entirely and without distraction on, well, you know, women and film. You'd be forgiven indeed. But you'd also be wrong. Clearly, it's also all about femme-tastic award-giving and cocktail-drinking, about performance from Plaster of Paris, delicious debauchery from everyone's favourite Girlcore, and DJing from Goldierocks. And yes, there's something in there about women and film too. Somewhere.

Dummy Party
Starting out as a quarterly mag, four years later Dummy is taking 2009 by its musical horns, relaunching itself as a slick website (with possible the handiest mini music reviews on Earth) and brand new label - and to celebrate all these wonderfully new pies in which their sticking their fingers, they're being lovely enough to invite everyone down to the Queen of Hoxton for a DJ-led knees-up.

Torture Garden March Ball
There used to be a time when a love of rubber was a dirty thing; an obsession with cling film something to keep behind closed floral curtains; a fetish for bars and whips saved for the basement. Now, of course, we have Torture Garden to save our deviant souls - where all those creatures that go bump in the dark, are able to drink, dance, and generally socialize, gimps proudly in tow.

This week's ORIGINAL pick: Christian Prommer
Over here after a little gig in Munich last week, and before he pops over to Miami to rinse things up amid all the palm trees and tan-lines, Christian Prommer (yes, he of Voom Voom fame, and that jazz-laden cracker of an album, Drum Lessons) is lighting up London tonight at our very own East Village, with Orin Walters, Dom Chung and Stuart Patterson in the basement, and the Ladybugs brigade on back-up upstairs.

Radio Gagarin
Who'd have thought a gypsy-inspired bi-monthly in the heart of Notting Hill would survive long enough to celebrate its 4th Birthday? Well, in fact pretty much anyone who's been there, that's who. With its left-of-centre, Balkan-infused bands, DJs, films and performances, Radio Gagarin has gained a tried and trusted cult following from those who fancy something a little different from their Sunday sessions.

Soundcheck
On day four of this six day, East end palooza, get ready for Cycle East, wher different modes of transport, including bikes of course, will be used guide you to different music and theatre venues, hang out at the Barbican where its 'Do Something Different Weekend' returns full of weird and wonderful events, and take in the surreal realm of The Paper Cinema.