Happy Monday, Cheapskater!

We can’t really believe that this is our penultimate email of the year… 2024 seems to have flown by! We’re glad that this is a banger of an edition, with SO many amazing free things happening this week (my personal highlights include a festive gingerbread display in Greenwich and the return of Borough Market’s annual “Evening of Cheese”).

Before we move on to this week’s best free events, I have a quick question for you:

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Wishing you a wonderful week,
Kate x

PS. Congrats to our reader Basia, who won a pair of tickets to see the Fulham Palace Festive Light Display (as featured in last week’s newsletter). Scroll down for not one but two fabulous competitions…

EXHIBIT 🖼️ Waterloo, until 5 Jan

Haegue Yang: Leap Year

Discover a world of inventive & multisensory installations & sculptures at this short-run exhibit featuring the brilliant work of Seoul-born Haegue Yang. Tickets are available from just £3 on Tuesdays & Sundays thanks to the Hayward Gallery’s new pay-what-you-can scheme.

Competition time! 🍊

We’ve partnered up with the premium vodka brand XIX Vodka to give away five bottles of their new, limited-edition Gumball Orange vodka (the brand’s first ever product collab!).

Five lucky Cheapskate readers will each win a bottle of XIX Vodka Gumball Orange - a delicious, candied orange-flavored vodka inspired by the thrill of Gumball 3000 - an epic rally uniting supercars & superstars.

To enter the draw, simply refer a friend to Cheapskate by sending them this link (it contains your personalised referral code): {{rp_refer_url}}.

Once they’ve signed up, you’ll be entered, & then we’ll pick the winners’ names at random. Good luck!

PS. Members of the Cheapskate club get automatic entry into all of our competitions & access to a monthly competition that’s exclusive to supporters - see below. Sign up here today (we’ll love you forever!).

PARTY 🎉 Shoreditch HS, from 9pm

Happy birthday to Taylor!

Swifties, assemble! Juju’s Bar & Stage (a fab warehouse bar/music venue in east London) is running a special event to celebrate Taylor Swift’s birthday. Expect a night of 100% Taylor hits, filled with her biggest anthems & fan favourites era by era. Plus, there’ll be themed cocktails, a photobooth & a bracelet-making/trading station.

DANCE 💃 Waterloo, from 3pm

Mix & Move: Winter Special

Take part in a joyous, party-style dance class at the Southbank Centre, as part of the inclusive Mix & Move series. Try new routines from a medley of dance styles from across the globe - & there’s absolutely no need for any dance experience or to have a dance partner.

And for dessert...

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🪩 RAW, the unique listening night, is putting on its final event of the year this Friday - & we have two pairs of tickets to give away! This festive event at The Ministry in Borough is focused around street performers; there’ll be music from some of London’s favourite buskers, rappers, rock, indie & neo-soul artists, plus live art, a games room & more. To enter the draw, simply join the Cheapskate club! And if you’re already a member, then you’ve been automatically entered.

🤰 Are you pregnant? Registered nutritionist Niamh Dunne is running a free online workshop at 7pm tonight where you can learn about the importance of nutrition during pregnancy & gain practical tips. Topics covered include myth busting, the essential nutrients needed for a healthy pregnancy, foods to avoid & ways to manage possible symptoms. A Q&A will follow. Sign up here!

👧 Small kids can be quite hard to buy for, so we recommend My Little Darling - it has a fab selection of toys (like this ice cream bath machine) for little ones up to eight years old. Use the code CM20 to take 20% off, today only.

😬 If you’re someone who takes great pleasure in using a toothpick at the end of a meal, you’re going to love this set (yes, really, plus it would make a great stocking filler…).

🍻 Looking for the perfect Christmas gift for a pub lover? If you spend £25 on a CityStack London Pub Collection, you can treat a loved one to £100-worth of food & drink at 60+ stunning independent pubs across London. Use the code CHEAP24 for free standard shipping.

🛒 We’re obsessed with the (free-to-use) cashback app JamDoughnut, which gives you up to 20% instant cashback at thousands of shops, restaurants & supermarkets. Use our referral code EAMT to get a £3 bonus when you use the app for the first time.

🍕 I was invited to have dinner at Sodo Pizza’s Clapton branch last week - & can confirm that their sustainable sourdough pizza is truly delicious! I had the Wicker Man, which features nduja cured in Islington, fresh mozzarella produced in Acton & chilli-infused Walthamstow honey. There are now six branches across London, including in Bethnal Green, Deptford & Walthamstow - go, go, go! - Kate

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